June 1, 2001 PNC Bank Performing Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ Sources Review

If you are a big enough Phish fan to be checking out this blog, then you already know about the Tweezer > No Quarter from this night.  That jam alone should make you download this show.  Given that, we have 3 sources to choose from this evening.  I want to thank the tapers again for making the effort to record the show and get it out on the web 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: Set 1 OTS Sec 203 Seat 102 Set UNoficial tapers Section (Directly behind soundboard)/POS@7'
Transfer: CF Card>Wavelab 6.0(Resample and Dithering>CD Wave(tacking>TLH(flac 16 level 8)

16 bit source

Source 2 (hereafter SP-TFB source)
Source: SP-TFB-2 > SP-SPSB-10 > MARANTZ-PMD620
Location: BOB
Transfer: MASTER > AUDACITY > CD WAVE > FLAC LEVEL (8)

24 bit source

Source 3 (hereafter ME66 source)
Source: Sennheiser ME-66s (PAS, ROC 1') > Lunatec V3 (S/PDIF out) > Tascam HD-P2 (24 bit / 44.1 kHz)
Location: Sec 202 Row L Seat 102
Transfer: Adobe Audition (fades, tracking, minor level adjustments) > xACT (flac level 8, tagged)

24 bit source


Phish - 6/1/11 "Split Open and Melt" from Phish on Vimeo.


The Busman source has really nice mids and highs and great bass response, however the bass doesn't kick quite as much as the MK4v's from Bethel.  (I'm sorry I keep fluffing those, they sound great.) As with the previous night, the tracking is screwed up in a few places with several songs tracked together.  All that being said, this night sounds better than the previous night as there is not nearly as much wind noise.  This is my pick for the best source from this night.

The SPTFB source has excellent bass response, however the rest of the band sounds somewhat muted.  Further, there is noticeable crowd noise in this recording.  It is only available in 24 bit, so if you want to burn this onto CD, you will have to convert it to 16 bit.

The ME66 source starts out with lower levels, but this improves throughout the recording.  Again, the bass is not as well defined as on the Busman source, though the overall sound is less muffled than the SPTFB source.

Happy listening!