craigl59
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| The RME ADI 2-DAC 32Bit/768kHz BTW, they have gone up in price $100 in the last couple of months. Synthax told me that was not a price increase but, rather, the result of less favorable exchange rates with the Euro.RME's other products are controlled by a computer interface cal... | |
| The RME ADI 2-DAC 32Bit/768kHz luxmancl38:Have been using this since it came out; got one of the first units from Synthax in FL.It is superb, period. Have been using RME products in the studio since the 1990s and have most of their offerings. This home variation of the ADI-2 Pr... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Superb response, learsfool; thanks. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts vs the competition.... kristofa:They are overlong (16" W X 30" L) bases with a 1/8" plywood support (16" W X 32" H) screwed at right angles to the back end of the base. On the front of this right angle (speaker facing), one sheet of 1" chair foam batting and two sheets ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados learsfool:Yes, you are correct -- the Schumann notes say "horns with three rotary valves crooked in F." BTW, we learned as musicologists that Brahms was the last major composer to specify natural horns -- and did so when most others were moving to... | |
| Audio Reviewers & The Music They Use In Their Reviews You must be reading different reviews than me -- most of what I read emphasizes pop, rock, and jazz. Classical music is usually there but is becoming increasingly less common.And I agree with phomchick that classical is significantly more difficul... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados rvpiano:Lang Lang's 2013 recording of the Bartok 2nd proves your point. It also shows that Sony is recording well in the post-SACD world. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert and rvpiano:Concerning BernsteinWas a music student, then professor in the 60s-80s. At that time, Bernstein was #1 on the orchestral heap and each of his recordings was an event by itself. Listened to all of them when they first came out.... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados learsfool brings up wind concertos and just this last week listened to multiple performances of the Copland Clarinet Concerto -- always a favorite.Was surprised by the fact that all three performances were superb. Rarely have I found a concerto th... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados learsfool:Welcome to the thread and congratulations on being a professional on what is, assuredly, the most "unpredictable" of instruments.My favorite horn piece has always been the Schumann Konzertstuck and recently found a recording with natural... | |
| What will become of my beloved CDs? glupson:Well, I have a vintage Oppo BDP-83 (garaged of course) that has had its value increase dramatically because of Oppo's demise. Don't think it has SACD, though.My two main sound systems are video-based on Oppo Darbee players and when they di... | |
| What will become of my beloved CDs? glupson:No wind-up players but have taken a large 2 car garage and slimmed it down to one single car space with industrial shelves for the old stuff. AND, YES, have over 30 boxes of nothing but cables (carefully organized...). Have built several s... | |
| What will become of my beloved CDs? glupson:Speaking of Bose, I also have a pair of fairly new 901s in the garage and I'm not getting rid of them, either. They are the most hated speaker in the world while, at the same time, having the longest production run. I know many classical m... | |
| What will become of my beloved CDs? Elizabeth:As someone who has 25 or so music blu-rays, can second your assessment of their marginal value. In the classical field they have perished a quick death because of high production costs and low sales. The best I have are the Chailly Mahle... | |
| What will become of my beloved CDs? glupson:Have a like-new Minidisc player in the garage where it has been for years. My entire collection of minidisks consists of the Brandenburg concertos.It was another of Sony's high quality efforts that had uncorrected design issues and was all... |