What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2014
On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume X: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
On vinyl...
One fast question: what is this 4D sound? Just curious.
bicela,
4D audio recording is just a marketing term DG came up with for their digital recording process in early 90s.
They claim that with A/D conversion as close to the microphone as possible, to minimise the noise ( by avoiding a long cable run for file transfer )
They have developed a *mobile* digital recording unit ( remote controlled mic. preamp ) which it can be installed in a close location to to the recording subject.
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In spite all this, the bottom line is that I don't much care for DG's early digital recording regardless of what they claim. They sound stark and stripped of instrumental colours. Plus they often exhibit higher distortions at high SPL.
This Boulez/Cleveland recording isn't that great but decent compared to other 4D DG CD form the similar era. Dynamic ceiling is lowish and strings and brass get thin as usual DG’s early digital but listeanble so long as at a lowish level. Pretty good instrument separation. Winds and massed strings lose textures at tutti, tho.
Oddly his Mahler's 5th with Vienna Phil sounds better. ( '96 recording and different venue, different recording engineer, same balance engineer )
His recording with CSO also sounds stark to my ears.
Thank you Kuma, very kindly from you. From my limited experience I can confirm that DG made disaster recording at certain formal time considering the quasi-unlimited budget they had. What's pity is such executions can't be repeated. Ciao Maurizio
Phew! That's better.
Just listened to the half-speed version of this. I am sure that if I'd ever experimented with drugs this is what it would have sounded like!
Yes, but don't ever try this one. You might need a lobotomy afterwards, I heard!
Still think to this day that Metal Machine Music was one of THE worst albums ever made.
Great record. Really.
And this one
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Metallica ~ S&M (1999)
I have always liked this double CD and DVD of them live with the San Fransisco Symphony, they bring a lot to the party and its been my preferred Metallica listening for years now.
Just listened to the half-speed version of this. I am sure that if I'd ever experimented with drugs this is what it would have sounded like!
Yes, but don't ever try this one. You might need a lobotomy afterwards, I heard!
Still think to this day that Metal Machine Music was one of THE worst albums ever made.
MMM was surely just a throwaway. An artistic statement, perhaps, but unlistenable and with no musical merit whatsoever. The number of people who have listened to it all the way through could probably be counted on one hand.
Just listened to the half-speed version of this. I am sure that if I'd ever experimented with drugs this is what it would have sounded like!
Yes, but don't ever try this one. You might need a lobotomy afterwards, I heard!
Still think to this day that Metal Machine Music was one of THE worst albums ever made.
MMM was surely just a throwaway. An artistic statement, perhaps, but unlistenable and with no musical merit whatsoever. The number of people who have listened to it all the way through could probably be counted on one hand.
I remember sticking it dump bins within a week or so of buying copies in to sell.
With so many other members on here buying and playing Sinatra, I couldn't resist taking a small risk (it's cheap) on this Masterworks box set, despite not really being a Sinatra fan.
Set arrived yesterday and first play of disc 1 - Swing Easy! + Songs For Young Lovers - this evening. Goodness me, the reproduction quality is much better than I expected, Sinatra's distinctive voice has wonderful presence, and the supporting band music is delightfully detailed. Think I going to enjoy dipping into this from time to time. £16 well spent.
Shake it but don't brake it
This excellent album a recommendation from the good Dr sometime ago..
Vinyl
On vinyl...
A lot of competition for these pieces, but this is one of the better ones in my eyes...
The Chris Anderson Trio: My Romance & Inverted Image
Originally two LPs recorded in Chicago (1960) and NY (1961), first released only in Japan, now on a Fresh Sound Records CD.
Chris Anderson (1926-2008), entirely self-taught, unfazed by blindness and a brittle bone disease, showed from the start his mastery in harmony and sensitivity. Highly recommended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BJSuwRpkxk
Vinyl
Suzanne Vega. Solitude Standing. Original vinyl from 1987. A great follow up to her first album. Reminds me I need to sample her most recent release.
On vinyl.
Van Morrison. Moondance (1970). On WB Burbank label 1977 reissue. This is one I always keep an eye out for when digging through used vinyl, hoping to come across an original pressing.