[RKrizman]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bushpig:

NOW REALLY, REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HEAR!!!! Focus on a bass drum or something low for a few flips back and forth. Listen very hard to vocal sounds and the "SS's". Are they smoother or nastier or more smeared or is the stereo image different??

Enough. Please get back to me when you've all tried this test.
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Okay Steve, I tried it (I'm trying it right now in fact). I listened to some Keb'Mo and the new Eels and the first Gillian Welch, through JBL LSR28's. I listened blind, flipping back and forth until I thought I had some grounds for making a choice, then I looked. I guessed correctly 5 times and incorrectly 5 times.

That doesn't mean there isn't a difference, just that I don't hear it. I'd love to try the same thing at a mastering studio, but I'm guessing the results would be the same.

Anybody else?

Rick Krizman
KrizManic Music