After doing a recent review of the Wessex Sinfonico Euphonium, I was asked to compare the Wessex, a very, very nice horn under $3K to my Adams E3 Euphonium, with a price tag over $10K (the entire bell engraving drove the price over $10K). I recorded on my Adams, three of the same pieces I recorded for the Wessex. I then put both clips of each piece together in a comparison video. The results are below.
1) Sleepsong from Secret Garden, Wessex Sinfonico, then Adams E3
2) Solo from Holst 2nd Suite in F, Wessex Sinfonico, then Adams E3
3) Danny Boy, Wessex Sinfonico, then Adams E3 (some inopportune valve sticking right before the last phrase on the Adams clip)
My recording gear has now been sold to someone down the street, so that takes me off the hook for any more recordings. I'm kidding, sort of, but I am not too good at recording, and I can't seem to really capture the Euphonium very well. But hopefully this is good enough to compare the two different Euphoniums.
1) Sleepsong from Secret Garden, Wessex Sinfonico, then Adams E3
2) Solo from Holst 2nd Suite in F, Wessex Sinfonico, then Adams E3
3) Danny Boy, Wessex Sinfonico, then Adams E3 (some inopportune valve sticking right before the last phrase on the Adams clip)
My recording gear has now been sold to someone down the street, so that takes me off the hook for any more recordings. I'm kidding, sort of, but I am not too good at recording, and I can't seem to really capture the Euphonium very well. But hopefully this is good enough to compare the two different Euphoniums.
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