Post by zeus September 2, 2004 (1 of 15)
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"In anticipation of the launch of our LIVING STEREO SACD reissue series and www.livingstereo-sacd.com, we're offering the rare opportunity to have your questions answered by the series' experts: Series Producer Daniel Guss and SACD Remastering Supervisor John Newton.
"Post your questions on the BMG Classics' Message Board. The Q&A will be featured on www.livingstereo-sacd.com when it launches in mid-September."
http://www.bmgclassics.com/news/index.jsp
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Post by Johnno September 5, 2004 (2 of 15)
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I'll probably have a good listen to them first before commenting. I would image that other interested parties are like me in wanting to know what the next batch will comprise. One at, or near, the top of my list would be the Reiner/Respighi pairing of the "Fountains" and "Pines". Classic performances.
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I want the Reiner Rimsky Scheherazade.
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Post by mdt September 6, 2004 (4 of 15)
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Johnno said:
I'll probably have a good listen to them first before commenting. I would image that other interested parties are like me in wanting to know what the next batch will comprise. One at, or near, the top of my list would be the Reiner/Respighi pairing of the "Fountains" and "Pines". Classic performances.
I'd love that too. I have the recording on XRCD and it's fantastic already in this format.
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Post by nickc September 7, 2004 (5 of 15)
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zeus said:
"In anticipation of the launch of our LIVING STEREO SACD reissue series and www.livingstereo-sacd.com, we're offering the rare opportunity to have your questions answered by the series' experts: Series Producer Daniel Guss and SACD Remastering Supervisor John Newton.
"Post your questions on the BMG Classics' Message Board. The Q&A will be featured on www.livingstereo-sacd.com when it launches in mid-September."
http://www.bmgclassics.com/news/index.jsp
in the spiel they say that they have used three of the original six channels! i'll post and ask what six channels means...
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Post by suebsak September 20, 2004 (6 of 15)
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Something wrong with the new remastering of Munch/Boston Symphony "La Mer" & "Escales". The sound is overly mellow and lack of high frequency sparkle. The old BMG Living Stereo CD sounds more accurate and the high frequency was there, the original LP sounds even better with wider frequency range. It seems the tape machine's calibration setting that the new remastering team use to playback the original master tapes is incorrect. Please check and correct this next time when you transfer tapes that are older than circa 1958, as they have different set of playback equaization curve. Thanks!
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suebsak said:
Something wrong with the new remastering of Munch/Boston Symphony "La Mer" & "Escales". The sound is overly mellow and lack of high frequency sparkle. The old BMG Living Stereo CD sounds more accurate and the high frequency was there, the original LP sounds even better with wider frequency range. It seems the tape machine's calibration setting that the new remastering team use to playback the original master tapes is incorrect. Please check and correct this next time when you transfer tapes that are older than circa 1958, as they have different set of playback equaization curve. Thanks!
I posted a message over there essentially repeating your complaints. Let's see what they say.
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Post by Johnno September 22, 2004 (8 of 15)
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suebsak said:
Something wrong with the new remastering of Munch/Boston Symphony "La Mer" & "Escales". The sound is overly mellow and lack of high frequency sparkle. The old BMG Living Stereo CD sounds more accurate and the high frequency was there, the original LP sounds even better with wider frequency range. It seems the tape machine's calibration setting that the new remastering team use to playback the original master tapes is incorrect. Please check and correct this next time when you transfer tapes that are older than circa 1958, as they have different set of playback equaization curve. Thanks!
If what you say is true, that's easily solved -- THEY DO THEM AGAIN!!!! Furthermore, we should be able to send our copies back and get the replacements FREE OF CHARGE!!!
Why should we have to tolerate that sort of incompetence from qualified audio engineers? Those sorts of things like equalization settings should be checked as a matter of course and any self-respecting engineer should be aware of them anyway.
I get the impression that the Reiner "Zarathustra" is OK -- and that recording dates from 1954, so how come they bungle recordings from a slightly later period? As I've already mentioned, I have the standard CD of that disc and I naturally expect the SACD to sound better, not worse -- as ineed we all do!
What a fine example this is for SACD!! When the doubting Thomases or DVD-A devotees hear it, they're going to have a field day!
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Post by Johnno September 23, 2004 (9 of 15)
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I've read elsewhere that it might be a simple question of reversing the polarity -- which I assume, in the case of a straight stereo system, simply means reversing the connections to ONE of the speakers.
I understand that the Van Cliburn concerto disc improves with similar treatment.
If that turns out to be the case, perhaps some of us could do with a large helping of humble pie -- and that would definitely include me, following the remarks I've made above.
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Post by Claude September 23, 2004 (10 of 15)
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Johnno said:
I've read elsewhere that it might be a simple question of reversing the polarity -- which I assume, in the case of a straight stereo system, simply means reversing the connections to ONE of the speakers
No. Those who talk about polarity issues in this context mean absolute polarity. To change absolute polarity you must change connections on both speakers. It means that the cone movements of all speakers will be reversed.
http://www.stereophile.com/reference/45/index2.html
Relative polarity problems are much more dramatic and easy to find out (although some hifi store owners don't seem to notice ;-))
The effects of absolute polarity on the sound are rather controversial. I checked it once on a disc that was said to have polarity issues and I did not hear a difference.
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