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| Do well-intentioned people move your speakers? I had my bulding super recently come over to inspect the air conditioning and while I turned away, he moved the right speaker. Why he did it is still unknown to me as there was more than enough space to come through. I wanted to kill him though. A... | |
| Please help with speaker choices If you have Focals now and like them, you may want to give Wilson Sophia 2 a listen. Also, Dynaudio may be a candidate, both in floor standing speakers and monitors. SF Cremonas have a very laid back type of presentation, plus they like power....I... | |
| New to dac/cd transport concept I had a Bel Canto DAC2 that I really liked. I have compared it with a Marantz 8260 and the DAC2 was better. Only reason I did not recommend the DAC2 is I don't know what their market value would be right now and I am not sure you would obtain one ... | |
| New to dac/cd transport concept Ghost, may be. Something like this? http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1190270541Check these on e-bay as well.... | |
| Suggestions for Classical Piano "works of merit" Psacanli, something else to check out, unless you already heard these:Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 and 2 with Riccardo Chailly and Nelson Freire.Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 on EMI with Mikhail Rudy and Mariss Jansons. This cd also con... | |
| When cleaning vinyl - what to use for I use LAST Power Cleaner w/LAST brushes to initially clean the LP then store it in a brand new MoFi sleeve. Then each side gets washed on the TT before playing using Discwasher D4 with Discwasher brush. To clean the stylus I use Onzow Zerodust.See... | |
| Best recording / performance Dvorak Cello conc. I picked up Rostropovich/Karajan on DG and everyone who said this version is better than the Rostropovich/Giulini, is 100% correct. These 2 are not even in the same league. Karajan makes this concerto come to life. Giulini is simply boring in comp... | |
| What is/are your the most favourite composer s ? Don't know how and why, but I forgot to mention Tchaikovsky in my prior post. | |
| What is/are your the most favourite composer s ? decided to bring this one back to life........Mendehlsonn(especially the violin concerto w/Heifetz), Beethoven, Schumann, Bruckner(symphonies, selectively), Bruch(violin concertos), Brahms, Dvorak(everything), Puccini, Mahler(all symphonies), Elga... | |
| shock/fire hazard with DAC? Well, I saw your other thread and assume you are talking about Lite DAC AH. Anyway, if the unit is properly assembled, then you should be fine. However, there are battery powered DACs if you are interested.http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dg... | |
| Solid State and Glass Pass/Calypso Check out this discussionAnyway, if you consider spending $4500, you will do better than Calypso if you get a used preamp. Audio Research Ref2 and BAT VK51SE come to mind and are around the same $4500 price point, used. | |
| Noise Destoyer Power Conditioner I will admit I have not tried this Noise Destroyer.But, it sounds strange to me that it would improve your audio and video if the ND is plugged into Hydra8. By the time current gets to it, it had already passed through all the internals of the Hyd... | |
| A More Forward Sound Stage/ Cables the answer? AZ Matrix Ref II will be around 85% performance of the Silver Ref II. Detailed, brings the mids out and excellent separation of instruments. Matrix II should be really good with Satori speaker cables. I had this combo and it was very nice. In the ... | |
| A More Forward Sound Stage/ Cables the answer? By having speakers as far as possible from the front wall you are actually increasing the soundstage depth.you can bring the stage forward a bit by reducing the distance between the speakers and the wall, if that's possible. Also, by getting cable... | |
| Best recording / performance Dvorak Cello conc. Doug, thanks! These guys are a bit harsh. I haven't heard the live recording of the Dvorak with Celibidache and can't really comment about this recording.Du Pre was certainly a unique musician and her playing is not to everyone's taste. Next recor... |