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alembic_doctor
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Username: alembic_doctor

Post Number: 148
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 3:25 pm:   Edit Post

Hey folks.

I want to get a copy of Vagner - Ride Of The Valkyries. But, I want to find the absolute best recording possible. Any of you Audiophiles got a good idea? Bob?

I want a recording that is worthy of being test material for the PA systems we design and install. I want a recording that will scare people when played at 120dB.
bob
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Username: bob

Post Number: 815
Registered: 11-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 9:22 pm:   Edit Post

Not me. Maybe hifiguy can help - at the very least, he would know people who can.
adriaan
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Post Number: 1237
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:33 am:   Edit Post

When searching, you might try spelling the composer's name with a W.

Back in the days when they were trying to convince people to move from vinyl to CD, there were lots of demo CDs with loud bits of music around.

For much the same effect, why not play Mötörhead/The Ace of Spades? Wagner isn't exactly the most refined of composers.
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 1012
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5:02 am:   Edit Post

The dance of the knights from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet always gives my hi-fi speakers a good work out.

graeme
paulman
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Post Number: 181
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 7:45 am:   Edit Post

Try to find a copy of Bedrich Smetana's "Bartered Bride Overture". It's rich with dynamic themes.

One of my faves to crank up and float to.
alembic_doctor
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Username: alembic_doctor

Post Number: 151
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 8:56 am:   Edit Post

jacko & paulman

Can you tell me what recordings those are?
hifiguy
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Post Number: 68
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 12:48 pm:   Edit Post

My favorite Wagner conductors are the old-school guys - Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter. Don't know how much of their stuff is available on CD. I've got it all on LP :-)

Georg Solti's Wagner is consistently first rate as well.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2053
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 12:55 pm:   Edit Post

Doc wrote : "I want a recording that will scare people when played at 120dB."

I'd find out which version was being blasted out of the helicopter mounted speakers in Apocalypse Now. Sure scared people. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Smells .. like ... victory! Charlie don't surf.

Bill, tgo
jbybj
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Username: jbybj

Post Number: 46
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:14 pm:   Edit Post

If you are looking for dynamic range and dramatic effect, I used to scare people with the main title from the first Batman movie, by that Elfman fella. It starts out really really quiet and builds to quite a crescendo. Not very high-falootin I know, but very effective.
alembic_doctor
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Username: alembic_doctor

Post Number: 152
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 1:30 pm:   Edit Post

Oh Man I forgot about the Batman Theme. That is an awesome piece.

hifiguy: All my best stuff is on vinyl as well. But, it's really hard to keep the tone arm from jumping about 6" when the mains are at 120dB and the subs are easily hittin' 132dB on kick drum hits. Not to mention what it would do to the vinyl. I don't think LAST has a product that would fix that.


Kilgore: If I say its safe to surf this beach Captain, then its safe to surf this beach. I mean I'm not afraid to surf this place, I'll surf this whole place!
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 2054
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 2:30 pm:   Edit Post

Doc:

If you're looking for something that starts quiet and then gets quite powerful, you might want to check out Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Symphony version of Also Sprach Zarathusta (the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey"). Many's the time (well beyond the applicable statute of limitations) that I closed my eyes and was swept away by this piece while listening on cranked headphones after a session of consciousness raising. Those were the days!

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. It's my nightmare.

Bill, tgo
alembic_doctor
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Username: alembic_doctor

Post Number: 153
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 2:42 pm:   Edit Post

what is the applicable statute of limitations?
crgaston
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Username: crgaston

Post Number: 341
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 7:35 pm:   Edit Post

Orff's "Carmina Burana" will do what you want quite nicely.
bracheen
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Username: bracheen

Post Number: 1125
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 8:44 am:   Edit Post

Almost anything would be scary at 120db. My first choice would be Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor.

Sam
inthelows
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Username: inthelows

Post Number: 329
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 8:54 am:   Edit Post

Ride it is.
Just for fun.

wagner-ride of the valkyries

Bill, I know it's no snail but the the guy with horns jumping around is freaking me out man. Can I borrow the straight razor? He needs a shave!
Thanks.
NLP

(Message edited by inthelows on January 27, 2007)
paulman
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Username: paulman

Post Number: 183
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 7:06 am:   Edit Post

Just a $.02, in case there are any Chicago or Milwaukee residents on the board.

Tonight WFMT 98.7 is doing a "thing" on Wagner's Ring Cycle.
alembic_doctor
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Username: alembic_doctor

Post Number: 156
Registered: 8-2002
Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 11:08 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks for the recommendations guys. What was up with that video though? kinda freaky?!?!?!?
inthelows
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Username: inthelows

Post Number: 333
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 5:47 pm:   Edit Post

Sorry for the over-the-top presentation.
I know the vid was out there but it had one of the better arrangements. Gotta love some of the German videos. Low budget and simple works!
I thought you might download the sound track as a test bed to see if it worked better than anti-aircraft fire at 120db's.
LOL
NLP

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