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Oh jeez, I am truly embarrassed.
As I was recently reading and learning a lot about SACD, I ended up on this forum. Last week I had the privilege of listening for the first time ever, here at Channel Classics, to SACD and it blew my mind.
Of course, asking for advice on what to buy as to starting to set up the equipment at my home is genuine, but I have already asked Jared himself for some advice too. Jared has nothing to do with me joining this forum and I expect no-one to suspect him of anything related to these posts. It was my clumsy initiative and that is the biggest reason that I am embarrassed. I would like to apologize and ask you to forgive me for the mistake I made.
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Post by pgmdir May 1, 2014 (12 of 29)
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More important now is ---- How is Fischer's Bruckner 7. I am not a Bruckner fan, so I have not been inclined to be an early buyer of the disc. I would guess that those who lump Bruckner and Mahler together are fans of neither. Nevertheless, since Ivan Fischer has shown me new ways of looking at individual works--ie Rach 2--I'm inclined to try this one. But I'm waiting for some feedback from any of you.....
Bill
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Post by tailspn May 1, 2014 (13 of 29)
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Well Bruckner/BFO Fischer fans, as advertised, the Bruckner 7 is released today. For those truly interested in the music, the entire album is currently available for listening through your computer (MP3), until someone fixes a glitch in the nativedsd.com site.
The four movements are each available for a 60 second preview. Clicking the PLAY arrow will play you 60 seconds from the beginning. After the 60 seconds plays out, and stops, clicking the same PLAY arrow will start the movement again, from the beginning, and play the entire movement length.
I've been privileged to have had this recording, in multichannel, for some time, and count it as one of the most moving, finest recorded orchestra recordings of my acquaintance. Those Wagner Tubas with the underlining strings at the end of the Adagio second movement preceded by the flute solo always move me. Musically, and sound quality wise I highly recommend this recording. But listen for yourself and you judge.
Tom
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Post by Iain May 1, 2014 (14 of 29)
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Steven Murray said:
Oh jeez, I am truly embarrassed.
As I was recently reading and learning a lot about SACD, I ended up on this forum. Last week I had the privilege of listening for the first time ever, here at Channel Classics, to SACD and it blew my mind.
Of course, asking for advice on what to buy as to starting to set up the equipment at my home is genuine, but I have already asked Jared himself for some advice too. Jared has nothing to do with me joining this forum and I expect no-one to suspect him of anything related to these posts. It was my clumsy initiative and that is the biggest reason that I am embarrassed. I would like to apologize and ask you to forgive me for the mistake I made.
Welcome to SA-CD.net.
As far as kit, I recommend the upcoming Sony BDP-S7200. It should be released in June or July in the EU.
It's a stunning bit of kit and will also play multi-channel FLAC as well as DSD downloads. It will be my next machine.
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Post by pgmdir May 1, 2014 (15 of 29)
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tailspn said:
Well Bruckner/BFO Fischer fans, as advertised, the Bruckner 7 is released today. For those truly interested in the music, the entire album is currently available for listening through your computer (MP3), until someone fixes a glitch in the nativedsd.com site.
The four movements are each available for a 60 second preview. Clicking the PLAY arrow will play you 60 seconds from the beginning. After the 60 seconds plays out, and stops, clicking the same PLAY arrow will start the movement again, from the beginning, and play the entire movement length.
I've been privileged to have had this recording, in multichannel, for some time, and count it as one of the most moving, finest recorded orchestra recordings of my acquaintance. Those Wagner Tubas with the underlining strings at the end of the Adagio second movement preceded by the flute solo always move me. Musically, and sound quality wise I highly recommend this recording. But listen for yourself and you judge.
Tom
Thanks Tom.... Listening now.
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tailspn said:
Well Bruckner/BFO Fischer fans, as advertised, the Bruckner 7 is released today. For those truly interested in the music, the entire album is currently available for listening through your computer (MP3), until someone fixes a glitch in the nativedsd.com site.
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thanks. Those are extremely fast tempi!
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tailspn said:
I've been privileged to have had this recording, in multichannel, for some time, and count it as one of the most moving, finest recorded orchestra recordings of my acquaintance. Those Wagner Tubas with the underlining strings at the end of the Adagio second movement preceded by the flute solo always move me. Musically, and sound quality wise I highly recommend this recording. But listen for yourself and you judge.
Make just that section available in a freebie in native DSD/mch and it will sell the whole enchilada. Gorgeous!
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I'll pass. Based on listening to those MP3s, this is below par Bruckner, potentially gorgeous sound notwithstanding.
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Post by pgmdir May 1, 2014 (19 of 29)
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Very well balanced, beautifully played, another fine CC/BFO release. The first two movements were especially appealing.
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Post by zeus May 2, 2014 (20 of 29)
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Steven Murray said:
Jared has nothing to do with me joining this forum and I expect no-one to suspect him of anything related to these posts. It was my clumsy initiative and that is the biggest reason that I am embarrassed. I would like to apologize and ask you to forgive me for the mistake I made.
From the posting guidelines:
9. If you have a relevant industry affiliation, make sure you include this in the Details section of your User Details.
Even if the opinions are your own, making clear your affiliation (like "I work with Jared at Channel Classics") lets everybody know where you're coming from and they can make up their own mind. Sites like this are open to all sorts of deviousness (which I don't intend going into here) and it requires continual vigilance. My only interest here is keeping everybody honest ... not saying you aren't but it doesn't hurt to be up front about your affiliation.
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