Telarc closing up shop...

TroyD
TroyD Posts: 13,083
edited September 2009 in Music & Movies
Just read this in TAS that Telarc is all but shutting it's doors. :(

The times, they are a changing...

My first true audiophile experience was courtesy of a Telarc disc (and El Roma and The Truth).....Round Up. I still get shivers thinking about that day.

BDT
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited August 2009
    Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!

    :eek:
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited August 2009
    I have Telarc's Tchaikovsky: 1812 / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue An American in Paris (Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra). LOVE the REAL cannon blasts! :)

    Everything changes. Nothing stays the same :(
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited August 2009
    I have the 1812 on vinyl....complete with the warnings. I have it as a show piece only as my table/cartridge won't track the cannon blasts.

    BDT
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited August 2009
    I only have the 1812 Telarc on CD and SACD. No warning here but that doesn't mean it won't do some damage. Man, I already miss them. Why can't this happen to BOSE?
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited August 2009
    LOL. I've got it on SACD - Got to love the warning labels. If you missed it though the excursion on the cone should be enough to make someone nervous. :)
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited August 2009
    How could you? I actually saw the fabric grill moving up and down on both the back and front of a set of Carver Plat's with the frequencies of the cannon shots via the LP with the warning label. The cloth was moving in and out inches! What an incredible sight to "hear".

    I also would like to correct myself. The Telarc SACD does have a warning label on it. I just missed it when I glanced at it.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited August 2009
    holy crap, what happened to all the good companies?
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited August 2009
    RIP telarc. You'll be missed dearly.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    halo wrote: »
    I have Telarc's Tchaikovsky: 1812 / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue An American in Paris (Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra). LOVE the REAL cannon blasts! :)

    Everything changes. Nothing stays the same :(
    TroyD wrote: »
    I have the 1812 on vinyl....complete with the warnings. I have it as a show piece only as my table/cartridge won't track the cannon blasts.

    BDT
    treitz3 wrote: »
    I only have the 1812 Telarc on CD and SACD. No warning here but that doesn't mean it won't do some damage. Man, I already miss them. Why can't this happen to BOSE?
    halo wrote: »
    LOL. I've got it on SACD - Got to love the warning labels. If you missed it though the excursion on the cone should be enough to make someone nervous. :)
    treitz3 wrote: »
    How could you? I actually saw the fabric grill moving up and down on both the back and front of a set of Carver Plat's with the frequencies of the cannon shots via the LP with the warning label. The cloth was moving in and out inches! What an incredible sight to "hear".

    I also would like to correct myself. The Telarc SACD does have a warning label on it. I just missed it when I glanced at it.

    Well...after reading these reviews, I think I'm gonna have to pick up a copy of that SACD and see what this is all about!:eek:






    Sorry to hear about Telarc closing...with MP3's being the wave of the future, I can see this happening with other companies too, unfortunately.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Well...after reading these reviews, I think I'm gonna have to pick up a copy of that SACD and see what this is all about!:eek:






    Sorry to hear about Telarc closing...with MP3's being the wave of the future, I can see this happening with other companies too, unfortunately.

    +1 for me but I want the vinyl version as I think my Yamaha PX-3 is good enough to handle it.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited August 2009
    just grabbed the 1812 sacd, brand new and sealed from amazon for 7.00 shipped.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Sorry to hear about Telarc closing...with MP3's being the wave of the future, I can see this happening with other companies too, unfortunately.

    Digital downloads are the future, not just one type of digtial file known as MP3. You can get much better quality tracks via download than you can on a CD.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited August 2009
    Sure. Elvis is alive too.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited August 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Sure. Elvis is alive too.

    He is alive... I saw him hanging out with Marilyn Monroe and all three Kennedy brothers just two days ago. We were at a John Lennon concert together. Frank Sinatra was the opening act.;)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited August 2009
    Death to Downloads!!!!!!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Digital downloads are the future, not just one type of digtial file known as MP3. You can get much better quality tracks via download than you can on a CD.

    I'll hear none of that nonsense. Claim what you want, but I've yet to hear a download that sounds better than the CD version.

    Digital downloads might be your future...but they certainly aren't my future. I've never even downloaded any music off the internet...nor do I have any plans to anytime soon. I appreciate the work that artists put into their music, and I'm more than willing to pay full price for a copy of the actual product.

    SQ aside, opening up a file on a media player isn't quite the same as opening up a CD case and thumbing through the booklet, looking at the artwork while listening to the CD play.
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,481
    edited August 2009
    The first classical disc I ever bought was the 1812 Overture back in, well, the mid to late 80's sometime. I still have it, warnings and all. This really sucks if it comes to fruition as I think they made some of best recordings, ever. I just got the new newsletter from them too!

    I've heard downloaded music and must say I was not in the least impressed. In fact, I thought it sucked, BAD. But..., who knows what kind of new fangled crap there is nowadays. I sure would hate to have most of my music on a computer, or whatever it is others of you use, and "lose" it somehow. THAT would suck, but it also may be a blessing in disguise. Kind of like going back to sheets of paper for notes and books for reading...

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    SQ aside, opening up a file on a media player isn't quite the same as opening up a CD case and thumbing through the booklet, looking at the artwork while listening to the CD play.

    Curt, you've missed LPs then too. Thats where the read artwork and liner notes can be appriciated.

    I have several Telarc LPs, CDs and SACDs including the 1812, what a bummer they are closing up shop.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Curt, you've missed LPs then too. Thats where the read artwork and liner notes can be appriciated.

    Definitely...the jackets are quite a bit larger with vinyl, which gives a lot more room for the art to be appreciated. Only being 23 though, vinyl was a bit before my time for the most part. I am planning on getting a turntable in the near future though.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Definitely...the jackets are quite a bit larger with vinyl, which gives a lot more room for the art to be appreciated. Only being 23 though, vinyl was a bit before my time for the most part. I am planning on getting a turntable in the near future though.

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    I'll hear none of that nonsense. Claim what you want, but I've yet to hear a download that sounds better than the CD version.

    Ignorance is bliss. ;)

    Talking about iTunes and MP3s “……but none of them are aimed at the audiophile community. Fortunately the best is yet to come for audiophiles seeking everything from 16 bit / 44.1 kHz material all the way to 24 bit / 192 kHz and everything in between. Let's take a look at some of the download sites Computer Audiophile readers will enjoy.”

    16 bit / 44.1 kHz is CD quality.

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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Don't go on the cheap with the turntable you will regret it if you do.

    To start, I'm getting an older Yamaha TT...not sure of the model number offhand. I'm getting it for $50, so it's a pretty good price. My vinyl collection currently consists of three albums, so I don't want to spend a lot of money on a TT yet. I'll end up getting a much nicer one sometime a little further down the road though.
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Ignorance is bliss. ;)

    Talking about iTunes and MP3s “……but none of them are aimed at the audiophile community. Fortunately the best is yet to come for audiophiles seeking everything from 16 bit / 44.1 kHz material all the way to 24 bit / 192 kHz and everything in between. Let's take a look at some of the download sites Computer Audiophile readers will enjoy.”

    16 bit / 44.1 kHz is CD quality.

    http://www.computeraudiophile.com/state-of-audiophile-music-downloads

    I'll believe it when I hear a download that matches CD quality. I'm not going by what I've read on the internet here...I'm going by what I personally have heard at my house, on my rig. I have a lot of friends that download all of their music, and I've compared lossless files to copies of the same album on CD, and I'm yet to be impressed by the digital files. The majority of the times, my friends with the digital media have agreed with me for that matter.

    I really don't think there is a shred of "ignorance" in my decision that I prefer the sound of a CD to the sound of a downloaded file.

    Aside from that, I really just DO NOT want to download my music on the internet. I'll get an iPod eventually, which will be used exclusively in my car. The music won't be downloaded from the internet though, it will be ripped onto my computer from CD and put onto the iPod.

    I'm a musician myself...I know how much work goes into making music. I would prefer to pay the full price for a CD, rather than pay a fraction of that price for a downloaded file. The musicians that poured their lives into making this music deserve to be compensated for their contributions to the world. I just wish more people would understand that.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    To start, I'm getting an older Yamaha TT...not sure of the model number offhand. I'm getting it for $50, so it's a pretty good price. My vinyl collection currently consists of three albums, so I don't want to spend a lot of money on a TT yet. I'll end up getting a much nicer one sometime a little further down the road though.



    Once you get your turntable your LP collection will grow by leaps and bounds what with Good Will and George selling them very inexpensively.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Once you get your turntable your LP collection will grow by leaps and bounds what with Good Will and George selling them very inexpensively.

    I'm already anticipating that. I'm also going to have to get a phono pre before I can use the TT, since my pre-amp doesn't have a phono stage. I'm looking forward to building up a vinyl collection though. I can't wait to start getting some of my favorites on vinyl and comparing them to their digital counter parts.:)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited August 2009
    Vinyl sucks, Curt! Don't believe them! Get out while you can! It's too late for me...Save your self from the misery that is vinyl......!!!! Joe is only looking to collect your soul in exchange for Vinyl and TT advice... RUUUUUNNNN!!!!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Vinyl sucks, Curt! Don't believe them! Get out while you can! It's too late for me...Save your self from the misery that is vinyl......!!!! Joe is only looking to collect your soul in exchange for Vinyl and TT advice... RUUUUUNNNN!!!!


    It's too late...the call of those lovely black discs is just too strong to resist. If giving up my soul is what it takes...then so be it.:D:p
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  • Barefoot
    Barefoot Posts: 149
    edited September 2009
    Telarc was like, my primary SA-CD source too.
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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited September 2009
    i going to have to pick this 1812 up myself..
    mp3 is the digital format of bose sound
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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited September 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    This may suit some people, but I prefer to have something tangible in my hands.

    couldn't agree more i enjoy pulling out my cd's and dvd's putting them in the player and reading the booklets. call me old skool :D
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited September 2009
    You know every time I turn around I find some bad news about our loved industry. Companies going out of business is getting really old.

    When is it going to end????
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