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User Details - Julien
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Julien Gaudfroy | |
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I'm 27, used to be a professional cellist in Paris, stopped after accident. Curiosity led me to China, have been here for about five years, and now work as an actor and host for Chinese TV and radio. A little note to fellow music lovers: I will try to write more "bad" reviews, but this is usually hard at least for the performance since I usually buy either recordings I've heard or from performers I know I like or will like. And I am of course influenced by reviews on this site. Even harder is to spend a few hours listening to a recording you feel is not worth it, which seems a waste of time but still is necessary to write a review. Opinions and feelings change all the time, and I write reviews based of course on my experience as a musician, and I usually listen to a recording a least five times before daring to write anything (a few are so bad though that I'll save myself from the torture, and maybe two times might be enough), trying to like it and adapt my tastes, noticing qualities that might not be obvious to me due to taste habits. Of course if at the end I still write bad critiques then it is deeply felt. The reason I write all this is because I feel that many people write a review after listening only one time, and I always want to know these informations about other reviewers, as well as the system they listen to which might make a excellent recording sound bad sometimes. I try my best anyway and will always share my enthusiasm with music lovers! Another thing: you are all welcome to my library, please ask me about a recording I have if you need to! |
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Beijing, China | |
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Shunyata Research Hydra Model-6 (power distribution). PS Audio Power Plant Premier on the way. Yeah baby! Cary 306 SACD player Vacuum State upgraded Sony SCD-XB940 SACD player (modded by Allen Wright). Not Allen's best, not yet as good as a modded SCD1, but already not so far from the sound quality of the Meitner/Emm Labs unit, and definitely better than my Cary 306 SACD (which is already clearly better than the Sony flagship SCD1). The amount of information coming out is just breathtaking. Bel Canto Pre6 gen2 pure analogue multi-channel preamplifier (I keep it for my future mch system, but I'm soon getting rid of it in my stereo. Good tube pre soon!) Pair of Audionet AMP II G2 monoblocks. Shunyata Research Power Snakes Taipan cables for CD players and amplifiers Talon Falcon speakers (likely to replace my beloved Thiel CS 2.4 & PCS bookshelf speakers) Interconnects (XLR) & speaker cables: all by Vacuum State, best cables I've ever heard, even better than Nordost Odin. For a fraction of the price. And VSE sells cookbooks and kits for the DIY guys. Scary. Listening room: 3m×5m×2.5m. Small. |
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julianfr@163.com | |
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Today 03:59 pm
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| Hopefully just a prototype, looks hideous... ... more | |
August 19, 2008
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| Yes, and Allen Wright is one of the only modders that understands how better SACD is than CD! He keeps the circuit path as simple as it can be. And by the way, his tube amplifiers are some of the best you'll ever hear in the human world. Once you try there is no coming back! If you mod your 777 you won't even understand how you were able to listen ... more | |
August 19, 2008
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| Gigi, be aware though that all the players recommended to you on this thread are miles away in terms of sound quality and build quality from your 777 which is basically the same machine as the SCD1. You will have to decide according to the price you want to spend. If you want good price and sound quality, modding a player might be the only ... more | |
August 12, 2008
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| Yes it is. ... more | |
August 11, 2008
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| Bruce, if you're looking for a backup player I'd advise you to get the best Pioneer, I think it's LX-50. Usually the Pioneer laser is better the Marantz (it reads more discs), and the sound is very good too. ... more | |
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