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Post Subject: BerlinersPosted by steverino on: 2/7/2014
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ROWUK says "I get much
enjoyment from the Norwegian Radio web radio. They have a wonderful mix
of the music that I like which is orchestral and advanced chamber music.
They broadcast at 192KB which is not super fidelity, but their choice
of special performances makes it easy to get lost in the music instead
of mad at the hardware:NRK Klassisk
"
Apropos of that, I was pleasantly surprised at the audio quality at the BPO's digital concert hall.* You can access either a concert live or taped in their Archive section which has over a hundred performances. What was surprising was how much better balanced the website audio was compared to the average digital orchestral recording. Admittedly I have a decent headphone setup with tube amp and ESI soundcard, but it is aggravating that most CDs sound worse. This is coming from someone who plays records 90% of the time. The concert audio certainly has issues and sounds digital but I was impressed with the clarity and sectional balance.
* They do have a fee of 10 euros to listen for a week. I signed up just to listen to a rare performance of Ancient Voices of Children by George Crumb and not from any sonic expectations BTW. One annoyance was a few pauses from a streaming glitch.
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