CD: John Williams Movie Magic (only 2 mics from the conductor's perspective)

[A24 4,336]

 

 

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[Erik Woods 555]

Audiophile? The album sounds REALLY muddy and distant. 

 

-Erik-

[BB-8 3,478]

On 12/05/2023 at 6:43 PM, AC1 said:

 

 

Website:

 

https://theaudiophilesociety.com/collections/albums/products/john-williams-movie-magic-steven-mercurio-the-czech-national-symphony-orchestra-digital-download

 

They had two mics in Milan...

[A24 4,336]

44 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

 

They had two mics in Milan...

 

Sounds weird, doesn't it?

 

[thx99 1,740]

1 hour ago, Erik Woods said:

Audiophile? The album sounds REALLY muddy and distant. 

 

-Erik-

 

Agree!! The flutes in E.T. are barely audible! And even though there’s no choir for “Hymn…”, you can hear the conductor(?) vocalizing along at times.

[MrJosh 892]

Sounds super weird. I had the 'visible confusion Obi-Wan' face while listening to the samples. 

 

[ciarlese 250]

8 hours ago, BB-8 said:

 

They had two mics in Milan...

I could clearly see six at least.

[artguy360 1,843]

Interesting listening experience but not my preferred mix for listening to these JW classics.

[King Mark 3,631]

I'm not convinced either

[Jurassic Shark 12,077]

Audiophile muddiness!

[bollemanneke 3,348]

1. WTF is this?

2. Since when do we perform isolated score material? (HP1).

3. The woodwinds are horrendous.

[ciarlese 250]

I have listened a few bits of this today for the first time and I am surprised to say that I like it...

 

[bigjimwilson 256]

This sounds..... bobbins. 

 

Sure, I can admire the approach and ethos and intention.... but erm, it didn't work!

[mstrox 6,651]

I think they accidentally put one of the microphones in the toilet down the hall 

[GerateWohl 4,370]

But now we can feel with the poor conductors who always hear these pieces in that way.