Richter Di
1000+ Head-Fier
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Congratulations. Please give the Symphony at least 50 hours of burn-in before assessing it (if possible with something like the "IsoTek - Full System Enhancer & Rejuvenation Disc" - highgly recommende, if not, some complex classical music)
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Maybe I give it a first start.
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My music taste is very broad ...
from classical music esp. Bach (esp. Goldberg Variations), Mozart (esp. Magic Flute)
to Jazz e.g. Brad Mehldau Trio, EST, Jan Johansson, Tord Gustavsen Trio
to Pop e.g. Anja Garbarek, Emiliana Torrini, Susanne Abbuehl, Postal Service, Youngblood Brass Band
to Electronic stuff e.g. Agoria, Apparat, Gorilaz, Kreidler, Sketch Show.
to what I call Avantgarde or Minimalism e.g. Books, Kammerflimmer Kollektiv, Claude Chalhoub
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"Clinical" is a word which provokes in me the feeling of a hospital and therefore it has a certain smell, so unfortunately I can not relate to this word. The sound is surely not boring or sterile. As long as your source transports the information in a musical way the Symphony will deliver exactly the quality of the record.
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So when the Symphony is delivering exactly the input, there is no recording which shines more because all well produced shine!
Still, this said, if you take e.g. the new record of Maria Mena "Cause And Effect", this is a highly compressed record and as the mastering engineers where trying to make it as loud as possible they overdid it and now you have heavy distortions (e.g. first Song 1:12; 2:37 - 2:38; 2:59; 3:12-3:14). While with an ordinary headphone system (e.g. iPod 160 GB with audio-technica ATH-ESW10) you might think there is a kind of crackling, you clearly hear ALL distortions with the Symphony.
Originally Posted by nuclearpoweredpenguin /img/forum/go_quote.gif I went ahead and sold my Aria, and my Opera and ordered a Symphony that shipped on Friday. I'm looking forward to it. |
Congratulations. Please give the Symphony at least 50 hours of burn-in before assessing it (if possible with something like the "IsoTek - Full System Enhancer & Rejuvenation Disc" - highgly recommende, if not, some complex classical music)
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Originally Posted by nuclearpoweredpenguin /img/forum/go_quote.gif A question for Jazz and Richter. |
Maybe I give it a first start.
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Originally Posted by nuclearpoweredpenguin /img/forum/go_quote.gif What type of music have you been listening to, ... |
My music taste is very broad ...
from classical music esp. Bach (esp. Goldberg Variations), Mozart (esp. Magic Flute)
to Jazz e.g. Brad Mehldau Trio, EST, Jan Johansson, Tord Gustavsen Trio
to Pop e.g. Anja Garbarek, Emiliana Torrini, Susanne Abbuehl, Postal Service, Youngblood Brass Band
to Electronic stuff e.g. Agoria, Apparat, Gorilaz, Kreidler, Sketch Show.
to what I call Avantgarde or Minimalism e.g. Books, Kammerflimmer Kollektiv, Claude Chalhoub
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Originally Posted by nuclearpoweredpenguin /img/forum/go_quote.gif The impression I get from your comments is that the sound is almost clinical (which is what I'm looking for) without being sterile or boring, is that an accurate interpretation? |
"Clinical" is a word which provokes in me the feeling of a hospital and therefore it has a certain smell, so unfortunately I can not relate to this word. The sound is surely not boring or sterile. As long as your source transports the information in a musical way the Symphony will deliver exactly the quality of the record.
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Originally Posted by nuclearpoweredpenguin /img/forum/go_quote.gif ... and could you say if there are any situations where the transparency of the Symphony made a recording difficult to listen to, or a recording where you felt the Symphony truly shined. |
So when the Symphony is delivering exactly the input, there is no recording which shines more because all well produced shine!
Still, this said, if you take e.g. the new record of Maria Mena "Cause And Effect", this is a highly compressed record and as the mastering engineers where trying to make it as loud as possible they overdid it and now you have heavy distortions (e.g. first Song 1:12; 2:37 - 2:38; 2:59; 3:12-3:14). While with an ordinary headphone system (e.g. iPod 160 GB with audio-technica ATH-ESW10) you might think there is a kind of crackling, you clearly hear ALL distortions with the Symphony.