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This 1977 recording with RCO and Haitink is also a good one and included the cymbal crash.Chris...
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I've heard this performance of Roméo et Juliette during a live broadcast on Dutch radio. Placido Domingo as a conductor: a reliable conductor but further nothing special. Placido is of course singer in the first place. It becomes clear to m...
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Hi Jerry, the Tintner recording of Bruckner VII is excellent. It's a pity he didn't include the (albeit controversial but certainly spectacular) cymbal crash towards the end of the second movement.Chris...
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The recording of Beethoven IX with Fürtwängler is cosidered by many as the non plus ultra among the interpretations. The recording is bold and very impressive indeed, but the interpretation is of course outdated and is one of a required taste. Fürtwä...
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The sound of Sakuma's system is a bit idiosyncratic but it is quite pleasant to the ear. I even enjoy the Fürtwängler Beethoven! Which speaker systems does he have?Chris...
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Some people say the BSO is the most "European" sounding US orchestra. Well, when listening to the recordings of the orchestra under the baton of Charles Münch it sounds truly wonderful and... indeed like a fine European orchestra. The Deutsche Grammo...
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Hi Roman, what do you think of Georg Tintner's Bruckner VII (or the other Bruckner symphonies conducted by him)? And how is Barenboim's?Chris...
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I know what you mean regarding the tone colors of the composition styles of opera composers. Richard Strauss is a bit dualistic: his color is metallic grey and almost glittering as diamond (his earliers attemps: Elektra and Salomé) on the other ...
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Sakuma's idiosyncratic and esoteric way of thinking (he believes for example that tubes have a "soul") is not to everyone's liking. He is projecting his mind into a sort of tone control. At least for him this tone control brings him nearer to th...
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Sakuma San is some sort of cult figure among the tube-o-philes. I wonder why he is implementing so many transformers in his amplifiers. Using transformers can be a good thing but in my experience too many transformers give a somewhat compressed sound...
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Hi Roman, yes it is true that it is a bit foolish to refer to Krell and Mark Levinson, but I had to refer to some familiar brands that are in high regard among many of us. Many audiophiles from the Far-East (Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Si...
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Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money) as the best sounding (solid state) amps regardless of price. They even bettered the best amps from Krell, Mark Levinson, et...
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The VPO is my favourite orchestra, followed by the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra. Both have glorious strings. The VPO's strings section has a
very light and aetheral but rich string tone. It almost floats above
the orchestra. This is a very recogn...
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Well Ronnie, welcome to the world of classical music! Tschaikovsky 4th
is actually my favourite Tschaikovsky symphony (Mravinsky!), followed
by the 6th symphony (also Mravinsky). The 4th is dramatic, dynamic and
opera like, the 6th is tragic: when...
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Hi Adrian, why do you choose for Edgarhorns? Edgarhorns are among the
ugliest things I've seen in my life (pardon me, being a typical audio
moron I don't have any technical background so I can only say things
regarding to cosmetics, heheh). Could ...
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Thx for this well written and highly educational piece Thorsten! It
appears that Romy is not very fond of the Audio Consulting
transformers, could you give your opinion regarding those? What is your
opinion regarding the use of pure silver wire in...
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One of my first favourite classical pieces was Beethoven's fifth symphony. It was a recording by da great Von K. (Karajan) for Deutsche Grammophon. After all these years, it is still one of my favourite pieces. It is strange isn't it, a piece of musi...
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Romy, are you sure the unborn fetus is exposed to sounds in the 200-400 Hz range? I think it's more of 30-200 Hz (conducted sounds of mother's heartbeat and footsteps). I think babies are also sensitive to these range of sound: they sometimes fall in...
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I must say one of the brands I've missed at your News Release is indeed Audio Consulting. Before this news is released I must say that the guy behind Audio Consulting is a very dedicated audiophile. His never ending search towards perfectionism ...
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Because opera libretti are quite outdated, intendants of opera houses are trying to modernize their stage plays. They reinvent symbolism and implement this new "insights" into their opera productions often in a grotesk way. This is especially true in...
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Yeah, you're right Yoshi. Sometimes we have to detach ourselves from this ridicule audio hobby to be able to rediscover the true essence of music. Why do many audiophiles seek the ultimate in transparency, soundstage, bass reponse while the music is ...
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As you know currently there are two opposite camps regarding digital sound reproduction: one is the non oversampling filterless camp, the other is the over- and upsampling + filter camp. There are as many followers of the NO as the over- and upsampli...
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No, I don't think I know him. Is he a fellow audiophile or a designer?
Chris...
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Hi Romy and other fellow audiophiles, what is your experience with passive transformer based preamps? Is this the ultimate way to get a perfect variable gain? Or do you prefer to use an active preamp?Chris ...
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Yes, the similarity between the horn system and the Baba-Jaga hut on fowl's legs is uncanny. The system might be only loosely based on text book principles, but did you notice the use of cotton isolated wire connecting the speaker syst...
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Romy, fortunately I live nearby Amsterdam (the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's home), so I'm quite familiair with the Concertgebouw's acoustics. The Philips recordings made in the late 60's and during the 70's with Bernard Haitink and Colin Davis sou...
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Hi Romy, I agree with you that most speakers have some tilt-up treble response, maybe not on paper but subjectively so. I think this has to do with "beaming" of the tweeter. In real life sound in general (high frequencies included) becomes weake...
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Yeah, and I once thought Krell was the way to go, a boy's (or a man's) dream when I saw pictures of the KSA 100 poweramp for the first time. I must admit that in 1991 I heard a demo with Krell KAS poweramps, Wilson WATT/Puppy's + Pow Wow subwoofer an...
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Hi Romy, first my apologize for the somewhat confusing reply I posted. The Dunlavy question is not related to the very funny Kharma news you mentioned (which is of course a very sick but brilliant joke! Heheh). I actually have the Dunlavy SC-V a...
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Hi Romy, I'm from the Netherlands and I've heard this news too.What do you think of Dunlavy speakers? Do you think they are crappy, worthless and outdated? I know John Dunlavy used some cheap drivers on his speakers. I have the SC-V. Chris...
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