Hi Bob, great hearing from you. . . of course I do remember you!
I just popped down from the loft loft after listening to a couple of selections from my test CD. If Criterion is supposed to be doing strange things before it gets even better, it has not done it yet. Rather, it has just given me a perspective on how undisciplined live concert audiences can be. I knew there were a few thumps, kicks, coughs, and bow drops in Dvorak's 9th Symphony conducted by Bernstein with the Israel Philharmonic. . . but what I started to hear today is closer to unionized ribaldry. Funny thing is that I never knew that the major uhr-thump, probably caused by Bernstein losing his balance whilst cavorting on the podium as his usual self, is actually a profound semi-pitch boom. . . I am pretty sure not seeing it in the score, last time I examined it (grins!)
Funny thing is that I do not recall hearing the 2nd movement sounding so musical before. I recall mentioning other times the gradual cuivre in the brass fanfares of this piece. . . the difference is that today I heard the individual instruments of the brass section quite timprally distinct, attacking at different times, and breaking into cuivre at staggared times.
There is right now a narrow and fairly shallow peak in the mid low bass that appears in some string bass passages, but otherwise the growling pitch of the double basses is quite exciting.
I fully expect the sound to have closed in by tomorrow. . . we'll see.
Guido
I just popped down from the loft loft after listening to a couple of selections from my test CD. If Criterion is supposed to be doing strange things before it gets even better, it has not done it yet. Rather, it has just given me a perspective on how undisciplined live concert audiences can be. I knew there were a few thumps, kicks, coughs, and bow drops in Dvorak's 9th Symphony conducted by Bernstein with the Israel Philharmonic. . . but what I started to hear today is closer to unionized ribaldry. Funny thing is that I never knew that the major uhr-thump, probably caused by Bernstein losing his balance whilst cavorting on the podium as his usual self, is actually a profound semi-pitch boom. . . I am pretty sure not seeing it in the score, last time I examined it (grins!)
Funny thing is that I do not recall hearing the 2nd movement sounding so musical before. I recall mentioning other times the gradual cuivre in the brass fanfares of this piece. . . the difference is that today I heard the individual instruments of the brass section quite timprally distinct, attacking at different times, and breaking into cuivre at staggared times.
There is right now a narrow and fairly shallow peak in the mid low bass that appears in some string bass passages, but otherwise the growling pitch of the double basses is quite exciting.
I fully expect the sound to have closed in by tomorrow. . . we'll see.
Guido