Here you go Carlos. This is Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony, Beethoven Symphony No 5, 3rd Movement, on London/ffrr, CSP-9. Vinyl record in box set of all nine symphonies. Ortofon cartridge. I might make another video with the vdH Colibri.
Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings
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Here you go Carlos. This is Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony, Beethoven Symphony No 5, 3rd Movement, on London/ffrr, CSP-9. Vinyl record in box set of all nine symphonies. Ortofon cartridge. I might make another video with the vdH Colibri.
Do you have the DG recording? Might be nice to have a bit of apples to apples at least on the recording used.
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No, but Carlos streams so he should be able to locate the Solti recording.
Well it is still a system comparison, but I see your point. Carlos asked me to play this music on my system and make a video of it for a system in room comparison. I accommodated his request. I only have vinyl and the recordings are different, so we are where we are.
Argo then posted a digital YouTube file that was not of his system acoustically coupled to his room for comparison to my system video, so that’s really apples to bananas.
There is a new trend on these WBF system video threads where as soon as someone posts a Video of his system, someone then immediately posts an official YouTube video not of his system or any system for that matter, but simply a digital file for comparison. And they usually don’t leave any comments.
The only use for official YouTube vids vs system vids is when the system vid sounds better, as yours does in this case, then someone who hasn't got streaming can seek out the LP or CD in question.
Thank you Rex. I am glad you liked my system video, despite that it was influenced by my mediocre room and recorded with a simple iPhone mic. Such acoustically coupled in room system videos have to overcome a lot of challenges to compete with recordings made straight from the source.
Peter,
Here is the Solit -Chicago version in full range:
OKTAN6 - Symphony No. 5 III Scherzo Allegro - Solti Chicago
You can really hear Medinah in this version! A lot of information must not have made it to the pressing that PeterA recorded for us?Thank you for posting that Peter …It just made my year so far …No seriously
The file by far, but again I suspect the particular pressing quality is what is causing Peter's system to not show at its usual high quality level.
Interesting point. Is it in fact the analog recording holding back the system?
Out of interest, what device are you listening on?
I listened to a video the other day on my laptop which only sounded like vinyl playback when I switched to battery mode.
In many cases the YouTube files sound far better than in room recordings. This view has been ridiculed by some here in the past, but it seems pretty obvious. If the reverse were the case, some might also draw inferior/superior conclusions to fit their narrative.
I don’t make anything of it other than thinking phone recordings exaggerate room issues. But then some in-room recordings can sound great…
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