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Discussion: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol - Ponti
July 9, 2011
:) If surround tracks were at the same decibel level as front channels, you wouldn't be replicating the sound of a concert hall, where side and rear information should be ambient hall bloom only. Otherwise, you'd be sitting in the middle of an orchestra, a rather awkward position if it's realism you're after and not mere gimmickry. Also, any loss ... more
Discussion: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol - Ponti
July 9, 2011
Yes, it is a new, 2010 Polyhmnia production, and it does sound quite good, even in two channel. While I didn't find it the best performance I've ever heard (I prefer Reiner, Kondrashin, Beecham, Haitink, and others), it is in multichannel, a definite advantage to folks with multichannel systems such as I imagine most of the folks here at SA-CD.net ... more
Discussion: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol - Ponti
July 9, 2011
Sorry. Didn't mean to confuse. When listening in four or five channels, one usually hears all the signals directed to all the channels independently, distributing the frequencies more evenly. When listening only to the front pair, assuming the record company didn't actually manipulate the front-channel sound further, one sometimes hears what might ... more