cpdunn99
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| Ever gone from seperates to an integrated? There are very worthy integrateds, including those by Plinius and Naim. | |
| New $500 "best" phono stage? As Caterham says, the new Dynavector is supposed to be excellent. A Linn dealer friend has it in his Linn/ATC system and says it's fantastic. Going to hear it myself in the next couple of weeks. | |
| Anyone still do insightful or intelligent lyrics? Definitely Dylan, as someone else mentioned. "Love and Theft" is, like most of Dylan's songs, full of intelligent, challenging, and imaginative lyrics.The only other person, IMHO, who writes intelligently (and emotionally) is the much unheraled To... | |
| HELP Best Interconnect for LINN Karin Pro/Pre-amp I suggest you look at the cables from The Chord Co. | |
| Norah's new album,,FEB 9th. Can she do it again??? I have a copy of Norah's version of Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight." It's unremarkable. There is some nice instrumental work on her first CD, which is the only reason I listen to it. As others have said, I WANT to like her, but each song is pr... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... I agree with Gliderguider.... if Laphroig does it for you, Lagavulin will do it even more! And Talisker is great introduction, too, to top flight single malts. | |
| Classical fans, I need advice I agree with Bomarc that you might like Hahn's Beethoven Violin Concerto. For a historical version other than Heifitz (is Perlman in that category yet?!), there's Schneiderhan with Jochum conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (it's on DG). | |
| Classical fans, I need advice Vedric,You are getting lots of good advice here! In your original post, you refer to works for soloist and full orchestra and repeat what you read on Amazon; namely, that many recordings of these pieces are done by 'name' soloists and 'name' orche... | |
| The Chord Co. Yes, I got yer drift, Lugnut! I've been in touch with the fellow at RidgeStreet, and that is another route I'm looking into. As for the DIY, that's another, and cheaper, option. I have a DIY powercord in my system, which I like a lot, but have nev... | |
| The Chord Co. Thanks, Lugnut, for your views. They do seem to be relatively inexpensive, so I might give them a try. I'm curious as to why you think they might not be a match for my system. I'm trying to rid this rig of a slight darkness, which I attribute in p... | |
| Favorite Performances of Russian Compositions There is some great Russian music coming out on the Regis label, performed by both Russian and Ukrainian artists and orchestras.For "mainstream," one of my favorites continues to be Pletnev's recording of Mussorgksy's "Pictures." It's on Virgin. | |
| Favorite Performances of Russian Compositions Martha Argerich's recording is usually held up as the definitive version, I do agree with the positive statements regarding Graffman's version.Another one I like is hard to find, but is Garrick Ohlsson's first place performance at the 1966 Busoni ... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings Really? A MAC truck? Hmmm... I've found him (in live performance, at least) to be rather sensitive and humble. However, I can imagine the MAC truck analogy being applied to his "Pictures from and Exhibition," although I might also call it "magiste... | |
| Record sleeves? I'll have to check out all the shops around here to see if any have some left... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Gliderguider... yer makin' me thirsty, lad! A liquor store here (Chicago area) is offering Macallan verticals (1930'ish to to the present) for sale for about $40,000. |