User Details - lennyw

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   BW
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   Berlin, Germany
HiFi:
   SONY SCD-XA5400ES
NAIM NAC82/HC/NAP180
BEARD Speakers
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Reviews
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Rachmaninov, Prokofiev - Jonathan Gilad        (2 of 3 found this review helpful)
  March 7, 2011

Having listened to this CD twice, I'm afraid to say that the second impression matched the first, or should I say lack of. The playing is competent, but there is little artistic insight, and it comes across as one of those straight down the road performances, the usual case these days, with artists ... more
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - René Jacobs      (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
  December 6, 2010

This is my first review on this site, and I add it as someone who is quite frustrated by the bulk of large ensemble classical music SACDs I've so far listened to have been so poorly mixed (only just bought an SACD player, having been shocked that the Sony XA5400ES has gone out of production). This ... more
 
 
Latest Posts
Discussion: Rachmaninov: Symphony and Piano Concerto No 1
April 30, 2013
Third plug for Ashkenazy/RCO. Wonderful in every respect. Not quite as great, but glorious from an SQ point of view is the DG Pletnev. Looking forward to this. ... more
SF Symphony Recording
April 26, 2013
Wonderful to see some olde worlde Web1.0 html coding. Very refreshing. ... more
Laser turntable?
March 24, 2013
I'll bear that in mind when I plan to do a tour of the US (in about 10 years). Hopefully it's still working! ... more
Playing DSD discs
March 21, 2013
The text of this post has been deleted by the moderator. Reason: Links to a site advocating circumventing copy protection. Please don't do it. ... more
Playing DSD discs
March 19, 2013
Why not just buy a DSD DAC. You could set yourself up to play all your DSD downloads without needing to burn to any discs. The new TEAC one sells for under $1000. ... more