Trey continued his jaunt through the midwest last Saturday night. I'm sorry for the delay in getting this review up, I was hoping to have more than two sources to choose from, but as my Mom always says, beggars can't be choosers. So this review will cover those two and if more come online, I'll do a quick rundown of those after tour is over. Thanks, as always, to the tapers who get the shows out to the public so quickly. Sometimes it's easy to forget how good we have it these days.
Source 1 (hereafter MK41 source)
Source: Schoeps Mk41>Nbox>Sony M10>wav(24/48)>wav(16/44/1)>flac
Location: FOB/LOC/DINA at 10 ft
Transfer: Gain adjusted and fades added in Soundforge 9, Dithered and Resampled in Wavelab 5
16 bit source
Source 2 (hereafter MBHO source)
Source: MBHO603a/KA200N > Fostex FR2-LE
16 bit source
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The MK41 source has excellent levels right from the beginning. It doesn't have quite the high-end response of the MBHO source however. The crowd noise is slightly lower on this source. The bass isn't as loud as in the MBHO source, however the bass has much better definition down low. At first the MBHO source was sounding better to my ears, until I listened to the first notes of Sand. The MK41 source, while not entirely clear, had distinct notes during the bass intro, the MBHO did not. As a result, I'm going with the MK41 source.
The MBHO source has very nice high-end, however there is a lot of crowd noise. I had heard via YEMblog on twitter that this show might have the most obnoxious crowd of tour (so far), so this isn't exactly surprising. However, there is definitely more crowd noise on this source rather than the MK41. The bass is very well balanced, however there is a lack of definition on the lowest notes.
Happy Listening!
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