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User Details - Polarius T
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Konrad Kalkwerk | |
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My love of music continues unabated, but the endless experiments on hearing, aural perception, and sound reproduction, I think, have come to an end. | |
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~ 60th latitude. | |
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* ME-Geithain active monitor speakers RL901K (http://www.me-geithain.de/index.php/en/studio/products/active-loudspeaker/rl901k): "the most accurate speakers in the world" with which you can drive the SPL up to 122 dB and still enjoy the music; moreover, your neighbors behind the wall won't hear the bass (it's directional [yes]) even though these put most subwoofers to shame. Add to that the precision and depth of the sound image (these are coaxial) and the huge dynamics (comes from being powered, with the bespoke amps designed and made in-house) and the proof is on hand that "audio heaven" is best found with good electrical engineers as your guide. 2nd system: ME-Geithain RL906 (http://www.me-geithain.de/index.php/en/studio/products/active-loudspeaker/rl906). * Ultrasone S-Logic Pro headphones (www.ultrasone.com/index_en.php?level=2&CatID=4.22&inhalt_id=22) -- healthier listening with the SPLs I like to go for, although I have not used them for years now. * dCS player/DAC (dcsltd.co.uk/) * Yamaha player/DAC * Funk Tonstudiotechnik headphone/preamp (www.funk-tonstudiotechnik.de/INFO-Gesamt-3.07.2009-englisch.pdf): the least "sounding" preamps I know of and they cost peanuts (compared to...); no wonder Bauer Studios (ECM), Teldec/Teldex studios, Sony, FMP, radio stations like ORF, NDR, WDR, SWR, and Bavarian Radio use these, along with equipment/audio tool makers like Nagra, SADiE, Weiss, Bösendorfer, ADAM Audio, ME-Geithain, etc. * Sommer Cable & Funk Tonstudiotechnik cabling (www.sommercable.com/2__default/index.html, http://www.funk-tonstudiotechnik.de/Audiokabel-analog.htm), but these could be any cables that are well made. Very good price/quality ratio and top-quality German engineering in both cases here. |
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crapimnevergonnaread@hotmail.com | |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvpALlP_7lE | |
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November 14, 2015
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Re: the review of this disc from today: It's not a Japanese remastering. It's a British remastering done at the (former EMI's) Abbey Road studios, by the same crew that did all the EMI SACDs before Warner bought EMI and that has done all the Warner SACDs based on EMI releases (like this) ever since. It's just that most of that work was ... more | |
November 9, 2015
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Yes, it's a totally different design. It uses most of the technology developed for the flagship CD-S3000 model (incl. the Yamaha-developed mech and tray/drawer) and is in no way anything like an updated version of the 2000 model. This despite the confusing relatedness of the model name and the looks between the two (2000 and 2100). Even sonically ... more | |
November 9, 2015
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Not aware of any typical flaws with the CD-S2000, but would saving up for the replacement model CD-S2100 be an option? It has a proprietary (Yamaha-designed and made) drive mech and metal tray which spell durability -- the same stuff as in their cost-no-object CD-S3000 flagship model (basically just the power supply differs a bit between the two ... more | |
October 30, 2015
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The difference between these and the earlier Warner-released SACDs is that the current batch (all those things by Klemperer, the Knaben Wunderhorn by Szell, Schwarzkopf & Fi-Di, etc., all those recordings originally released on EMI) is done from the original tapes by the former EMI Abbey Road team -- the same guys that did the excellent EMI SACDs ... more | |
October 29, 2015
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Those would indeed be great. Of all the offerings for now, I think only the Oistrakh set has an exclamation mark attached to it, in my tired-out mind. ... more |
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