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User Details - nickc
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nick cummins | |
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44 years old, classical music lover, am trying to get to like jazz! | |
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melbourne, australia | |
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marantz sr7300 receiver oppo bdp-93au krix lyrix gold mains krix kdx centre krix equinox rears |
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nickc@rabbit.com.au | |
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March 27, 2015
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I received this yesterday, and have only listened to the first 15 or so minutes, but I can report the sound is excellent for 1972. The timpani rolls in the prelude are fantastic, very spacious in 4.0, the slowness of the prelude, mmmm perhaps not so fantastic, but it is Lenny........... ... more | |
January 17, 2015
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I have the BD-V of this, and have always thought that indeed Pavarotti's expanding waist-line was the reason he was replaced by Domingo in the Ponnelle film. One thing I will say is that the lip-synching in the Blu-ray is terrible (though you seem to become more inured to it as the film progresses), and highly disconcerting when a character is ... more | |
September 27, 2014
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I remember Universal also saying they might re-release certain stereo titles in future where they have MC mixes, but of course we don't know which ones they are! N ... more | |
July 18, 2014
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I've got his early 70s Madama Butterfly on pre-order, it is the video performance with Domingo and Freni directed by Ponnelle. My old VHS had a pretty washed out picture, this is Blu-ray and I'm more interested in the sound, I hope/assume it is one of the 24/96 remasters Universal have been slowly releasing as you have noted. Nick PS Although EMI ... more | |
June 6, 2014
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I see on One Bit Audio it will be released on SACD in Japan, with the Janowitz Four Last Songs. Like a voice crying in the wilderness ( or is it in space no-one can hear you scream?) I ask why don't they include Metamorphosen, as they have before with this coupling? It's even the same cover!!! ... more |
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