Videos - oomph, tympani, menace, power

[Scott Naylor]

Welcome to the battle for Stalingrad.

Shostakovich 8th Symphony -- Third Movement


edit: Go to youtube to play this video.

Thanks for the video, tima. Shostakovich is always welcome

Thinking/typing out loud… Might ASI Sugar Cubes quiet down the room's contribution without killing any dynamic contrasts?

 

[tima]

Thanks for the video, tima. Shostakovich is always welcome

Thinking/typing out loud… Might ASI Sugar Cubes quiet down the room's contribution without killing any dynamic contrasts?

You're welcome and thank you. I will reply via PM so as not to mis-direct this thread.

 

[Argonaut]

Cans on/in and crank her up.

 

[Rensselaer]

That Altec setup is one of the most stringent sounding videos I have heard...

Had to look this up as I wasn't sure what you were saying.
The online definition of Stringent reads; Strict, Precise, Exacting or Extremely Limiting.
Could you please expand your explanation of what you hear when listening to that Altec setup (I have Altec's of my own, just need to know if I need to modify mine some).

 

[morricab]

Had to look this up as I wasn't sure what you were saying.
The online definition of Stringent reads; Strict, Precise, Exacting or Extremely Limiting.
Could you please expand your explanation of what you hear when listening to that Altec setup (I have Altec's of my own, just need to know if I need to modify mine some).

I think he meant strident sounding...

 

[PeterA]

Had to look this up as I wasn't sure what you were saying.
The online definition of Stringent reads; Strict, Precise, Exacting or Extremely Limiting.
Could you please expand your explanation of what you hear when listening to that Altec setup (I have Altec's of my own, just need to know if I need to modify mine some).

Could he have meant “strident”?

 

[Rensselaer]

Could he have meant “strident”?

I would like his meaning, as from what I heard they were far from Strident.

 

[PeterA]

I would like his meaning, as from what I heard they were far from Strident.

I don’t know which Altec video this is, but they generally sound pretty good to me. I’ve never heard the word stringent used to describe a system video sound. Perhaps fulsome will clarify his comment.

 

[Folsom]

Had to look this up as I wasn't sure what you were saying.
The online definition of Stringent reads; Strict, Precise, Exacting or Extremely Limiting.
Could you please expand your explanation of what you hear when listening to that Altec setup (I have Altec's of my own, just need to know if I need to modify mine some).

I meant like the flavor. It's not a good one.

 

[Rensselaer]

I meant like the flavor. It's not a good one.

Odd. I suspect English wasn’t your primary language. Either that or you are just being provocative.

 

[Folsom]

Odd. I suspect English wasn’t your primary language. Either that or you are just being provocative.

Incorrect sir. I just missed the a at the start.

 

[DasguteOhr]

Welcome to the battle for Stalingrad.

Shostakovich 8th Symphony -- Third Movement


edit: Go to youtube to play this video.

is this the recording or am i wrong?. absolutely brilliant recording

 

[tima]

Incorrect sir. I just missed the a at the start.

exactly - perhaps the most damning audio characterization I know: astringent.

 

[tima]

is this the recording or am i wrong?. absolutely brilliant recording

Yes -- that is the Shostakovich 8th. My video covers the 3rd Movement (Allegro non troppo). Your video starts at the beginning; its 3rd Movement begins ~ 30:40.

 

[DasguteOhr]

Yes -- that is the Shostakovich 8th. My video covers the 3rd Movement (Allegro non troppo). Your video starts at the beginning; its 3rd Movement begins ~ 30:40.

if you don't have the recording yet and you like bruckner, i can highly recommend it. gennady rozhdestvensky bruckner no5 with the orchestra of the ussr of culture.
P.S its not a klemperer sound with vpo

 

[tima]

if you don't have the recording yet and you like bruckner, i can highly recommend it. gennady rozhdestvensky bruckner no5 with the orchestra of the ussr of culture.
P.S its not a klemperer sound with vpo

Thanks for that suggestion. Do you have a catalog number? My initial look suggests it is not on vinyl.

 

[DasguteOhr]

Here...
Bruckner Anton
Symphony No. 5 (2lp) - Rozhdestvensky
MELODIYA - C10 22055 007 - STEREO - USSR - Original of 1985 - 1985

 

[Rensselaer]

Incorrect sir. I just missed the a at the start.

OK, if that is truly the way it sounds to you. Not to me, but we don’t hear everything the same way.

 

[bonzo75]

Welcome to the battle for Stalingrad.

Shostakovich 8th Symphony -- Third Movement


edit: Go to youtube to play this video.

 

[tima]

Sounds like a different performance. Mine was Haitink.