18-Nov-2016, 13:18
Gosh chaps aren't we digressing a little? I know a lot of these themes are intertwined but still.... this seems to have turned into a discussion about the merits of SAM (as interesting as it is, perhaps this convo should be moved to a SAM thread?).
Classical music on the PRO is the post subject right?
Arcam: can we get more precise details of some of these recordings so that we can try them out and give you feedback?
Guillaume
Classical music on the PRO is the post subject right?
Quote:Arcam Wrote:
When I suspected issues with a recording, I turned to Qobuz to compare. The result was often in favour of Qobuz, but not always. Most striking was when Qobuz had a remastered version.
Here are the records that definitely did not play well:
- Bach partitas by Milstein: the highs tend to be clipped (CD), the Qobuz version is mildly better
- Chopin ballade #1 by Samson François: both CD and Qobuz sounded terrible, a lot of digital artifacts
- Verdi Requiem by Giulini: the voices tend to merge in a distasteful sound, even on Qobuz
- Ysaye sonatas by Papavrami: the violon causes quite listening fatigue
- Wagner Parsifal by Karajan: I remember the trombones on LP to be sublime and so did the press think at the time. Definitely missing some chromatism in the CD/Qobuz version
- Debussy melodies by Dietschy/Cassard: the voice tends to be a bit harsh. I've heard it sound sublime in some system in the past (ah! yes, the past is always better, isn't it?)
Arcam: can we get more precise details of some of these recordings so that we can try them out and give you feedback?
Guillaume
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