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Re: The most dynamic, well recorded music you have heard to date....
Sooooo.....years ago I found this album. I don't remember how but I think I mentioned it before on Club Polk so a quick search would probably turn it up.
But, this guy, Jonathan Elias, he's an American composer and he has tons of stuff out there but this album of his...the best way to describe it is he paints with music. The music is evocative and imaginative but he clearly tries to tell a story with it.
However, this album has some of the widest dynamic ranges from a singular piano plinking out a tune that slowly crescendos into full blown orchestral arrangements and then back to a single instrument. It's quiet, it's booming, it's detailed, it's subtle, it's pronounced and every nuance to it is an experience.
Very few albums impressed me like this one did. It's beautifully mastered too but it is very hard to find. The best I can give you right now is the Topic channel for Jonathan Elias.
The best comparison I can make is Aaron Copeland's "Rodeo" ballet/symphony. Same kind of range in both frequency and dynamics, same kind of compositional style and same kind of energy influences to the music. The album has a theme and it's present throughout.
Artist: Jonathan Elias
Album: American River
Best tracks:
1 - At The Edge
5 - Crossing Rivers
10 - Towards Home
11 - The Great Divide
https://youtu.be/b43H3ONnUUU?si=tL8A4sU44bVVnK0r
I still use this as a test album because it will expose sibilance and it will expose crossover network holes.
But, this guy, Jonathan Elias, he's an American composer and he has tons of stuff out there but this album of his...the best way to describe it is he paints with music. The music is evocative and imaginative but he clearly tries to tell a story with it.
However, this album has some of the widest dynamic ranges from a singular piano plinking out a tune that slowly crescendos into full blown orchestral arrangements and then back to a single instrument. It's quiet, it's booming, it's detailed, it's subtle, it's pronounced and every nuance to it is an experience.
Very few albums impressed me like this one did. It's beautifully mastered too but it is very hard to find. The best I can give you right now is the Topic channel for Jonathan Elias.
The best comparison I can make is Aaron Copeland's "Rodeo" ballet/symphony. Same kind of range in both frequency and dynamics, same kind of compositional style and same kind of energy influences to the music. The album has a theme and it's present throughout.
Artist: Jonathan Elias
Album: American River
Best tracks:
1 - At The Edge
5 - Crossing Rivers
10 - Towards Home
11 - The Great Divide
https://youtu.be/b43H3ONnUUU?si=tL8A4sU44bVVnK0rI still use this as a test album because it will expose sibilance and it will expose crossover network holes.
Jstas
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Re: Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals
Polk SDA SRS 2.3TLs w/198 tweets and the AI-1...$1100.
Papillion, NE
Papillion, NE
engie490
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
The internet runs on it! Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.skipshot12 wrote: »
What's FUD?
mmmmmmmm...If anyone gets a chance to see some of the UHVDC Substations do it, they look like something out of the movie Forbidden Planet.
UHVDC
UHVDC
I am thinking the future of DC is local: PVs, batteries, and inverters.
I am (we are), however, still resisting batteries here.
DSC_0431 by Mark Hardy, on FlickrWe did chicken out on installing a tracker system in 2024 and opted to re-do the original system on the roof (the one on the main roof). I couldn't quite rationalize the cost... but we came really close.
mhardy6647
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Re: Review: Benchmark AHB2 Amp
As it stands now I'm quite happy with my Parasound JC2 BP pre. Maybe down the road the LA4 might be an option for a test run.
pearsall001
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
A cowworker from Roswell New Mexico told me that hardly any homes had basements. The ground was very stable and hard so they were not needed (no frost lime issues) and it was cheaper to build out than to dig basements. They were also more succeptable to flooding since the water didn't absorb into the ground very well and you weren't going to really hide there form the aliens there anyway.
skrol
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Re: Realistic Tape Control Center
Nothing like ol'school analog push buttons... .... and switches! So true!
The Pioneer RT-71 (1973) is probably the closest color/style match I have. Later models of the Realistic tape control centers used rotary switches.
~1989.
The Pioneer RT-71 (1973) is probably the closest color/style match I have. Later models of the Realistic tape control centers used rotary switches.
~1989.
SCompRacer
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Re: Review: Benchmark AHB2 Amp
The innards of an Outlaw Model 7000x amplifier rated at 130 watts per channel into 8 ohms (but I suspect it's a little conservative). A bit of a difference. 
And still only $1100.
And still only $1100.
Emlyn
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Re: Review: Benchmark AHB2 Amp
For reference, the innards of the $4800 Marantz Cinema 30 and the $3800 Marantz Cinema 40 below. Note the differences in the transformers and heat sinks but also note how tiny they are for AB amplification. Also note the processing chips with the big heat sinks, which is where a lot of the cost goes in these things. Somehow the prices on receivers like these doubled in price over the years without me noticing!
Emlyn
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