Trey Anastasio Band 2-19-11 Palace Theater, Albany, NY Source Review

Hey folks! Thanks for sticking with me through Trey tour.  The band is playing some great music and they sound really good together.  In case you missed it, Phish announced their Summer Tour Dates today.  However, I suspect that if you are reading my blog, you already knew that.  Big item there is that it looks like no fall tour this year, or at least that's what I get out of "band has no touring plans for the rest of the year."  Anyway, Trey band is still touring and we have two sources available for this night.  Once again, thanks to the tapers for recording the show and getting it out to us so quickly.

Source 1 (hereafter Busman source)
Source: Busman Bsc1 (Hypers)>HYDRA silver Shorty XLR's>Fostex FR-2LE(Busman T-mod)@24/96
Location: orch center Row 0 Seat 105 DFC/DINA from stage 8' high
Transfer: CF Card>Wavelab 6.0(Resample and Dithering>CD Wave(tacking>TLH(flac 16 level 8)

16 bit source

Source 2 (hereafter Neuman source)
Source: Neumann U89i (Hyper, DINA, -80h)> Grace Design Lunatec V2> Mytek ADC192 + Neumann AK40/LC3/KM100 (XY)> Oade M248> Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Modified) @ 24/48 on a SDHC card.
Location: OTS/Center
Transfer: SDHC Card> Card Reader> PC> Samplitude SE No. 9> CD Wav (tracked and converted to flac @ level 8).

16 bit source

Once again, a great show.  The number of shows the northeast gets definitely makes me jealous, but I can do without the 2 feet of snow that comes with living up there. 

The Busman source is, as usual, very crisp on the high-end, but just doesn't have much punch on the low-end.  For the acoustic portion, this makes the Busman source very good, until Tony comes out, and then you just can't hear him distinctly and forget about feeling him.  The crowd is noticeably quieter than in Portland, not just the conversation part, but even the sing-along portions, while audible, aren't overwhelming.

The Neuman source has more low-end in general.  This makes the acoustic sound a bit bassy, but the high-end is still nice.  However, once Tony comes out, it is clear that this is the superior source.  The bass is rich and nice, while the high-hats are still crisp and the horns are well balanced.  This is the source that will end up on my hard drive.

Happy Listening!