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After doing a lot of posting in the last several days regarding multi-channel sound vs Stereo, I got to wondering two things:
1, Are there any binaural SACDS
2, Why aren't there more? Theoretically, binaural, (using headphones for listening) should blow away multi-channel (using loudspeakers - obviously) as clearly as multi-channel blows away stereo for creating the illusion that the listener has been transported to the recording venue.
The huge advantage in cost for the consumer, plus the added realism, should be a real selling point. The only disadvantage is hot ears, sore ears with long listening sessions.
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HECTOR BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique/Love Scene from Romeo et Juliette - Paavo Jarvi - Telarc SACD-60578
http://www.audaud.com/audaud/OCT01/SACD/sacdOCT01.html
"A little tip to headphone users: If you want to hear what it's like to sit in the balcony at Cincinnati's Music Hall during a performance, just run Channels 4 & 5 on this SACD into your headphone amp and put on your headphones. They were recorded binaurally using the Neumann dummy head mike system."
I don't own a copy of this disc, but an interesting question.
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JohnFerrier said:
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique/Love Scene from Romeo et Juliette - Paavo Jarvi - Telarc SACD-60578
http://www.audaud.com/audaud/OCT01/SACD/sacdOCT01.html
"A little tip to headphone users: If you want to hear what it's like to sit in the balcony at Cincinnati's Music Hall during a performance, just run Channels 4 & 5 on this SACD into your headphone amp and put on your headphones. They were recorded binaurally using the Neumann dummy head mike system."
I don't own a copy of this disc, but an interesting question.
NEAT !
And I happen to have a copy!
Thanks,
Bruce
PS just left of center of the second balcony is my favorite seat in Boston's Symphony Hall!
This should be fun.
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Windsurfer said:
NEAT !
And I happen to have a copy!
Thanks,
Bruce
PS just left of center of the second balcony is my favorite seat in Boston's Symphony Hall!
This should be fun.
Comments???
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I got a chance to hear Seiji Ozawa lead the Boston Symphony in a performance Berlioz's "Requiem". Fortunately, it was recorded so that I can "relive" the moment. Great hall in a very historic city. Loved it.
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Any comments on the "binaural" SACD?
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JohnFerrier said:
Any comments on the "binaural" SACD?
John,
I do not currently have a pair of operating headphones! Will borrow a pair of Senheisers from a friend and check this out as time allows. Right now I am pressed for time with some construction projects.
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Post by Minkus March 2, 2009 (7 of 10)
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I think he might have died... did anyone call for help?
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Post by Fugue March 2, 2009 (8 of 10)
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Windsurfer said:
After doing a lot of posting in the last several days regarding multi-channel sound vs Stereo, I got to wondering two things:
1, Are there any binaural SACDS
Zenph Studios' "re-performance" of Glenn Gould's 1955 Bach Goldberg Variations has a binaural and standard stereo version of the piece on SACD. I prefer the standard stereo tracks--they have more stereo width and space--even in headphones.
http://www.zenph.com/sept25.html
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Post by Claude March 3, 2009 (9 of 10)
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Windsurfer said:
After doing a lot of posting in the last several days regarding multi-channel sound vs Stereo, I got to wondering two things:
1, Are there any binaural SACDS
2, Why aren't there more? Theoretically, binaural, (using headphones for listening) should blow away multi-channel (using loudspeakers - obviously) as clearly as multi-channel blows away stereo for creating the illusion that the listener has been transported to the recording venue.
The huge advantage in cost for the consumer, plus the added realism, should be a real selling point. The only disadvantage is hot ears, sore ears with long listening sessions.
I'm a big fan of headphone listening, mainly for orchestral music, and my AKG K1000 "earspeakers" don't give hot or sore ears.
But I'm not convinced by the advantage of binaural recording. I have heard a couple of them on CD (and the Glenn Gould reperformance SACD). Some binaural demo discs with radio plays provide aural realism that is very impressive, but when it comes to music, I did not notice binaural recordings to be better than recordings with normal stereo microphones.
In my view realism in soundstage perspective is overrated when it comes to music reproduction. I also think that binaural recordings made from the best seat in a concert hall would sound considerably worse than the microphone setups used today by the best recording teams.
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Post by eesau March 3, 2009 (10 of 10)
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Fugue said:
Zenph Studios' "re-performance" of Glenn Gould's 1955 Bach Goldberg Variations has a binaural and standard stereo version of the piece on SACD. I prefer the standard stereo tracks--they have more stereo width and space--even in headphones.
http://www.zenph.com/sept25.html
Hi,
yes it sounds as if you had placed your head inside the instrument ... and does not really provide with any benefits compared with regular stereo listening.
5.1 SACD MC setup is much better.
br,
Esa
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