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Thomas Ream |
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Longtime music lover-classics (including opera), jazz and some rock, some country, bluegrass, celtic and new age. |
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SF Bay Area, California, USA |
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Multichannel-Sony SCD-CE775, Denon 4802, NHT SB3's, and equivalent in wall, Sunfire sub. Sounds surprisingly good with SACD's.
Stereo - Sony XA9000ES, Simaudio I-7, B&W 804's, biwired with Audioquest cable, Nottingham Space 294 with Koetsu Black,Simaudio LP5.3 Revox A77. |
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tomream01@hotmail.com |
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September 12, 2005
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Performance wise, this is a winner. Davis and the LSO provide a passionate performance of this symphony (more akin to the 8th than to the 7th or 9th, in my view). The playing is excellent, with surging strings and limpid wind solos. Tempos are brisk, phrasing straightforward but without a trace of ... more |
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July 23, 2005
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Krips was a genial Austrian who, while never considered to be among the world's top conductors, made some important recordings, including Don Giovanni with Siepi, a Schubert Great C Major that some consider to rank near the top, the first stereo integral set of Beethoven symphonies (before Karajan), ... more |
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June 9, 2005
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This release is a disappointment, both for the performance and the sound. Haitink leads an OK, middle of the road interpretation without much drama or passion and the sound is dry, even tending towards strident. The soundstage is very wide and about a centimeter deep (it almost sounds like the ... more |
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June 8, 2005
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I acquired this set, originally recorded in sessions in 1961 and 1962, as part of the process of comparing performances of Beethoven’s 5th on SACD (http://www.sa-cd.net/showthread/6768//y?page=first) and have since been listening to the other symphonies. Except for the 8th and 9th symphonies, this ... more |
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May 25, 2005
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The more I listen to this, the more impressed I am. I'm not a huge fan of the guitar as a jazz instrument, but Malone really swings-in fact they all do. Great recording-you can really hear the underpinning that Ray Brown adds (in some systems, as noted in another review, this recording might seem ... more |
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| I was underwhelmed by the article on SACD, although the sampler disc has some interesting cuts on it. ... more |
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November 21, 2008
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| Robert - this is great news, indeed. The music world needs you! I think I will celebrate by buying a few more BIS recordings, obviously SACD.
Best wishes,
Tom ... more |
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November 5, 2008
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| Yeah, it powers the home theater system, too, and my 9 year old needs that. She doesn't actually know how to load an SACD. Guess I need to teach her, although her need to listen to music and mine are radically different. She also got my old email address, so make sure you use the new one posted on this site if you send me any email.
Have you read ... more |
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November 5, 2008
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| Yes, which is what makes the hybrid format so appealing. The listener gets to decide.
The posts that have resonated the most with me with respect to the multichannel vs stereo experience are those who have mentioned the extra dimensionality that multichannel brings, and the concert hall realism that attends. Raffells prefers 4.0 to 5.0 or 5.1 - my ... more |
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November 4, 2008
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| I listen to SACD, vinyl and tape (open reel, both 7.5 ips and 15 ips). Each has their pluses and minuses. SACD sounds best in multichannel (no matter what you hear elsewhere in this and other forums), something that vinyl simply has never been able to do well. There was 4 channel tape, of course, but it was a niche of a niche. I listen to RBCD ... more |
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