User Details - lenw

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Name:
   Len White
Details:
   Avid music listener of SACD and RBCD in stereo mode (classical, jazz, blues, classic rock).
Location:
   Palm City, Florida
HiFi:
   Raidho Ayra C3.0 speakers
Lindemann 830S Stereo Control Amplifier
Lindemann 855 Dual Mono Amplifier
Cary 306 CD/SACD Player
Nordost Quantum QX-4 power conditioner
Audience aR1p power conditioner
Nordost Brahma power cables
Nordost Vahalla XLR interconnect
Nordost Frey XLR interconnect
Nordost Frey speaker cable
Nordost Ti Pulsar Points
Solidtech ROS Reference 4 equipment rack
Solidtech ROS Feet of Silence (FOS)
Isoclean 80A3 Power Distributor
ASC Picture Absorber panel
EchoBusters Absorber panels/P-4 towers
Isoclean Wall Sockets (ancillary equipment, power amp)
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Web:
   http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/1892
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Reviews
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Patricia Barber: Verse    (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  December 18, 2009

I own two other Mobile Fidelity Patricia Barber SACD's: Modern Cool and Companion - both are wonderful albums. The Companion disc contains the best arrangement of "Black Magic" I've ever heard. But this Verse album is absolutely a stunning work musically and sonically from the clever and foot ... more
The Phantom of the Opera - OST      (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  August 4, 2009

Both the film and this disc lost some of the excitement of a live musical performance. There were only two contemporary films IMO that did a competent job of filming a musical - Moulin Rouge and Chicago. The score of course is beautiful and the performances good although not on a par with the ... more
Ray Sings, Basie Swings - Ray Charles      (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  October 10, 2007

The orchestration is more Count Basie jazz than Ray Charles soul. But this is a listening experience not to be missed especially considering the technical and musical coordination it must have taken to create it. This is the second album I have of the current Count Basie Orchestra (Eighty-Eight's - ... more
Benny Carter: Jazz Giant    (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
  April 2, 2007

Contemporary Records Benny Carter "Jazz Giant" demonstrates how the original recording technique and mixing play the biggest role in audio listening. This SACD sounds lush and detailed with great imaging, dynamic range, and resolution. The only slightly disconcerting thing is the extreme left/right ... more
Art Pepper: Gettin' Together!    (3 of 5 found this review helpful)
  April 2, 2007

Contemporary Records Art Pepper "Gettin' Together!" demonstrates how the original recording techique and mixing play the biggest role in audio listening. This SACD sounds lush and detailed with great imaging, dynamic range, and resolution. While Columbia's Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" is a wonderful ... more
 
 
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Discussion: Ray Sings, Basie Swings - Ray Charles
January 2, 2010
After listening more to this SACD I still think musically it's very good for what it accomplishes technically and for the big band sound. But after further comparisons to other SACD's, I would currently lower the stereo sonic rating to (3) stars. IMO the disc exhibits some of the same compression artifacts of many RBCD's making the high end ... more