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Name:
  Dr. Lothar Grubert
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Location:
  Cologne, Northrhine Westfalia, Germany
HiFi:
  Philips DVD 963 SA (SACD; modified with Groneberg Quattro Reference power wire inside)

Technics DVD-10 A (DVD-Audio; modified with Groneberg Quattro Reference power wire inside)

SONY CDP 555 ES (CD; modified with Groneberg Quattro Reference power wire inside)

SONY STR-VA 333 ES (surround receiver; drives center and rear speaker)

Marantz PMA 8000 (connected to front speaker pre-outs of SONY STR-VA 333 ES; drives high- and mid-range of the front speakers; modified with Groneberg Quattro Reference power wire)

SONY FA 1200 ES (connected to front speaker pre-outs of SONY STR-VA 333 ES; drives bass-range of the front speakers)

Canton Ergo RCL (front speakers; with room compensation; bi-amping with Marantz PM 8000 and SONY FA 1200 ES)

Canton Ergo CM 502 (center speaker)

Canton Ergo 700 DC (rear speakers)

Monitor Black&White NF 1202 (front speakers, center speakers; CD-player to amplifier; connection from pre outs of the SONY STR-VA 333 ES to Marantz PM 8000)
Goldkabel Highline (rear channels)
Audioquest Coral (subwoofer)

Mogami Pure Digital and Audioquest VDM 3 (coax digital cabels)

Monitor Black&White LS 1102 (high-, mid-f; front-/centerspeaker) , LS 1002 (low-f; frontspeaker), 2 x LS 602 (rear; bi wirering)
Audioplan Powerstar and Audioplan Finefilter

power wires: Groneberg TS Premium and Quattro Reference

HMS socket
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Reviews
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Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Pletnev      (7 of 8 found this review helpful)
  April 18, 2008

Sometimes I really can't understand, what some users write here. The best examples are the reviews of "gonzostick" and "Gabriel". I never readed such a s**t here before! I totaly disagree! I LOVE this recording and and I'm glad, that I have NOT heard one more time on the opinion of other users here ... more
Bach: Cantatas BWV 1, 82, 147 - Montréal Baroque      (1 of 2 found this review helpful)
  April 16, 2008

What language is that, in which is sung here? Is it German? I don't think so, 'cause I'm a native speaker and I'm not capable mostly to understand, what's sung here. With one reason for this is the very reverberation-y reception which contributes with to the bad text-intelligibility (recorded June ... more
Mozart: Symphonies - Jaap ter Linden      (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
  March 20, 2008

"This surround sound master was generated from original PCM stereo recordings using SpatialSonics process which was analogically transfered to DSD using GENEX and PYRAMIX systems. The audio was Spatialized and Mixed by Carlos de Andrade and mastered in Surround and Stereo DSD by Luiz Tornaghi at ... more
Felix Weingartner: Symphony No. 3 - Letonja      (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
  August 14, 2006

Got this recording some days ago and about the "ominous loud cracks" from the right front-channel in the multi-channel recording of the "Lustige Ouvertüre": Have the same problem twice times at 6 min. 12 sec. and 6 min. 18 sec. and it's really VERY loud(!) and no fun to hear. So it is'nt just a ... more
Brahms: Complete Symphonies - Bychkov      (9 of 12 found this review helpful)
  February 20, 2005

The present reception by balance engineer Christoph Gronarz and digital editor Walter Platte of the WDR (West German broadcasting, Cologne) possesses a full and pleasantly “warm” sound with simultaneously good three-dimensional illustration of the recording room (Cologne philharmonic). In the ... more

 
 
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Discussion: Felix Weingartner: Symphony No. 3 - Letonja
August 14, 2006
Got this recording some days ago and about the "ominous loud cracks" from the right front-channel in the multi-channel recording of the "Lustige Ouvertüre", Mr. Williams: Have the same problem twice times at 6 min. 12 sec. and 6 min. 18 sec. and it's really VERY loud(!) and no fun to hear. So it is'nt just a defect of your disc but propably of the ... more
Discussion: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 - Colin Davis
February 20, 2005
Well, it’s done and I wrote a review about the Brahms symphonies by Semyon Bychkov and the WDR symphony-orchestra Cologne. But I have to say it’s always a hard work to me to write it in English and I wish I could do it in German. So excuse my terrible and primitive English, please! I’m also neither an expert for classical music nor a music critic. ... more
Discussion: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 - Colin Davis
February 16, 2005
Dear "mandel", I'm really surprised about, that you wrote "It's quiet enough to not be a major issue in my opinion.", 'cause I hear it really loude and clear with my equipment from the first listening. For me it's really painfull and I'm afraid about the tweeter in the right rear speaker. Are you sure, that all your speakers are at the same sound ... more
Discussion: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 - Colin Davis
February 16, 2005
Hi dear "brenda", yes, you're right, it affects both recording sessions. I've contacted the German distributor of LSOlive by phone last week and told him about the terrible sound of the multichannel track at this record and the discussion here. He told me that he got now complaints like this until this time but he will contact the company and ... more
Discussion: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 - Colin Davis
February 5, 2005
What's going on with this recording? I've tested TWO discs(!) of it and with TWO SACD-systems(!) and there's always the same terrible, scratching noise from the tweeter of the right surround channel. It's only in the multichannel track of this disc. So it isn't a problem of the player. I've never heard such like this with any other SACD ... more