I'm not familiar with the Vienna Master Series. Are those the go-to CDs for a quality performance with excellent recording? I've recently started exploring classical again (or "classical", since I've been listening to later composers like Satie, Orff, Debussy and Stravinsky as opposed to my earlier Haydn, Beethoven and Chopin), but aside from streaming the stuff over Youtube I haven't been able to decide on what prerecorded material to invest in.
Anyone here have experience with the Denon DP-35F?
I had one of these way back when they were still being made. My turntable got wrecked in a move, and it wasn't until just a few weeks ago I finally found an exact replacement in good condition. Only issue is that I need a cartridge. I could swear my original came with a DL160 cartridge on it, but those are out of production and not available unless I want a used one or a counterfeit.
What awesome cartridges are out there for $300 or less?
What awesome cartridges are out there for $300 or less?
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Here’s the dirty low down on VMS (Pilz Music Group/PMG)... https://www.discogs.com/label/276057-Vienna-Master-Series This said, I like the performances and the sound quality. I purchased a large (new 100+) set @ a flea market for $20 around 2001, or so, which is how I discovered them. Don’t mind flipping a record when listening to popular music, but prefer the play length of CD with Classical. Per a few friends who are classical buffs I like tone poems (which explains why my favorite Who album is Quadrophenia-:) DeKay |
Well, this doesn't bode well: This series includes a substantial number of fraudulently described recordings, based exclusively on the catalog sold by the fraudster Alfred Scholz. Although fraudulently described as "digitally recorded" DDD, virtually all of the recordings are old analogue recordings made before the first digital recordings were made. Many of the releases are credited to the semi-fake Süddeutsche Philharmonie, the Philharmonia Slavonica, the fake Camerata Roman, and the fake Caspar da Salo Quartet. The names of real orchestras, like the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Festival Orchestra and the Ljubljana Radio Symphony have been falsely used on recordings not made by these orchestras. Fake/fictitious conductors include: Alberto Lizzio, Henry Adolph, Carlo Pantelli, Sven Bengtson, Vladimir Petroschoff, Loic Bertrand, Eugen Duvier, Peter Sternand others. Did you send me the wrong link? |
There were a substantial amount of bad reviews, and they seemed centered around the mastering code rather than the actual quality. Since you have them, are you able to tell if they're AAD or ADD? Not that it really matters, but I'm just interested in knowing. BTW, at $20 / 100 discs, you scored pretty good there, pal. |
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