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| Shostakovich string quartets recommendation Birdies-- I too had the pleasure of seeing them live. They did the John Adams quartet dedicated to them and the Beethoven C# quartet as well as a Haydn quartet. I was disappointed that they did not do one of the Shostakovich quartets instead of th... | |
| Shostakovich string quartets recommendation I can comment on two complete cycles. The Fitzwilliam is good but the sonics are dated. The Quaruor Daniel are wonderfully recorded, but the performances are just a bit too polished or polite for my tastes.Not a complete cycle, but I wholeheartedl... | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! I'm going to limit my choices to recordings of recent vintage. You can assume that all of the recommendations will meet all three of your criteria. First, I'd recommend all of Fabio Luisi's recordings on Sony with the Staatskapelle Dresden. Especi... | |
| Classical Music: A How-To Guide for Beginners The place to start is with classical radio. This is so easy in these days of streaming audio. Most major cities have classical music stations. This will be the easiest way to expose yourself to a wide range of the most loved compositions. Just lis... | |
| Vandersteen 2C vs. Klipsch Cornwall I've heard both speakers a grand total of once each. Walked away from the Vandies saying I could live with these and walked away from the Cornwalls saying yuck, no way. For what its worth. | |
| Cambridge Audio 840C Sorry, that should have read "about two years." | |
| Cambridge Audio 840C I have had an 840C for about years, and the DAC's in mine are the same ones specified for the player on the Cambridge website. I subscribe to Stereophile and didn't see a review on the 840C, nor is there any reference to such a review on the Cambr... | |
| Why did I get married? Whining yes, whining about my music, no. One of the things my first marriage taught me was what I could and couldn't put up with and what my spouse would need to tolerate. Football and music were 1a and 1b on that latter list. I pretty much knew I... | |
| Maggies a waste if only 3' from backwall? Maybe a few more words will provide some clarification. Maggies are dipoles. It is my understanding that the back firing wave will cancel out the front firing wave on low frequencies if the speakers are set too close to the back wall. While the 20... | |
| Maggies a waste if only 3' from backwall? I have 1.6QRs in a 14 x 19 x 8 room with plush carpeting over hardwood floors and drywall walls. I've had to deaden the walls behind the speakers, especially the corners, to remediate excessive brightness and address slap echo. My speakers are out... | |
| New Magnepan 1.7 R Woohoo! This is indeed pretty exiting. I took delivery on my 1.6's 11 years ago yesterday and have only very recently got the itch for an upgrade, although every other component in my system has been replaced several times since then. You have to ... | |
| Anyone use the tweeter attenuation on Maggies? I use Auralex in the corners. If you already have some of these, it might be worth moving them to the corners instead of the bass traps. I have the corners treated floor to ceiling. I could not live with my 1.6s without the corners treated. Even w... | |
| Anyone use the tweeter attenuation on Maggies? I don't use tweeter attenuation, but I do find it necessary to deaden the corners behind the speakers. The room is about 8'x 17'x 22' and is carpeted with absorbant sofa and loveseat. The speakers are about 4.5' out from the back wall. Corner trea... | |
| 5 must have classical recordings Its tough getting into classical because of the bewildering number on Composers, compositions, and interpretations. One way to get started is to do some internet listening to a good station. There are many, but my favorite is WCLV. I tend to point... | |
| Symphony box set recommendations For Bruckner, I would go with Jochum's Dresden recordings. For me, no one else ever really consistently got Bruckner right. It is my opinion that no other composer's work suffers more from poor interpretation than Bruckner. I haven't heard enough ... |