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User Details - Jonalogic
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Jon Bower | |
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Environmental scientist/consultant and freelance professional photographer. Originally a BBC research engineer focussed on acoustics and psychoacoustics, where I first learnt about studio and recordings arts. A lover of classical music recordings from all eras and technologies. And with a definite soft spot for traditional jazz, world music and the blues. Accused in my mis-spent youth of being an 'audiophile'- probably a valid charge at the time. However, now substantially recovered (but not according to my wife...) A frequent concert-goer, my reference point in adjudging technical quality is therefore live music. Does it sound like the real thing? |
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Oxford, UK | |
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Listening and A/V room - 30 ft X 15.5 ft Stereo - Esoteric X-03SE SACD player Goldmund Vinyl turntable/Clearaudio Accurat m/c Classe Preamp Goldmund Mimesis 9 Power Amp Martin Logan CLS IIz full-range electrostatic loudspeakers Siltech cables separate A/V - Pioneer Kuro Reference 50" plasma (10th gen.) Primare pre- and power amps Sonus Faber speakers (2), Partington stands Sky HD+ Oppo BDP 105EU Bluray, SACD, DVD-A and download Player VdH and StefanArt cable Sennheiser HD800 headphones and HDVD600 headphone amp, re-wired with StefanArt cable. |
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jon.bower@virgin.net | |
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http://www.apexphotos.com | |
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August 15, 2014
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Chris Hi Willco! On its way. Best Jon ... more | |
August 12, 2014
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Hi. Very well, thanks - just not posting (apart from this one). In a spirit of fairness, I can report that Qobuz finally responded - after several tries, and only eventually in response to a post on the UK site, rather than the French. They confirmed the faulty track and offered a replacement download. They also indicated they would withdraw ... more | |
August 11, 2014
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OK, just to make it clear. I promptly brought to their attention a faulty track on the Gorecki Concerto-cantata recording on Naxos. About 6 minutes into track 1, the music disappears and we are left with around 5 minutes of extremely loud hiss and distortion - at levels which could put speakers/power amp or even ears at risk. So, not a trivial ... more | |
August 11, 2014
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My first and last post for some time. Merely to note my lack of surprise that SACD.net is now affiliated with Qobuz, a bunch of gallic crooks who play fast and loose with the files, the music and - above all - their customers. I have lost track of the number of mis-labellings and mis-representations, as well as up-sampled recordings on their ... more | |
April 13, 2014
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Robert Hi With all due respect, you are close to dancing on dangerous ground here. Slagging off other download vendors whilst praising yours (even tongue in cheek) could, perhaps, be misinterpreted in some quarters? Cheers Jon ... more |
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