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User Details - Johnno
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John Marchington | |
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Sony SCD-XA5400ES SACD player. Used in stereo only. Full Vacuum State Electronics upgrade, including Terra Firma Lite clock. Denon DSD-SA1 stereo-only SACD player Sony SCD-XB940 stereo-only SACD player (extensively modified by Vacuum State Electronics -- up to L5) Sony XE597 multichannel SACD player (modified by Vacuum State Electronics, including Terra Firma Lite clock) 'Lewitt' pure triode (i.e. all-tube) Firefly preamplifier (no tone controls) John Linsley Hood Class-A monoblocks (one per channel). 40-50 watt output. Home-made -- superb! Acoustat 6600 electrostatic speakers. |
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May 9, 2012
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| You stole my thunder, Krisjan. I think it's a magnificent work with a monumental slow movement. Actually, the Marc-André Hamelin recording on Hyperion was due to be released on SACD (in stereo only, I think) but Tony Faulkner, the engineer involved in the making of the recording, struggled to edit the hi-rez master and was eventually forced to give ... more | |
May 9, 2012
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| Dear Pentman, Thank you for your reply. Checking back through my postings here, I note that on November 11 last year I expressed enthusiasm at the prospect of the Shostakovich 4th being on the list of releases for this year. I can only assume that problems of some kind arose and the project had to be cancelled. I welcome the continuation of the ... more | |
May 9, 2012
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| Hyperion adopted the same policy and I suspect Heymann's reason for double inventory was much the same; the concern that the additional cost of producing a hybrid SACD for everyone would put the customer off buying the company's product when he/she had no interest whatsoever in SACD. The person I wrote to at Hyperion about that very matter years ... more | |
May 9, 2012
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| I've just been to the PentaTone website and note that, under recordings to be released his year, the Bruckner 3rd symphony with Marek Janowski and the Suisse Romande is mentioned twice (in consecutive months). As I could not see the Shostakovich 4th symphony, which I understand is to be released sometime this year, I wonder if it should be listed ... more | |
May 9, 2012
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| There was an article on Klaus Heymann, founder and owner of Naxos, in a local magazine and it seems he is currenty smiling all the way to the bank and wondering why other companies are complaining about the current economic climate in the record industry. We all know it's a bargain label but I have to admit that I have quite a number of his discs, ... more | |
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