You NEED to hear this. Members of the NY Philharmonic performed a tremendous rendition of Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man in January at St. Bartholomew's in NYC.
The incredible acoustics here really help this very wide spacing work. Plus, NY Phil really showcases their elite skills on display here. It doesn't get much better than this.
https://plus.nyphil.org/videos/aaron-copland-fanfare-for-the-common-man
Wow.
Clean.
Precise.
Impeccable.
I have listened to many versions of this. Live and recorded.
This is just amazing.
@corlin
That was pretty much my reaction. I've heard NYP play it live before too. This beats all that I've heard. The tuning is so precise!
@voltronic
Man I want that in 24 bit flac.
So I can play it on my good speakers.
@corlin
Ok, you and I share a brain. I went searching their site for that exact thing. I'm honestly going to email them and ask if they would sell a lossless download. It exists somewhere!
@corlin
Email sent. I expect a cold shoulder, even with my glowing compliments, but you never know.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
youtube-dl COULD be your friend.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
Yeah, that works, if you want to save a copy. Won't get you FLAC, the audio is an m4a...
ran into the USB-B port on my Sprout100, and out to the KEFs and sub. and turned it way the hell up. so spacious and dynamic.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
My belief is that the likelihood that any difference I might hear between an m4a version and a FLAC version is imaginary. I'm highly skeptical I could tell the difference blind.
you’re probably right. my high frequency hearing suffered from stupidity and lack of protection when i was playing, so much of the spatial and harmonic info the lossless formats provide isn’t going to make it to my brain anyway.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
I used to have friends who were into "high-end audio" when turntables were still an Actual Thing.
They were buying equipment based purely on specs that you'd have to be a frigging BAT to be able to discern.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
One guy was seriously considering a pair of flat speakers the size of sheets of drywall that had to be connected to tanks of helium to work.
I'm not making this up.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
Here: "Plasmatronics".
They sold a whole fifty-two pair of these suckers before the company went tits-up.
@mcfate
Those plasma speakers are ridiculous.
I will say that planar-magnetic speakers are legit though. I have heard Magnepan speakers on more than one occasion and they are stunning.
@voltronic @northernbassist @corlin
I suppose $650 for a pair of these isn't crazy money, if they're that good.
@voltronic @northernbassist @corlin
"You TRADED the BLUESMOBILE!? For WHAT!?"
"A microphone."
"Okay. I can see that."
only if it was a Neumann. he prolly traded a car for a Green Bullet.
@northernbassist
The top-level Neumann LDCs can get hideously expensive.
If I had that kind of budget, I would buy a set of top level omnis for concert recording. Josephson C617set, DPA 4006, or Sonodore RCM402.
@voltronic @northernbassist @corlin
I'm mulling over buying a pair of Sennheiser HDR280 Pro's.
Hundred bucks.
personally always liked Sennheisers. I’d say that was a solid choice.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
I've used 'em before, they're just fine.
@northernbassist @mcfate
If you are after sealed headphones, the 280 Pro aren't bad, but the 380 are much better.
If you have the place to use open acoustic though, you will get a much more natural presentation.
considering the car they were trading, they may have been able to afford a foam windscreen from Neumann. The Green Bullet harmonica mic from Shure goes for $120 or so new.
Maggies need power and current to really shine. They also need a couple of feet of space around them to really show off.
I heard the Infinity Reference System, version lll iirc at the CES in Vegas many years ago. Horrible room, great gear, made me wish I could hear them set up well.
Turntables are the best value I've ever seen these days. I'm looking hard at a Fluance RT-85 that comes with an excellent point (Ortofon 2M Blue) for under $500.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
I think my space is too small. I'm better off getting a better set of cans.
Awww, c'mon, man--get these and I pinky swear I'll come help you set them up.
https://www.thecoolector.com/wilson-audio-wamm-master-chronosonic-loudspeaker/
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
Those aren't speakers, those are fucking DALEKS.
OK--pulled the trigger on the turntable. table, cart, tracking force gauge, and record cleaner for about $560 out the door from Amazon. The Sprout has a great phono pre already on board.
I'm excited--geeky anticipation for setting up a tonearm and table again....
@mcfate
Look up the price. They exterminate your bank account.
First heard of the WAMMs in the early 80s when Dave Wilson had sold three pair at only $80K. One pair went to a soybean farmer in Iowa. He had 10 records. 8 were Conway Twitty.
@mcfate
The best value going in open acoustic cans is the Sennheiser 6XX from Drop.com. Same thing as the $500 650 but with a different cable, sold for $220.
You need some juice to drive them. My MOTU M2 interface (another ridiculous value) does the job just fine, but most other interfaces can't drive Sennheisers well.
The other inexpensive option is the 02+SDAC, also from Drop. I used to run that combo.
@voltronic @northernbassist @corlin
On the plus side, you could paint 'em blue, and pretend they were TARDISes.
@voltronic
shoot. thanks for checking.
@corlin