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"The Spirit of Gambo" is a fantastic SACD recording of 17th century Dutch music for the viola da gamba (some are with harpsichord). Demonstration worthy sound coupled with wonderful playing. The booklet has lots of details about the recording equipment. It's a pure DSD recording for those who care!

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More affordable than a lesser sound quality LP anyway (with all the tics and pops and out-of-phase distortion), plus you get multichannel high resolution surround sound as a fantastic and up-to-date-living-in-2014-with-real-zeal bonus. :cool:

P.S. John, did you ever notice; on LPs Classical music is not as good as Jazz or Blues? ...Ever did wonder why?
 
The dynamic range is limited, for one thing, and excessive EQ has more detrimental effects on acoustic instruments.
 
The dynamic range is limited, for one thing, and excessive EQ has more detrimental effects on acoustic instruments.

There! ...And the frequencies extremes are not faithfully represented; because of that dynamic range limitation.
And! A full orchestra with several musicians is tough to get inside the grooves of an LP.

As for excessive equalization, it has to be or you would end up with way too much distortion; then they aim for EQed euphony instead.
 
This arrived today. It's is a stunning recording, regardless of age, but considering he is 90...wow! Most people half his age would love to play like this. The sound is wonderful too, rich, warm, and lots of presence. We should cherish this one: at his age, we can't expect too many other recordings from him.

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Yes, indeed. Now, he's not out to set world speed records, but these are deeply felt and beautifully praised performances.
 
This new BIS SACD is marvelous. To my ears, it's the perfect blend of detail and spaciousness. Jackob's playing is great, too. Perhaps a few 32nd note runs here and there lack the last bit of articulation, but that is hard to achieve without nails!

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I'm not usually a fan of complete surround immersion of the instruments (I prefer just the room ambience in the rear channels), but it works very well in this beautiful recording.

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John, you are getting slowly but surely expensive in my time and my money! ...All very good. :)

Haha, well, that Biber SACD is obscenely expensive from Amazon at $123!! I paid about $10 from Crotchet Music since the cover had some minor damage.
 
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