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| Classical Music for Aficionados Olaffson is highly skilled, and has excellent taste. I think his Philip Glass recording is the best piano Glass I've heard. But his Bach is rather boring, and his Debussy and Rameau lack life and verve. For Rameau, I prefer Angela Hewitt. For D... | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? Pre-pandemic, my spouse and I lived in Manhattan, and went frequently to hear live music. Eerily, the last concert we attended was in March 2020 at the NY Phil, where we heard soprano Rene Fleming sing a composition by Bjork . . . entitled "Virus... | |
| Sonus Faber vs Wilson My wife and I also auditioned speakers at the OP dealer's showroom at the Biltmore earlier this year. My wife is an experienced classical musician -- a soloist who has performed with some of the world's greatest orchestras, has made numerous reco... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions As the OP of this thread, I'll add that after a week of living with the new Bluesound Node I can't recommend it as a standalone streamer/DAC. My Denon CD player is inexpensive by audiophile standards, but in my system it is far superior to the No... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions The new Node has a DAC that is, per mfr, 32-Bit, 384kHz. The previous Node 2i was spec'd at 32-Bit, 192kHz. | |
| An Objective Review of the Tekton Double Impact Speakers I have no particular interest in Tekton speakers -- I have Sonus faber & B&W speakers, and no reason to change, and find Tektons visually unappealing in any event. But I'm posting because I think Mr. Barone should be commended for his fra... | |
| Looking for recommendations for a pair of full range speakers for ~8k or under @km1181, I'm no expert on amp-speaker matching, but I think the McIntosh MA252 -- which apparently offers 160 wpc into 4 ohms, the speaker impedance of the Sonus Fabers, and 100 wpc into 8 ohms -- should be sufficient, and a good match. Perhaps o... | |
| Looking for recommendations for a pair of full range speakers for ~8k or under You really should hear the Sonus Faber Olympica IIIs. I owned and enjoyed a pair of B&W 804S speakers for over fifteen years, paired with a McIntosh MC402 amp. Upgrading two months ago, I considered the newer SF Olympica Nova II, as well as ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados In case it hasn't been mentioned before, I'll put in a recommendation for Rameau's Imaginary Symphony, as conducted by Marc Minkowski:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOZxiPU7wo4https://www.amazon.com/Rameau-Une-Symphonie-Imaginaire-Jean-Philippe/d... | |
| Suggestions for New CD Player The new cables are Audioquest Rocket 44 bi-wire -- an upgrade from the Home Depot solid copper bi-wiring I'd been using. As hoped, they made an immediate difference. At this point, the law of diminishing returns may have come into play in a big ... | |
| Looking for speaker advice-$10-20k Last month I auditioned and bought speakers, and have an additional suggestion, perhaps obvious, but easy to overlook. When you make appointments with the dealers, ask them to hook up the speakers that interest you to an amp that is similar to th... | |
| Suggestions for New CD Player A further report on the Denon DCD 1600NE:Jafant, you are correct. After six more weeks of break-in, the Denon has improved. Not dramatically, but audibly. Particularly, the top end sound less "digital" and more natural. While I'm still not in ... | |
| Classical Top Five One can certainly dislike Wagner -- much of his music occupies a psychological/emotional space that many can find uncomfortable. We are each entitled to our preferences. But I think it's far more likely that Wagner is generally underrated than o... | |
| Classical Top Five Wagner. One of the greatest composers, and inarguably the most influential since Beethoven. | |
| Suggestions for New CD Player I've now been listening to the Denon DCD 1600NE for just under three weeks. While there may be further break-in improvements, I think I've now got a firm sense of this player.I'm still not wildly enthusiastic. The Denon is admittedly a big step up... |