In Reply to: RE: Some Recent SACD Acquisitions posted by jbcortes on June 21, 2014 at 04:40:16:
I have not yet heard a BIS recording that has too much dynamio range and I have hundreds of them. The quiet passages are quiet because the musicians played them that way. I can think of a few reasons why someone might not like the wide dynamic range:
1. They are listening as background music while multitasking.
2. They have no clue as to what live classical music sounds like while sitting in a good seat of a good hall at a good concert.
3. Their domestic situation precludes listening at natural concert levels
4. Their system is incapable of reproducing orchestral sound at a natural row 10 concert volume.
If a system is incapable of producing undistorted sound peaks of at least 115 dB at the listening position then will be inadequate for reproducing large scale classical music in a natural way, except for a few recordings that are made with a more distant perspective, in which case 105 dB might suffice. It will be necessary to find a volume control setting at which a recording sounds "correct". This will require setting the correct playback level within about 1 dB and will be impossible with some equipment that has larger volume control steps.
I find the sound quality of BIS recordings to be mixed, with some of the recordings having a bit of a grainy sound. Their tonal balance is fine on a system that has been voiced so that the vast majority of recordings sound natural.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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- RE: Some Recent SACD Acquisitions - Tony Lauck 06/21/1411:00:22 06/21/14 (50)
- RE: Some Recent SACD Acquisitions - jbcortes 13:42:28 06/21/14 (49)
- I think you've been treined on multiple close mono miked recordings - Timbo in Oz 03:29:22 07/3/14 (0)
- RE: "But then I dislike Alia Vox too..." - Ivan303 16:43:36 06/21/14 (0)
- So now I'm confused - Chris from Lafayette 14:03:27 06/21/14 (46)
- RE: So now I'm confused - jbcortes 00:19:17 06/22/14 (11)
- RE: So now I'm confused - jazz1 04:30:24 06/22/14 (10)
- RE: So now I'm confused - jbcortes 05:11:09 06/22/14 (9)
- Which "Gilles Requiem by Herreweghe" - jazz1 01:57:04 06/23/14 (1)
- RE: Which "Gilles Requiem by Herreweghe" - jbcortes 04:48:59 06/23/14 (0)
- DG Orchestral sucks, Archiv OK? - Tony Lauck 19:53:32 06/22/14 (6)
- It's a polarity thing. - Dave Pogue 05:44:08 06/26/14 (1)
- RE: It's a polarity thing. - Tony Lauck 06:30:28 06/26/14 (0)
- RE: DG Orchestral sucks, Archiv OK? - Disbeliever 01:12:10 06/23/14 (2)
- RE: DG Orchestral sucks, Archiv OK? - Tony Lauck 13:59:10 06/23/14 (1)
- RE: DG Orchestral sucks, Archiv OK? - Disbeliever 23:17:34 06/23/14 (0)
- RE: DG Orchestral sucks, Archiv OK? - jazz1 23:06:39 06/22/14 (0)
- BIS dynamic range - Bill Way 19:37:25 06/21/14 (33)
- RE: BIS dynamic range - Tony Lauck 20:09:16 06/22/14 (0)
- RE: BIS dynamic range - Disbeliever 00:12:59 06/22/14 (31)
- RE: "I no longer buy BIS Disks" - Fitzcaraldo215 13:20:47 06/23/14 (30)
- Entitled to an opinion! - jazz1 23:20:36 06/25/14 (28)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Fitzcaraldo215 07:34:28 06/26/14 (27)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Disbeliever 08:07:32 06/26/14 (26)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - flyingdutchman 21:53:31 07/1/14 (0)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Fitzcaraldo215 15:44:13 06/26/14 (16)
- A very excellent post, Fitz... - krisjan 14:18:28 06/28/14 (8)
- RE: A very excellent post, Fitz... - Fitzcaraldo215 08:26:24 06/29/14 (7)
- RE: A very excellent post, Fitz... - Disbeliever 11:52:25 06/29/14 (6)
- RE: A very excellent post, Fitz... - Fitzcaraldo215 15:59:00 06/29/14 (5)
- RE: A very excellent post, Fitz... - Disbeliever 22:35:28 06/29/14 (4)
- I'm waiting for the 13th edit prior to commenting...(nt) - krisjan 08:43:20 07/1/14 (3)
- RE: I'm waiting for the 13th edit prior to commenting...(nt) - Disbeliever 09:24:13 07/1/14 (2)
- I guess I'm not surprised... - krisjan 14:52:08 07/1/14 (1)
- RE: I guess I'm not surprised... - Disbeliever 01:04:51 07/2/14 (0)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Disbeliever 00:05:20 06/27/14 (6)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Fitzcaraldo215 06:33:30 06/27/14 (5)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Disbeliever 07:28:32 06/27/14 (4)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Fitzcaraldo215 14:00:09 06/27/14 (3)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Disbeliever 01:07:15 06/28/14 (2)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Tony Lauck 17:44:16 06/28/14 (1)
- RE: Entitled to an opinion! - Disbeliever 00:20:30 06/29/14 (0)
- Monsieur Jourdain - Tony Lauck 10:56:02 06/26/14 (7)
- RE: Monsieur Jourdain - Disbeliever 11:59:37 06/26/14 (6)
- RE: Monsieur Jourdain - Fitzcaraldo215 06:59:40 06/30/14 (3)
- RE: Monsieur Jourdain - Disbeliever 08:41:55 06/30/14 (2)
- RE: Monsieur Jourdain - Fitzcaraldo215 16:27:37 06/30/14 (1)
- RE: Monsieur Jourdain - Disbeliever 23:13:37 06/30/14 (0)
- RE: Monsieur Jourdain - Tony Lauck 12:26:38 06/26/14 (1)
- RE: Monsieur Jourdain - Disbeliever 13:16:55 06/26/14 (0)
- RE: "I no longer buy BIS Disks" - Disbeliever 23:23:35 06/23/14 (0)