My 20 best SOUNDING album's, (all formats)
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Here is a very well recorded album....except for the vocals! Every instrument is crystal clear yet the vocals seems strangely boxed in.....great album though.
https://www.hdtracks.com/river-the-...bit?___store=default&nosto=nosto-page-search1
https://www.hdtracks.com/river-the-...bit?___store=default&nosto=nosto-page-search1
Here is a very well recorded album....except for the vocals! Every instrument is crystal clear yet the vocals seems strangely boxed in.....great album though.
https://www.hdtracks.com/river-the-...bit?___store=default&nosto=nosto-page-search1
One of my favourite albums. :thumbsup:
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Carmen Gomes' guitarist Folker Tettero has made a very strong album onder his own name, Tettero plays Eddy Harris & Les McCann
great to hear a funky DXD recording.
The bass guitar and drum sound is especially noteworthy, very punchy yet not separated from the whole as is so often the case with this kind of grooves. Probably helps it was all recorded live in front of a studio audience.
Highly recommended;
https://www.soundliaison.com/index.php/371-tettero-plays-eddie-harris-les-mccann
great to hear a funky DXD recording.
The bass guitar and drum sound is especially noteworthy, very punchy yet not separated from the whole as is so often the case with this kind of grooves. Probably helps it was all recorded live in front of a studio audience.
Highly recommended;
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Well....according to Steve Guttenberg it is not.....they used more than 1 microphone
Just finshed listening to this brand new one microphone recording, in one word; Superb! It does not get better than this.
Here is a different format. Maybe the closest to the real performance of any format. I heard it last Monday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQj3vAI7sk
Many of you are familiar or have heard of the Yamaha Disklavier which came out as the first popular computer based player piano, using midi technology (128 levels of volume of each key, computer pedalling, etc.). Steinway Spirio takes it to hirez with 1024 levels of volume, proportional pedalling, etc. Steinway artists including the really big names (like Yuja Wang, Billy Joel) are recording about 3-4 hours of new music every month which is streamed to your Spirio piano through the cloud in hirez, all controlled by an included ipad. There is even video included for some performances so you see the performer on a screen while he or she plays in your living room on your piano. There is recording version that is being introduced within a month. The Spirio can be purchased in a Steinway Model M (5'7" grand - no recording option) or a Steinway Model B (6' 11" grand with record option available). The recordings are done on a concert grand Steinway Model D (9' grand) which can also be purchased. IF you buy the recording version, you can record yourself and edit your performance on the ipad, correcting wrong notes, changing volume note by note, changing tempo, etc.
Steinway has purchased Zenph, a company which has created digital files of classic performances (painstakingly recreating pedalling, etc) so many of their recordings are available on the Spirio catalogue. I heard a short Bach piece played by Glenn Gould!
If you buy the recording version, then you can download the playing files (as well as store your own recordings) on the included hard drive. So there is no cloud delay in the commands (like changing volume).
Also the plan is to install the Steinway Model D recording Spirios in many major concert halls around the world, so Spirio owners will be able to listen to live concerts by their favorite Steinway artists (pretty much all major professional pianists - who are restricted from playing other pianos professionally if a Steinway is available - no endorsement fee but Steinway keeps instruments all over the world for use by the pianists at no charge) or within a couple of weeks of the concert.
According to the store manager, nearly half of all Steinway grand sales are now of the Spirio models. Steinway got a big boost to their financial health when financier John Paulson bought Steinway for about $500M in 2013.
How much? For a Steinway B (the largest piano that I would recommend for a large home or smaller concert hall) the base price of the piano is about $100K. With the Spiro playback system (Spiros are only factory installed, not retrofitted) the cost is about $20K more. The recording feature adds another $30K. The Model M is less and the Model D is more.
Steinways are made in Astoria New York and Hamburg Germany. For people in the US they would normally get a US Steinway, the rest of the world get a Hamburg Steinway. Same company, but slightly different construction - in the past five years the construction methods have been standardized so there are fewer differences than before. According to the store manager, you can order a Hamburg Steinway in the US (costs a bit more).
The Austrian piano company Boesendorfer first came out with a high resolution player piano 30+ years ago and Steinway hired the engineer, Wayne Stanke, who designed that mechanism to design the Spirio. However, Boesendorfers are much more expensive and they only sold 37 of them (according to wiki). Yamaha has also refined its Disklavier system to provide high resolution versions for playback and recording. I haven't had a chance to hear the latest Yamaha version.
Larry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfQj3vAI7sk
Many of you are familiar or have heard of the Yamaha Disklavier which came out as the first popular computer based player piano, using midi technology (128 levels of volume of each key, computer pedalling, etc.). Steinway Spirio takes it to hirez with 1024 levels of volume, proportional pedalling, etc. Steinway artists including the really big names (like Yuja Wang, Billy Joel) are recording about 3-4 hours of new music every month which is streamed to your Spirio piano through the cloud in hirez, all controlled by an included ipad. There is even video included for some performances so you see the performer on a screen while he or she plays in your living room on your piano. There is recording version that is being introduced within a month. The Spirio can be purchased in a Steinway Model M (5'7" grand - no recording option) or a Steinway Model B (6' 11" grand with record option available). The recordings are done on a concert grand Steinway Model D (9' grand) which can also be purchased. IF you buy the recording version, you can record yourself and edit your performance on the ipad, correcting wrong notes, changing volume note by note, changing tempo, etc.
Steinway has purchased Zenph, a company which has created digital files of classic performances (painstakingly recreating pedalling, etc) so many of their recordings are available on the Spirio catalogue. I heard a short Bach piece played by Glenn Gould!
If you buy the recording version, then you can download the playing files (as well as store your own recordings) on the included hard drive. So there is no cloud delay in the commands (like changing volume).
Also the plan is to install the Steinway Model D recording Spirios in many major concert halls around the world, so Spirio owners will be able to listen to live concerts by their favorite Steinway artists (pretty much all major professional pianists - who are restricted from playing other pianos professionally if a Steinway is available - no endorsement fee but Steinway keeps instruments all over the world for use by the pianists at no charge) or within a couple of weeks of the concert.
According to the store manager, nearly half of all Steinway grand sales are now of the Spirio models. Steinway got a big boost to their financial health when financier John Paulson bought Steinway for about $500M in 2013.
How much? For a Steinway B (the largest piano that I would recommend for a large home or smaller concert hall) the base price of the piano is about $100K. With the Spiro playback system (Spiros are only factory installed, not retrofitted) the cost is about $20K more. The recording feature adds another $30K. The Model M is less and the Model D is more.
Steinways are made in Astoria New York and Hamburg Germany. For people in the US they would normally get a US Steinway, the rest of the world get a Hamburg Steinway. Same company, but slightly different construction - in the past five years the construction methods have been standardized so there are fewer differences than before. According to the store manager, you can order a Hamburg Steinway in the US (costs a bit more).
The Austrian piano company Boesendorfer first came out with a high resolution player piano 30+ years ago and Steinway hired the engineer, Wayne Stanke, who designed that mechanism to design the Spirio. However, Boesendorfers are much more expensive and they only sold 37 of them (according to wiki). Yamaha has also refined its Disklavier system to provide high resolution versions for playback and recording. I haven't had a chance to hear the latest Yamaha version.
Larry
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Several of the piano virtuosos of the last century, i,e. Art Tatum, learned to play from the old player pianos.
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Yes, I agree. I guess using only one stereo mic, solves phasing problems, and gives this unbelievable realism and calmness. check the liner notes they are very informative; https://www.soundliaison.com/index.php/408-carmen-gomes-inc-dont-you-cry
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But Sound Liaison latest multi-track DXD recording does sound REALLY good as well. It's as if they try to prove themselves wrong
and there is a $5 intro offer;https://www.soundliaison.com/
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I completely agree.
Sound Liaison asked for feedback as this is a new venture for them recording this way. I have told them to please continue.
There is 24 hours left of the special price for the download, if anyone still needs to get it. https://www.soundliaison.com/
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and now 24 hours left of the above offer, which has become a big favorite in this household.But Sound Liaison latest multi-track DXD recording does sound REALLY good as well. It's as if they try to prove themselves wrong
and there is a $5 intro offer;https://www.soundliaison.com/
Get the Feenbrothers 1 mic download. That really shows the advantage of the one microphone recording approach, very highly recommended.
https://www.soundliaison.com/index.php/453-new-the-feen-brothers-one-mic-recording
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Bought the CD and have to agree - amazing you-are-there recording!!
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GSOphile,
Where did you find the CD of carmen gomes inc don’t you cry? Could only find the download version.
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I am just running through this album for the first time today but I have to say it is one of the best "Live" recordings i have experienced. I really feel like I am right there in the audience. Tracks 9 and 10 are great examples.
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