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| Classical Music for Aficionados The focus by Schubert and others on chamber music reminds me that a number of critics and many classical music aficionados consider the Schubert String Quintet, Op. 163, D. 956, also known as Schubert’s Cello Quintet, to be the single greatest pie... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Charles1dad 12-10-2017 I particularly like cello and piano duets and would appreciate all recommendations of this type. Charles, cellist Janos Starker and pianist Gyorgy Sebok recorded three Bach sonatas (S. 1027, S. 1028, and S.1029, which may a... | |
| Filter Slope Question The PEQ3 version of the plate amp, which is the version that is supplied as standard with this sub, provides an LFE input which removes the sub’s filter from the signal path. Have you considered purchasing that version?Also, when providing bass ma... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Great thread idea, RV, and thanks for starting it. Also, kudos to Ghosthouse for suggesting the idea in your "Do classical CDs made from early analog tapes sound better on your system than new CDs?” thread.A strong +1 re your mention of the Horens... | |
| My apologies_Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7's? George, not that it matters all that much, but it appears the statement you quoted about the amp providing 675 WPC into 4 ohms in stereo mode (which is from a TAS review) is probably taken from marketing literature, and conflicts with the independ... | |
| Do classical CDs made from early analog tapes sound better on your system than new CDs? Unfortunately I don't think such a thread exists here, Ghosthouse. The thread entitled "What's On Your Turntable Tonight" has had some good discussions and recommendations of classical recordings at times over the years, although less frequently ... | |
| Somehow I've got myself a "WTF" dilema with my newly setup Turntable. HELP! Great call, Rhljazz!FWIW, in most situations in which an LOMC gain setting is inadvertently used with a high output cartridge, I would expect the symptom to be severe distortion on musical peaks, caused by clipping in either the phono stage or the... | |
| Somehow I've got myself a "WTF" dilema with my newly setup Turntable. HELP! Although some of the reported observations seem inconsistent with the possibility of a polarity reversal in one channel (which could conceivably result from a miswire in the new turntable, or even a miswire within the cartridge itself), to be cert... | |
| Somehow I've got myself a "WTF" dilema with my newly setup Turntable. HELP! Strange problem indeed.Is the phono stage new (to you), as well as the turntable? In other words, has this problem always been present since you started using the phono stage? If so, although I can’t formulate a complete explanation at this point,... | |
| Do classical CDs made from early analog tapes sound better on your system than new CDs? ... in my case Brahms 4 is my absolute favorite followed closely by 1 and Schubert 9 All are great works, of course, and literally in the case of Schubert’s 9th :-)(For those reading this who may not be particularly knowledgeable about classical m... | |
| Do classical CDs made from early analog tapes sound better on your system than new CDs? I can't imagine that you would be disappointed in either recording, Charles :-) Simply put, both recordings are magnificent performances of magnificent music engineered with magnificent sonics! Like Len ("Schubert"), Brahms' Symphony No. 1 is on... | |
| Phono Stage Recommendation $3000 Rather than limiting your range of choices by looking for a phono stage providing two LOMC inputs, you might consider choosing a phono stage providing one LOMC input and one MM input, and using the MM input in conjunction with a SUT.The combinatio... | |
| Singers do not sing the language they speak Well, countless opera singers, of course.Also, I've read that Connie Francis recorded in something like 15 different languages.Regards,-- Al | |
| My apologies_Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7's? George, yes I saw that figure in the review of the MC275 V. First, that figure is based on the 16 ohm tap (!), which per JA’s measurements has an output impedance of 0.87 ohms, which is well over twice as much as the 0.33 ohm output impedance of t... | |
| My apologies_Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7's? Regarding the degree to which the OP’s MC275 VI may be a less than optimal match for Wilson speakers, while I have no directly relevant experience I suspect the reason some consider that to be a significant issue is in most cases NOT related to th... |