| Author | Message | ||
| alembic_doctor
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 148 Registered: 8-2002 |
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
Senior Member Username: bob Post Number: 815 Registered: 11-2002 |
Not me. Maybe hifiguy can help - at the very least, he would know people who can. | ||
| adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1237 Registered: 6-2002 |
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
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1012 Registered: 10-2002 |
The dance of the knights from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet always gives my hi-fi speakers a good work out. graeme | ||
| paulman
Intermediate Member Username: paulman Post Number: 181 Registered: 2-2005 |
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
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 151 Registered: 8-2002 |
jacko & paulman Can you tell me what recordings those are? | ||
| hifiguy
Member Username: hifiguy Post Number: 68 Registered: 10-2006 |
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
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2053 Registered: 7-2004 |
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
Junior Username: jbybj Post Number: 46 Registered: 6-2006 |
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
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 152 Registered: 8-2002 |
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
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2054 Registered: 7-2004 |
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
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 153 Registered: 8-2002 |
what is the applicable statute of limitations? | ||
| crgaston
Advanced Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 341 Registered: 11-2005 |
Orff's "Carmina Burana" will do what you want quite nicely. | ||
| bracheen
Senior Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 1125 Registered: 11-2003 |
Almost anything would be scary at 120db. My first choice would be Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor. Sam | ||
| inthelows
Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 329 Registered: 11-2006 |
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
Intermediate Member Username: paulman Post Number: 183 Registered: 2-2005 |
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
Intermediate Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 156 Registered: 8-2002 |
Thanks for the recommendations guys. What was up with that video though? kinda freaky?!?!?!? | ||
| inthelows
Advanced Member Username: inthelows Post Number: 333 Registered: 11-2006 |
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 |
