learsfool
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| Looking for Wagner recommendations Another great Wagner conductor, though different from Solti, is Levine. The MET orchestra has recorded a few different CD's of orchestral excerpts from the operas, which are very well performed. I would suggest checking those out. | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Again, great posts everyone! I have to agree with Newbee overall, especially his line "What makes you assess the resulting sound as neutral is nothing more than the free use of your imagination." I also agree that "natural" would be a better term.... | |
| Recommendations for close miked classical recordin Chashmal, I couldn't agree with you more! Excellent advice! | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Hi Byron - I must make an observation here. You posted that you want to hear as close as possible to what is heard in the recording studio. My point about the actual recording studios is that you would NEVER want to do this. Recording studios are ... | |
| Sounds better at home Onhwy61, assuming you are serious, there is obviously no single answer to this question. It would depend very heavily on the location, and the acoustics of the space, and the type of music being performed. No good recording engineer ever sets up a... | |
| Recommendations for close miked classical recordin As a couple of people have mentioned, close-miking an orchestra does not result in the best sounding recording - it all has to be mixed later, which always ends up sounding totally different than it does in the hall. This is not even to mention th... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Nice posts again, guys! Vandermeulen, you make my main point much more simply than I did - everyone must decide for themselves through experience what they want their system to sound like. However, I must repeat that there is no such thing as abso... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Fascinating posts, guys, deserving of a more serious response. I agree with blindjim that transparency is a much better term for what we are talking about here. Music is not, and never should be "neutral." As a professional musician, the term has ... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Just because I am in a contrary mood tonight, I can't resist pointing out that this goes against any reasonable definition of the word neutral (making things sound more distinct from each other, I mean). I have always thought that this is the sill... | |
| Sounds better at home Actually, singleendedsingle, it is more a matter of "sound engineers" ruining the natural acoustics with their mikes and mixing boards and loudspeaker placement. This even happens in very good concert halls, where pops concerts are almost always u... | |
| Sounds better at home Unfortunately, most so-called "sound guys", particularly at rock or country events, but also jazz and even classical, have absolutely no clue what they are doing, especially if the music in question is electronically produced. Most of it is ridicu... | |
| Upgrade modded P25 to P7 or uprade cartridge Yes, I do believe so - the RB700 is a better arm, would be the main difference. I also use the TT-PSU, and would highly recommend that. A couple of different Rega dealers I know will tell you that the P7, while probably a better table than the P5,... | |
| Upgrade modded P25 to P7 or uprade cartridge I would recommend that you upgrade to the P5 instead of the P7 - it will cost you half as much, and you will get what most Rega dealers will tell you is alot more value for the money. It is a significant upgrade from the P2, I have had both in my ... | |
| Decent software for classical LP collection mgmt? I should have mentioned that my collection is mostly classical - has anyone had a good experience with any of these programs (must also work on a Mac) for classical, or should I continue using my Excel file? | |
| Decent software for classical LP collection mgmt? If you find something that is usable on a Mac, let us know! I have searched without success for a good program. |