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Vintage songbird reviews5/28/2023 The Songbird had no issues in being both incisive and detailed around the midband. Bass was notable for its movement rather than as a foundational tone. It was lighter than that but retained the impact you get from high speed. Hence, very low frequency implementation was lacking a tad. Turning to The Cure’s Pornography and Figurehead, bass was not massy or full of heft. So this cartridge can never be described as a ‘me too’ design. It’s different from much of the competition because of that. It’s highly entertaining and rather wonderful because the Songbird emotes. Other cartridges give you the focus and the precision but then they can sometimes lack emotion and ‘feel’ which can result in a slightly sterile and dry presentation.Īnd hey, at least the Songbird offers a choice. Sometimes, I felt that I was heading, face first, into a bowl of custard. I wanted to hear the edges and to find out where the frame of the music really was. At times, I almost wanted to moved my head backwards to take it all in, I felt I was very close to the action you see. ![]() I think that effect might be caused by the relative position of them. Some listeners might see the upper frequencies as a bit on the soft side but I’m not sure about that. What I didn’t really get was the last drop of focus or precision. There seemed to be a constant movement of air around the upper frequencies which offered clarity and transparency and plenty of detail. You felt that you were closer to to the action, violins were full of breath, percussion was busy and flute was spacious. The upper frequencies were pulled nearer to the ear. Compared to other, similarly priced, designs I thought that the upper frequencies offered more…and possibly less. The Songbird enjoyed working around the midrange and the treble bands too. Let’s not ignore the upper regions, though. ![]() ![]() During first few minutes of play, I actually wondered if bass was lacking until I realised that bass was performing in a nimble, mobile fashion without any bloating fat. In fact, it did that in a surprisingly subtle manner. I want it to occupy areas it should without getting ideas above its station and I also want it to illuminate percussion, bass guitar and the like without blooming all over the place. I want it to do its work without dominating.
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