User Details - hamblis


Name:
  Steve Hamblin
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Location:
  Scotland
HiFi:
  dCS Rossini and Clock; McIntosh MC501 monoblocs;
Meridian 598 DVD Audio Transport; Meridian 568.2MM Surround Processor; Meridian 559 amplifier;
Quadraspire system racks;
Vertex AQ system platforms and cabling
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Latest Posts

Quality of LSO Live recordings
March 6, 2009
I'd like to thank everyone for their replies, especially Chaz from LSO Live who immediately offered to replace the problem discs which, given that I've owned the discs for some time, isn't something I'd looked for. To Esa, who says that the problem relates to my transport, I really don't think that's the case. The equipment has been back to ... more
Quality of LSO Live recordings
March 5, 2009
Hired fox, I haven't "just" e-mailed Chaz at LSO Live because I didn't know to do so. I was also concerned that I've owned the set for a while and felt too much time had gone by to go back to the retailer. I've seen Chaz's post and will follow that up. I don't believe I've "slagged them off" at all. I've explained my concern and asked for input on ... more
Quality of LSO Live recordings
March 5, 2009
Thanks for your replies - much appreciated. Alan, the only words I can make out on the reverse of the disc near the hole are "Sony DADC". Otherwise, there are some code numbers but no other text that I can make out. I will see if the supplier will agree to replacing the set. Steve ... more
Quality of LSO Live recordings
March 4, 2009
I have a boxed set of Beethoven Symphonies 1-9 (Haitink) on LSO Live. On three of the discs, my player won't read the SACD layer (it does read the CD layer). On the 9th symphony, in particular, the sound stage collapses and a lot of the music seems directed through one speaker. I find this on the 7th, too, but to a lesser degree. Whilst I have ... more
The inherent superiority of the SACD medium
March 4, 2009
Surely what really matters is what the music sounds like after conversion back to analogue? For what it's worth, I'm a SACD supporter but not to the exclusion of CD which is by far the largest part of my collection. It's interesting to me that systems which upsample CD to DSD (EMM Labs, Esoteric, dCS) let well presented CD sound almost ... more