tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post5297328037120978089..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48293324090628096822016-02-23T21:56:17.820-06:002016-02-23T21:56:17.820-06:00Yes, it has been a very long time since I have lis...Yes, it has been a very long time since I have listened to anything on vinyl either. But a friend of mind, a professional musician, who had a very, very high end sound system was very certain that vinyl was far superior to digital CDs. Mind you, this was in the earlier days of digital recording. And there was always the surface noise and potential scratches to worry about. Still...Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-42629882680420207852016-02-23T11:53:51.443-06:002016-02-23T11:53:51.443-06:00Noticed that Deutsche Grammophon has released Grig...Noticed that Deutsche Grammophon has released Grigori Sokolov's <i>Schubert and Beethoven</i> CD on vinyl. Is the difference between CD and vinyl appreciable even to us streaming people (although I have been adding to the CD collection...), do you think? You may remember that I can hear the difference between Spotify and the higher quality streaming at... well, cannot recall the name for the life of me just at the moment; the other German recording company... but it's been so long since I listened to a vinyl recording of anything classical that I have no sense at all of the difference in audio quality. <br /><br /><br /><br />Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-81552481503092205092016-02-20T13:35:56.433-06:002016-02-20T13:35:56.433-06:00Thanks so much, Marc.
Re the ear buds: I'm ho...Thanks so much, Marc.<br /><br />Re the ear buds: I'm hoping that they will be able to filter out excessive amounts of cumbia and ranchero music! But yes, there is a disquieting trend towards withdrawing into individual retreats.<br /><br />I blame Society!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-18481490053208922682016-02-20T11:02:42.331-06:002016-02-20T11:02:42.331-06:00Excellent FM! and not just because I found each of...Excellent FM! and not just because I found each of the items of interest, ha-- usually, such being the nature of things, one or two are, however wonderful in themselves and fascinating to probably 90% of your audience, of less than compelling interest to me. Had put that Grammyified Hadelich Dutilleux on my list, e.g., and missed the Alex Ross Messiaen.<br /><br />Those Here devices, hmm. I get that an audiophile will be able to correct for the acoustic deficiencies of a concert hall (if he thinks that So-and-so's recording of Boulez is off somehow, would they work to correct that offness?) and so forth. I suspect that they won't be of much use to those of us who can tolerate the streaming services. :-) From a different perspective, however, I might be willing to criticise such things that may contribute to the further radicalising of society's pervasive individualism: what have we come to that we can't even experience the same concert or show? Hmm.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com