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In Reply to: Water Lily Russian Recordings and turning the other cheek.... posted by music@waterlilyacoustics.com on July 28, 2005 at 17:32:15:
of the Polyhymnia recordings of the Philadelphia Orchestra (They have a contract with the PO). My opinion is that Kavi, you need not worry. Your recordings, and I have them on CD, are much more coherent and true to a real performance than anything I have heard from Polyhymnia thus far. I hear bass that is consonant with what I hear in real life, no upper bass hump as in too many recordings, but a true rendition down to the lowest registers which is both clean and true to true tonalities.
The Phily recordings of Polyhymnia are a travesty to the Orchestra. Everything is centered in the middle, the strings are out of phase to the winds, the sound is compressed to suck the life out of the music.
While I am no professional, I have been dabbling in live recordings of larger ensembles. Although I do use a set of omni's myself, I certainly do not get the problems I hear with Polyhymnia's recordings.I still remember the reason why Sheffield labs got out of the direct to disc recordings. TAS criticised their LA orchestral recordings and Doug Sax blew up. He pointed out that every critic wanted a center seat listening position and when he set up the mikes that way everyone panned his recordings. The sad truth is that most 'audiophiles' do not want a true recording of a real performance. They usually want a hyped up recording with details you won't and can't hear from a normal listening position. They want a perspective sometimes even a conductor can't heart (classic example is listening for the sustain on a set of cymbals!).
Stu
Like Kavi, just an island boy. As a caveat, I must point out that although I have never met the man, I have talked to him.
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- Re: I've heard the some... - unclestu52 07/28/0521:56:40 07/28/05 (1)
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