Post by Fugue November 30, 2013 (1 of 14)
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Here's another one that Harmonia Mundi should have directly released.
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Does it sound $300 better than the RBCD?
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Post by Fugue November 30, 2013 (3 of 14)
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Euell Neverno said:
Does it sound $300 better than the RBCD?
I don't own either, so I can't tell you for sure, but probably not. I assume they did not record it with release in SACD format in mind, unlike the Tokyo Quartet's recordings, for instance. A pity since both are fine artists and we could sorely use a complete set of Beethoven Violin Sonatas. (The one on Lyrinx generally receives bad reviews either from a sonic or performance standpoint...or both!)
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Post by lennyw November 30, 2013 (4 of 14)
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Post by steviev November 30, 2013 (5 of 14)
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Fugue said:
Here's another one that Harmonia Mundi should have directly released.
They should have directly released it on a single SACD, not three. It's stereo-only, so that means 4+ hours of DSD stereo would fit on one disc; i.e., all of Beethoven's violin/piano works.
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Post by Fugue November 30, 2013 (6 of 14)
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steviev said:
They should have directly released it on a single SACD, not three. It's stereo-only, so that means 4+ hours of DSD stereo would fit on one disc; i.e., all of Beethoven's violin/piano works.
Yeah, it's a shame they didn't record originally in multi-channel DSD and issue it on SACD--like the Tokyo String Quartet's Beethoven discs. I don't understand their marketing rationale, as I'm sure they would have sold a lot of them.
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steviev said:
They should have directly released it on a single SACD, not three. It's stereo-only, so that means 4+ hours of DSD stereo would fit on one disc; i.e., all of Beethoven's violin/piano works.
That, of course, would not be a hybrid.
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Post by Ubertrout November 30, 2013 (8 of 14)
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Fugue said:
Yeah, it's a shame they didn't record originally in multi-channel DSD and issue it on SACD--like the Tokyo String Quartet's Beethoven discs. I don't understand their marketing rationale, as I'm sure they would have sold a lot of them.
Tokyo SQ releases were Harmonia Mundi USA, this release was Harmonia Mundi France. The US division records a lot in DSD and releases in hybrid multichannel, the French division stopped releasing SACDs a long time ago.
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Post by steviev November 30, 2013 (9 of 14)
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Euell Neverno said:
That, of course, would not be a hybrid.
Good point.
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Post by rammiepie November 30, 2013 (10 of 14)
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Euell Neverno said:
That, of course, would not be a hybrid.
It's single~layered, Euell, to begin with......No hybrid and conceivably, all three discs could fit on one single~layered SACD.
Since, AFAIK, Harmonia Mundi is no longer releasing their own SACD product, the 'limited edition' status of these single~layered discs, released through King International, creates a form of paranoia in collectors who are certain to 'gobble' them up!
Awaiting your review, Euell, at the NOT so nice price!
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