User Details - AmirKessner

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   Amir Kessner
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HiFi:
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- EMM Labs (Ed Meitner) CDSD-SE disc transport
- EMM Labs (Ed Meitner) DAC6e-SE 6-channel converter
- EMM Labs (Ed Meitner) Switchman 3 6-channel preamplifier

Front:
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- Antique Sound Lab Hurricane monoblock power amp pair (200W each) with Electro Harmonix tubes
- B&W Nautulus 802 speaker pair
- Purist Audio Design Venustas interconnects
- Purist Audio Design Venustas speaker cables with parallel bi-wiring

Surround:
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- Adcom GFA-5503 3-channel power amp (3 x 200W)
- Rear: B&W 801 Matrix Series 3 speaker pair
- Center: B&W HTM2 speaker
- Subwoofer: Velodyne Digital Drive DD-12 (1250W RMS active subwoofer)
- Cardas interconnects and speaker cables

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- 2 x Shunyata Hydra 4 power conditioner
- 3 x Solid-Tech Rack of Silence
- Components matched with Radio Shack Digital Sound Level Meter
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 - Paavo Järvi        (11 of 12 found this review helpful)
  September 9, 2007

This is a revelatory disc. Of the (too?) many dozens of discs I've purchased recently, this is one of the most exciting. If, like Mr. Leach above, you look for what Bernstein (once my prime preference), Scherchen, Abbado et al. provide, you're not going to find it here. Instead, you'll find a fresh ... more
Bach: Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould        (10 of 12 found this review helpful)
  June 9, 2007

Don't let anyone fool you this re-performance is anything much like Glenn Gould's. It doesn't even sound like any living pianist attempting to ape Gould – any living person would focus on emulating the ESSENCE of a Gouldian performance, but this is exactly what is missing here. Missing are the ... more
High Performance - Boston Pops/Fiedler    (5 of 6 found this review helpful)
  May 14, 2007

I bought this SACD in eBay, and, luckily enough, the seller has been willing to accept it back with full refund. On a reasonably good system (see http://www.sa-cd.net/showuser/1998), it simply sounds IDENTICAL to the MID-priced RCA's High Performance CD (09025-63308-2, 24/96 remastering). It's ... more
Supreme Jazz: Count Basie      (2 of 6 found this review helpful)
  April 28, 2007

Have you ever bothered to imagine how a 5.1-channel MONOPHONIC disc might sound? :-) Well, here is your chance to find out, though it's not GUARANTEED to be mono, as Membran are not very explicit about any reprocessing the (surely mono) recording has been gone thru. The nylon-sealed carton that ... more
Supreme Jazz: Dave Brubeck      (1 of 4 found this review helpful)
  April 28, 2007

Have you ever bothered to imagine how a 5.1-channel MONOPHONIC disc might sound? :-) Well, here is your chance to find out, though it's not GUARANTEED to be mono, as Membran are not very explicit about any reprocessing the (surely mono) recording has been gone thru. The nylon-sealed carton that ... more
 
 
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