Just came across this in reference to Mutter, Previn - Korngold: "There is no gainsaying the beauty of Mutter's tone..." -Robert Maxham, Fanfare Robert in...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 2, 2011 8:37 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT-nEEuKjMk&feature=related Where are the mikes placed? What do you think of the recorded sound? best...Yip ...
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Ted Rook
ted_rook
Apr 2, 2011 1:55 pm
I like the piece, I am familiar with it from another recording. It is a pity this performance is cut short the full piece is about 13 minutes. I think the mic...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 2, 2011 3:32 pm
I am not currently set up to hear youtube on real speakers, but the initial impression is that it is very natural sounding recording. Good playing,too. REG...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 2, 2011 3:43 pm
Good illustration of why one really cannot believe anything that critics say about sound, with rare exceptions. I urge people to buy this recording(Mutter)-- ...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 12:45 am
I expected you to say that of the recording,Robert. Reminds one of the recording on Simax of a female artiste singing in a hall. But I do wonder why people do...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 12:54 am
I like Mutter's violin tone. It's not like the tone heard on YouTube on the Korngold. Heard it from M row center at the Esplanade about 18 months ago. Rene...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 1:01 am
What about the sonics here? best....mm ________________________________ From: ymm <yipmangmeng@...> To: regsaudioforum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, 3...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 1:04 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SawbNW3ck70&feature=related What about the sonics here? best....mm ________________________________ From: ymm...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 3, 2011 2:42 am
Many if not most of the Nimbus recordings were made with the Calrec Soundfield microphone. The recording that Unicorn made with this mike are among some of the...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 5:04 am
I have heard the Nimbus recordings only on stereo systems. I think the edge or "swimminess" can be lessened with a surround set-up. That's just my guess. Is...
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charles452003
Apr 3, 2011 7:06 am
Gradient Notes: I have original passive Gradients with the later Peeless woofers w/o the foam surrounds. These later woofers on the more efficent redesign are...
The Lark Ascending which I have on CD is a Nimbus recording which I rate very favorably....
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Ted Rook
ted_rook
Apr 3, 2011 2:33 pm
In a different class, direct to ambient ratio smaller, helps intelligibility, no intrusive noises, no hum, this is the technicality. Personally speaking I...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 3:10 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeOPUJzYdBM A favourite audiophile recording best...mm...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 3, 2011 9:42 pm
Pretty cool too to the extent that I can tell on my funny little speakers that are connected to youtube Proprius? Bertil Alving? REG...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 11:04 pm
Yes, Propius. http://www.proprius.com/ Yip ________________________________ From: Robert <regonaudio@...> To: regsaudioforum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 3, 2011 11:52 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ&feature=related fascinating music. How does he differ from Taro Takemitsu's? best...Yip...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 4, 2011 2:38 pm
Little piece of my personal history: I once played a work by Takemitsu(before he was so famous in the USA as he became later) in an orchestra concert conducted...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 4, 2011 4:40 pm
PS In usual English transliteration, I mean. I know that exactly how Japanese is rendered into English is a bit indefinite(though not so much as is Chinese,...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 4, 2011 6:11 pm
I decided(after my experiments earlier) to check the levels that were plausible for listening to at home--I do this periodically anyway just to avoid creeping...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 4, 2011 6:24 pm
The previous message was not to suggest that audio is a done deal. Rather, my point is that I think audiophiles worry about the wrong issues. They ought to...
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David Ethève
david_etheve
Apr 7, 2011 9:27 am
Sometimes I have the feeling that "audiophiles" are acting as if trying to recreate a lost language, as if their comprehension of what is suposed to be...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 7, 2011 2:46 pm
David E does not write often, but when he does, it is always worthwhile to pay attention! This time is like that ,too, Well said! REG PS I have derived the...
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yipmangmeng
Apr 7, 2011 3:01 pm
But they still do not sound like one another in a domestic room even when placed at the same spots! Yp ________________________________ From: Robert...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 7, 2011 7:22 pm
A lot more than people tend to think--except of course for ones with weird radiation pattern like large planar radiators and so on. The resemblance is more...
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Robert
regtas43
Apr 7, 2011 7:41 pm
One point to note here is that what after all does one KNOW about how the sound should be. Anyone with a reasonable memory knows what instruments sound like in...
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Jose Antonio Almagro ...
joseaalmagro
Apr 7, 2011 8:38 pm
I don't think 92 dB Peak is loud, anyway it depends on frequency and time weighting. In this video you can watch that LAeq is under 90 dBA and and LCpeak...
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David Ethève
david_etheve
Apr 7, 2011 10:32 pm
Thank you for the kind words Robert, I wish I could be a bit more active... As for dynamic, I think that yes, in the hall, symphonic music is not that loud,...
