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Scoping software.(Brief Article)
As with my reviews in the previous issue, this column will be split into two sections: (1) sometimes lengthy SACD surround sound evaluations and (2) somewhat shorter standard compact disc reviews.
As I noted with that first series of reviews, Chesky has been loading me up with SACD recordings for some time, and the ones in this article will be nothing but Chesky releases. As with the earlier reviews, I made use of a Yamaha DVD-S1500 player for all of these evaluations. In my review of the $1500, I discussed surround-sound audio in general, particularly as it relates to SACD and DVD-A.
In this column, I will continue to analyze some current SACD releases in terms of their technical abilities (and sometimes their musical and performance qualities) and often compare them to the two-channel versions. As noted in the first paragraph, above, the second part ...
- Yamaha DVD-S1200 DVD player. (Equipment).
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Ferstler, Howard April 1, 2002 700+ words
...Manufacturer loan When I reviewed the Yamaha DVD-S795 DVD player back in issue 80...around test rack uses a DVD player. The Yamaha DVD-S1200 I am reviewing this time around...handle DVD-A. OK, this is where the Yamaha DVD-S1200 comes into play, because it...
- Yamaha DVD-S1500 DVD player.(Product/Service Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Ferstler, Howard July 1, 2005 700+ words
...involve the use of the player being reviewed here. Some of those will also critique the technology in general. I reviewed the Yamaha DVD-S795 DVD player back in issue 80 and reviewed the more upscale DVD-S1200 in issue 90. I liked them both, although I...
- Yamaha DVD-S795 DVD Player.
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Ferstler, Howard April 1, 2000 700+ words
...of the house, and it also does duty as a CD player. I also have a spare unit in storage, "just in case." Anyway, the Yamaha DVD-S795 is a terrific-looking device. It has a clean, functional-looking, well-laid-out front panel and its style...
- Pizzarelli, John: My Blue Heaven.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound July 1, 2005 700+ words
...frequencies. To be fair, neither are my middle system's Dunlavy Cantata speakers (which roll off below 35 Hz and are almost a dozen...with six-channel analog inputs, although players like the Yamaha DVD-$1500 I used can, at least with SACD material. (The...
- Music for Advent.
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound August 1, 2001 700+ words
...hall or small-church mode for the best sound. I also spent quite a bit of time listening to this item through a pair of Dunlavy Cantata speakers I had on hand to review, and the result was a two-channel paradigm of proper depth, focus, and detail.
- Baron, Christy: Retrospective.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound September 1, 2005 700+ words
...far off the listening-axis sweet spot. However, the main reason for the off-axis focus involves the nicely toed-in Dunlavy Cantata speaker arrangement in my middle system, which deliver a workable time/intensity soundstaging tradeoff. Other speaker...
- Scoping software.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Ferstler, Howard September 1, 2004 700+ words
...is morphed into a solid center feed, is flat response where it counts for good cello reproduction. My second system has Dunlavy Cantata main speakers (issue 87), and in order to get them to have flat middle-bass response in my newly refurbished and expanded...
- Handel, George F.: Renee Fleming.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound July 1, 2005 700+ words
...listened to from off axis somewhat, thanks to the time-intensity tradeoff created by the toed-in arrangement of the Dunlavy Cantata speakers. Notwithstanding the missing center feed, this is a state-of-the-art recording if there ever was one...
Source: HighBeam Research, Scoping software.(Brief Article)