According to the Concertgebouw's own site and Pentatone's Groot geluid there will be double DSD live concerts streaming from both Amsterdam and Japan. I am already out travelling in Asia so double DSD streaming is not anything I can try.But what I found most interesting about Groot's post over at Computer Audiophile was the fact that he really praised the very simply mic'd, apparently 2 mics only! relay from the Concertgebouw. For plain stereo I wish they would do the same with their Pentatone recordings which,while generally very good can sometimes sound a bit "phasey" and not always ideally clear and coherent. Certainly interesting to hear someone who has always here argued that 2 mics are not enough,now say he is impressed by simple 2 mics only miking of a large orchestra. And at double DSD instead of the standard DSD 64 Pentatone has recorded at so far. It seems that LSO LIVE have already started to record at double DSD. Mind you their main problem are the acoustics,not samplng rates imo. The difference between native DSD and 24/96 from them is almost inaudible anyway. But what about Pentatone,would double DSD make a noticable difference or not? Anyway I heard a superb live concert of among other works Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto from one of the best seats in the hall a couple of nights ago here in Singapore,and as usual nothing,neither double nor quad or whatever sampling rate can even come close to the real thing imo. The SSO is a really good orchestra and the pianist Nelson Goerner played stupendously well too. And BIS Sacd's sell for 22 SGD each in the foayer stall at every concert. Looking forward to their next release. Cheers Chris
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