The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)
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Good for you. My batch is stuck at DHL in Cambridge for 12 days now, apparently I'm still awaiting a customs charge, but no sign of that.
I'm a little concerned something has got lost in translation and the package will be returned to sender.
I'm a little concerned something has got lost in translation and the package will be returned to sender.
I received a letter from Parcel Force on 17/10/24 (for Invoice dated 10/10/2024) which told me I had to pay Import VAT (£42.37) and Clearance Fee (£12.00) (total = £54.37) and how to pay it which I did immediately online.
Chose my delivery day for today (could have been Friday gone but was away this Friday and weekend back in my second home in south of Spain).
Had an email from Deutsche Grammophon with postal tracking number for my Batch 6 on 03/10/2024.
So basically approx. 2 to 2.5 weeks from DG email to arrival at my door here in the UK.
finally my shipment did arrive in NYC yesterday from Geneva. but United State Postal Service is still showing it as 'info only' and not showing it in their system. originally shipped from DG Oct 2nd.
Customs paid, it's SO hard to speak to human beings these days.
Hopefully delivery tmrw.
Hopefully delivery tmrw.
say "representative" 11 times
Is that the modern day equivalent of a Hail Mary?
I didn’t pay any customs. Are you sure the link you clicked on was for customs, they might access your pics doing things with Zus
I too am waiting for mine. I received something in German that I don't understand so have sent that email to my friend Mick who is fluent.
Has anyone tried the 444 euro master hand cut? Rather expensive but curious what it’s like vs the original source versions above
I have purchased two, but a jazz and Marvin Gaye lacquer (not of any recorded on OS). If you still would like my opinion?
The box markings are hard to read, close in colour to the box colour. The lacquer record is held into the box with a screw down puck through the spindle hole (and a hole in the sleeve cover). There is a pair of white cotton gloves included with the acetate but I find they do not hold the record securely and it can slip from your fingers risking gouge/scratch (and at Euro 444!), so I use fingers on edges like any good record. You can't clean them with any fluid-based cleaning system so be careful to use record brush only.
The record surface is silent. With vinyl records I always hear the stylus in the groove before the music starts but not with the master hand cut lacquers, dead silent.
The music sound quality: I compared the Master Hand Cut of Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On" to the 45RPM Ultradisc One Step from MoFi. The acetate is recorded from a master tape copy, I think, and it sounds more relaxing, more real sounding (slightly), whereas the MoFi Ultradisc (from DSD I believe), is more articulate, the words easier to understand. 4 out of 5 guest listeners preferred the acetate, one guest preferred the Ultradisc.
Although the record has been voted the best record ever made (British music weekly the NME in 1985), I have other records, non-acetates, that have better sound quality (albeit with more surface noise though). I expected more. I don't know why I expected more, probably the price, but the recording is good, just not fantastic. They say they use master tape, a copy surely? And of the original master tape? Was there ever a remastering? I don't know.
I understand that Supersense (Hand Cuts) have made a couple of Direct-to-Discs which I have not auditioned, but I would suspect they would be far superior to everything out there (including a master tape copy).
Paid £65.15 last night, received records today. One of which is a test pressing “white label” of Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt (also received the numbered two-LP edition).
As for the white label test pressing, I only received a single LP and no indication as to which disc (of two) it is. I thought I was buying two test pressings, all sides (because that is what I got from Analogue Productions for APW 29). If I play it to find out then it is no longer mint.
I am not sure I want a test pressing of just one (of two) records that the set is made from. Do I sell it? On discogs a white label of Carlos Kleiber, Beethoven (symp nr. 7) with a selling price of £246.90, but that is a single LP record to begin with. So is my single LP test-pressing, of a two-LP set, saleable? What would it be worth? Would it be better to sell it with an unopened numbered edition as a set?
As for the white label test pressing, I only received a single LP and no indication as to which disc (of two) it is. I thought I was buying two test pressings, all sides (because that is what I got from Analogue Productions for APW 29). If I play it to find out then it is no longer mint.
I am not sure I want a test pressing of just one (of two) records that the set is made from. Do I sell it? On discogs a white label of Carlos Kleiber, Beethoven (symp nr. 7) with a selling price of £246.90, but that is a single LP record to begin with. So is my single LP test-pressing, of a two-LP set, saleable? What would it be worth? Would it be better to sell it with an unopened numbered edition as a set?
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I don't know what secret sauce is in these remasterings, but I want it in everything!
Just finished listening to the the Dvorak New World Symphony, now onto the Mozart Piano Concertos 20 & 21, and like pretty much every LP in this series, the sonics are spectacular.
Just finished listening to the the Dvorak New World Symphony, now onto the Mozart Piano Concertos 20 & 21, and like pretty much every LP in this series, the sonics are spectacular.
Has anyone come across a website to keep abreast of the best recordings etc? Looking for a list if you will of the all-time best recordings on vinyl and new stuff if its good
the line about the catching and the teaching...
2023 TAS Super LP List - The Absolute Sound
2023 TAS Super LP List - The latest version of TAS’ annual list of great-sounding LPs, compiled by JV (this year with the help of Michael Fremer).
www.theabsolutesound.com
ARTHUR SALVATORE'S BEST SOUNDING CLASSICAL RECORDINGS
Our catalogue of ARTHUR SALVATORE'S BEST SOUNDING CLASSICAL VINYL RECORDINGS
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the '4' titles dropped out of the sky on my doorstep on Friday still showing held in customs in NYC.
25 days to reach me.this morning listened to the Peer Gynt/Karajan and now listening to the Mozart/Gulda. both wonderful to my uneducated ears. the Peer Gynt so subtle and unhurried, the Mozart/Gulda has perfect sparkling pure piano tone.....melting into it. realism and flow. neither of these is in any way blunted. lively, immediate and vivid. confess to being swept up emotionally with the No.21 Concerto. silly me. music can do that to you.
looking forward to enjoying the other two.
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the '4' titles dropped out of the sky on my doorstep on Friday still showing held in customs in NYC.
this morning listened to the Peer Gynt/Karajan and now listening to the Mozart/Gulda. both wonderful to my uneducated ears. the Peer Gynt so subtle and unhurried, the Mozart/Gulda has perfect sparkling pure piano tone.....melting into it. realism and flow. neither of these is in any way blunted. lively, immediate and vivid. confess to being swept up emotionally with the No.21 Concerto. silly me. music can do that to you.
looking forward to enjoying the other two.
Any pressing issues?
Did you order from DG to assure copies versus waiting for US vendors? I find quick delivery time and lower cost on A'zon.
not on the two i've listened to so far.
mine were the 25 day 'slow boat' direct from DG. but i might be done with that "clown show" shipping.
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Finally listened to all of the latest batch. As with the previous, great performances and great pressings. Very happy with the Pollini Chopin and the Mozart.
The next four for next year have been added to the DG store.
The next four for next year have been added to the DG store.