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| hilary hahn..violinist The best Oistrakh Tchaikovski must be a late 60s early 70s (he died in 74 I think) live recording. It was made on his birthday, recorded by Melodiya. I have an old LP, but I'm sure there is a cd version out there, somewhere... | |
| Crossover definition I don't think that Butterworth is a crossover. Rather it's a filter A crossover IS a filter. As you know, the xover is there to divide frequencies between drivers through attenuation (dependng upon how strong -- the slope or order -- that attenuat... | |
| The problem with the music ...has the recording industry ever been interested in, or rather, concerned about, making (audiophile) quality recordings...Oh yes. Already in the '60s companies were making concerted efforts to improve the qualty of their recordings. This isnot t... | |
| Advice on choosing speakers One brand you might go for is Genesis. They offer biamped models (you buy the spkrs with a subwoof amp included) and offer reasonable detail and low end attack. As some of their models retail for ~12-15k, they shoudl be well within your budget used. | |
| Speaker design myths revealed Golix: differences basically as above, in my 1st answer to your post. It dawns on me (belatedly) that what you read in the handbook probably refers to the fact that the closed box is an approximation of an IB -- since it's quite impractical to ins... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? El, the cartridges I mentioned (sorry about the Ortofons) related only to channel separation -- not sound. Regarding sonics, I like Allaerts, the bigger (&expensive) Clearaudio & the two common Shelters. I used to use a VdHul MC2 and a Gra... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? El -- re, cartridges: Clearaudio Discovery & up, the VdHul Grasshoper & up, the bigger Grados, the upmarket Lyras, the bigger Ortofons, most (all?) of the Allaerts... This is really not an exhaustive list, are you actually interested in th... | |
| Speaker design myths revealed Completely different system parametres... one is a relatively small box trying to absorb the back wave and operating partly in 2pi and 4pi, the other has complete separation of the front & back waves (as in the driver mounted in a wall) the se... | |
| Best amplifier for Tannoy GRF Memory HE Thanks Chang. The 225 *might* take you a tad lower and sweeter; but not sure about using the same enclosure though...The EVs: if memory serves SOMEONE is using/has used these on an open baffle and a 200-150Hz tractrix horn. I can't find the link (... | |
| Zobel network Alfredo, are there gross anomalies in yr woof's impedance curve around the chosen x-over point that necessitate a zobel?? If not, live with the woof's inductance pattern. If yes, you're stuck with it! If you're adventurous, try the zobel both in f... | |
| Which turntable should I keep? Keep both TTs.You will change the cartridges of course. You will also end up changing tonearms.You will probably have to overhaul them, too.All of the above are CHEAP and fun.There is a lot of documentation on the Thorens that can guide you in twe... | |
| How long does cable technology take to 'turn'? Whay are there so many manufacturers/fabricatorsThe entry price is very low -- all you need to start, basically, is wire, solder, an iron, connectors and some good ideas.We assume you have a system already!This doesn't guarantee you will be sustai... | |
| Best amplifier for Tannoy GRF Memory HE The big Tannoys are lovely! As per amplification and given the plethora of choices out there, I would recommend any class A topology that suits your sonic tastes -- simply because that topology requires high VA power supply reserves. These are use... | |
| Speaker design myths revealed Ouch, golx! infinite baffle otherwise known as the closed box designIB, closed boxes, ported, OB etc are all different... the lowest frequency transmitted depends on the smallest(!) distance between driver edge and baffle edge, thats why they are ... | |
| What's wrong with classical music on vinyl? With all due respect Albert, I'm not sure that certain specs are misleading or that they should be waived altogether... (the latter being NOT what you're suggesting, I know).Some measurements/ specs of interest made by an Australian testing audio ... |