V Pro discussion

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Richard writes:
>When you sat right up on top of the pianos (as in tuning them) actually
>the
>Yamaha sounded really nice at perhaps jumped  out at you even more then
>did the
>Steinway. However, standing back at the opposite end of the hall the 
difference
>was amazing. The Steinway boomed through the hall, clear as a bell and
>wonderfully full, the Yamaha was hard to hear, weak and a bit tinny. Walking
>up
>the middle of the hall, the Yamaha did not become strong and clear until
>we were
>about 30 feet from it.
Greetings, 
This is due, I think, to the fact that lower frequencies are transmitted more 
efficiently than higher ones.  (If you hear a marching band from a distance, 
the bass drum is a lot more easily heard than the piccolo, but up close, it 
is a different story.       The Yamaha doesn't produce the kind of acoustic 
power that the Steinway does but the engineers don't need the low end, as it 
competes with the drum sounds and bass guitar.  The Yamahas don't need near 
as much EQ in the tracks but the Steinways usually have a lot of roll-off put 
on them at 100 Hz and below. 
Regards, 
Ed Foote