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User Details - threerandot
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I have listened to Classical Music For about 25 years. A pretty good CD collection. Favorites include Sibelius, Wagner, Mozart, Mahler, Bruckner, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Debussy. Also enjoy a lot of opera, especially Wagner. I do prefer Multichannel to Stereo SA-CD listening. I do want to make it clear however, that this is just my personal preference. I understand many other SA-CD enthusiasts perfer Stereo. To me, everyone is entitled to their own preferences. Thats just as it should be. However, there has been plenty of argument and debate over which is "superior". In reality, neither of them is. They are both just different ways of experiencing the high quality playback that SA-CD offers. Something, however, that does need to be addressed is the fact that many Hi-Fi dealers and stores only cater to Stereo listeners. Also, many manufacturers of Hi-Fi gear will only produce Stereo SA-CD players. I have no objections to Stereo SA-CD players. The problem is that there are not more multichannel players. I am not saying that manufacturers should not make Stereo players. Of course they should. That is only fair. I do think it only fair and right that more manufacturers produce more Multichannel players. The choice for both kinds of listeners should be fair. Lets have plenty of players to please both stereo and multichannel enthusists. Also, just to add a point, there needs to be more multichannel players beyond the Universal Machines that play DVDs, DVD-Audio and such. Just straight Multichannel players. I think everyone can agree on this point. |
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Eastern Canada. | |
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Player: Sony SCD-XE670 which I bought used for $50 Canadian. Denon AVR-1800 Receiver Fronts: Paradigm 5se MK3 Center: Paradign CC170 Surrounds: Paradigm Micro I recently made an all important adjustment to my system. I had placed my surrounds above me and behind me, close to the ceiling. Basically, the speakers were over my head, shooting past me. I now have them placed properly, aiming at me from the sides. Big improvement, more closely following the ITU Standard. I do recommend that those who enjoy a surround sound system use an SPL Meter, along with a tune up disc, such as "Stay In Tune With Pentatone" to balance their speaker set up. I did this and it improved the sound greatly. |
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threerandot@yahoo.ca | |
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http://superaudiocd.blogspot.com/ | |
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February 20, 2010
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| What makes you say that? Pentatone does all of their recordings in DSD and show no sign of stopping anytime soon. I am sure many other classical labels will follow, what with the demise of major labels like Decca, plus the fact that many listeners like myself purchase the majority of our recordings in DSD. Blu-Ray may make some inroads in terms of ... more | |
February 20, 2010
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| I guess I phrased myself badly. I should have said that there aren't as many new recordings in DSD as I would like, since I am really interested in my recordings being in DSD. Many of the present recordings look interesting, but I do think that compared to the number of Mahler recordings, the Sibelius are far outnumbered. Is it just that right now ... more | |
February 19, 2010
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| Someone else has got to be a little miffed that there aren't more Sibelius recordings on SA-CD. Now thankfully, I have ordered the Ashkenzy No. 2 on Exton, but I really haven't seen any complete cycles like there are of Mahler. Anyone have any thoughts on this? At any rate, my request to labels like LSO, Pentatone and all of the important labels ... more | |
January 5, 2010
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| Three composers who still do not have very many recordings on SA-CD! I still think there is only one recording of Swan of Tuonela and there are still many works by Debussy and Poulence that have not been done yet. ... more | |
August 17, 2009
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| Is this a recording Julia made before moving to Decca? Is there any word on Julia returning to Pentatone? I am actually pretty pissed off that Julia decided to go to Decca in the first place... a label that was more interested in putting out "stars" rather than music. I would sure like to hear why she went to Decca and thought this was some kind ... more | |
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