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Discussion: Elgar: Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures - Jacqueline du Pré, Janet Baker, Sir John Barbirolli
December 19, 2011
I've recently had the opportunity to work on roughly 2 dozen late 50's safety master 15ips tapes as well as a 15ips master from 1967 where the goal after straight capture to DSD was to reduce the hiss, which meant folding down to the PCM domain for broadband noise reduction. After much comparison of the original tape to the resultant de-hissed ... more
IS SHM~SACD The Closest We've Come To The Master Tapes?
November 30, 2011
No multichannel DSD as yet. I consider that I don't have a real multi-channel playback system being that I'd be limited to SACD over HDMI to my Yamaha multichannel receiver. I suppose I could cobble together enough mix and match speakers to hear the result and I have thought of it, but feel I'd be disappointed, as I am/was when I listen to my ... more
IS SHM~SACD The Closest We've Come To The Master Tapes?
November 30, 2011
I think I have an idea what you mean rammiepie, I'm no longer using an optical player at all, all my digital is read from a HD, be it a DSD recorder or from my PC through a software player with multiple filtering/aliasing options output directly to my DAC. This was a big improvement over any of my CD/SACD players. I think we're about to see DSD ... more
IS SHM~SACD The Closest We've Come To The Master Tapes?
November 30, 2011
No... actually... there's no point in attempting to discuss anything with you AmonRa. I suspect words flow from my keyboard quiet easily and it DOES take a lot more words to explain a position than counterpoint, which takes almost no words and almost no thought. 'No it doesn't', or 'yes it does' in 180 degree reversal of someone's position takes ... more
IS SHM~SACD The Closest We've Come To The Master Tapes?
November 30, 2011
I'm not following you Polarius, first you question the possibility of a teacher forgetting to tell me about the importance of anecdotal evidence in science and then reverse this in the very next paragraph to talk of 'taking my subjective perceptions seriously'. So, which way do you see me writing? I realize the written word is highly inaccurate ... more