Very crisp transients & wonderful detail & timbre in the loooong decays.

Beautiful detail & authentic presence.

The image focus is sharp & off-center to the left on my system.

Thanks for posting.

Any details available regarding the microphones, placement & other info about how it was created?

Bill - on the Hill
Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob
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I have Vista and it's not wanting to load on mine.

The .wav is playing automatically through Windows Media Player on my system.
I am going to pass the wav file through my dBpoweramp Converter to create a FLAC file.
Then load the FLAC file into the Foobar library on my NAS.
This will allow me to listen to the lossless file on a system fully optimized for music.
Expectation bias is in full gear as I predict noticeable improvement due to better performing drivers & player settings.

Bill - on the Hill
Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob
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Ran the FLAC conversion through my optimized playback configuration....

The detail, as I expected is extended.
The sharp definition in attack transient is quite noticeable.
As is the sense of the metallic nature of the chimes.
Not gritty or harsh, but with a timbrel edge reminiscent a tuning fork.
The decay is now infinite, it just goes on and on and on and on and on.........
The ambiance is fuller as the sound after the strike just fills more of the room.

here is the DR results on the FLAC file:

foobar2000 1.1.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-07-10 18:26:47

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Statistics for: ?-bells#1
Number of samples: 4688667
Duration: 1:46
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Left Right

Peak Value: -1.20 dB --- -1.20 dB
Avg RMS: -20.48 dB --- -21.80 dB
DR channel: 15.63 dB --- 14.64 dB
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Official DR Value: DR15

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 760 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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It is quite well done, though I'm not quite getting the attack strike that Bill is. The decay is awesome, though, and probably more a reflection on my cans. By way of example, I'm not getting any sense of what is actually striking the chime...perhaps something other than the hardness of wood?

is the image offset to the left when you play the file?

It's probably far more apparent with speakers, though. Maybe 1dB more would be my guess.

Thanks!
I just wanted to verify there was not an issue with the file or my system.

Bill - on the Hill
Practicing Curmudgeon & Audio Snob
- just an “ON” switch, Please –