Topic: Comparison of Pianoteq Steinway D & B vs real Steinway M bass
I am visiting my parents this weekend (they got slammed by Irma last week, but have power and water back and are working on other repairs), so I brought my tablet to show off Pianoteq 6. My Dad has been a lifetime audiophile, and his stereo system is a little bit different than most - we played Pianoteq through my tablet into his Emotiva preAmp into two monoblock transistor amps, feeding two Avant Garde Duos horn speakers. My X-Key 37 was used to play Pianoteq. Across the room is my mother's 1953 Steinway Model M (5' 7", as compared to the Model D's 9' 0" length).
I stood at my Mom's real Steinway M, playing some bass notes. My mom did the same at the X-Key 37, playing Pianoteq using the Player presets for each the Model B and the Model B, using the Player preset for each.
The recordings from my cellphone are as follows:
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...20bass.mp3 Pianoteq B vs real Steinway M
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...20bass.mp3 Pianoteq D vs real Steinway M
Some notes:
1) Since I have the cellphone with the voice recorder while I am standing at the real Steinway M, the real thing is closer and louder the the Pianoteq version.
2) The Pianoteq Steinway Model B sounds a little more metallic than I would like down here.
3) The Pianoteq Steinway Model D sounds more like the real M than does the Model B, though the real Model B is closer in size.
4) Wow! The similarities are outstanding!
My Mom walked out of the room, then came back, and immediately looked at her player-less Steinway piano at the same time when she heard me playing the Pianoteq version - she thought it came from her Steinway M. "This is very unnerving", she said.
