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Name:
   Claude
Details:
   41 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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Sugar Hill: The Music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn    (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  April 28, 2010

As with most Chesky "New York Sessions" SACDs, this is a very realistic recording. It sounds somehow dryer, more studio-like than previous sessions. On other sessions recorded in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, NYC, there is more natural reverb and the drums sound a little too distant for my ... more
Bill Evans: At the Montreux Jazz Festival    (3 of 4 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!    (4 of 4 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    (5 of 5 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
 
 
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OT: Naxos Ramps Up Production of Blu~ray audio only discs
Today 01:09 am
What about the (often expensive) SACD players currently being used by audiophiles worldwide? Most of them do not play Blu-ray. Even if people have a Blu-ray player, it is often only for watching movies and does not have the same audio quality as their SACD player. Blu-ray-Audio may be the logical option for a hi-rez physical format if that market ... more
RCA LIVING STEREO SACD - continuation?
September 4, 2010
Licensing costs are certainly not that high, but SACD preparation costs are. It's difficult to sell vintage classical recordings on SACD (requiring new transfers from the original masters), when other legendary recordings are sold for $2 per CD by Brilliant Classics (who only repress existing CD masters). ... more
Philadelphia Orchestra is back, but not on Super Audio
September 3, 2010
I don't know how the limitation is applied (it could also be that they check the country where the credit card was issued), but they cannot easily sell downloads outside the US. The reason for this limitation is copyright. In most countries, music download stores need to have an agreement with the local royalty collecting society. That's why ... more
Whos' Next - Great Sound or not./opinions/information/thoughts
September 3, 2010
That's a historical quote, made before DSD was used to release SACDs and used by recording engineers to make (mainly classical and audiophile) recordings. Many technical innovations are conceived for a different purpose than what they are primarily used for later. The internet infrastructure was developped for the US army ... AFAIK, only Sony ... more
Sony Japan Blu-spec SACDs
August 31, 2010
Yes, but with these cheap entry-level printers, they make the profits with overpriced ink cartridges. ... more