goofyfoot
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| Top 5 Classical recordings If early music is of interest, then I personally would choose to study early composition styles and their locations of origin. The French did not write in the same way as the Germans or the Italians. When I took music history back in the day, Greg... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings A) 5 Recommended Masterpieces and CD Recordings1) Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major Op. 55 'Eroica''klemperer the cologne years vol.1' Andante naïve and/orPaavo Järvi Beethoven Symphony no.3 Eroica/Symphony no.8The Deutsche Kamme... | |
| beethoven piano concerto A Wilhelm Backhaus set of remastered recordings is available on the Andante label. Also, this looks good;Release Date: 01/02/2011 Label: Bis Catalog #: 1758 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin Conductor: Osmo Vänskä Orchestra/... | |
| Jerry Garcia, A Legacy? Yes, admittedly I have stretched this paragraph to its limits. I never said I was perfect. | |
| Magnum Dynalab Tuner Thanks Bgordonr, I almost agree with you completely. I bought a new Ayre QB9 DAC about 7 months ago because it just sounded so good for the price and because I saw myself using iTunes on a regular basis. I'm totally glad today that I made that cho... | |
| Magnum Dynalab Tuner We have a good but not great 24 hour classical radio station in town and I listen to it fairly often. The best times to listen is when live radio is simulcast from the BBC Proms, Symphony Cast, etc... I have 2 projects on the table, first being a ... | |
| Magnum Dynalab Tuner Thanks Polk432, Magnum Dynalab will upgrade my gold faced MD90 to an MD90t for $800.00 but I'm still wondering if I should shell out a little more cash for a higher upgrade. | |
| Best recorded rock song ? One of my top favorites is 'Unbroken Chain' on the Grateful Dead's album 'From the Mars Hotel'. This song immediately came to mind since it was only done live a couple of times. To paraphrase Bob Weir' explanation as to why it's never performed li... | |
| Jon Lord Deep Purple I liked Jon Lord's contribution to the band more than what Ritchie Blackmore did. My favorite song is off the 'Come Taste the Band' record called 'Getting Tighter' and features Tommy Bolin on guitar. I really believe that Jon Lord served as the br... | |
| beethoven piano concerto Helene Grimaud did a nice Beethoven record. I can't search all of them but the Andante record label had a number of great Beethoven piano concerto recordings, most of which are historical. Andante unfortunately went out of business due to their es... | |
| Equipment Protection, Monitoring Electricity I can't disagree with anything that anyone has said. Its ultimately up to me at this point.Thanks! | |
| Equipment Protection, Monitoring Electricity Ok, the electric company said that they show good electricity reading to the meter. I need to find a meter and figure out how to take the reading. Elizabeth, Whart, anyone, any more suggestions, where to find a meter, etc...? | |
| Equipment Protection, Monitoring Electricity Thanks for the advice. The first thing to do is to call the electric company. | |
| Which to get rid of, TD145 MKii or Dual 1219? What if you keep 1 table as a backup? You just never know. | |
| Thorens TD146/160 with Ortofon 309 arm? I may go with a Clearaudio Verify carbon tonearm after all. I'm starting to believe that with the right isolation feet, a 1 & 3/4 inch wide custom hard maple plinth and a sturdy wall mount, that I can make his TD145 upgrade worth the effort. I... |