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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #173: The Audience Adept Response conditioners? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
What the hell is it? I truly do not interested what it is all about. It is more or less new company http://www.audience-av.com/conditioners/ … that for the last 2-3 year made a lot of good noise in the industry. The fun part is that they never made...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Spelled out for the cats and other mammals in the audience by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[Quote] would you accept a photograph from a camera if it didn't do "blacks" and "extreme darks"? [/Quote]CRITICAL POINT 1VISUAL PERCEPTION AND AESTHETICS ARE NOT VALID MODELING SYSTEMS FOR MUSICThis is why imaging is a screwed up way to talk about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #854: Audience effects by steverino on 2011-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
To be more specific about the Audience units, I initially thought they worked better in the audio chain than others at clearing up and clarifying sonic textures without slowing or hardening sounds.. But I started to notice that low level harmonic inf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: The audience by steverino on 2013-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
I was referring to the audiences and music buyers who acquire the above artists recordings, not the reviewer's opinions.  I assume the audience didn't walk out or fail to applaud. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Who in the audience had heard taiko drums in person?? by steverino on 2014-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
If the idea was to demonstrate the unbelievable fidelity of these speakers why wouldn't they use an instrument everyone had heard live or barring that bring in a set of taiko drums and let some taiko player have at it? It's hard to tell from an MP3 f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Moving from conductor to audience by rowuk on 2021-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
What Romy has done up until now is very similar to what a conductor of an orchestra does:Search for music to performBuild the ensemble to play itDecide on the venue to perform inTrain all of the forces involved to play in accordIn real time, guide th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Argerich/BPO/Abbado, 1994 by Paul S on 2010-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Good Tchaikovsky PC 1? in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
DGG CD, 449 816-2Argerich, Abbado and the BPO waste no time in "putting it out there" for the wonderful, live audience, but it does take a little while for the audience and all the performers to totally connect.  Once they are hooked up, the spac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: American National Recording Registry by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: American National Recording Registry in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Recordings are listed by year of release: "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Emile Berliner. (ca. 1888) Emile Berliner, the inventor of the microphone and founder of the first disc record company, lived and worked in Washi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #173: The Audience Adept Response conditioners? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
What the hell is it? I truly do not interested what it is all about. It is more or less new company http://www.audience-av.com/conditioners/ … that for the last 2-3 year made a lot of good noise in the industry. The fun part is that they never made...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #855: AdeptResponse vs. adeptResponse by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] If the units are to be placed between the wall and the PP then I think that would be a safe way to use it. I do not recommend connecting audio equipment directly through them though.[/quote] That is kind of puzzling to me. Wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: My thoughts on horns as authoritarian instances by rowuk on 2021-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Being a trumpeter, I certainly have an opinion about this - on many levels.I believe one of the major benefits of a trumpet (horn) is the ability to completely melt into the orchestral fabric or with ease move outside when MY voice in my opinion has ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Jazz has become serious business by steverino on 2024-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crane Radio CCE2 in Off Air Audio  17 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Germans still define music as "E"-Musik or "U"-Musik. E is for "Ernst" or serious/ernest and U is for "Unterhaltung" or entertainment. Funny enough Jazz falls und "E".[/quote]Although Jazz didn't start out serious there is no ques...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Bravo, Joe Whipple! by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
Today Joe Whipple have posted a message in the Intelligencer board: http://classical-scene.com/2009/12/10/wgbh-to-discontinue-bso-friday-afternoon-broadcasts/ I would like to re-print the Joe’s post: Somehow, I had missed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Human performance by noviygera on 2013-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to train respect audio listening? in Playback Listening  18 Replies 
I think most people, as audience find fascination in unusually capable performance of the performers, as in a live music event. So if there is no performer there is nothing to give homage to, really. Other than good reproductive properties of a sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: The "Critical" Industry and Easy Audiences by Paul S on 2013-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
Perhaps if the "critics" did a better job these days, the artists would rise to the occasion.  Good examples of poor "critical analysis" may be heard daily on innumerable NPR stations across the country, with "well-educated" "music critics" inventing...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Here comes another one by Paul S on 2008-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Just saw these on the Stereophile cheap ads page.http://www.audience-av.com/capacitors/t_description.phpI have used the AuriCap and it is OK, if you have to have a cap.I have not tried these new Teflons, and I did not try to find the not-plainly-post...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The Arts and Politics by Paul S on 2008-02-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The New York Philharmonic Live from North Korea in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
I did not see the affair but listened on my car radio.  I liked the enthusiasm of the playing  a lot and the very appreciative audience that, I think, got more out of the orchestra.It certainly seemed like the musicians felt real compassion...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Sofia performance by clarkjohnsen on 2007-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How Mussorgsky should sound! in Musical Discussions  15 Replies 
That's always been known in my circle as the one with the tubercular audience.Many find the Schubert and Liszt pieces even finer.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Science vs conjuring by Andy Simpson on 2008-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Well, you can count me among those who are perennially frustrated by all the unnessary stupidy that goes into most recordings, that's for sure, although I have several hundred records that I would like to keep for the p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: A new WCRB, and a shrinking classical dial by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
A new WCRB, and a shrinking classical dialBy Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe Staff December 18, 2009 In a city passionate about classical music, a lot of listeners get their fill by catching the Boston Symphony Orchestra and other progr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A new breed of musician? by rowuk on 2013-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Live vs. Recorded transcendent moments. in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
I think that I can relate to both sides.When we speak about recordings that come from "live" events, the musicians interact with the audience at hand. Generally that means a statistically significant mix of "music lovers", "music analysers", and disi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Bang for the Buck (it's not about the money) by Paul S on 2008-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
I have mentioned more than once, and I think it should be obvious to fellow tweaks, that I instituted a sort of cost/benefit "go/no-go" policy some time back.  Oddly enough, the ML2s fit comfortably within my parameters, as do the "value" pieces...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Soundtracks and music for films... any difference? by twogoodears on 2008-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Alessandro Baricco's "Lesson 21" or the challenge ... in Musical Discussions  13 Replies 
I've been an avid original soundtracks and film music collector for most of my life, and still I didn't find the PERFECT music for a movie... the classic, Alfred Newman's, Rozsa's, Hermann's, Williams', Horner's... them all did a superb job combined ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Wrong correlation by rowuk on 2020-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More or less pleasure: wider implication in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
The issue here is that quality and enjoyment are 2 different things. The former is absolute and the latter relative. Quality is a parameter, that in this case belongs to the orchestra. It can be defined by using measuring units of intonation, synchro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: British are always homers by steverino on 2020-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: List of top 20 conductors on classical-music.com in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
So the conductor list overweighted to British is expected for BBC. I think Stokowski has to be in the top 10 with Lenny, HvK and Toscanini. As for the festival, if the players are for it I wouldn't stop it. Those under 60 are much less susceptible an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: "1000 performers" by JJ Triode on 2015-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Mahler 7 at home… in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
It looked like they had "only" about 300-350 people on stage in Tanglewood.  I think the original score called for about 750, at least that is how many Jascha Horenstein had on stage in the Royal Albert Hall in 1959.  He also had about 6000 people in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #235: Wagner AND Family, at 7 am?!? by Paul S on 2017-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
You are living the Dream, all right!  I think the only time I ever pulled this off was on a family ski trip, blasting "Ride of the Valkyries" on our way to the lifts.  But that was a captive audience, and your family came to you!  You must be doing s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #221: Freak of nature? by rowuk on 2022-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
As I was not present during the magic moment of the Dunnoys (or Dannoys), I can not assume anything but considering the initial aftermath documented here, perhaps that "moment" had more to do with stars/sun/moon lining up, DPOLS for a week or a speci...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A high end demo? by rowuk on 2024-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A perfect "High-End" Audio Demo in Audio For Dummies ™  9 Replies 
The audio in the youtube video is not "good" (worse than the Romy Videos before) but it still can be understood. The content is very special. Even at live concerts, a spellbound audience at the end of a piece is the highest honor to the musician!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Moving from conductor to audience by rowuk on 2021-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
What Romy has done up until now is very similar to what a conductor of an orchestra does:Search for music to performBuild the ensemble to play itDecide on the venue to perform inTrain all of the forces involved to play in accordIn real time, guide th...
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