LBob Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 You really want to check this one out. It's available from Naxos on line and the Mariinsky web sites. It's got the fourth and fifth piano concertos and the 4th, 6th, and 7th symphonies. 2012 MacMini 8G ram -> Audirvana + 3.0 -> Mcintosh MHA 100> Nordost > Audeze LCD X Link to comment
edtsui Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Thanks for the information. Downloading the album. Link to comment
LBob Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 You won't be sorry! Just listened to it for the third time today. 2012 MacMini 8G ram -> Audirvana + 3.0 -> Mcintosh MHA 100> Nordost > Audeze LCD X Link to comment
CatManDo Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thank you for the recommendation. I think I'll get it on SACD. The 2 disc set is 20€ including shipping on the Amazon.fr Marketplace, while the 24/48 download is 22.50€ on Qobuz. FYI: Piano Concerto No.4 and Symphonies 4 and 6 are DSD recordings made in the Mariinsky Concert Hall in 2015, while Piano Concerto No.5 and Symphony 7 were recorded live (PCM24bit / 48kHZ) in the Moscow Conservatory as part of the Moscow Easter Festival 2012. HRAudio.net - Prokofiev: Symphonies 4, 6 & 7, Piano Concertos 4 & 5 - Volodin, Babyan, Gergiev Claude Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I streamed this album over Qobuz HiFi service and sounds pretty interesting and well recorded. Thinking of buying it in 24/48 resolution... Anyone have some analysis of the files? -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thank you for the recommendation. I think I'll get it on SACD. The 2 disc set is 20€ including shipping on the Amazon.fr Marketplace, while the 24/48 download is 22.50€ on Qobuz. FYI: HRAudio.net - Prokofiev: Symphonies 4, 6 & 7, Piano Concertos 4 & 5 - Volodin, Babyan, Gergiev Yes, I saw the recording details on the Mariinsky label website. So, how they did the downsampling to 48kHz from the DSD recording? -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
LBob Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Thank you for the recommendation. I think I'll get it on SACD. The 2 disc set is 20€ including shipping on the Amazon.fr Marketplace, while the 24/48 download is 22.50€ on Qobuz. FYI: HRAudio.net - Prokofiev: Symphonies 4, 6 & 7, Piano Concertos 4 & 5 - Volodin, Babyan, Gergiev The download from Classics Online HD is quite a bit less. 2012 MacMini 8G ram -> Audirvana + 3.0 -> Mcintosh MHA 100> Nordost > Audeze LCD X Link to comment
Kal Rubinson Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 The download from Classics Online HD is quite a bit less. Sure but stereo only. Kal Rubinson Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Sure but stereo only. I am able to find only CD quality, no HD download... -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I had short discussion with the audio engineer responsible for this recording and indeed 5thpc & 7th native resolution is 24-48. 4,6 and 4thpc native resolution is DSD 64fs. He is saying that, if you found them on 24-48 that means they are downsampled. He also mentioned that used new method of recording and could name it Wave Field Transfer. This is a theory how to calculate delays between mics to transfer real sound field from the hall to the listener. Interesting. AFAIK, DSD can be based on 44.1kHz multiplication or 48kHz multiplication, so if Qobuz and others selling it at 24/48 would make sense, otherwise it's downsampled version. -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
Jud Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I had short discussion with the audio engineer responsible for this recording and indeed 5thpc & 7th native resolution is 24-48. 4,6 and 4thpc native resolution is DSD 64fs. He is saying that, if you found them on 24-48 that means they are downsampled. * * * AFAIK, DSD can be based on 44.1kHz multiplication or 48kHz multiplication, so if Qobuz and others selling it at 24/48 would make sense, otherwise it's downsampled version. DSD can be based on 48KHz multiplication, but then it would not be "DSD 64fs." 64fs means 64 times 44.1KHz, 2822400Hz (2.8MHz). So the engineer is of course correct, if you find the entire piece at 48KHz the DSD64 tracks are downsampled. (Of course they would be downsampled if offered at 44.1/88.2/176.4/352.8KHz as well, but the sample rates just divide evenly in those cases.) One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Snowmonkey Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Posted in error. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Einstein Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 DSD can be based on 48KHz multiplication, but then it would not be "DSD 64fs." 64fs means 64 times 44.1KHz, 2822400Hz (2.8MHz). So the engineer is of course correct, if you find the entire piece at 48KHz the DSD64 tracks are downsampled. (Of course they would be downsampled if offered at 44.1/88.2/176.4/352.8KHz as well, but the sample rates just divide evenly in those cases.) Does it mean that 48kHz from 64fs is a wrong decision to offer it as download? Only Qobuz has it AFAIK. HD Classics DL offer CD quality only. -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
CatManDo Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 It's also available in 24/48 directly from the label, at a great price (£10). Prokofiev: Symphonies and Concertos [digital] – The Mariinsky Label They also offer an album recorded in DSD converted to 24/96 PCM, so their approach does not seem to be coherent. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 [digital download] – The Mariinsky Label Maybe they chose a 24/48 conversion for the Prokoviev DSD recordings because the rest of the album content is 24/48 native PCM Claude Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 It's also available in 24/48 directly from the label, at a great price (£10). Prokofiev: Symphonies and Concertos [digital] – The Mariinsky Label Downloading already.... Thanks! -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 It's also available in 24/48 directly from the label, at a great price (£10). Prokofiev: Symphonies and Concertos [digital] – The Mariinsky Label They also offer an album recorded in DSD converted to 24/96 PCM, so their approach does not seem to be coherent. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 [digital download] – The Mariinsky Label Maybe they chose a 24/48 conversion for the Prokoviev DSD recordings because the rest of the album content is 24/48 native PCM Are you still gonna buy SACD or go for DL? -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
Jud Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Does it mean that 48kHz from 64fs is a wrong decision to offer it as download? Only Qobuz has it AFAIK. HD Classics DL offer CD quality only. No, the conversion is not significantly more difficult. I think you use Audirvana? Try setting upsampling to powers of 2 only, then change the setting to max sample rate. This is mathematically similar to downsampling to 48KHz vs. 44.1KHz. Hear any difference? One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
CatManDo Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 It's getting more difficult to decide I'm not attached to physical discs, however the SACD release has multichannel content that I will use the day I move to a house and can play my 2000+ classical SACD collection in glorious surround. Claude Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 No, the conversion is not significantly more difficult. I think you use Audirvana? Try setting upsampling to powers of 2 only, then change the setting to max sample rate. This is mathematically similar to downsampling to 48KHz vs. 44.1KHz. Hear any difference? Don't think so ;-) Just wanted to be sure what was the reason. Anyway, sound fantastic and in the scopes besides the superb dynamic there is no trace of the suspicious noise or wrong filtering. Recommended. -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 It's getting more difficult to decide I'm not attached to physical discs, however the SACD release has multichannel content that I will use the day I move to a house and can play my 2000+ classical SACD collection in glorious surround. On my side it was much more easy to decide since I don't have SACD player ;-) Anyway, it sounds superb to my ears and congrats to Vladimir as audio engineer. -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Another insight: DECCA mics used in with shoes mk 2s. 4 mics in the hall plus some close miking. 24-30 microphones in total - Vladimir recommend to listen in surround! All mics delayed except the last one which is zero delay. To see the whole "life" of the straight sound. From "born" till "die" on the 1st reflections wall. Mixing and editing done in DXD on Pyramix. -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
LBob Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Don't think so ;-) Just wanted to be sure what was the reason. Anyway, sound fantastic and in the scopes besides the superb dynamic there is no trace of the suspicious noise or wrong filtering. Recommended. Would agree whole heartedly on the SQ, but IMHO the performance is the selling point. I will be checking out more from this conductor/pianist duo. 2012 MacMini 8G ram -> Audirvana + 3.0 -> Mcintosh MHA 100> Nordost > Audeze LCD X Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Would agree whole heartedly on the SQ, but IMHO the performance is the selling point. I will be checking out more from this conductor/pianist duo. Sure,Ii didn't buy only for SQ :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
mkrzych Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I have listened from top to the bottom - this is exceptional performance and albums. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -- Krzysztof Maj http://mkrzych.wordpress.com/ "Music is the highest form of art. It is also the most noble. It is human emotion, captured, crystallised, encased… and then passed on to others." - By Ken Ishiwata Link to comment
edtsui Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I have listened from top to the bottom - this is exceptional performance and albums. +1 I also think both the performance and the SQ very good. Link to comment
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