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In Reply to: RE: Yeah - somehow, I knew you would try to weasel out of answering the question posted by Chris from Lafayette on October 02, 2016 at 12:06:52
Remember, Bissie was receiving a lot of complaints about dull, weak bass in his recordings at the time, especially when said recordings were played at sensible levels. Maybe his bass drum concerto Rite was a reductio ad absurdem response to the criticism!
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From the Amazon review linked below."The dynamics are great, the drums kick ass. If its at the right price, buy it. I listen to 2 channel, I don't know about surround."
"Frankly, I love the immediacy of the bass drum and tympani: bone-crushing outbursts often"
Edits: 10/02/16
I'm sure Bissie"e experiment paid off, but if one"s speakers project the truth, it's audiophile at its worst .
Btw, your sparklers are frickin bad-ass. Did you download this abomination?
Didn't you post (a few posts above), "please for the love of Darwin don't wonder aloud if there's something wrong with my system" - and yet that doesn't prevent you from supposing aloud that most of the eleven listeners on Amazon who have heaped praise on this Litton/Bergen Rite must have boutique systems with 6" speakers. And only YOUR speakers project the truth? LOL!
Well, OK. . . perhaps we'd be right to be suspicious of some of the amateur reviewers on Amazon or even of the so-called "professional" reviewers in the glossy rags (or web sites!), but here's a selection of the "professionals" falling over themselves to sing paeans about the recorded sound here:"The recorded sound is exceptional in both stereo and, especially, surround, with a real sense of how Stravinsky moves details around the orchestra." - BBC Music MagazineReally, do they ALL have 6" boutique speakers? ;-)
"state-of-the-art sonics that will thrill high-end audiophiles (at least so I assume, as I am not one of them but was mightily impressed). As with most BIS recordings, the dynamic range is very wide. . . everything snaps into focus and the result is stunning whatever your preferences: regular stereo, SACD stereo, or surround. . . the conclusion of Part One will lift you out of your seat. In Part Two, the battle between the Stegosaurus and the T-Rex (oops, that's Fantasia, isn't it?) packs a huge wallop but also sounds somehow musical, while the final sacrificial dance, lean and mean, doesn't wimp out in the post-mayhem coda." - Dave over at Classics Today
"On a scale of 1 to 10 for sound quality, I would have to give this one a 12." - Classical Music Sentinel
"For the sheer impact of performance and recording, Litton's BIS disc is hard to beat" - BBC Radio3
I'm sorry.
Sorry, but every time I hear Vandersteen...
I'm not criticizing Vandersteens.
Look, I like a lot of your posts (not least for their enthusiasm and entertainment value), but you tend to opine in absolutist terms, and this time you got caught with your pants down: criticism of your system is verboten, while you remain free to criticize other systems that you only surmise that other listeners (who might be so bold as to express their own enthusiasm of the Litton/Bergen Rite of Spring) might have. That's a no-no when you're trying to make your point. ;-)
No, I don't criticize Vandersteens, but, at the same time, they're not the only path to musical truth.
I look forward to your review, (do you think the Dance of the Earth is adequately articulated and transparent?) and you wont hear another peep from me obsessing over the bells and whistles.
Also wasn't very taken by Neschling's Pines; another recording loved by all it seems.
Bought it for the Petrushka, as I have other 'Rites'.Regards the Bass Drum in the Rite, the mid-bass horns on my Edgar Titans only go down to about 80 Hz.
No sub either. :-(
I did listen to it the other day on ClassicsOnlineHD at 24/96 on my DAC/Headphone Amp and still sounded pretty good, drums and all. OK, HD-600 is not the best for Bass-Heads, so there's that.
A pagan sacrifice of a virgin without a decent drum track makes no sense at all, does it?
Edits: 10/02/16
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