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Classical, Jazz and Rock. In my continuing effort to "cacoon", and never have to leave my house to go out where there are people (:-), I will soon be getting some sort of Home Theater setup. I'm deliberately NOT posting in either the Video or Hi-Rez forums because I'm after CONTENT -- quality of performance and image.
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......regards.....tr
Yes - live symphonichas some flops, but Close to the edge, Gates of Delirium and In the presence of... are absolutely unmissable. Great sound too.
Bergman's Magic Flute
If you like King Crimson - DejaVroom
A must-have dvd.
"Lover's Live" Sade."Dedicated Sounds of Thunders" Pink Floyd live (without Roger Waters.)
"The Last Waltz" The Band (Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ron Wood also in it.)
"Painting with words and music" Joni Mitchell live.
"Deep Purple in Concert. 1999 at Albert Hall" Deep Purple.
"In Concert" Natalli Merchant.
not "Dedicated Sounds of Thunders".
Where have you seen it on DVD ?
Sorry, I'm a roll tonight....must be butter.....Man I just gotta get me some rest....just have to spin one more CD.
Apologies in advance,
The local DJ's put out a comedy CD called "The Wind Beneath My Seat".
A great performance, great sound and great video.-Mike...
Absolutely exceptional! It was filmed (don't ask me about tech details) in cinema format - rather than video that is. Should be voted one of the (if not THE) best concert footage of 2001/2002...
(Er, and no, I can not be objective anymore!)
1)Pink Floyd - The Wall - Visually Stunning2)Eagles - Hell Freezes Over - great image - audio quality very good.
3)Fleetwood Mac - The Dance - image is not bad - audio pretty good
4)DMB - Listener Supported - Gorgeous Picture, same w/audio
IMPORTANT - you'll want to set up your TV properly - spend the 30 buck and buy the AVIA Guide to Home Theater. It helps you set the color, brightness, sharpness, etc on your TV far better than you can do on your own.
As a moron who use to own VERY serious HT installation in past I would encourage you to arrest the quality of your 5.1 sound system to $2000 including the amplification, speakers, cables, LF modul and processors. Do not get any “better” quietly, do not spend more money or more time on the sound part of you HT.There are very few deserving attention musical material available on DVD. Most of the B/W anyway or very bad sonicly and therefore you will not be able to take advantage of 5.1 (whatever advantage it offers). Many of the contemporary super-duper, so called classical, DVDs are very pure context-wise.
My plan is to put a nice video (plasma?) into a 2 Channel stereo system...so I guess it's not really "HT". It's actually a music system that happens to have a video component. No subwoofer, no 5.1. Any recommendation on a decent combination player...CD + DVD?
Yep, two properly implemented channels is all that you need for Video. (Unless you like piano plying behind you or oboe sitting under your sofa). I do not know anything about the DVD player (In “mine time” I used 7700 for video and heavily modified 7700’s16-bit digital out for audio into external DAC) but I might say that in order to get the best results you have to have the different speakers positioning for audio and videos. (If you plan to use the same system and assumingly if your plasma screen’s position will not compromise anything) . There is a very interesting lead for you to experiment/think if you want. You might find useful to introduce a time delay channel on back as it was very shortly popular in the beginning of 70s. If it done properly and if you nave a very “smart” time delay processor (with phase randomanization) then you could get very interesting result for you video.
These are just sensational in terms of video quality. All are anamorphic widescreen, taken (I think) from hi-def masters. Sound quaity varies a bit, owing to the 'live' recording conditions, but is generally quite fine. I don't have a 5.1 surround setup--I try to listen to the stereo PCM tracks when available. Great performances as well.Verdi: Rigoletto - Covent Garden (BBC Opus Arte)
Cecilia Bartoli - Live in Italy (Decca)
Verdi: Falstaff - Covent Garden (BBC Opus Arte) - kind of muffled sound, but quite serviceable nevertheless; video is eye-popping
Verdi: Requiem - Abbado (EMI)
Adams: El Nino (Arthaus Musik)
Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites (Arthaus Musik)
Berlioz: Damnation of Faust (Arthaus Musik)And here's a wonderful symphonic program:
Sinopoli/Dresden Staatskapelle: Live Concert from the Semper Opera House (featuring Strauss's Alpine Symphony) - great sound!!!
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