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User Details - classicrecordings
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David Stangret | |
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I have spent the majority of the 60+ years of my life listening to vinyl LP's and open reel tapes and I was quite happy to do so. I had little interest in CD's when they came out, but years later I purchased some of the Redbook RCA and Mercury's along with various other labels that had titles that I was familiar with. I decided to give them a try, albeit on other peoples systems, and compare the CD's to their vinyl and tape releases. (I was not going to invest money into a CD player until I liked what I heard.) Ultimately, I found CD's greatly lacking. They gave me nothing over the tape or vinyl releases I already owned of the same recordings. I listened to these and dozens of new recordings released on CD's on various systems, and after all the exposure to them that I could endure, I was content to not bother with them again. I will say though, I had no problems purchasing some of these same digital recordings on vinyl which I enjoyed far more than their CD releases. I kept any of the CD's that were not re-releases and not available on vinyl, sold the rest, and contentedly went back to analogue. until... One day, I went out with a friend to an audio store, where he spent several thousand dollars on a Krell Standard SACD player. I could not believe what he was doing! He was going to spend money like that on an SACD player when he already had close to, or even more than $100,000 into several very fine audio systems! But, when we got back to his place and hooked up the Krell to his all tube Jadis system and I heard the Krell playing an SACD, I was amazed! What a difference from what I had heard with Redbook CD's! So, I started purchasing all the RCA, Mercury and Mobile Fidelity SACD re-issues that I wanted. I found that I was pleasantly surprised at the sound of the SACD layer of these recordings played back through my 2 channel system, even on an old Oppo 971HD, a cheap universal DVD player. I then took my Oppo player over to my father-in-law's to install it into his multi-channel home theater system. And, while the sound was not to the highest level of audio refinement that I am familiar with for 2 channel stereo, the sound was non-the-less very enjoyable; the performances, though familiar had a refreshingly new sound. I am not for or against stereo or multi-channel; I enjoy both. It was both the sound quality of 2 channel and the enveloping sound of multi-channel that sold me on SACD's. SACD's have opened up a new door for me to re-listen to some great performances and explore some great new performances that my self imposed limitations of vinyl and open reel had cut me off from. Lastly; a big "thank-you" to Zeus for setting up and maintaining this incredible site! |
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Toronto, Canada | |
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Electronics: Power: Yamaha HTR-6190 HT receiver SACD Player: Oppo BDP-95 Cassette: Tandberg 440A Speakers: Ars Acoustica LaDiva 2-way rear ported monitors Stands: Atlantis 28" single pole sand filled Cables: HDMI for HT connections Interconnects: Purist Audio Proteus Rev A Speaker Cable: Stax Multi-strand bi-wired Equipment not in use right now: Tonearm: Ortofon 309S Cartridges: Ortofon mono and stereo SPU's Software: 3,500+ vinyl LP's in mono, stereo and digital 346 SACD's and growing |
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February 6, 2015
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| A great player. I have many of his recordings on vinyl. ... more | |
December 25, 2014
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| Messiah and Cantate Domino for me. http://sa-cd.net/showtitle/1412 ... more | |
December 1, 2014
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| ^ Parasound does not have a distributor in Canada, and they say they will not ship to Canada anymore because of the costs of the CSA electrical certification requirements. ... more | |
November 25, 2014
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| Does anyone have any experience with this unit? http://www.aaron-amplifiers.com/AARON-No22-Cineast-high-end-audio-multichannel-preamplifier I just read the review at Hi-Fi+: http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/aaron-no-22-cineast-preamp-and-no-3-millennium-power-amplifier/ and it looks interesting now that the Parasound P7 is no longer available ... more | |
August 30, 2014
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| Does this mean the Philips Quad recordings are finished? ... more | |
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