Monday, May 7, 2012

The Music For Piano / 0184

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[ special edition with stereo calibration ]
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17 comments:

Claudio said...

thank you fly nice post
Im courious with your special editions, do you know the 3 cd set of clara schumann piano works performed by Jozef de Beenhouwer ?
well the first 2 cd set are awesome but the cd 3 sound like a mono recorded with very horrible sound, i want to know if its possible improve the sound of this Cd number 3.
just listen some samples

http://www.amazon.com/Clara-Schumann-Complete-Piano-Works/dp/B00005MAV1/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1336446676&sr=1-1

Fly said...

Claudio:
About Clara Schumann cd... It's a very difficult task :) It's a false stereo (mono duplicate in both channels). What's contained in the left channel is exactly equal to that which is contained in the right channel. Actually the files are in pure mono and there is almost nothing to do...except for editing, using filters and equalizers...

sHared iTunes said...

Oi Fly,
Por favor não tome esse comentário como crítica, apenas como uma sugestão...
Se todos os últimos CD's postados, precisam de calibração estéreo, não é seu sistema que está precisando de algum ajuste?
Cada engenheiro de som utiliza uma técnica, e aparentemente você está igualando todos ao seu gosto pessoal.
Não seria melhor que cada um utilizasse algum software para os ajustes personalizados, e os CD's fossem postados com o máximo de resolução?
Tenho comparado alguns e acho que essa calibração piora o som!
Todos parecem centrados demais e com o palco comprometido.
Abraços,
Bob

Fly said...

Bob:
Problemas do meu sistema sonoro duvido. Poderá ser do meu ouvido :) LOL

lipatti_ro said...

Thank you.
I never have enough of Bach.

sHared iTunes said...

Oi Fly,
Só por curiosidade, qual é seu sistema sonoro?
Abraços,
Bob

Fly said...

Bob:

Descrever o meu sistema sonoro é coisa muito íntima :) Mas cá vai:

- Preamplificador da ARCAM
- 2 Amplificadores (monoral/um por canal) da DENON (POA-6600A)
- Leitor de CDs TAG McLAREN F3 Series CD20R
- Colunas de som JMLab (98kg cada)
- Auscultadores Sennheiser HD 565 Ovation

E muitos cabos (ao preço de ouro!) :)

Claudio said...

thank you fly! please if you have any good set of clara schumman piano, please put in your list of request
best rgards

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this lovely post.

Musique

fanny.xenakis said...

Isn't it strange that the Clara Schumann disc is in double mono? After all, it's a CPO disc from the 90's.

Do you know why this is the case with this disc?

Anyway, it's easy to "stereoize" the disc, using frequency distribution; but it's useless. Several major labels have done this when "STEREO" was as commercial a word as "DIGITAL" still is (strangely enough) but the end result sounds much worse, I think, than the original mono recordings. Mono can sound very good, actually. Good mono sounds better than poor stereo at the "same" sound quality.

Fly said...

[Translation from Portuguese to English]

Hi Fly,
Please don't take this comment as a criticism, just as a suggestion...
If all of the latest CD's posted, need to be calibrated stereo, not your system that is in need of some adjustment?
Each engineer uses a technique, and apparently you're equating your personal taste.
Isn't it better that each used an software for custom settings, and CD's were posted with the maximum resolution?
I have compared some calibration and I think that worsens the sound!
Everyone seems too focused and committed to the stage.
hugs,
Bob

Fly said ...
Bob:
I doubt that they are problems of my sound system. It might be my ear :) LOL

Hi Fly,
Just out of curiosity, what's your sound system?
hugs,
Bob

Fly said ...
Bob:

Describe my sound system is very intimate thing :) But here goes:

- Preamplifier ARCAM
- 2 Monoural Power Amplifier DENON POA-6600A
- CD player TAG McLAREN F3 Series CD20R
- Speakers JMLab (98kg each)
- Headphones Sennheiser HD 565 Ovation

And many cables...for the price of gold! :)

(...)

Maybe I need to go to an otolaryngologist (seriously) or have a long vacation...

(...)

Vladimír Ptáček said...

I don't know if the cds posted here are better than the originals. I could only compare one cd - French Suites of Andrei Gavrilov - and the special edition has a better sound.
Why do people make nasty comments? If you don't like, buy the original cd or try another blog.
Thank you, Fly.

sungirl said...

I agree, we are all visiting here because of your tastes in music too Fly.....those that dont like it can not bother visiting....
Take Care
Sungirl....

Anonymous said...

Over the past two months disappeared seven classical music blogs (this type). I hope this resist. Take care of him.

Claudio said...

hello fly
about clara schumann do you have this set performed by Susanne Grutzmann
http://www.amazon.com/Schumann-C-Piano-Works/dp/B003HFIHYQ/ref=tmm_msc_title_0

what is your opinon abut this set?

Anonymous said...

I too find the calbirated version more to my taste. But I'm also "impaired" in an annoying way, since I play the piano myself: That is when music producers not only put the instrument off-place, but mike it to audience mode; in so far that the bass notes on the left side of the keyboard tend do wander to the right speaker, and vice versa. They are correct to do this, but I don't like it. I like to hear the notes in "keyboard view" with bass notes to the left-ish and treble notes to the right-ish. With headphones, I sometimes switch channels R/L. /Fanny X.

Helen Rhun said...

I think it was well explained here (by Fly) in this blog a few days ago. The "special editions" remove the piano from the stage and place it in the perspective of the pianist, right? I also prefer it this way, the "special editions". I admit that others prefer otherwise. The question is whether the Fly is available to please everyone. For me everything is fine as well. I love this blog and I wouldn't lose it.

Kiss.