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Name:
   Claude
Details:
   39 years old
jazz and classical music
Location:
   Luxembourg
HiFi:
   Sony SCD-XA777ES
Electrocompaniet ECD-1 DAC

Scheu Premier MkIII turntable with SME 309 arm + Benz ACE L cartridge and Scheu Classic 12" arm with Denon DL103R cartridge

Electrocompaniet ECP-1 phono stage

Electrocompaniet EC4.7+AW120 pre + power amp

Dynaudio Contour s3.4 speakers

Audio Valve RKV II headphone amp
AKG K1000 headphones
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Reviews
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Bill Evans: At the Montreux Jazz Festival    (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  May 26, 2008

This is the 1968 Bill Evans trio (Eddie Gomez, bass, Jack DeJohnette, drums) in top form, IMHO his best recording from the late 60's. There is great interplay between Evans as Eddie Gomez, almost like with Scott LaFaro in the early 60's. The recording was made by Swiss radio technicians and sounds ... more
Art Pepper: The Way It Was!    (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  March 25, 2008

Having another Art Pepper Contemporary album on SACD is great, but the choice of this album is unexpected and questionable, because it is a 1972 compilation of previously unreleased material, released during Pepper's long hiatus. It is comprised of a 1956 session with Warne Marsh and several ... more
Lee Konitz: DiG DuG DoG    (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  March 7, 2008

This early (1999) single layer SACD release has now become a rare item. I bought it recently at a normal price ($20) on Ebay. The disc comes in a thick digipak box and an japanese/english booklet. It's great to finally have the lyrics to "Body and Soul" and "I got it bad and that ain't good" .... ... more
Boulez Conducts Ravel    (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
  February 6, 2008

Because many early Sony SACD releases are getting hard to find, I recently ordered this SACD (from Caiman), although I did not expect to hear a big sonic upgrade from the 4CD set I have of Boulez' Ravel recordings for Columbia (released by Sony France in 2002). But I was wrong, and I listened to ... more
Inspirations    
  December 29, 2007

This low price sampler is an ideal way to explore the "2+2+2" recording philosophy of the MDG label (www.222sound.ch). The longest track on the 60 minute disc is the first movement from the Schumann piano concerto. The disc also contains 3 tracks from MDG productions (Schütz, Vivaldi, Rubinstein) ... more
 
 
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October 4, 2008
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Sony VAIO JS1 can record, edit, and play back SACD music
October 3, 2008
Ah, those patent trolls ... http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/09/01/sony-sued-over-blu-ray-patent/1 ... more
How do I replace cracked Decca Mahler 3 - Chailly?
October 3, 2008
Have you contacted Decca? The website says: "How do I replace a defective CD? Please take the CD back to the retailer from where you bought it. The retailer should be able to exchange it for a correct CD or offer you a refund." http://www.deccaclassics.com/dmg/help.html It's understandable that Decca wants customers to go to the store first. ... more
Sony VAIO JS1 can record, edit, and play back SACD music
October 3, 2008
There is nothing new here. The computer can record and process DSD signals, no less, nor more. The word "SACD" is inappropriate in that context. You will not be able to listen to SACDs (hi-rez layer) with this PC, nor can you make SACDs with it. DSD is a data format, SACD is a disc format. The "DSD disc" seems pretty useless to me, given it's ... more