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User Details - Osbert Parsley
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Osbert Parsley | |
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Early Music fan - nothing interesting after 1800 | |
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Sydney, Australia | |
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Krell SACD Standard Bespoke spherical concrete speakers ("Pontifex") by Michael Brown, Gunning, NSW, Australia |
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August 5, 2008
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| Part of the marketing needs to concentrate on multi-channel issues, a very confusing aspect of SACD to anyone coming new to the medium. Then, there is the added expense of the extra speakers, which in a high-end system can be prohibitive. (Do you spend as much on the 2 rear speakers as the front ones, can you get away with slightly lower quality ... more | |
August 4, 2008
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| It certainly is. I had not noticed any similarities (not having really listened to Paganini, who is outside my area of interest), but I am interested in trying out a comparison following your comment. ... more | |
August 4, 2008
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| Given she is American, I would think her name is pronounced Saint John with both syllables equally accented (i.e. not even "S'nt John"). It is a strange photo, but not unexpectedly so in her market. She isn't pouting enough to make it truly objectionable. And would it have hurt them to have her winking slyly at the camera as well? ... more | |
August 4, 2008
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| Polly Nomial's review includes the interesting comment that Veracini's music pre-dates Paganini in some of its features. it is rather like the frequent comment, intended to praise Mozart, that elements of this or that piece by him foreshadow Schubert or some other later (and probably lesser) composer. I wonder why everyone puts it that way instead ... more | |
August 4, 2008
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| You may be right about the miking. The difficulty is getting the right balance between catching the room's acoustic and all the detail of the instrument's sound. The room acoustic is important in period instrument recordings - although why it should be less important in modern instrument recordings is unclear. ... more | |
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