Originally Posted by
bigbossman
RE: the 1812 Overture - Telemarc issued a digital copy in the late 80's that was a big speaker killer, and the acid test for how good your stuff really was.
That be the one, though it was called Telarc, I think. I was a 25-year old freshman 9-10 days off of Okinawa, a former Staff Sergeant, taking Music Appreciation because it was required. I bought three Telarc samplers and they had 95% of the music we had to memorize.
I took the CD to friend near Camp Lejuene who had Carver amps and KEF speakers. When played at the "ambient" level of about 12 watts, the cannons hit 622 watts. The Cleveland Phil used actual cannons, as did many during that era.
I still have the CD, but no player. The M-1 amps take the mp3 file "in stride," as do the Klipsch's.
The mp3 limits the overall range, I think.