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| Bernard Haitink, R.I.P. Agreed, the Shostakovich no.15 stands as one of Haitink's best performances as well as well as best orchestral recordings of all time.Back to the Concertgebouw, I agree with the observation that the Ashkenazy recordings sound more spacious than mo... | |
| Bernard Haitink, R.I.P. Chailly is an interesting conductor for his choice of repertoire. His style was very different from Haitink and more modernist, sometimes considered as clinical not unlike Boulez conducting style. This shows in their way with Mahler, which I don’t... | |
| Bernard Haitink, R.I.P. Yes, arguably the greatest conductor this country has ever had. I grew up with his performances of the Mahler symphonies on the annual Christmas Matinee in the 1970's, broadcast live on national television. Treasured memories for sure.Some people... | |
| On ''what there is'' I guess some folks got their genes and memes mixed up....... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 It's actually quite amazing that the gestalt of the musical presentation remains intact even through such a mediocre device as - in my case - a laptop 'speaker'.For me the Casino Royal comparison was fairly easy, probably because the music itself ... | |
| My kiseki Blackheart nightmare. It's sort of ironic to consider that Kiseki was originally set up by the Dutch importer of Koetsu in the late 70's in response to Sugano's erratic product supply and apparent lack of quality control. This is not the first time I hear about such co... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Thanks for this experiment Halcro, great fun. It is still difficult for me to listen through the distortion of the laptop speakers and tonal nuances mostly get lost in translation, but I'll give it a go anyway.I concentrated on listening to the rh... | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? I would suggest to you that in an analog audio system the most crucial is where the translations occur. The cartridge translates the record groove into an electrical signal and the speaker translates the electrical signal into the wiggling air mol... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? @lewm I probably should have refrained from making that statement, but allow me to explain where it came from. Most low impedance, low output MC's I use (various Ortofon's including SPU, FR7, Ikeda 9, Miyabi, etc.) have between 0.2 and 0.3 mV outp... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? @rauliruegas my remark was based on the specs of AU-1000. If the information I've seen is correct, it has an impedance range between 10-40 ohms (which seems rather wide) and 21dB gain. At least on paper this doesn't sit well with many low impedanc... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? @rauliruegas thanks for sharing. Both these units are highest quality and probably a 'step up' from the Ortofon T-3000 I'm using right now. But the Denon has only 21dB gain and not suitable for low impedance cartridges, so for me that's a no-no. T... | |
| 3 New UBER Decks - Is this Turntable's SwanSong? 🦢 @grooves, thanks for your heartfelt concern about my mental state, but jealousy towards people who buy these things is not part of it. You are correct I haven’t heard any of these tables and I never will. I’ve reached an age that denies me the abi... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? My own experience seems to suggest that things are not as simple as an active device being better than a passive one or vice versa. The interaction with the cartridge strongly determines the outcome.This comes from extensive comparisons made with ... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? One of the nice things about SUT's is that they are passive devices and hardly subject to aging under normal use. And the 'technology' hasn't changed much, if at all. This means you can buy used without hardly any risk at all. There are two 'big' ... | |
| The value of embellishment? Joe’s imaginary guitar notes will sound smashing on this turntable..... |