I would hazard a guess the banjo is a microphone selection and placement problem
Actually, I'm very satisfied with my playback.
And as you infer, the recordings are likely to be the weakest link in a competent playback chain.
Doesn't stop me from enjoying a great composition or the performance of it.
I won't listen to drivel for more than a moment just because "it sounds good".
In the end, I suppose I hear through the faults.
Put something on after something else, you can say "this sounds like crap!", then you adjust to it, and it sounds like what it sounds like.
To say "this piano doesn't sound like this other piano I think I have a memory of" is a bit self defeating, maybe.
*takes off a funky sounding Miles Davis - Live Evil, and puts on a funky sounding Hiromi Uehara - Place to Be...
Ah, it was the right choice, solo Hiromi. I kept waiting for the drums and bass to kick in, they didn't.
You need good power for a believable piano.
106.9dB peak, 83.7 average on track 2...
23.2db peak to average is on the high side...
14.45x average voltage, 208.92x average power (if the calculations are valid)
The amplifier heat sinks are 131 and 135F... in a 78F room.
Sounds like there's a Yamaha Concert Grand in here right now... And she's pounding it...
Somebody else's photogenic example of my old-school gear:
For Sale! Only
11.500,00 €
About 275W idle power draw, so, it ain't green...
Nearly antique Krell FPB 350 mcx monoblocks (the babies of the series) and Krell KCT preamp
MSRP was something like $12,500 for a pair and $8,500 for the pre in 2005 or so.
I got mine on eBay.
Sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind and get what you think you want.
The flourescent display on the pre is a little dim, hasn't changed though over the 8 years I've had it. One of the blue LED indicator lights on the right amp was flaky for a couple of days last year. Other than that, faultless. Powerful. Clean. Dynamic. Noiseless.
Measured a possible 0.00035% distortion on the preamp yesterday (in another thread). Expect to try the amps tomorrow, just out of curiosity.
The noise on the left and the slope on the right are the Behringer UMC202HD's footprints.
Piano?
Yeah.