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User Details - Big Al
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Allan | |
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Classical music 'nut' and have attended 100s of concerts. | |
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Aughton in Lancashire | |
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marantz sa700 sacd/amp combo and Monitor Audio Bronze speakers | |
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allan.wilks@btinternet.com | |
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June 30, 2007
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And you can get this set for £19 at the moment in the HMV sale - one of the bargains of all time?? (I have no connections to HMV by the way...) ... more | |
June 30, 2007
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Does anyone else share my frustration with the habit of fading out audience applause after just a few seconds?? This may strike many as a minor and irrelevent quibble but I find that it considerably diminishes the listening experience - it is so unnatural. Although I prefer no applause, if it has to be there then why not record it in its entirity ... more | |
June 23, 2007
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Thanks kansub - I was so concerned that I have even wondered if there is in fact a stereo only SACD channel on the disc (as referred to on this forum in a thread started by putmess). On my player the display indicates (in very small letters) CD or SACD and can be switched by depressing the Sound Mode button - but tere still remains a small ... more | |
June 23, 2007
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Thank-you Castor for such an enthusiastic review - I own the Davis version but will now seek out this Naxos SACD version as I havn't ever really been convinced by Elgar 3 (whereas 1 and especially 2 are constantly played). ... more | |
June 23, 2007
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Bought this CD at HMV in Statford (had been visiting to watch King Lear and was the only SACD in the shop I considered worthy to buy as a momento of my visit - was aware it had received Disc of the Month in Gramophone) but I have to say I am somewhat disappointed with it. The sound is to my ears a let down - there is little to distinguish between ... more |
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