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Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

59.0. "Telarc's Beethoven" by WHO::ADEY () Wed Dec 12 1984 09:08

Just bought the set of Beethoven's five piano concertos on Telarc last
night. The sound is absolutely superb. Just like your sitting in Symphony
Hall. The performances are very good by Rudolf Serkin, pianist, and Seiji
Ozawa and the BSO. I would highly recommend this set even at the $54 price,
which is only $10.80 per concerto. It seems the Telarc producers and engineers
take special care in what they do, and it shows (or is that sounds?) Their
CD of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture has an interesting little sticker on it;
it says 'CAUTION; DIGITAL CANONS'. Anybody have anything else on Telarc?

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
59.2		WHO::ADEY	`Wed Dec 12 1984 13:54`	3
	reply to .1 Where have you seen the sampler discs for $9?
59.4		LATOUR::RICHARDSON	`Wed Dec 12 1984 16:44`	10
	I have Copland's "Appalachian Spring", etc. on a Telarc CD - lovely sound! Also, Moussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition" (have that on vinyl too - we like to A/B the CD against the record for people who think they might buy a CD player - really impressive!), and the 1812 Overture. I think the "Danger - DIGITAL CANONS" is mostly hype, at least unless you like your music very very loud - you really could blow your midranges (anons are higher-pitched than you think), but your ears would go first. /Charlotte
59.5		MANANA::DICKSON	`Wed Dec 12 1984 16:49`	3
	Does it really say "digital canons" or does it say "digital cannons"? A nice pun, if true, although perhaps better applicable to something other than 1812.
59.6		ULTRA::HERBISON	`Wed Dec 12 1984 17:46`	10
	I am not sure what the label says, but the 1812 seems to be more of a problem to the woofers than to the midranges. My housemate has played the TELARC 1812 at high volumes several times (my CD, his Infinity 1.0 speakers) and the woofers are the part of the speakers which start moving from side to side when the volume gets to high instead of just in and out. Needless to say, he had his hand on the volume control when trying this out and the volume was reduced quickly when he saw this. B.J.
59.7		PICA::HIDER	`Thu Dec 13 1984 12:15`	9
	[re .2] I got mine at Rockit Records in South Nashua (NH) for $9.99 each. [re .0] How many disks are in that set? (the Beethoven). ..Paul.
59.8		LATOUR::RICHARDSON	`Thu Dec 13 1984 16:22`	1
	Excuse any and all typos - this terminal has a sticky keyboard. /Charlotte
59.9		WHO::ADEY	`Fri Dec 14 1984 09:14`	15
	rep to .7 The five concertos are contained on 3 discs, and are banded as follows; disc 1: concerto #3 concerto #1 1st movement disc 2: concerto #2 concerto #4 disc 3: concerto #1 conclusion concerto #5
59.10		MKTGSG::LACHARITE	`Tue Dec 18 1984 12:36`	7
	re .1 I hate to tell you this but I bought the same discs at TWEETER in Nashua and paid after their preferred customer discount $38 and change. I agree they are excellent recordings and worth either price but I am happy I paid the lower. Mark..
59.11		WHO::ADEY	`Tue Dec 18 1984 15:28`	4
	re .10 Thanks.....by the way, what was the regular price of the set, and do you know what Tweeter's normal price is for Telarc CD's, and how is their selection?
59.12		PICA::HIDER	`Tue Dec 18 1984 20:53`	12
	[re .10] When did you get them from Tweeter in Nashua? I called last week, Nashua and Manchester, and neither had them, do they have some in now? [re .11] Tweeter's price on Telarcs is $16.96, they have one of the better selections of Telars that I've seen. They carry a few other labels, Sheffield Labs, etc. Not a big selection by any means, but good... ..Paul.
59.13		MKTGSG::LACHARITE	`Thu Dec 20 1984 09:43`	11
	re .11 Their regular price for the set was $45 and individual Telarc are $20. However, if you ask for the discount of 15% you will probably get it (16.99/single). I only recently have started to buy CDs and don't know if these are good or bad prices. Compared to Lechmere and Strawberrys these prices are competitive. Tweeter only carries Telarc, Denos??, and one other which I can't remember. Good luck! Mark..
59.14		REGINA::PAPPAS	`Mon Dec 24 1984 00:03`	5
	I bought the Telarc sampler #1 for 9.00 at the electric gramaphone in Sudbury. I do not own a CD player yet (sob) but I bought it as a music source to bring around with me while I choose new stereo equipment. It will probably the the best 9.00 I have ever spent.
59.15		XENON::MUNYAN	`Mon Dec 31 1984 12:43`	6
	I was at Tweeter in Shrewsbury on Thursday and they had quite a large selection of at least 30-40 Telarc discs. Steve Since I don't own a CD player (yet!) I didn't ask the price.
59.16		BEAGLE::SWARD	`Mon Feb 11 1985 08:18`	6
	Back to the original subject.. Try Harold Moores in UK. I was there two weeks ago and they sold the set for 33 pounds. And they ship it free of charges. Well worth the price. >>>Peter
59.17		OBLIO::WADE	`Tue Feb 12 1985 13:15`	2
	I go the set at Electric Gramophone in Sudbury for $39, his regular price. paul
59.18		NEXUS::ROLLOW	`Sun Apr 07 1985 22:19`	22
	The Digital Cannons: To really appreciate what the Telarc 1812 CD can do to your speakers, find a copy of the records and look towards the end of the 1812. You will see a 'jag' in the groove. This is the beginning of the last cannon blast. Some of the reverberations of that blast go down to 6 Hz. Some speakers will probably never come close to reproducing that particular vibration. Which might be fortunate for the speaker. What is mostly likely to happen is that the power required to reproduce that frequency will force you many watt amplifer into its distortion range. When that distortion hits the speaker at that volumn.... Oh, by the way... If you are still into good turntables, the 'Jag' at the end of the Telarc 1812 is a good test of a turntables tracking ability. I know mine can handle it... Alan
59.19		TRIVIA::MUNYAN	`Mon Apr 08 1985 18:17`	11
	Re: .18 I just picked up the Telarc Omni Disc. That has the 1812 cannon shots repeated 4 times. Each time 2db louder than the previous sections. That's really a good test of your turntable, amp and speakers. My system handled it perfectly. Frankly I'm both pleased and pleasantly surprised that my old college receiver could handle it. Steve
59.20		CRVAX1::KAPLOW	`Mon Apr 08 1985 19:54`	6
	My current turntable and cartridge (Mitsubishi? LT-5, Ortofon LM30) is good enough to track it. My old set ($50 BSR crapola) was so bad that it too would track it, as only a >7 earthquake would be noticed! It sounded like %$&^*%& thou. It IS a good way to blow your speakers thou. Keep the volume turned way down on this baby, or plan on replacing your speakers afterwards.