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I was immediately struck by the low-level air and room ambience the Elan 10s were capable of resolving. With Gina Bachauer's performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto 1, with Antal Doráti conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (CD, Mercury 434 374-2), the Elans rendered every silky nuance of the orchestra in its deep ambient space. And with "Maracatu," from Egberto Gismonti's Works (CD, ECM 2692), I was struck by the bed of air enveloping each note of Gismonti's piano, Mauro Denise's flute, and Nana Vasconcelos's battery of percussion. And the Epos resolved gobs of detail that enabled me to listen deeply into the mixes of familiar recordings and experience them in a new way. On every track of Björk's Homogenic (CD, Elektra 62061-2), I found myself analyzing the harmonic and dynamic envelope of each of her synthesizer patches.
On the downside, the Elan 10 was ruthless at revealing less-than-well-recorded music. Although I normally enjoy listening to "Sex Kills," from Joni Mitchell's Turbulent Indigo (CD, Reprise 45786-2), even though I recognize that it doesn't sound as natural as her recordings from the 1960s and '70s, through the Elans I was distracted by the track's dynamic compression, the digitally processed acoustic guitar, and the electronic glaze on Mitchell's voice.
The Elan 10's ability to render precise and linear articulation of low-level dynamics from ppp to p made it an excellent showcase for János Starker's recording of J.S. Bach's Suites for Solo Cello (CD, Mercury 432 756-2). On every track, his cello resonated with wood, bow, rosin, and air. Listening to "Chan Chan," from Buena Vista Social Club (LP, World Circuit/Elektra Nonesuch 79478-2), I followed every subtle striking of the congas, bongos, and udu drum, whereas I usually focus on the voices. And when I heard "Sleeping Metronomes Lie," from my jazz quartet Attention Screen's Takes Flight at Yamaha (CD, Stereophile STPH021-2), I focused on my unaccompanied intro. Even though the piano I was playing is fundamentally an electronic instrument, the Epos enabled me to remember just how delicately the Yamaha AvantGrande can re-create the low-level dynamic articulation of an acoustic piano.
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