fas42 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Using this at the moment to gauge rig, Some very raw tracks, live in a German nightclub type of thing - sludgy is too generous a term! However, excellent for debugging; retrieving the music making on there is highly rewarding ... Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 This is an album you don't want to put on when the components are cold! Did it this morning, and the pushback was strong - always needs a finely sorted setup, otherwise the sound is hard to take - used this one a lot, well over a decade ago, for testing .... Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Nice acoustic ... rando 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 From the POV of the music purists perhaps - there is strong bounce of the sound from the ceiling, which has been tackled in various ways; but didn't seem to interfere here. Coughs from the audience could be heard to echo about in the quiet bits, and there are plenty of incidental noises from this live capture - but it adds to the sense of the occasion. Link to comment
Popular Post fas42 Posted February 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2019 Bunch of needledrops, from "Object Enterprises", Nice, the drum strikes on first track are spot on; even when the rig is still cold ... Melvin and biosailor 2 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Another no-name, no details album, from AVM, Collection of classical, and popular songs tracks. rando 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 A burnt CDR, skips like mad, but still works a treat .... One of the best songs has been totally butchered by absurd compression in this YouTube clip; the album itself is pristine .... spin33 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 For all those who decry early digital recording, this is DDD, recorded 1975 - no complaints about the piano tone; all good. semente 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 From Wikipedia ... Quote * January 1971: Using NHK's experimental PCM recording system, Dr. Takeaki Anazawa, an engineer at Denon, records the world's first commercial digital recordings, Something by Steve Marcus & Jiro Inagaki (January 25, 1971) and The World Of Stomu Yamash'ta 1 & 2 by Stomu Yamash'ta (January 11, 1971).[3] Both have to be recorded live, without edits. Marcus is released first (in February 1972), making it the first released digital recording. * 1972: Using lessons learned from the NHK encoder, Denon unveils the first 8-channel PCM encoder, the DN-023R, which uses 47.25kHz 13-bit PCM resolution and 4-head open reel broadcast video tape recorder.[3] The first recording with this new system is the Smetana Quartet performing Mozart's String Quartets K.458 and K.421, recorded in Tokyo April 24–26 and released that October. At least six other Denon-recorded digital LP records are released in October, including jazz, classical and traditional Japanese music.[3][6] rando 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 10 hours ago, rando said: It was released 86/87. Pre-emphasis on Denon and BIS existed long after everyone else ditched it. Was that the case here @fas42? Can't say ... the CDP doesn't indicate, and I can't see anything in the booklet. There are no giveaways in the sound, that I can pick, that the full tonality of a Steinway wasn't captured ... Musicophile 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 3 hours ago, firedog said: It was not the first commercial digital recording, and seems it wasn't a digital recording at all. Don't know why that Japanese CD is labeled "DDD" maybe they were given a digital master, and thought it originated as a digital recording. Anyway, at the beginning of the CD era, it was thought to be a marketing advantage to be a DDD recording, so maybe it was just wishful thinking and slick marketing. What makes you think that it wasn't a digital, but rather an analogue recording? Is this actually stated somewhere? Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Just now, mansr said: Pop it in a PC and ask your favourite ripping program. If it doesn't give this information, you need a new favourite. Done ... EAC says, No Pre-Emphasis on all 29 tracks . Link to comment
Popular Post fas42 Posted February 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2019 My wife's favourite performer ... first CD we ever bought was another collection of arias by her. coot and rando 2 Link to comment
Popular Post fas42 Posted February 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2019 I'm amazed that Amazon has this on sale for $200! Super el cheap CD, very poorly transferred - the piano sound is extremely marginal, with treble badly crippled on many tracks. semente and Musicophile 1 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essential_Odetta Very low mastering level - no compression here! sphinxsix 1 Link to comment
fas42 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 and, a change of pace ... Link to comment
Popular Post fas42 Posted February 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2019 Solid, rich, 'big' sound - tympani hits, very nice ... Musicophile and Hugo9000 2 Link to comment
fas42 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 A budget cheapie (REDHOT ) of A favourite track, the operatic voices are spot on ... Link to comment
fas42 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Was just reminded of this, by another thread ... , Unless a rig can do justice to this, taking one to a truly magical place - with no excuses ... it ain't worth listening to ... Magic stuff, indeed ... Link to comment
fas42 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Just fired up the NAD rig, again, after many, many weeks of idleness - life got too busy! Why not a burst of a favourite, to get the juices flowing ... Link to comment
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