Live vs. playback, with some rather astonishing results, in the Valve Amplification Company room at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014. See here:
http://theaudiotraveler.com/2014/10/12/rmaf-2014-vac-versus-the-real-thing/
I unfortunately missed most of this happening- but I was there when Lyn Stanley (the singer at the center of this story) stated something to the effect of, that the VAC/Focal Grande Utopia system was the first thing that made her sound like, well... HER, that she'd ever experienced...
Unlike many "live vs. Memorex" style events in the past- this was an unplanned, impromptu happening- where the artist in question just happened to be in the room, and was struck with how strikingly similar the sound of the system was, to what she heard from herself singing. That's a little more profound, IMHO, than the typical test of this type, with random observers- because an artist is ALWAYS the MOST CRITICAL of their own sound, of ANYONE. For the artist, herself, to say this, IMHO, MEANS SOMETHING, significantly.
It is gratifying, to me, to have been a small part of what made this possible- that our 14+ hours of setup at the show, not to mention packing, moving and placing 6000+ lbs of gear, was a job well worth doing.
Regards,
Gordon.
http://theaudiotraveler.com/2014/10/12/rmaf-2014-vac-versus-the-real-thing/
I unfortunately missed most of this happening- but I was there when Lyn Stanley (the singer at the center of this story) stated something to the effect of, that the VAC/Focal Grande Utopia system was the first thing that made her sound like, well... HER, that she'd ever experienced...
Unlike many "live vs. Memorex" style events in the past- this was an unplanned, impromptu happening- where the artist in question just happened to be in the room, and was struck with how strikingly similar the sound of the system was, to what she heard from herself singing. That's a little more profound, IMHO, than the typical test of this type, with random observers- because an artist is ALWAYS the MOST CRITICAL of their own sound, of ANYONE. For the artist, herself, to say this, IMHO, MEANS SOMETHING, significantly.
It is gratifying, to me, to have been a small part of what made this possible- that our 14+ hours of setup at the show, not to mention packing, moving and placing 6000+ lbs of gear, was a job well worth doing.
Regards,
Gordon.