rvpiano
Responses from rvpiano
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Cd318, I absolutely agree with you about the timbre change from tubes to solid state. | |
| speaker choice for new 20x30 audio room I have a similar size room to yours 25’x25’. Also designed for sonics ‘My GoldenEar Triton 1’s with built-in powered subwoofers fill the room admirably. | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Because I believe the other factors (except for mini miking) don’t have as much to do with openness and sound staging. A major component of sonic enjoyment. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Yes, perfection! My favorite violinist and pianist together. Red Hot! I believe they left Russia at the same time. Oddly, the piano is not in great tune. | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. I see that some in this thread are doubtful of the effect Dolby had on the sound post 1965. If you listen to acoustic instruments, such as in classical chamber music and orchestral music the difference can clearly be discerned. Manipulation of ... | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Just listening to a monophonic recording of violin and piano from 1951, on Idagio. The openness and air around the instruments is more pronounced than on many stereo recordings made of the same forces after 1965. | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. No doubt the conversion from tubes to transistors affected the TIMBRE of the sound, but I don’t think it had a lot of bearing on the openness. I think the openness is the result of the aforementioned mini miking, and the absence of Dolby. | |
| Dolby noise reduction Very interesting. I didn’t know that | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. elliotbnewcombjr and onhwy61, What melm says. | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Sns, You raise a fair point. My feeling, though, is that the tubes produced a warmer sound than solid state, whereas the spatial element in recordings was compromised by Dolby interfering with the natural overtones of the music. By compressing a... | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Totally in agreement with all of the above. I just wanted to concentrate on the Dolby component however. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Wow! great job!!!! | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. +1 for Cambridge CXN V2. ‘Big improvement over Node2, plus many nice features. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados If you haven’t heard it yet, there’s an incredible sounding stream of the soundtrack for the new production of “West Side Story” on Qobuz. ‘Excellent performances and some of the best sound I’ve ever heard. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Welcome, jdub39. |