"We invited representatives from Laboga Amplifiers to The Rasmus sound check as we were playing a show in Warsaw, venue called Stodola. After we finished the sound check, we arranged to do a A/B test of Way of sound cables. We used electric guitar, electric bass, electro-acoustic guitar and acoustic bass.
At first I wasn't sure if i could hear difference between the cables, which was our other option in the test. Then we switched our monitoring for a headphone amplifier with a pair of studio reference headphones, and the difference became more audible.
I realized that the Way of sound cable actually seems to present wider range of dynamics, especially in the higher frequencies. The difference was a small one to my ears, but i must say that the small difference was for the better for the Way of sound cable.
To describe a sound is always kind of challenge, but I'd say Way of sound was more three dimensional: the sound was very present in the louder accents of playing, and the quieter accents felt like being further in the sound space, thus creating a deeper feeling of space in the music. Also i felt that Way of sound carried the lower frequencies in clearer, more lively way.
Sometimes I've heard some sound engineers describing a sound or piece equipment they use being more 3-dimensional, and in this test I understood how it sounds in practical. I found this A/B test very interesting one, and actually i was very surprised that I could hear any difference between instrument cables. After the test we decided with our guitar tech that we will change all our instrument cable connections to Way of sound cables.
Eero Heinonen / The Rasmus 24.11.2005" |
