I wish I could help you with Carmen. I just don't like that opera at all. A horrible French teacher spent six weeks teaching us the libretto to it in AP French. And then we saw it. And I hated it even more.
I am ruined for Carmen forever. Just listened to the 1953 Keilberth Rheingold/Walkure today.
The short answer is Regietheater, but I’ll expound a bit.
If you go by the libretto or the original novella there is no reason to have a gorilla or someone in a gorilla suit in Carmen. Often directors feel like everything traditional has been don’t and feel the need to add or superimpose elements into the storyline and, well, it starts getting weird. Regietheater is the term used when the directors personal ideas become more important than, are in opposition to, or just distract from the intended story. Some would argue this and say the director is using his/her artistic license to bring a new perspective to the audience, or bring relavence to an outdated story. Either way you end up with the Valkeries riding Harleys, crocodiles is Rheingold (or maybe Götterdämmerung, I can’t remember), or ... gorillas in Carmen.
The short answer is Regietheater, but I’ll expound a bit.
If you go by the libretto or the original novella there is no reason to have a gorilla or someone in a gorilla suit in Carmen. Often directors feel like everything traditional has been don’t and feel the need to add or superimpose elements into the storyline and, well, it starts getting weird. Regietheater is the term used when the directors personal ideas become more important than, are in opposition to, or just distract from the intended story. Some would argue this and say the director is using his/her artistic license to bring a new perspective to the audience, or bring relavence to an outdated story. Either way you end up with the Valkeries riding Harleys, crocodiles is Rheingold (or maybe Götterdämmerung, I can’t remember), or ... gorillas in Carmen.
The intent of this upsampling is the same as that of the upsampling via *burrito filter in the Schiit multibit DACs. Except for NOS DACs, every DAC out there upsamples the lower sample rates. But the division of labor between digital source and DAC is not fixed. You can upsample in the source, and run a NOS DAC. I won't jump into arguments about upsampling vs not (I own both kinds of DAC and I enjoy both in different ways).
I just experienced a great feeling of freedom with my 18' cable out of Bimby into my KSE1500. I made espresso in the next room and could *almost not hear the grinder.* I'm beginning to see the beauty of portable rigs.
I may need one of these if/when my laser dies, it's over 25 years old now, many don't make it this far.
Replacements have long ago dried up.
Probably get the Emo ERC-3 because of the AES/EBU output.
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