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In Reply to: RE: Looking for inmate opinions about multichannel posted by Fitzcaraldo215 on September 30, 2016 at 09:20:02
I have heard Shawn Murphys surround system at CES
All Wilson speakers all driven by Krell Equipment
It was spectacular playng an Atlas rocket launch and other sound effects. When they switched to pop music it was really exciting. Finally they played some classical music and it was inferior to my 2 channel Maggie system. As you say it was "not even close". Mr. Murphy is one of the best film music recording engineers
Alan.
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Not sure that proves anything. Rarely have I been impressed with demos at shows especially the few multichannel ones. Nonetheless, movie music is highly processed and quite different from music recorded and mastered to reproduce a real musical event/performance.
Mine NEVER sounds unnatural when playing music. As far as I can recall, I've never heard a discrete-multichannel recording sound even just average; they all sound at least very good and some are simply the best-ever reproductions of an orchestra in a concert hall.
Try to find 'Grieg Dvorak Elgar', TELARC SACD #SACD-60623, and pay particular attention to the Elgar Serenade for Strings o. 20. It is simply the very finest recording of a (small, in this case) orchestra in a hall I've ever heard. Its natural tonality, spaciousness, and TRANSPARENCY are unparalleled. It truly makes me feel as if I'm in the hall with these 30-or-so musicians, with NOTHING between me and them but maybe 20 feet of air.
And I too listen to LOTS of real music, orchestral and chamber, and have for about 50 years.
As for quality of 2- v. MC systems, one never gets excellence from either without lots of time and (relatively) lots of money. The 2-channel portion of my MC system sounds EXCELLENT, and it sounds even better playing in 5-channel.
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
"(relatively) lots of money" The system I heard came in at $375,000
Alan
Obviously the Classical music chosen was not well recorded, what was it ?
I wonder if Rammiepie ( SACD.net) will post on this Forum, at least he will appreciate a system costing $375,000 for him only very expensive components sound any good .
Edits: 10/01/16 10/01/16
You only say obviously because it supports your opinion. Don't remember the exact recordings but they were on the Harmonia Mundi label
Alan
A Stereophile reviewer , Penguin & other posters on this thread do not agree with you.
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