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Headphoneus Supremus
Cecile Chaminade - Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107 | Julie Lee
I have listened to this a few times today. Playing it with a new SMSL D6s DAC that I got about a week ago, feeding a Topping L50 Amp and Hifiman Sundara closed back. It shows you that you do not need to spend a bundle to have really great sounding gear these days. The bluetooth option is also very good and handy. I bought mine at full price of about 180 UK Pounds and with the extra Irish VAT, it works out at 186. I am very tempted to buy another, even though I already have way more than I need. It has one of the latest Saber DAC chips, which is more musical and not a little clinical like the previous version. It sounds very vibrant, fuller and involving and has lost that Sabre glare.
MCNY-2019 Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards Woodwinds/Brass Finals- Julie Nah Kyung Lee, flute
Flute Sonata "Undine", Op. 167 by Carl Reinecke, with Amir Farid, piano
I reckon that our Mr Trev will like this, something a little unusual.
Nick Virzi: "Fragments of Sky" for solo flute and gongs (Julie Yeaeun Lee)
I have listened to this a few times today. Playing it with a new SMSL D6s DAC that I got about a week ago, feeding a Topping L50 Amp and Hifiman Sundara closed back. It shows you that you do not need to spend a bundle to have really great sounding gear these days. The bluetooth option is also very good and handy. I bought mine at full price of about 180 UK Pounds and with the extra Irish VAT, it works out at 186. I am very tempted to buy another, even though I already have way more than I need. It has one of the latest Saber DAC chips, which is more musical and not a little clinical like the previous version. It sounds very vibrant, fuller and involving and has lost that Sabre glare.
MCNY-2019 Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards Woodwinds/Brass Finals- Julie Nah Kyung Lee, flute
Flute Sonata "Undine", Op. 167 by Carl Reinecke, with Amir Farid, piano
I reckon that our Mr Trev will like this, something a little unusual.
Nick Virzi: "Fragments of Sky" for solo flute and gongs (Julie Yeaeun Lee)
Hi Luis, no I have not tried the new Topping D50iii. It is 50 pounds more expensive and I would have to wait weeks and import one from China and take the risk that it is not faulty. I hope that it is better than the Topping D50 which I had and was not that keen on it. In fact I am not keen on the Toppings that had the last Gen Sabre chips.Did you try the Topping equivalents?
Nice organic headphone stand. I use an empty square bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin as headhone stand and a nice but a bit rough piece of firewood that was just to nice looking to burn.
We usually start off with a bottle of sparkling wine and then move on to still white wine, most often New Zealand Sauv Blanc from the Marlborough region. We also like wines like Albarino and Picpoul from Spain and Portugal.
I bought this 4.4mm balanced cable during the week and it the best I have yet found and at a good price at about 35 Euros.
It sounds good with great ergonomics, very light and does not tangle. The material used are very good and refined with no microphonics whatsoever.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BB7N36F5
Von Zemlinsky The Mermaid Andrey Boreyko ORTVE
Of course you are right it is the little mermaid (die Seejungfrau). Beautiful piece. Zemlinsky 1872-1942, Richard Strauss 1964-1949. I guess very similar influences.Nice "Off the Beaten Track" Music.
But correct me if I'm wrong. ?Pero, La Sirenita?= the Little Mermaid.?Verdad? I stayed at the headquarters of Corcovado national park in Costa Rica called La Sirena a few times.
Richly scored not exactly "Standard Repertoire",score, like Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Regarding Zarathustra I can't help thinking of a record review of it once that said. If Zarathustra at all- Then KARAJAN!
And since I am going to audition a possibly even better pair of BIG Electrostatic speakers than mine, "manana", I will bring my old DGG KARAJAN cd of Zarathustra as part of my HIFI testing material just to hear how those speakers cope with the string basses low C entry, and those tympani rolls. Nada mas.
I prefer Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and Tod und Verklärung musically . And on my piano this week I practice not "Manana" ,but "Yesterday".
Cheers CC
Gracias Luis, my very rusty Spanish was not too bad ,then.But the orginal German title die Seejungfrau actually translates as the Mermaid just to confuse things a bit. Pero my proof reading spotted a slight error on your part in this post. Are you absolutely sure that Richard Strauss died before he was born? Just joking .But yes of course one of my reference recordings of M5,the BFO /Fisher will also be one of my test pieces to hear if the other electrostatic speakers beat mine or not.Of course you are right it is the little mermaid (die Seejungfrau). Beautiful piece. Zemlinsky 1872-1942, Richard Strauss 1964-1949. I guess very similar influences.
I like Richard Strauss. I am happy I will hopefully attend Ein Heldenleben in the, recently announced, next season of the Spanish national orchestra.
To test speakers and headphone I like for example the start of Mahler 5 symphony, tremendous dynamic range.
Gabriel Olafs will be releasing an album of orchestral works soonly that's been getting some decent press. Until then here's thisThanks,John, since discovering contemporary composers like Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Clara Ianotta and Andrea Tarrodi among others, I listen more to Contemporary Music and Asian World Music than to Popular Western Classic Music. "Fragments of Sky" reminds me of Toru Takemitzu's "How Slow the Wind" and sounds good via my electrostatic speakers.Subtle layers of sounds.I will play it via my headphones tonight.
Fascinating sonorities with gongs and flute interacting.