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Solti, Chicago SO - Ravel, Debussy - Bolero, La Mer, Prelude A L'Apres Midi D'Un Faun

Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Ravel, Debussy - Bolero, La Mer, Prelude A L'Apres Midi D'Un Faune (1977), Vinyl, Decca, Germany

Georg Solti, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Georg Solti Dirigiert (Vinyl, LP, Club Edition, Stereo) | Discogs

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DR15 -0.87 dB -21.40 dB A1 Ravel - Bolero
DR15 -0.73 dB -22.88 dB A2 Debussy - La Mer - De L'Aube A Midi Sur La Mer
DR15 -1.17 dB -22.49 dB B1 Debussy - La Mer - Jeux De Vagues
DR14 -0.25 dB -19.96 dB B2 Debussy - La Mer - Dialogue Du Vent Et De La Mer
DR15 -2.65 dB -24.46 dB B3 Debussy - Prelude A L'apres-Midi D'un Faune
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Number of files: 5
Official DR value: DR15


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Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer Warnes

Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer Warnes (1976), Vinyl, Arista Records, Spain

Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer Warnes (Vinyl, LP, Album) | Discogs

Jennifer Warnes - Jennifer Warnes - Amazon.com Music

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DR12 -0.70 dB -17.65 dB 3:21 A1 Love Hurts
DR13 -0.48 dB -18.42 dB 4:42 A2 Round And Round
DR13 0.00 dB -16.77 dB 4:13 A3 Shine A Light
DR11 -1.91 dB -20.47 dB 4:22 A4 You're The One
DR13 0.00 dB -18.64 dB 3:30 A5 I'm Dreaming
DR10 -5.52 dB -19.42 dB 2:12 B1 Mama
DR13 -1.29 dB -17.47 dB 2:57 B2 Right Time Of The Night
DR12 -1.17 dB -16.60 dB 4:29 B3 Bring Ol' Maggie Back Home
DR12 -1.88 dB -16.19 dB 2:58 B4 Don't Lead Me On
DR12 -1.34 dB -17.27 dB 4:55 B5 Daddy Don't Go
DR10 -4.57 dB -17.77 dB 1:09 B6 O God Of Loveliness (O Bello Dio Del Paradiso)
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR12


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Jennifer Warnes - Wikipedia
 
Some Japanese shoegaze compilation on YouTube. The Best Shoegaze/Dream Pop Songs From Japan - Vol. 2

Three songs from this compilation that I like:
1. My Dead Girlfriend - Watashi no Aishita Manatsu no Shinigami
2. Oeil - Owl Moon (Shadow)
6. Ether Feels - She's Wanderlust

Ether Feels sound remarkably like Asobi Seksu, a New York shoegaze band with a Japanese singer (not the same singer though.)
 
Seefried, Rothenberger, Hoffman, Cluytens, Vienna P - Humperdinck - Hansel Und Gretel

Irmgard Seefried, Anneliese Rothenberger, Grace Hoffman & André Cluytens, Vienna PO - Engelbert Humperdinck - Hänsel Und Gretel (1964), Vinyl, stereo, Angel Records, Germany

Engelbert Humperdinck, Irmgard Seefried, Anneliese Rothenberger, Grace Hoffman, Elisabeth Hongen, Walter Berry, Liselotte Maikl, Andre Cluytens - Hansel Und Gretel (Vinyl, LP, Mono) | Discogs

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -6.53 dB -23.82 dB 3:08 01-Love Hurts
DR15 -5.85 dB -25.65 dB 4:25 02-Round And Round
DR11 -10.07 dB -24.77 dB 4:01 03-Shine A Light
DR12 -4.21 dB -23.04 dB 4:08 04-You're The One
DR13 -6.04 dB -23.13 dB 3:30 05-I'm Dreaming
DR12 -9.88 dB -25.45 dB 1:59 06-Mama
DR11 -8.00 dB -21.84 dB 2:49 07-Right Time Of The Night
DR14 -6.66 dB -24.98 dB 4:11 08-Bring Ol' Maggie Back Home
DR13 -8.41 dB -24.44 dB 2:45 09-Don't Lead Me On
DR14 -7.14 dB -24.60 dB 4:37 10-Daddy Don't Go
DR12 -7.58 dB -22.31 dB 1:00 11-O God Of Loveliness
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR13



CD, 1990

Irmgard Seefried, Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Berry, Elisabeth Hongen, Humperdinck, Andre Cluytens - Humperdinck: Hansel Und Gretel - Amazon.com Music


[German] Hansel und Gretel (Oper) – Wikipedia

Hansel and Gretel (opera) - Wikipedia
 
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DR13 -0.55 dB -17.90 dB A Overture and Act I (Beginning)
DR13 -0.62 dB -18.49 dB B Act I (Conclusion) and Act II (Beginning)
DR13 -0.49 dB -17.86 dB C Act II (Conclusion) and Act III (Beginning)
DR13 -0.40 dB -17.66 dB D Act III (Conclusion)
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Number of files: 4
Official DR value: DR13
 
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming

Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (1979), Vinyl, Columbia, US

Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming (Vinyl, LP, Album) | Discogs

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DR14 -2.52 dB -18.60 dB 5:21 A1-Gotta Serve Somebody
DR14 -1.63 dB -17.99 dB 6:29 A2-Precious Angel
DR14 -0.98 dB -20.10 dB 5:06 A3-I Believe in You
DR13 -0.97 dB -16.91 dB 5:56 A4-Slow Train
DR14 -2.63 dB -18.19 dB 5:25 B1-Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
DR14 -1.60 dB -18.63 dB 3:51 B2-Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
DR13 -3.21 dB -18.45 dB 5:27 B3- When You Gonna Wake Up
DR16 -3.32 dB -21.80 dB 4:24 B4-Man Gave Names to All the Animals
DR15 -2.09 dB -22.16 dB 4:28 B5-When He Returns
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR14


CD, 2004 (Remastered)

Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming - Amazon.com Music


Original vinyl is more magic, the sound more addictive than SACD 2003 remaster.
 
Today is Thursday. Since last Friday my second system sounds better, so the culprit has been the last tweak.

By the way, the same with the main system.

I bought the second-hand AV Marantz SR4500 to experiment with it but... I still think I could improve it a bit more by changing the electrolytic capacitors and something else.

So I give up building or buying a new amplifier.
 
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Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (Vinyl, LP, Album) | Discogs
On the Yugoslav records was a marriage, although they were licensed, they had a very large range. They published almost everything that was published in the west. I had a new sealed American or Canadian record of the Boston band, Amanda's pestle also had a jump on the marriage track, although I had a very good technique. There was no marriage on Soviet vinyl at all. I had a lot and no defects. The CD and vinyl records of the company Melody sounded very good, like audiophile editions. 1961 Bill Evans Trio.
The Bill Evans Trio - Трио Билла Эванса (Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue) | Discogs
 
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Saw Dan Patlansky live here on Tuesday evening. What an incredibly talented Blues guitarist!!! Very proud of our home boy - born and bred here in Pretoria, South Africa but an international star. He is currently rated 4th best Blues guitarist in the world. Listening to his Introvertigo currently. Tomorrow night his album "Refection Kills" on vinyl!! Got it directly after the concert, and he signed on the centre label for me.
 
Saw Dan Patlansky live here on Tuesday evening. What an incredibly talented Blues guitarist!!! Very proud of our home boy - born and bred here in Pretoria, South Africa but an international star. He is currently rated 4th best Blues guitarist in the world. Listening to his Introvertigo currently. Tomorrow night his album "Refection Kills" on vinyl!! Got it directly after the concert, and he signed on the centre label for me.

Hey ferret!

Thanks for that one, flipped through his discography......ended up adding ‘backside of paradise’ from Move my Soul. And ‘Shake the Cage’ from Perfection Kills to my playlist.
 
Maria Callas - Remastered

Maria Callas - Remastered (2014), Vinyl, Warner Classics, UK

Maria Callas - Remastered (Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Special Edition) | Discogs

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.53 dB -19.71 dB 4:27 01-Habanera (Bizet / Carmen)
DR9 -3.03 dB -18.14 dB 5:40 02-Casta Diva (Bellini / Norma)
DR11 -2.20 dB -18.61 dB 2:37 03-O mio babbino caro (Puccini / Gianni Schicchi)
DR9 -4.50 dB -18.93 dB 4:56 04-Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Catalani / La Wally)
DR8 -3.88 dB -19.62 dB 3:06 05-Ah, fors’è lui (Verdi / La traviata)
DR10 -4.67 dB -20.33 dB 3:57 06-Sempre libera (Verdi / La traviata)
DR11 -1.31 dB -16.92 dB 3:18 07-Vissi d’arte (Puccini / Tosca)
DR9 -4.51 dB -18.41 dB 4:47 08-Un bel dì vedremo (Puccini / Madama Butterfly)
DR10 -2.76 dB -18.13 dB 4:54 09-La mamma morta (Giordano / Andrea Chénier)
DR10 -3.15 dB -18.99 dB 3:27 10-Donde lieta uscì (Puccini / La bohème)
DR13 -2.53 dB -22.50 dB 6:21 11-Una voce poco fa (Rossini / Il barbiere di Siviglia)
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR10


CD, 2014

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Maria-Callas/dp/B00KSR46YQ/

Maria Callas, Various, __ - Callas Remastered (LP) - Amazon.com Music


I disagree with:

Poor vinyl quality

Clean sound from the vinyl. Should he have received a defective one.
 
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