Search - Sergey Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Jorge Mester :: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

PROFOUND 360 degree audio! Like NOTHING you've heard before!

MichaelJohn | USA | 01/15/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"PREPARE FOR AN AUDIO EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER CD!This is a very good performance, but what makes this recording a must have is the very unique binaural recording process. In fact, this is probably the only binaural recording of all CD's for sale at amazon.com! (as of this post on 2/15/2000) What is binaural? ...Binaural recordings are very rare and very unique. But in my opinion, binaural is the BEST way to record live music. Why? Because binaural captures the exact audio of a live event in 100 percent natural 360 degree audio. To hear the binaural effect properly you must wear headphones while listening to this CD. And when you do, in effect, you will 'be there' like no other audio technolgy can offer. In fact, I'd say binuaral is far superior than Dolby or any other 3D technology.When listening with headphones, thanks to the binaural recording technique, you will hear every instrument in every location exactly as they really are- the perspective is incredible. You can detect the exact distance and location of each musician. This is an UNBELIEVABLE experience! This is 1000 times better than listening to standard recordings, because when you listen to a standard recording with headphones all of the sound is located within your head, a field of depth of about 7 inches. But with this recording all of the sounds appear outside your head in their proper locations. For example, when the trumpet has a solo you detect the exact location of the trumpet in the brass section, about 20-30 feet to the middle-right. It's amazing. But what makes this so even more incredible is that by hearing the exact locations of each group of instruments, in their proper orchestral positions, exactly as performed, you hear the music 1000 times better as the composer intended it. This is what makes it so incredible. To hear the instruments in the locations where they are suppose to be makes the music come alive like no artificial mixing board can do. I am hoping binaural recordings will become the new standard. In fact, I beleive Telarc has recently made their first binaural recording and that Naxos has made some too. If more classical music was available in binarual, I would be buying a lot more of it!"

An Interesting CD

Karl W. Nehring | Ostrander, OH USA | 08/08/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I picked this recording up out of curiosity (and it must have been big-time curiosity, because the thing cost me $25!) about the binaural process. Playing it first through my speakers (Legacy Focus at that time), I thought it sounded pretty good--a bit closed in, but natural in timbre and quite pleasant overall. I next borrowed a set of the top-of-the-line Grado headphones, the SR-325 ($295) and spent some time listening that way. Try as I might to lock in on a convincing virtual-concert-hall experience, it never quite happened for me. Yes, the binaural recording did sound more natural than the regular two-channel recordings when listening with headphones, but it never did get me quite where I hoped it would take me--to a convincing illusion of the concert hall. Still, this is a nice recording, but I can't help but believe that most audiophiles would be better served by picking up the Oue Rite on Reference Recordings or the Ashkenazy Dances on London for more spectacular sound through loudspeakers. For those who enjoy headphone listening, however, this CD deserves a solid recommendation."