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From: dsj@rabbit.UUCP (David S. Johnson @ )
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Subject: CD recommendations
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 01:53:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 01:53:43 1984
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In response to Greg Paley's call for CD recommendations, here
are a few:

	Copland (Fanfare, Rodeo, etc.) - Telarc
	Orff (Carmina Burana) - Telarc
	The Unknown Kurt Weill - Nonesuch
	Peter Gabriel "Security"

The selection from the Orff (on the Telarc sampler) was what made me
choose the REVOX player over the YAMAHA.  I could definitely hear
more room ambience with the former, and the latter sounded a little
harsh during loud passages (although this last may have been the fault
of the speakers I was listening through, which, although 6 feet tall
and visually impressive, were far too bright).

All these discs have audible "hall noise" (although Gabriel's is
mostly electronically generated), good stereo imaging, and as much depth
as I ever get out of my system (only two or three feet behind the
speakers, not the 10 or 12 feet Phil R. claims for his system).
None is "harsh" to my ears.  I have to admit, however, that one of
my major CD-related pleasures out of the last two comes from the
lack of surface noise, which to me has real musical benefits.
Without the distraction of that noise, I can almost imagine that
Teresa Stratas is singing the Weill in my living room, and the soft parts
of the Gabriel record come through in all their subtlety.  (This record
has a surprisingly wide dynamic range for rock, and spends a lot
of time at both ends, the loud end being mostly percussive, with great
transients.  I have the LP, and although it almost equals
the CD in transient response, the soft parts are buried in the surface
roar.)

David S. Johnson, AT&T Bell Laboratories