Berlin Philharmonic Digital Hall Subscription Free for 30 days

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https://www.berliner-philharmoniker....-concert-hall/
Includes their back catalogue of 600 concerts online. Free subscription for 30 days, can sign up until March 30. Cancellation not required.

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Lowrider75

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This is fantastic. The Karajan sample looks and sounds great (on my phone).

I'm a bit confused; if I sign up through Amazon, does it then play via FireTV?

 

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I signed up for the trial on the same night as the Met's Carmen was being streamed. Therefore I didn't have much time to experiment, but it looks like a very good service.

 

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Turn off Netflix and listen and watch Kirill Petrenko conduct Mahler's 6th Symphony!

https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/52522

Free until the end of March.

The Sixth Symphony is one of Mahler’s most unsettling pieces: turmoil and idyll, triumph and catastrophe, march and chorale, confidence and resignation, nature, life and death – Mahler combines it all to create a vast musical cosmos.

 

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Are you all watching this on your phone, iPad, computer?

 

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Computer

 

tima

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MadFloyd said:

Are you all watching this on your phone, iPad, computer?

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My tv has a web browser.
Computer too.

 

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I wish it was easier to get the 30 days on my TV. I downloaded the Digital Hall app onto my Android. I'll do my Mac next.
Is anybody watching on their TV?

 

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tima said:

My tv has a web browser.
Computer too.

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Is that a Smart TV?

 

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Lowrider75 said:

Is that a Smart TV?

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Affirmative - a 2013 Samsung.
And you?

 

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tima said:

Affirmative - a 2013 Samsung.
And you?

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Only a basic HD Samsung. Using FireTV. Most of the time I'm streaming music thru my HiFi. Then it's time for critical listening.

 

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Hi Guys,

I have a subscription to the digital concert hall and have been streaming the concerts to my Roku and then into my main system (Roku to Toslink cable into a Pacific DAC, with HDMI into the Projector TV ( no sound on this path)).

We really enjoy the performances, however the sound is just not very good.
I would describe it as distant. Generally I need to raise the volume by an extra 6-10DB on the PAC to get anywhere near normal listening levels, but even then the dynamics are muted. I an tell that they are really doing a wonderful job with the video production, however the sound is just not captivating at all.

Has anyone worked on a good to great capability to enjoy this streaming subscription service?

 

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I use the Berlin Philharmonic app on my Apple TV and Amazon cube.

It is great!

I suggest playing the Von Karajan Beethoven 5th from 1966.

It will blow you away!

The dynamic conducting is unbelievable.

A master at his prime.

You need a good stereo playback system to get the full effect!

 

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jturbo said:

Hi Guys,

I have a subscription to the digital concert hall and have been streaming the concerts to my Roku and then into my main system (Roku to Toslink cable into a Pacific DAC, with HDMI into the Projector TV ( no sound on this path)).

We really enjoy the performances, however the sound is just not very good.
I would describe it as distant. Generally I need to raise the volume by an extra 6-10DB on the PAC to get anywhere near normal listening levels, but even then the dynamics are muted. I an tell that they are really doing a wonderful job with the video production, however the sound is just not captivating at all.

Has anyone worked on a good to great capability to enjoy this streaming subscription service?

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IMO the Roku has poor picture and sound quality compared to the Amazon cube or Apple TV.
After all it is the cheap alternative.