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In Reply to: I agree with you, Scott posted by Chris from Lafayette on August 30, 2020 at 11:29:20:
And I'm pretty sensitive to such things, when IMHO too much or too little is applied.
Reiner's Just feels "cold" and slightly rigid to me, interpretivly and as a recording. The soundstage just doesn't seem to open up, but luckily the subject matter isn't dealing with belly dancers, ship wrecks and sea storms, so it's not such a big deal.
I'm the first to defend Reiner from the usual stereotype but this time I agree.
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- Compared to the screwbato we're often subjected to today, I don't find Beecham's to sound unnatural at all - jdaniel@jps.net 08/30/2012:58:13 08/30/20 (70)
- "The soundstage just doesn't seem to open up" [in the Reiner recording] - Chris from Lafayette 15:02:33 08/30/20 (69)
- No, fact. The Beecham recording projects a much more natural, open sound, with hall interaction preserved. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 15:13:52 08/30/20 (68)
- Sound is subjective - jimbill 22:04:47 09/1/20 (2)
- That's why I said **more** open and natural as opposed to **perfectly** open and natural. - jdaniel@jps.net 07:27:20 09/2/20 (1)
- Your own live listening experiences in which halls? [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 12:48:16 09/2/20 (0)
- A fact? How can that possibly be a fact? - Analog Scott 01:06:21 08/31/20 (63)
- Because unlike you two., I was doing A/B comparisons in real time. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 10:56:58 08/31/20 (62)
- Please tell us about this Star Trek transporter of yours - Analog Scott 11:59:26 08/31/20 (56)
- Why don't you hold that thought until you reacquaint yourself with the Beecham? The HDTT transfer is - jdaniel@jps.net 12:41:56 08/31/20 (55)
- Doesn't matter - Analog Scott 16:03:48 08/31/20 (54)
- And...your experience playing in Wind Ensembles and Orchestras is...? - jdaniel@jps.net 16:50:58 08/31/20 (53)
- OK, jdaniel - you'll have to explain this - Chris from Lafayette 22:49:17 08/31/20 (22)
- It's absolutely valid to ask a presumed audiophile couch commando whether he expects, say, a triple-forte - jdaniel@jps.net 09:27:46 09/1/20 (21)
- Nice side-step there, jdaniel - Chris from Lafayette 13:01:40 09/1/20 (20)
- What does one do when performing or sitting in on live rehearsals? - jdaniel@jps.net 13:15:50 09/1/20 (19)
- So you're claiming that the only way one will pay attention. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:40:06 09/1/20 (18)
- Just a point of clarification... - Analog Scott 20:18:30 09/1/20 (13)
- So you're saying it's odd to expect a recording to preserve a hall's reflection of, say, a rim-shot? - jdaniel@jps.net 07:31:46 09/2/20 (7)
- Do you actually read my posts or do you just drop in random responses? - Analog Scott 08:17:11 09/2/20 (6)
- I read all the way through your tortured soliloquy, down to the final, indignant paragraphs, obviously. - jdaniel@jps.net 08:33:50 09/2/20 (5)
- Based on your question it was pretty far from obvious - Analog Scott 09:25:07 09/2/20 (4)
- Aural Illusions... I get it. But does it matter how the brain is tricked? - jdaniel@jps.net 09:47:37 09/2/20 (3)
- What "matters" is subjective - Analog Scott 10:11:23 09/2/20 (2)
- Ultimately, you're saying that "downstream" empirical measurements of any sort are off the table? T - jdaniel@jps.net 10:26:12 09/2/20 (1)
- Nope, not what I am saying either - Analog Scott 12:33:42 09/2/20 (0)
- Yeah - we've had this discussion before [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 01:10:53 09/2/20 (4)
- Do you believe it's "fact" that 5 Channel is more open and natural, dare I say "closer to the live experience" - jdaniel@jps.net 07:45:46 09/2/20 (3)
- For me it is, but for many listeners, it's obviously not - Chris from Lafayette 12:46:40 09/2/20 (2)
- OK then, the superiority of Chabrier in three channel is a matter of opinion. : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 12:58:08 09/2/20 (1)
- Indeed! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:42:45 09/2/20 (0)
- Did I say that? It is but one way, and, for the umteenth time, I also mentioned sitting-in on rehearsals, and - jdaniel@jps.net 17:31:04 09/1/20 (3)
- So. . . I just don't know what your point is. . . - Chris from Lafayette 17:47:09 09/1/20 (2)
- You win. Hurwitz prefers the Reiner, BUT, in another vid, he comes dangerously close - jdaniel@jps.net 18:02:21 09/1/20 (1)
- Indeed, just as you don't actively DISlike the Reiner recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 01:21:12 09/2/20 (0)
- My experience, your experience. None of it matters - Analog Scott 18:20:33 08/31/20 (29)
- Says the guy with no experience. (sigh). I refer you to my visual above. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:43:58 08/31/20 (28)
- First of all I have plenty of experience..Second Your experience does not trump an entire field of science - Analog Scott 19:58:39 08/31/20 (27)
- You're making this too difficult. Spacial cues are either retained or they're not. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 09:29:56 09/1/20 (26)
- That's complete Bull**** - Analog Scott 19:19:45 09/1/20 (14)
- I was mocking your Absolutism earlier. Calm down! Damn. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 19:32:07 09/1/20 (13)
- It wasn't absolutism. It was science based reality - Analog Scott 20:25:11 09/1/20 (12)
- All fine and dandy, but I never said the Reiner had zero spacial cues, did I? So many straw men thrown at me, - jdaniel@jps.net 21:33:39 09/1/20 (11)
- but I never you said the Reiner had zero spacial cues, did I? So many straw men thrown at me, - Analog Scott 22:48:04 09/1/20 (10)
- I said it was a fact that the Beecham was **more** open and natural, not **perfectly** open and natural - jdaniel@jps.net 07:44:17 09/2/20 (7)
- Yes that is what you said. and the fact remains that it is not "a fact" - Analog Scott 08:25:22 09/2/20 (6)
- Come on. Is it not a fact that stereo is more open and natural than mono, due to the increased projection of - jdaniel@jps.net 08:44:04 09/2/20 (5)
- First we would have to reach a common understanding of what you mean by open. - Analog Scott 09:35:55 09/2/20 (4)
- We all agree that 60s Columbia Classical sound is, as a rule, not "open." - jdaniel@jps.net 09:54:44 09/2/20 (3)
- first of all you can't just declare a consensus - Analog Scott 12:42:54 09/2/20 (2)
- I believe that most in here of a certain age have heard the same 30 to 50 "reference" recordings, they've - jdaniel@jps.net 13:31:30 09/2/20 (1)
- I don't doubt your confidence that you beleive others know what you are talking about - Analog Scott 15:29:43 09/2/20 (0)
- Yup - that's where I kind of lost it! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 01:23:29 09/2/20 (1)
- (the thread of jdaniel's comments I mean!) [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 01:28:23 09/2/20 (0)
- Or, you could say that spatial cues are either heard or they're not - Chris from Lafayette 13:12:14 09/1/20 (10)
- That's what I was saying all along. What two chan recordings give you that holistic, "you are there" thrill - jdaniel@jps.net 14:14:15 09/1/20 (3)
- OK - I'm done [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:45:09 09/1/20 (2)
- You once mentioned there'd be a lot less confusion if everyone listed recordings that exemplified the poesy - jdaniel@jps.net 17:38:52 09/1/20 (1)
- I'm not sure what you mean by "the other way around". . . - Chris from Lafayette 01:17:53 09/2/20 (0)
- RE: Or, you could say that spatial cues are either heard or they're not - pbarach 13:48:22 09/1/20 (5)
- Yes - in that Stokowski recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:43:14 09/1/20 (4)
- Sorry guys, there's absolutely zero. More like listening to a Kandinsky painting. Plus, even the harp - jdaniel@jps.net 17:34:19 09/1/20 (3)
- Well, regardless, I think we're all agreed as to how poorly the engineering turned out [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 01:25:59 09/2/20 (2)
- "Poor engineering...." Fact or opinion? : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 09:23:17 09/2/20 (1)
- Opinion, with factual, measurable elements to it [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:52:30 09/2/20 (0)
- If you were (doing A/B comparisons in real time). . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:41:43 08/31/20 (4)
- The Beecham isn't perfect, but it's more open and natural with a palpable sense of hall - jdaniel@jps.net 12:39:46 08/31/20 (3)
- It all depends on which hall (or studio) - Chris from Lafayette 16:30:47 08/31/20 (2)
- Did you download the Beecham? nt - jdaniel@jps.net 16:51:39 08/31/20 (1)
- Download? What a quaint notion! - It streams on Qobuz! - Chris from Lafayette 22:41:14 08/31/20 (0)
- I'm sure the Beecham recording is very fine in that respect - Chris from Lafayette 18:22:01 08/30/20 (0)