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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Do not overestimate the competency of the live sound engineers by ferenc on 2011-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Professional sound systems in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
I have a very bad experience with the majority of the engineers of PA systems. According to my experience, their ideal sound is a kind of typical amplified and loud sound with some punchy upper bass and they have no experience with unamplified opera ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Yes, RTA is a tool, but how to use it? by zanon on 2010-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Paul S:DSET is a very high power solution to a question that I only have a very primitive understanding of. It is not right for me at this time.I would prefer if the model etc. of my speakers not be involved in this discussion. I know I am committing...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Singing or singer's formant explanation by Antonio J. on 2005-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi Ronnie, I'm glad you solved your trouble and it was just a matter of balance in the frequency response range.The singer's formant is an ability that opera singers learn, in order to stand louder than the orchestra and be heard at the rear rows of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The stupid audio vs. opera. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky’s “Evgeny Onegin” in Musical Discussions  13 Replies 
I was watching the YouTube recording from Braunschweigkonzert 2009 with Anna Netrebko und Dmitri Hvorostovsky perform the stage version of Onegin. I am not a big fun of Netrebko but this Braunschweigkonzert recording is very interesting form… audio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The new releases from "Music and Arts" by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new releases from "Music and Arts" in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. www.musicandarts.com info@musicandarts.com Tel 510-525-4583 or Fax 510-524-2111CD-1063(2) IN MEMORIAM HANS HOTTER (1909-2003). A selection of Lieder from the Raucheisen project of the German Radio Sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Meet the Artist by Paul S on 2024-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kevin Puts, American Composer, Contact in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
Years ago I was quite involved with the local arts scene, including reading, writing and schmoozing for grants and subsidies, and all the politics of various and sundry institutions and "influential individuals" that are part of the working artist's ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Seven hours of live music Sunday by clarkjohnsen on 2006-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Seven hours of live music Sunday in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Seven hours of live music Sunday, from Bela Fleck through New Orleans jazz to Wagner -- all on the radio. The evening began with the luminous show From the Top (with Christopher Reilly), which features young classical performers from around th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Vinyl by the numbers by drdna on 2009-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]The paranoia has long since set in: I am convinced that career record shoppers have already gotten to and picked over everything any place I am likely to think of to shop.  I very rarely find anything really great.[/quote]Setting...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Opera last night by RonyWeissman on 2012-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Puccini il trittico live in lyon 1st balcony center vs. Shelter 901 through three-way horn-loaded speakers in myExperience room!Looking back through romy's earlier posts in effort to reconcile live experience last night with what I have at home!I wan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Wagner sound level by Goetz on 2013-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wagner and loudness. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
This might show your average sound level at your typical listening time during a typical Wagner Opera... :)(if so, take a rest every 45 minutes for 15 minutes to avoid damaging your ears: This is an institutional recommendation here i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Stokowski and Mussorgsky by steverino on 2015-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Opera “Boris Godunov” in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]People who read my site know that I consider Mussorgsky as the most remarkable naturally talented composer among all composers guild. Next week it will be the Modest’s 170 birthday and my WGBH will broadcast Oliver Knusse...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: The Boston Symphony’s underskirt by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
If you have interest about BSO and about the retune live of musicians who live and work in BSO-liven orchestras then you might find the book that I read now worth attention “In Concert: Onstage and Offstage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra”  by Car...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Metropolitan's 1975-79 tapes by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transfer: The reel-to-reel operas wanted. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
I got last night an interesting collection of many dozens reel-to-reel tapes.  They are recordings of 1975-79 seasons of Metropolitan Opera mostly with James Levine. All reels are in meant condition, in own plastic bags, scrupulously numbered, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: So, he did. by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
I do not think that spell, grammar or anything else for that matter is important. I also do not feel that "music IQ" is necessary connected to appreciation of other finer things. This is what we all love to feel, when we consider ourselves to be “spe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Beyond of anything acceptable. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
[quote user="Serge"]Romy consider that the engineers who did your Altecs in their worst nightmare could not imagine their lovely cinema speakers would be used with solid state amplifier which badly distorts on LOW power levels. It has 100 crappy watt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The 811b is junk by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
The 811b horn is an unfortunate junk; it has to be unconditionally trashed. I wrote years back at the Altec forum, at that time I did not know that all of them are idiots in there, that Altec use of this horn in Model 19 is disasters. The horn is hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1195: Oh, my God, that faulty and noisy PP2000 stokes again! by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I made the 543rd remodeling on the Opera room and move the video playback equipment to the new, I hope the last location. As I connected everything into PP2000 as it use to be (not PP2000+) but older not “Plus” version than...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia by Paul S on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Yes,  the laconic clarity is too rare and too worthy to let go.  My limited experience suggests that the 45 may have this very special ability, taken alone.  Conversely, the "good" 6SN7 is wonderful with respect to tonal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Actually, you might still have the best of it. by Paul S on 2007-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Yoshi, I knew Frank Reps WAY back, in LA.  I have talked with him in the last few years and know a little about his drivers, but I have never heard them.It was my understanding that Frank used the AER cones, or he OEMs them from AER?In...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: My Boston Symphony Hall sucks by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The sound of Concert Halls in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
I really do not know why there is so mach publicity and so much noise around Boston Symphony Hall as some kind of acoustic wonder of the world. I am unfortunately frequently in the Boston Symphony Hall and I do not like the sound of this Hall. It is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: I guess I do not get it. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hildegard von Bingen on vinyl in Musical Discussions  21 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I have ordered a couple of your von Bingen’s recordings to see what her “some kind of chant” is all about. [/quote] Got the Hildegard von Bingen’s recordings today. Interesting. Pleasant. Hugely talented. Very tasteful. St...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: New from High Definition Tape Transfers by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Definition Tape Transfers in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
Mahler Symphony No.2Hermann Scherchen ConductingVienna State Opera OrchestraVienna State Academy Chamber Choir Mahler Symphony No. 5Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf ConductingMore at  www.highdeftapetransfers.net The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: Audio and video separate or combined? by JJ Triode on 2016-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I think you will only be able to decide about this after listening to some operas or other video-audio through the big system.  The analog output of the video player may be good enough for the purpose, or it may sound terrible through the Milqs/Macon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Can I have my Opera Room and do not worry about HT quality? by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Guys, thanks. I do not really look forward for an advice what specific brand of model to buy. I am rather trying to conceptualize what functional elements I might need and what expectations I might have for each of them. Listening you and some other ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Audio envy. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Stopped by at local audio friend this Sunday and watch some Brunner, Mahler and Wagner at his HT playback. He has integrated playback installation and video is played at his main system. I am not a fan of good quality of  video playback and feel that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Listening room acoustics by skushino on 2012-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reinforced live sound in audio listening room in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I've been reading about the acoustic characteristics of the world's great symphony halls, like Boston and the Concertgebouw.  Did you know that Sabine, Berenak, and Cyril Harris mathematically defined those characteristics, using metrics like RT-60, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: As the World Turns by Paul S on 2007-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, you know I am not a horn guy.  I played with horns for 5 years, and I have heard plenty of them, and so far none have worked for me, musically.  But I have remained mindful of horns' potential, and I keep co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Re: FM(T) in Chicago by mats on 2006-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “FM live” file exchange service. in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
Here is good news for our town: October 14, 2006 – Lyric Opera of Chicago to return to the radio with live opening–night broadcast of Salome on Saturday, October 21, 7:30 p.m. on 98.7WFMT.The sound of their live studio broadcast of piano trios Monda...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: London's many pleasures by de charlus on 2013-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Even if you wish to spend a few days in Paris, all you have to do is step onto the Eurostar and alight there a couple of hours later. As for baroque recitals, Oxford was a good place for those when I was there, and once more, not far from London. Do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1204: Half-ass but still a solution. by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
OK, guys, let stop to bite my Master and Margarita hook: this thread is not about all of that but about electricity problems. I brought the Master only as an illustration of some ridicules regarding the PP noise. I spent today another hour, trying to...
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