July 2, 2011 Late Night Set, Superball IX, Watkins Glen, NY Sources Review

Sorry for the delay on getting this post up.  I had hoped that there would be a few more sources appear for this set, but unfortunately, there are only two.  Luckily for us, though, one of them sounds excellent.  After several listens, this is a must have set for any Phish fan.  The band explores new territory with abandon and I just think its brilliant.  Both of these sources are appended to the full July 2nd torrents.  To just download the Late Night set, you have to select just those tracks. 

Source 1 (hereafter MBHO source)
Source: MBHO KA500HN >>> Hi Ho Silver Actives >>> MBHO MBP 603A >>> Darktrain Silver Interconnects >>>  Naiant LittleBox[Output Transformers] >>> Darktrain Silver Interconnects >>> Sony PCM-M10[24-Bit/96kHz]
Location: DINa/FOB/DFC
Transfer: Sony PCM-M10 > WaveLab 6[Normalize/Crystal Resampler/UV22HR Dither] > CD Wave 1.98 > CKRename > Traders Little Helper v2.6.0[Encode To FLAC/Level 8/Align On Sector Boundaries]

16 bit source
24 bit source

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

16 bit source




As a basically secret and spontaneous set, and given that it was done in surround sound, it is amazing how good these two sources sound.

The MBHO is the best of these two sources.  The bass response is pretty darn good and the stereo separation is pretty nice too.  The highs are there as well and the crowd is fairly quiet.

The SP-TFB source is fairly thin compared to the MBHO source.  Mike just doesn't sound as full and when Page starts dropping synth bombs, those are also lost compared to the MBHO source.

Happy listening!