edcyn
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| Lieder anyone? I got my share of lieder on my shelves. I whistle/hum/yodel several lieder tunes when I drive my car...like Schubert's "Im Frueling." I love Ellie Ameling. It doesn't matter what tune she's singing. I even dig Schoenberg's Gurrelieder. What can I... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I might have already mentioned this work somewhere in this thread, but try Symphony No. 1 by Florence Price. Available on Idagio in a surprisingly good-sounding recording on DGG. She's an African-American composer who worked in the early 20th Cent... | |
| Celestion SL6S My tale involves my SL600's, not the SL6. I found them to be a bit bright, even with my Quicksilver Mono Amps. String tone was always just a tad thin. I also somehow managed to kill two tweeters. Luckily, my dealer was able to install replacement... | |
| Alphason 100S tonearm tracking force adjustment dover -- been there. Tried that twice. Each time they lose my identity and request that I sign up for them again. Yeah, the digital age intrudes on the analog age. Either that or they’re on to me. | |
| Alphason 100S tonearm tracking force adjustment By cracky, did I just find the tiny allen screw on the side of the counterweight that, when loosened, might allow me to adjust the force? Do I dare to eat a peach? | |
| Alphason 100S tonearm tracking force adjustment Thanks. I have yet to give it a go because it's not absolutely 100% clear what the thimble exactly is. Is it the black end-piece that fastens the counterweight to the arm? An educated guess at best. Is there a Brit on this website who might give m... | |
| CD transport vs.streaming rvpiano -- Hey, we’re bruddahs! I got a CXN v2, too, a replacement for my now recycle-binned Mytek. Not quite as 3D as the Mytek was, but the tonality is wonderful. And it seems to work, too.😂 I’m listening happy to an Idagio stream of Stravinsky’... | |
| What does the word audiogon even mean? I like the name of this website. The "gon" lends a touch of class, gravitas and science to our wretched, pocket-emptying hobby. 😎 | |
| Your method for discovering great music. As bdp24 sayeth... | |
| Guys talking about a Led Balloon I remember when the first Led Zeppelin album was released. It got no end of snide, nasty write-ups. A couple days after the reviews came out, one of my buddies brought the LP to another buddy’s house for a mass listen. It was put on the parents’ s... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? I've owned and played my share of pianos over the years, but I also play the fiddle and I have to say that massed strings is the true litmus test for determining the ultimate veracity of a system. And when you're judging a system by a piano record... | |
| About users with hidden agendas I genuinely like several dealers (including some of the more high pressure ones) and I'm not ready to diss anybody for wanting to post on this site. This site attracts a heck of a lot of highly intelligent folks. At the very least, I'm sure we can... | |
| Digital Audio Output Differences? Is USB Audio Really The Top-notch? I use ethernet & optical links when I can, not USB. And yes, my superior ears (or is it my sheer gullibility?) tell me I indeed get better fidelity. | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing I remember a spoof of a Hirsch-Houck review in an ancient, paperback-sized TAS -- "Of all the amplifiers we've reviewed, this has certainly been one of them." | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing As what frogman sayeth... |