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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #70 on: April 08, 2014, 06:50:03 PM »
Quote from: Kunlun on March 23, 2014, 11:57:44 PM
Any other must-have recordings or tracks for using to see how audio gear performs?

What recordings do you use to gauge upper treble? Thinking more about extension.



For treble extension, nothing I know of beats the Barber "Adagio for Strings." I use the Bergen Philharmonic recording.  If you can find the old Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy recording, that might be an even better test; I remember it sounding really shrill on my 1970s HK receiver and Senn HD 414s.

For treble extension and transient response, I usually go to bluegrass.  One of my go-to evaluation tracks is a 96/24 vinyl rip of "Macedonia," from the Strength in Numbers album "The Telluride Sessions."  Fiddle and mandolin in unison, way up the fingerboard.
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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #71 on: April 09, 2014, 03:56:28 AM »
Burns, did that Mozart Requiem from that Scottish troupe come out yet?
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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #72 on: April 09, 2014, 07:55:35 AM »
Quote from: OJneg on April 08, 2014, 05:25:13 PM
So Wtf actually happened with the TekFX booth at the meet? Their owner (?) just posted an apology on the HF thread.
I did not leave my table, so all this is hearsay...

But Warren told me that the guy they had at the TechFX table was smoking weed all day and he could not handle his weed. Apparently he was yelling at people and generally being crazy. They ended up telling people not to worry about the TechFX table for the raffle since the guy was being such a dick.
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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #73 on: April 09, 2014, 08:11:06 AM »
Quote from: Out Of Your Head on April 09, 2014, 07:55:35 AM
Quote from: OJneg on April 08, 2014, 05:25:13 PM
So Wtf actually happened with the TekFX booth at the meet? Their owner (?) just posted an apology on the HF thread.
I did not leave my table, so all this is hearsay...

But Warren told me that the guy they had at the TechFX table was smoking weed all day and he could not handle his weed. Apparently he was yelling at people and generally being crazy. They ended up telling people not to worry about the TechFX table for the raffle since the guy was being such a dick.


Holy shit was that it?  I thought he was actually mentally handicapped!  I guess he was in a way.  I said to myself, that's cool someone had enough faith in this guy to let him handle all this gear. 
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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #74 on: April 09, 2014, 04:35:41 PM »
i got a pic. it must be the same guy.

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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #75 on: April 09, 2014, 05:15:08 PM »
That's him!
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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #76 on: April 09, 2014, 05:50:32 PM »
Who wouldn't want to try the Blue Hawaii + SR009 when baked?
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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #77 on: April 09, 2014, 06:01:03 PM »
Quote from: marvey on April 09, 2014, 03:56:28 AM
Burns, did that Mozart Requiem from that Scottish troupe come out yet?

Yes it did.  I bought the 192/24 ALAC file from Linn Records (same price as 96/24--go figure).  I've only had time to listen to it once, but on first hearing I really liked it.
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Re: March 2014 OC Meet Pirate Impressions
« Reply #78 on: April 10, 2014, 04:40:39 AM »
Quote from: justin w. on April 09, 2014, 04:35:41 PM
i got a pic. it must be the same guy.


I even asked the dude if he was alright. He answered something like he'd been doing this for 2 days or something. I almost offered him the bag of chips I was carrying around from lunch since it looked like he needed it more than I did.
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