Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I've not had a problem with the limited number of Nimbus piano CDs I've
>heard.  I think "cavernous" suggests a piano being played in a room where
>there's too much reverberation or as someone mentioned in another thread,
>like listening to a piano trio in a large sparsely-populated hall.  ...

I don't know if they still do, but Nimbus used to record using a system
called "Ambisonics", which allegedly captured more of the ambient sound of
the room.  Unfortunately, to get the full effect you need - guess what? -
a decoder.  Supposedly they were 100% stereo compatible, but they always
seemed a bit over-resonant somehow.

Deryk Barker
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