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In Reply to: Overrated audiophile recordings posted by magiccarpetride on June 13, 2011 at 14:43:34:
I won't name names, but I generally don't find "audiophile" recordings any better than the upper echelon of recordings produced commercially.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Overrated audiophile recordings - magiccarpetride 14:43:34 06/13/11 (83)
- RE: Overrated audiophile recordings - Chazro 13:11:20 06/15/11 (0)
- Your system must not be good enough to hear them properly. - JimBop 20:05:08 06/14/11 (3)
- RE: Your system must not be good enough to hear them properly. - pictureguy 14:31:41 06/17/11 (0)
- Or his system may be so good that he can hear there's no there there... - musetap 12:08:48 06/15/11 (0)
- but do you believe that? bet not. you said it to make a funny. nt - Elizabeth 23:07:59 06/14/11 (0)
- Almost none of them are overrated... - genungo 17:31:12 06/14/11 (0)
- RE: Overrated audiophile recordings - JimL 12:49:49 06/14/11 (0)
- A pop/rock music fan chimes in - goober58 10:47:45 06/14/11 (0)
- You're close! (re muffled piano sound) - Charlie S in Maryland 10:35:28 06/14/11 (1)
- It sounded good on the original LPs. Blue Note got a very mellow, round piano sound. Many other labels were - oldmkvi 17:11:59 06/14/11 (0)
- Comment on vintage LP sound... - docw 07:59:19 06/14/11 (0)
- RVGs for sure. JRVGs much better. - Sigmund 07:50:04 06/14/11 (0)
- Mercury Living Presence & RCA Living Stereo - Feanor 07:34:47 06/14/11 (4)
- RE: Mercury Living Presence & RCA Living Stereo - geoffkait 08:44:48 06/14/11 (3)
- Very good but not consistently great * - Feanor 15:17:31 06/14/11 (2)
- Pretty sure noone ever claimed they were consistently great. - geoffkait 03:02:14 06/15/11 (1)
- Of course not ... - Feanor 03:56:23 06/15/11 (0)
- RVG's - jimmyjames 06:02:09 06/14/11 (1)
- RE: RVG's - middleground 06:12:40 06/18/11 (0)
- The RVG catalogue - Larry I 05:50:38 06/14/11 (0)
- Audiophile self-loathing - Jim Austin 04:48:28 06/14/11 (5)
- RE: Audiophile self-loathing - magiccarpetride 10:13:31 06/16/11 (0)
- The problem is the group of boring but wonderful sonics sort of albums paraded around as 'jaw dropping' sorts - Elizabeth 17:15:15 06/15/11 (2)
- RE: The problem is the group of boring but wonderful sonics sort of albums paraded around as 'jaw dropping' sorts - magiccarpetride 10:16:34 06/16/11 (1)
- RE: The problem is the group of boring but wonderful sonics sort of albums paraded around as 'jaw dropping' sorts - middleground 06:14:51 06/18/11 (0)
- I'm going to chime in an agree with Jim - jult52 05:54:34 06/14/11 (0)
- RE: Overrated audiophile recordings - Gag Halfrunt 02:21:50 06/14/11 (1)
- Great rant! Thanks! :) (nt) - willkayakforfood 02:33:22 06/14/11 (0)
- I can't say i ever bought a recording for the sound rather than the plain old music. - Elizabeth 23:26:49 06/13/11 (3)
- RE: I can't say i ever bought a recording for the sound rather than the plain old music. - magiccarpetride 13:24:46 06/15/11 (1)
- RE: "So what's up with that?" I have an idea... - willkayakforfood 14:39:38 06/15/11 (0)
- RE: I can't say i ever bought a recording for the sound rather than the plain old music. - rick_m 15:18:22 06/14/11 (0)
- On the positive side - boboli 21:03:30 06/13/11 (2)
- RE: On the positive side - magiccarpetride 10:03:35 06/16/11 (0)
- Ditto!...N/T - musetap 11:09:00 06/14/11 (0)
- All of them... - audio_d 20:44:25 06/13/11 (5)
- M A Recordings is an "audiophile" label and everything I've heard of theirs is superb... - musetap 21:30:06 06/13/11 (4)
- I have Ita Ima plying the Goldberg Variations on vinyl - and it is superb! Both ... - andyr 19:41:43 06/14/11 (1)
- Dang! Vinyl is OOP, but I'll look for the CD. Thanks!...N/T - musetap 21:24:59 06/14/11 (0)
- Agreed. Great performances and production values! (mt) - Stephæn 11:47:15 06/14/11 (1)
- A description also worthy of Alia Vox...N/T - musetap 12:57:45 06/14/11 (0)
- Agree about most of Chesky catalogue but... - kuma 20:10:22 06/13/11 (2)
- RE: Now you just wait a derned minute! - amioutaline? 15:23:54 06/14/11 (1)
- Chesky's Lt. Kije? - kuma 18:34:31 06/14/11 (0)
- The definition of an audiophile recording... - mkuller 20:02:29 06/13/11 (9)
- RE: The definition of an audiophile recording... - Todd Krieger 20:07:01 06/13/11 (8)
- i waaay prefer......` - hifitommy 21:17:31 06/13/11 (6)
- Now yer talkin' - kavakidd 23:13:46 06/13/11 (5)
- there are quite a few that are good - hifitommy 06:00:03 06/14/11 (4)
- I have all of those - kavakidd 09:37:10 06/14/11 (3)
- "lack a certain energy" - hifitommy 14:59:21 06/14/11 (2)
- I have indeed - kavakidd 16:24:06 06/14/11 (1)
- its funny, i have always liked those perfs - hifitommy 17:10:17 06/14/11 (0)
- I saw her sing live in about 1985... - mkuller 20:13:06 06/13/11 (0)
- RE: Overrated audiophile recordings - Regor Ladan 19:20:46 06/13/11 (0)
- I agree with you about the RVG remasters - Mike K 19:11:09 06/13/11 (0)
- RE: Overrated audiophile recordings - Todd Krieger 06/13/1118:55:43 06/13/11 (0)
- you have to know who to trust - hifitommy 18:01:32 06/13/11 (3)
- Kraftwerk - kavakidd 23:16:03 06/13/11 (2)
- cafe was on hp's list - hifitommy 06:02:39 06/14/11 (1)
- "not all of hp's choices were credible musically" - Rob Doorack 04:34:00 06/15/11 (0)
- What do you expect? - Kal Rubinson 15:38:45 06/13/11 (2)
- RE: What do you expect? - magiccarpetride 15:50:28 06/13/11 (1)
- RE: What do you expect? - Kal Rubinson 18:28:34 06/13/11 (0)
- Recording quality is different from "good" music or performances - Sordidman 15:31:59 06/13/11 (2)
- RE: Recording quality is different from "good" music or performances - Pat D 16:09:19 06/13/11 (1)
- South - Sordidman 20:31:21 06/14/11 (0)
- I'm always concerned with *the performance*. A quality recording--of a great performance--is a bonus. - willkayakforfood 15:11:09 06/13/11 (13)
- Agree with you 100% It is the performance and not the sound that matters, good sound is a bonus - Elizabeth 17:18:22 06/13/11 (12)
- C'mon, ladies ... - andyr 19:26:56 06/13/11 (11)
- Casals, Starker, 19/20th century performance practices vs. 16/17/18th century practices, etc. - willkayakforfood 21:10:18 06/13/11 (10)
- RE: Casals, Starker - pbarach 15:50:37 06/14/11 (0)
- RE: Casals, Starker, 19/20th century performance practices vs. 16/17/18th century practices, etc. - rmilewsk 23:26:32 06/13/11 (5)
- Start here, but don't stop here... - willkayakforfood 00:32:46 06/14/11 (4)
- willk - jult52 05:41:26 06/14/11 (3)
- RE: Mischa Maisky - willkayakforfood 07:32:03 06/14/11 (2)
- Hey debating the merits of musicians - jult52 06:44:31 06/15/11 (1)
- RE: Hey debating the merits of musicians - willkayakforfood 07:00:09 06/15/11 (0)
- So,wkff ... what good "baroque" version of the Suites would you recommend? :-)) ... - andyr 21:19:02 06/13/11 (2)
- Please see reply to "rmilewsk", above. (nt) - willkayakforfood 00:38:11 06/14/11 (1)
- Thank you, thank you, wkff. :-)) ... - andyr 01:36:16 06/14/11 (0)
- RE: Overrated audiophile recordings - pbarach 15:06:15 06/13/11 (1)
- For Britten - Daverz 21:15:12 06/13/11 (0)
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- RE: Overrated audiophile recordings - Todd Krieger 06/13/1118:55:43 06/13/11 (0)
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