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Name:
   Esa Harma
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Location:
   Salo, Finland
HiFi:
   Pioneer DV610AV for CD,DVDA and SACD
Pioneer BD320 for BluRay
Onkyo PR SC5507 for decoding and Audyssey
ASROCK ION + Touch Screen with W7 and Album Player for FLACs
7x DYI Hypex D-channel Amplifiers
Infinity Kappa 2x600+3x200+2xSub
2x Infinity Primus 150 for front high channels
2x Genelec 8020B for rear channels

All audio is now over HDMI without any complaints!
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Reviews
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Stravinsky: Firebird, Le Chant du Rossignol - Levi      (1 of 3 found this review helpful)
  June 14, 2007

Hi, they have issued an SACD that is not OK. All layers seem to have a 100Hz low pass filter applied!!! I'm expecting to get a new version of this SACD but take care not to buy these records before they have been replaced with fully functional ones w/o the filter. Is there no quality control ... ... more
  October 14, 2006

Ok, I understand many people don't consider this kind of easy listening jazz worth listening ... and I think I had the same predudice when listening to this record for the first time. But the skill of the musicians is so very high and the performance is so relaxed that sometimes I really want to ... more
  August 3, 2006

Yes, this is a excellent R&B album from Opus3. The style is, however, very original because all instruments are not really typical for this kind of music (from USA). I further like the excellent style how Peder af Ugglas handles guitar on this SACD. This possibly is the best blues record I have ... more
Mattias Wager - Organ Treasures      (1 of 1 found this review helpful)
  August 3, 2006

This is a very good recording and it clearly demontrates the benefits of multichannel reproduction. Opus3 has, again, captured the ambience in this church with great skill. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor belong to the organ music that we should all know even if if were not really into this ... more
  March 17, 2005

This is a multichannel record for purists. They claim have recorded the material using Blumlein stereo microphone + a separate microphone for bass. Everything is done analog using tube amplification and mixing. But the rear channel information must have been extracted from the original stereo with ... more
 
 
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13 million SA-CD players
February 18, 2010
Hi, BDP-S470 Spesification does not mention SACD at all. Audio Features: Dolby® : Yes & Dolby® TrueHD bitstream out over HDMI™ (V1.3) Dolby® True HD Bitstream Output : Yes LPCM : Yes (multi channel decoder): Yes (HDMI™ bitstream out) MP3 Playback : Yes (BD-R/RE/DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R/CD-R,RW)5 dts® HD Bitstream Output : Yes dts® Output : Yes ... more
Naxos goes Blu-Ray with "Virtual Haydn"....
February 18, 2010
Oh boy, new Sonys really support SACD ... again after almost ten years!!! This is quite amazing since a year ago you could only buy an new multichannel SACD player with +3000 euros from Denon or Marantz. esa ... more
Naxos goes Blu-Ray with "Virtual Haydn"....
February 18, 2010
Hi, Marantz UD8004 is a newcomer. http://www.marantz.com/new/index.cfm?fuseaction=Products.Product&cont=eu&bus=hf&prod_id=3840&series=comp&type=dvd AFAIK, SACD over HDMI as PCM only. 5.1/7.1. analog signals out!!!! Vast majority of BluRay players don't play SACD at all. Only the most expensive ones do. br, Esa ... more
LSO stops making MC SACD?
December 22, 2009
Hi, this is the first time that I have heard anybody claiming that Karajan's first digital recordings are superior to anything. Actually they were really poor and because of this, anti-digitalists were claiming that there is something wrong with CDs in general. Other companies have been doing better recordings right from the begining but grand ... more
new Stereophile poll - Format Choice
November 18, 2009
Hi, yes it seems that they are now checking weather Stereophile's Fremerish indoctrination has proper effect on the readers or not. Esa PS. I'm almost a non-reader because of this ... from my point of view, vinyl stuff was very interesting in the 70es but not any more. ... more