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User Details - classicrecordings
library | recommendations | wish list
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David Stangret | |
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I have spent the majority of the 50+ years of my life listening to vinyl LP's and open reel tapes and I was quite happy to do so. I had little interest in CD's when they came out, but years later I purchased some of the Redbook RCA and Mercury's along with various other labels that had titles that I was familiar with. I decided to give them a try, albeit on other peoples systems, and compare the CD's to their vinyl and tape releases. (I was not going to invest money into a CD player until I liked what I heard.) Ultimately, I found CD's greatly lacking. They gave me nothing over the tape or vinyl releases I already owned of the same recordings. I listened to these and dozens of new recordings released on CD's on various systems, and after all the exposure to them that I could endure, I was content to not bother with them again. I will say though, I had no problems purchasing some of these same digital recordings on vinyl which I enjoyed far more than their CD releases. I kept any of the CD's that were not re-releases and not available on vinyl, sold the rest, and contentedly went back to analogue. until... One day, I went out with a friend to an audio store, where he spent several thousand dollars on a Krell Standard SACD player. I could not believe what he was doing! He was going to spend money like that on an SACD player when he already had close to, or even more than $100,000 into several very fine audio systems! But, when we got back to his place and hooked up the Krell to his all tube Jadis system and I heard the Krell playing an SACD, I was amazed! What a difference from what I had heard with Redbook CD's! So, I started purchasing all the RCA, Mercury and Mobile Fidelity SACD re-issues that I wanted. I found that I was pleasantly surprised at the sound of the SACD layer of these recordings played back through my 2 channel system, even on an old Oppo 971HD, a cheap universal DVD player. I then took my Oppo player over to my father-in-law's to install it into his multi-channel home theater system. And, while the sound was not to the highest level of audio refinement that I am familiar with for 2 channel stereo, the sound was non-the-less very enjoyable; the performances, though familiar had a refreshingly new sound. I am not for or against stereo or multi-channel; I enjoy both. It was both the sound quality of 2 channel and the enveloping sound of multi-channel that sold me on SACD's. SACD's have opened up a new door for me to re-listen to some great performances and explore some great new performances that my self imposed limitations of vinyl and open reel had cut me off from. Lastly; a big "thank-you" to Zeus for setting up and maintaining this incredible site! |
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Toronto, Canada | |
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Electronics: SACD Player: Oppo BDP-95 connected directly to... Power: Grant G60AMS EL-34 mono-block tube amplifiers, upgraded Speakers: Ars Acoustica: LaDiva 2-way monitors Stands: Atlantis 28" single pole sand filled stands Cables: DIY Belden cable interconnects from pre to power Multi-strand Stax speaker wire, bi-wired Equipment not in use right now: Turntable: Thorens TD-121 w/Ortofon 309S arm with mono and stereo SPU cartridges Open Reel: Nagra IV-S 2 Track Cassette: Tandberg 440 MIT 330 single ended interconnects Software: 2,500+ vinyl LP's in both mono, stereo and digital 140 original factory 2 track open reel tapes, and 300 radio broadcast tapes 200+ SACD's and growing |
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davids@classicrecordings.ca | |
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http://www.classicrecordings.ca | |
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May 15, 2013
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| I am looking for titles that don't have video DVD's included in there releases anymore. But, I am slowly picking up the ones that are current at this time as well. ... more | |
May 15, 2013
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| I have purchased over the last year a couple titles with video DVD's which are not listed as being included in the information section of their titles. http://sa-cd.net/showtitle/2966 http://sa-cd.net/showtitle/6594 I did a search, and 99 titles, mostly non-classical, come up including DVD's, some of which are DVD-A's. This is one of the ... more | |
May 10, 2013
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| I'll be picking up the 3 channel titles that were not released by RCA. ... more | |
April 16, 2013
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| Not there now. ... more | |
April 4, 2013
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| Personally, I think everyone should have these same limitations. The results would speak for themselves. ... more | |
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