goofyfoot
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| Classical Recordings from the Golden Age lowrider, I forgot to ask, any knowledge about the source of these radio recordings, i.e. the Orfeo Salzburg recordings and how these were recorded? How much reference or hifi from these sources can be reasonably expected given their age and from ... | |
| Classical Recordings from the Golden Age lowrider, I borrowed the d'Orfeo George Szell box set from the library via its state wide borrowing system. I've also purchased a number of box sets i.e. Irmgard Seefried, Mozart Piano Sonatas (various artists), Wilhelm Furtwangler. I believe I ei... | |
| Classical Recordings from the Golden Age lowrider, you may enjoy reading this citation by Rachmaninoff,https://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/rachmaninov-on-the-future-of-broadcastingThe Orfeo d'Or live radio broadcast recordings are vey good. Most are from the Salzburg Festival. I highly ... | |
| Thoughts on VTA...... Azimuth is a huge deal but with a mono cartridge, vertical tracking is inaudible, even with a true mono cartridge. | |
| Thoughts on VTA...... For me, having a C Through design ruler helps with making quick approximate references. If I notice that my tonearm is level, then I've found that I prefer it raised slightly at the head-shell for a fuller sonic signature. This may cost me a littl... | |
| Classical Recordings from the Golden Age Thanks lowrider! Seems you've resurrected this thread so thank you. As far as Testament, I do have a few. My last purchase was a Richter recording of Schubert on the APR label. What I've been looking for recently are live radio broadcasts. The Sal... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC? To state the obvious, the primary goal of a DAC is to make digital files sound analogue. Which ever DAC, CD player, streamer, etc... does this effectively is, in my mind, doing what's expected. Which then brings in to question the characteristic q... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC? Isn't there a DAC chip in your Oppo player? | |
| Clearaudio DC Performance vs DC Performance Wood The Clearaudio website claims that a wooden chassis offers better resonance control. I would suspect that a wooden chassis will also offer a fuller and deeper tone than the metal. | |
| New to audiophile and need HELP. If you need to make a new purchase, then I'd ask for a 20% discount from the dealer. Or instead, go directly to the distributer and see what sort of discount you can get from them. I did this when I bought my amplifier and I got a brand new ASR wi... | |
| Suggestions on speakers celto, check this out;https://oswaldsmillaudio.com/loudspeakers | |
| Suggestions on speakers celto, Audio Classics in Binghamton NY sells Mac speakers, so you may want to contact them. I bought a pair of Quad 2905's from them a while ago and they told me that my Quad's out performed any other pair of speakers they've carried including the... | |
| Pheonix Engineering Road Runner Thanks lewm, This is the first time anyone's described the beneficial characteristics of owning these components. My thought also would be that this technology will grow further and become more common as time passes. Hence, the suggestion that SOT... | |
| Pheonix Engineering Road Runner Hi Lewm,You stated, "I assure you that your Thorens is not so speed stable as you would like to think it is now and that you would benefit, or rather your listening experience would benefit, if you were to install a Roadrunner in combination with ... | |
| Quad S-2 Sorry about getting to this thread at such a late time. I own the Quad 2905 ESL's and I'm having a panel replaced in one, right at this moment. I've had two panels per speaker replaced previously but not because of how these were constructed but b... |