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User Details - Jonty
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Jonathan Allen | |
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Kent,U.K. | |
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System 1 : Pioneer DV757Ai (adapted by Audio Synthesis) as transport Audio Synthesis DAX Discrete MF Audio passive pre amp Audio Synthesis Desire power amp Red Rose ~Rosebud II speakers Chord Company Signature interconnects Nordost Blue Heaven speaker cable Sennheiser HD600 headphones with Stephan AudioArt cables System 2 : Marantz SA15s-1 SACD player Musical Fidelity A5 Amplifier Pink Triangle Super Ventrical Speakers Chord Company Signature interconnects and Odyssey speaker cable Only listen in Stereo |
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June 1, 2008
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| The titles that are now Decca were part of the distribution and recording deal between Decca and RCA at the end of the fifties to mid sixties. It would be interesting to hear from Sony/BMG on why they seem to have dropped the Living Stereo SACDs. I suspect they would talk of falling sales for the series which of course had nothing to do with a ... more | |
May 28, 2008
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| In an news article on the Stereophile web site Dr. Mark Waldrop of AIX Records, a supporter of PCM / DVD-A, claims "it is not uncommon for engineers to roll off DSD above 20kHz in order to successfully encode discs and diminish the artifacts that result from DSD shaping." Perhaps the engineers that look in on this site may care to comment. ... more | |
May 15, 2008
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| The www.cdjapan.co.jp web site talks of it being a 'pre-release' in Japan. So it is possible that there may be a release elsewhere but I didn't wait. ... more | |
May 12, 2008
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| I have the Szymanowski which I bought mainly for the violin concerto. It is a very good disc and the Concert Overture is fun imitation Strauss. The performance of the fourth symphony is good enough to convince me that I had underrated the work in Szymanowski's output. ... more | |
May 12, 2008
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| There Rob Barnett mentions similarities to Mahler, Strauss, Delius. Howells and Schmidt. ... more | |