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| Choral or Classical Vocal Recordings - Must Have - Veronique Gens: Nuit D'etoiles- Monica Groop: Bach Alto Cantatas- Susam Graham: C'est ca la vie- Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo- Barbara Bonney: Diamonds in the Snow- Andreas Scholl: Wayfaring Stranger- Maria Bayo: Handel Opera Arias and ... | |
| unusual trio? Add Tin Hat Trio to the list. | |
| What speakers would match well to my tube system? Jcbach,Having seen your musical choices makes it somewhat easier to suggest several speakers within your price range since, like you, my music repertoire leans heavily toward classical & opera (60%) with the remainder shared among jazz vocal, ... | |
| Other "silver" spk cables..... Ohlala, you mean RS Audio by Richard Sachek? FWIW, their cables got an outstanding review on UltraAudio by Mike Silverton. http://www.ultraaudio.com/equipment/rsaudio_solidsilver_interconnects_speaker.htm | |
| Triangle Titus 202 + SS amp=??? I second the Axiom suggestion. | |
| What speakers would match well to my tube system? What kind of music do you listen to? This is important because not all speakers are completely versatile. | |
| Sonus Faber Grand Piano or Totem Forrest? The Forrest would be my recommendation as they are more versatile considering your repertoire. I generally like SF products but think that their Homage series far exceeds their other series. I heard the Grand Piano and was not that smitten. On the... | |
| No longer sitting on the fence You may want to also consider going the route of EmmLabs DAC6 with a modifed transport by Ed Meiner. This seems to be the latest rage amongst some "connoisseur" AudiogoN members. One A'goNer sold his Linn CD12 in favor of this set-up. I don't know... | |
| Tubed CD Player w/ solid state amp? At HE2003 in SF, Vincent Bruzzese (Totem owner) matched his Arros and Hawks with Plinius and Accuphase. He then used his own integrated amp and Accuphase to drive the Forests. The sound was musical and inviting. Everyone who visited the room was i... | |
| Which speaker is better I second Rbstehno's comments. I used to own B&W and find them not musical enough. Of your list, SF would be my pick but again this all depends on your other components. However, for the money, you should seriously audition the Totem speakers. ... | |
| New Nordost Cable Valkyrja I know we're going off the subject of Nordost here but I totally concur with Sdcampbell on HiFi+. | |
| Best acoustic -natural instruments CD's I second Rives' recommendations of M*A recordings. Rives, if you like Calamus, then get Mujedar. I got it at the HE2003 show and like it a lot. There are also some excellent recordings from Mapleshade (rather ecclectic repertoire though) and Turtl... | |
| What can you tell me about Metronome players? The Totems are very unforgiving of components upstream. The Forrest works well with the Plinius for sure. So this is a move in the right direction. The Ayre is a very fine player that gives detailed sound yet sometime a little "distant" which may ... | |
| "Walking in the Moon" who is the artist???? I was only in the Boardroom where they showed the Maxx, VTL Siegfried monoblocks and Transparent cables. Don't know whether they played the same music or not. In the Boardroom, they played a track from Steely Dan's new album besides four other sel... | |
| Talk Electronics Thunder3.1 Balnced I have heard it but only under showroom conditions at the CES2003. It was in the Spendor room. The Thunder 3.1 Balanced was one of the reasons for my attending the CES. It's a great performer even under non-optimal conditions. It has tons of dynam... |