Orchestral Music System Videos - Symphonic or Tone Poems, etc.

[tima]

Yes its my system playing all tubes Convergent / XPE speakers .

I bought 10 tapes al 7,5 IPS from a dutch recording engineer , these are back up recordings .
This recording could well be a " one of " live recording done in the 80 ties, i have to look it up but probably recorded in the 80 ties .
The Telefunken M 15 A seen in the vid was bought from him as well.

Thanks. Those are your own speakers! Tape is very clear.

 

[andromedaaudio]

Yes my own big XPE speakers.

Here is a picture of whats on the tape made by the recording engineer .
I can 't figure it out

The small remark with pen " top orkest dynamiek " was made by me going through the tapes as some were bad SQ some were good

Some pieces say 1986 mentioning CD , some say 1973 i have no idea what its about actually

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

here´s one piece:
"Fra Diavolo" refers to a popular comic opera by French composer Daniel Auber,

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

one more:
Marche slave (Slawischer Marsch)
Tonepoem by
Pjotr Tsjajkovskij



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIPuXnQ7klw

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

first track ?

 

[bonzo75]

first track ?
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The Spring on this is great.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

last maybe this

 

[tima]

System videos, please.

 

[hopkins]

 

[andromedaaudio]

Thanks. Those are your own speakers! Tape is very clear.

If all goes well i might be demonstrating with this tape at the Brussels hifi show 8-9 november.
Im planning to stack out 1 machine for pancakes the other for metal reels.

 

[tima]

If all goes well i might be demonstrating with this tape at the Brussels hifi show 8-9 november.
Im planning to stack out 1 machine for pancakes the other for metal reels.

Good luck.

 

[bonzo75]

These are videos played on a 10k system with Onkyo Integrated, and Ortofon SL-15. Compared to the base model of Nagaoka, SL 15 had less hard highs, but the Nagaoka had better musicality on many passages.

First video for compare

Tonal colour variation is lacking and needs to be fixed. Tried Ear phono too

Btw, some other videos of this system here https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/system-for-under-us-10-000-msrp.38228/post-1082846

As mentioned on that thread, All these videos can sound top end hard if played back on phone or cheap ear phones like Apple, but sound fine and representative if played back on a sound bar.

 

[Juiced]

Found an 'old' Sony HDR-cx760 camcorder.

First time recording using the built-in mic so don't judge .
It's decent but the mic picking up too much ambient voice and amplify it.

I think if i find and external mic i could get much better sound recording quality.

 

[No Regrets]

How cold is it?

It is so cold that his breath crystallizes on his beard. His ancient sleigh creaks and moang as it races, crunching through new snow. Väinämöinen (we'll call him V), a demi-god, one time magician, is riding in the most extreme nordic landscape where the world is dark, evil and once known as the land of the dead. Its name is Pohjola. The foundation, the root of the world tree is here.

V hears faint singing and spots a drop-dead gorgeous maiden sitting on the edge of a enormous rainbow. She is weaving a cloth of gold. He is so taken by her beauty that he asks her to get into his sleigh and to become his wife. The enticing young woman agrees but only on the condition that V first perform a series of tasks for her to prove he is worthy. Among these are tying an egg into a knot and carving a boat from fragments of wood. V's magic is not wholly gone and he succeeds at many of the tasks. Alas, evil spirits descend from the darkend forest and cause V to cut himself with his axe. This nearly does him in. He abandons the tasks and the maiden, riding off alone.

The maiden is a daughter of the land. She is Pohjola's daughter. She is Louhi, a powerful witch.

Sibelius was fascinated by the Kalevala -- the Finnish national epic mythology -- where the story appears. This piece is the first story in that work. A master of tone poems and symphonies alike, many of his smaller works speak in music of these tales. Sibelius himself directed the first performance of Pohjola's Daughter in 1906 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg Russia.

Bernstein was not a Sibelian in the mold of Ormandy, Collins, Kamu, Kajanus, Segerstam or Berglund, etc. Nonetheless I find this performance a fine rendering. You can hear the music tell the tale.

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Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
1965 Columbia Masterworks – MS 6749
Released in honor of the composer's 100th birth anniversary

After Mahler, I have more music of Sibelius on LP than other composers.
That is not Pohjola's Cat.

edit: spelling

Hello Tima,

That record sounds great on your system!
I also love the markings on your cat. I think it's awesome that he/she enjoys being with you as you listen to your music collection!

Best wishes to you,
Don

 

[the sound of Tao]

How cold is it?

It is so cold that his breath crystallizes on his beard. His ancient sleigh creaks and moang as it races, crunching through new snow. Väinämöinen (we'll call him V), a demi-god, one time magician, is riding in the most extreme nordic landscape where the world is dark, evil and once known as the land of the dead. Its name is Pohjola. The foundation, the root of the world tree is here.

V hears faint singing and spots a drop-dead gorgeous maiden sitting on the edge of a enormous rainbow. She is weaving a cloth of gold. He is so taken by her beauty that he asks her to get into his sleigh and to become his wife. The enticing young woman agrees but only on the condition that V first perform a series of tasks for her to prove he is worthy. Among these are tying an egg into a knot and carving a boat from fragments of wood. V's magic is not wholly gone and he succeeds at many of the tasks. Alas, evil spirits descend from the darkend forest and cause V to cut himself with his axe. This nearly does him in. He abandons the tasks and the maiden, riding off alone.

The maiden is a daughter of the land. She is Pohjola's daughter. She is Louhi, a powerful witch.

Sibelius was fascinated by the Kalevala -- the Finnish national epic mythology -- where the story appears. This piece is the first story in that work. A master of tone poems and symphonies alike, many of his smaller works speak in music of these tales. Sibelius himself directed the first performance of Pohjola's Daughter in 1906 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg Russia.

Bernstein was not a Sibelian in the mold of Ormandy, Collins, Kamu, Kajanus, Segerstam or Berglund, etc. Nonetheless I find this performance a fine rendering. You can hear the music tell the tale.

View attachment 159155

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
1965 Columbia Masterworks – MS 6749
Released in honor of the composer's 100th birth anniversary

After Mahler, I have more music of Sibelius on LP than other composers.
That is not Pohjola's Cat.

edit: spelling

Great music and great sound Tim… thanks for sharing both these aspects along with your thoughts.

 

[tima]

Hello Tima,

That record sounds great on your system!
I also love the markings on your cat. I think it's awesome that he/she enjoys being with you as you listen to your music collection!

Best wishes to you,
Don

Thank you Don. He is a Handsome Tabby.

 

[Urowolf]

Thank you Tim for starting a thread about what really matters
This is a unique direct to disc recording of Smetana by all Chech orchestra. Part of this recording made its way into Israel’s national anthem.
Here is a link to how recording was made:

 

[tima]

Thank you Tim for starting a thread about what really matters
This is a unique direct to disc recording of Smetana by all Chech orchestra. Part of this recording made its way into Israel’s national anthem.
Here is a link to how recording was made:

Thank you Urowolf for a delightful post in which there is much to like.

Your system is top-drawer -- of course I am biased as we share many of the same components. When I was on the search for new speakers I auditioned the TAD 2401s to mate with the Lamm ML2.2. I loved them. Alas they were slightly bigger than my room could accomodate.

The Smetana D2D with the Bamberger Symphony is an extraordinary recording as your video reveals. We are both fortunate to have a copy out of only 1111 pressings. I had not seen the video about making it which is its own treat, so thanks for that.

I encourage you to post more videos of your system playing orchestral music.

 

[Urowolf]

Thank you Urowolf for a delightful post in which there is much to like.

Your system is top-drawer -- of course I am biased as we share many of the same components. When I was on the search for new speakers I auditioned the TAD 2401s to mate with the Lamm ML2.2. I loved them. Alas they were slightly bigger than my room could accomodate.

The Smetana D2D with the Bamberger Symphony is an extraordinary recording as your video reveals. We are both fortunate to have a copy out of only 1111 pressings. I had not seen the video about making it which is its own treat, so thanks for that.

I encourage you to post more videos of your system playing orchestral music.

TY Tim,
I am always hesitant about putting the music thru old iPhone ‘analog to digital converter.’ What I hear in the room is in a different world. But apparently good ears can hear the subtleties in the shadow of the shadow
Yan

 

[bonzo75]

TY Tim,
I am always hesitant about putting the music thru old iPhone ‘analog to digital converter.’ What I hear in the room is in a different world. But apparently good ears can hear the subtleties in the shadow of the shadow
Yan

Hi Yan, can you also play some small scale concertos and solos,violin, piano, cello? Would love to the listen to the TSM1 more.