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In Reply to: RE: Tape Project review PF posted by Myles B. Astor on November 02, 2009 at 19:00:08
Myles, I was a little surprised that you chose the Bruch/Hindemith recording as one of your top recordings (in fact, the top, correct?) to the exclusion of a few others. The transfer is an excellent rendering of the master tape, I believe (this was played at Paul and Michael's studio a couple of weekends back on the 1 inch deck through their highly tuned system) but the heavy spotlighting in the master of Oistrakh's violin made for some odd perspectives. The orchesral was very well recorded, although from a balcony standpoint, but Oistrakh's violin had a mike right on it, so it felt like Oistrakh was right in front of us, but the orchestra was well back, not a natural perspective at at all. In contrast, the Arnold overtures sounded as though the orchestra was perfectly placed, from a seat about 10-12 rows back. The Arnold has the best sound, I think, of the classical releases, so I eagerly anticipate the "Church Windows" to be release in series 2.
My informal poll shows that the Dave Alvin tape "Blackjack David" is the single most popular release, for what it's worth. "Waltz for Debby" might be number two.
Anyway, a very fine article. My biggest problem when starting out was figuring out what gear to buy. Right now I am using an unmodded Technics RS1520, which supports the IEC curve natively, but am planning an upgrade to it, which will include Bottlehead's new Eros unit, which is priced between the Seduction and the Repro.
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