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Name:
  Tom Caulfield
Details:
  I do AV consulting for the Boston Symphony, so get to hear the orchestra regularly. Its a nice reference for continually experiencing what a live orchestra really sounds like, especially in a empty hall, the likes of which most classical recordings are made. I design, modify, and build audio electronics for enjoyment.
Location:
  Boston
HiFi:
  Five M1-PX SoundLab electrostatic speakers. Parasound JC-1 amps. The system produces a full measured orchestra concert level, and is very realistic.

The front end is a Sonoma editing station with Meitner CDSE transport, with either a Mytek 8X192 DAC, or Meitner DAC8 DAC, and passive five channel balanced attenuator.
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  tailspn@yahoo.com
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Borodin, Balakirev - Gergiev      (6 of 9 found this review helpful)
  December 7, 2003

What I like about being musically ignorant is that I think all classical performances that make it to a major label are great. If I were highly classical musically educated, or a conductor/record producer, or a person who thought they knew something about music, then I would be missing so many ... more

 
 
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Sorry Guys, but I think the 'party is well and truly over'....
Yesterday 06:58 pm
Hi Carl, The current Pyramix Mykerinos system records in virtually all formats including any speed PCM, their DXD (actually 352.8KHz PCM), and 64fs DSD. Their new Hours will do the same, plus 128fs and 256fs DSD record and playback. If the label/production company chooses to apply plug-ins for post processing, like reverb, EQ, and/or noise ... more
The long awaited successor to SACD
May 15, 2012
Well, we're almost in complete agreement. But your timing is a bit pessimistic. You'll begin to see more MCH downloads yet this year. In five years, Hi-Rez stereo and MCH downloads, especially DSD will be a major source of music purchasing. Today you can buy FLAC MCH downloads from the Boston Symphony site. This new form of selling music is an ... more
Sorry Guys, but I think the 'party is well and truly over'....
May 15, 2012
That's fine for PCM content, stereo or MCH. But BD does not support DSD, which to me, is important for originally recorded DSD productions. I believe we'll be seeing a considerable inrease in those for acoustically recorded music in the future. ... more
The long awaited successor to SACD
May 15, 2012
We travel in different worlds. Your streaming devices are another page in the mass consumer market for PCM (lossy or lossless) distribution of music, where the originator retains control of the content. Not what I'm referencing at all. ... more
The long awaited successor to SACD
May 15, 2012
And what was it I wrote in my response to audioholic that led you and monkey to those responses? Am I missing something, or are the two of you not aware of the computer AUDIO interest? If you're referring to internet distribution of purchased files killing SACDs's, it's theoretically possible, but not likely. The market is too small to be ... more