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Name:
   Hartwig Hanser
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Location:
   Germany
HiFi:
   Denon 2910 modified by www.ms-technik.de (Cinemike)
Rotel RSP1066
Acurus A100x3, Rotel RB956
B&W CDM NT7, Matrix 1/II, MJAcoustics Ref 1/II
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Web:
   http://www.brainlogs.de/blogs/blog/gyrus-celluloid
Posts:
   60
 
 
Reviews
Found: 3
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - RPO/Mackerras      (6 of 10 found this review helpful)
  April 15, 2005

The Interpretation is OK, althought nothing special. I especially like the Roman Carnival. But the (multichannel) sound is a real letdown: It sounds as if a RBCD has been processed through a Dolby prologic II decoder: the surround effect is almost too strong and sound very fake. The whole sound ... more
Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos - Heifetz/Munch      (4 of 5 found this review helpful)
  February 21, 2005

Hearing all that praise for the RCA series I ordered the Heifetz disc with Beethoven and Mendelssohn and was bitterly disappointed, sonically as well as by the interpretation (at least Heifetz´ take on Beethoven; the Mendelssohn is played OK). They ARE 50 year old recordings and you hear it and ... more
Beethoven: Symphonies - Jaap van Zweden        (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
  October 19, 2004

I must admit to be a fan of historical informed practice and have listened mostly to Norringtons recording with the London Classical Players on original instruments. The Zweden recording nicely combines important elements of this kind of interpretation (swift tempi, clear rhythmic impulses, strong ... more
 
 
Latest Posts
2L Founder Declares Blu-ray the Future of High Quality Music Reproduction
July 30, 2008
While you are correct that many people do not care about hirez sound, blu-ray has a better chance since now there is no more format war. Also Blu-ray is currently educating the general puplic about the benefits of high resolution pictures, therefore if this succeeds the general public may be more open to the idea of hirez sound. Currently adoption ... more
Anybody really serious about changing from SACD to BluRay Audio Discs?
May 8, 2008
My living room is not especially large, but I have a 2.55 m wide screen, with front projection. The screen is pull-down before the largest window, so it uses up no space at all. Julien, I sincerly hope that you do NOT buy those pirated DVDs. DVD piracy is the main reason that Movie studios want to abandon DVD and move to the more secure BLu-ray ... more
Discussion: Divertimenti - TrondheimSolistene
April 24, 2008
Thanks for the detailled information! Sounds very interesting. ... more
Groundbreaking DXD recording for SACD
April 23, 2008
If Lindberg reads this: Can you tell us anything about the upcoming SACD/BD COmbi Release "Divertimento"? Why did you chose this project for BD music? What is the microphone layout? etc. Thanks a lot! ... more
Anybody really serious about changing from SACD to BluRay Audio Discs?
April 23, 2008
This is more like it: Music only Blu-ray from 2L in stereo and 5.1. uncompressed sound with 192 kHz sampling: http://www.2l.no/2LPreView.htm Comparison with the SACD version will be interesting ... more