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User Details - steviev
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Steve W. | |
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I always listen to MCH programme when available. All my comments and opinions refer to MCH unless otherwise stated. Record reviewer, American Record Guide. |
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Oregonia | |
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Sony CE-595/Oppo 103 Denon AVR-588/Yamaha Aventage 1000 receivers Polk fullrange fronts and surrounds / Boston subwoof Polk full(ish)range ceiling-hangers for 2+2+2 recordings 1970's puke-green crushed velvet recliner (essential) Country livin', where the loudest noise is the evening crickets |
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July 31, 2015
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So this is the new site....... Are you joking? I would never bookmark it. Embarrassing. Start over from scratch, Stephen. No joke. No one with an IQ above 85 would think this is better than the current SA-CD.net. ... more | |
July 27, 2015
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These same Berliners performed Pentatone's ten-opera Wagner series, which Pentatone disclosed were recorded in PCM Hi-Res, whatever that means. There's no such disclosure on this Strauss disc, so I assume it's DSD. ... more | |
July 24, 2015
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It's recorded at a lower level than usual for Pentatone, so crank up the gain about six decibels or so. The dynamic range is restricted, quite realistically, as if there were a fidgety, expectorant audience in attendance and not an empty hall. In multichannel, there is no muddiness in complicated passages. It's a gorgeous recording. ... more | |
July 19, 2015
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Yes, I have: electric piano (in my case, Yamaha YDP-223) heard thru headphones, with all reverb settings turned off. It's the purest, driest, isolated piano sound possible, the ideal that some famous pianist or other is seeking to replicate via an acoustic piano, when all this time it's available to anybody with a few hundred bucks and an AC ... more | |
July 13, 2015
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And the hiss and rumble perfectly replicate the whirring of indoor air-conditioning fans and traffic passing by outside the hall, respectively. ... more |
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