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| Rachmaninov for beginners As an addendum to what Uru975 contributes above, along with the few mono recordings of Rachmaninoff performing, there is a stereo recording of a very sophisticated transcription of some of the piano rolls that he produced titled, "A Window in Time... | |
| Rachmaninov for beginners I'll chime in my vote for the piano concerto's 2 and 3. Both are difficult to walk away from. Furthermore, and on another note, if you have not seen the film "Shine" (the 'true' story of pianist David Helfgott) go and rent it. It happens to be a g... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening In general my experience has been the floor standers can certainly bring more authority to the music, more often than not bringing the bass down lower and, of course, moving more air in the room. Where I feel that monitors excel is in creating the... | |
| DK Design Group X-Dream - wow I'll not try and make sense of your posts any longerI think you'll actually find instructions to do so in the A'gon Forum FAQ. Right after the instructions to pay no heed to posts started by 'betterthencrack' raving about DK components. I think yo... | |
| Traps vs Equalizer Ah, my bad Newbee. That's what comes from reading and posting while you are trying to work at the same time. Had I stopped and pondered it for more than a nanosecond before responding, I would have noted the tongue firmly planted within the cheek!... | |
| Traps vs Equalizer I should ammend myself to say "your hifi is a giant heap of distortion that passes on more distortion, some of it pleasing to the ear and some not; it's up to you whether or not you want to add what I consider to be superflous amounts of the displ... | |
| Traps vs Equalizer Marco, You can make the painting analogy work with a bit of effort. Not unless the only objective of the painter is "photographic realism", which I find pretty boring in most (but not all) cases. Otherwise such knowledge as you suggest (about the ... | |
| Traps vs Equalizer I keep editing my post because the subject is thought provoking to me. But I should probably just post again, so here goes:The music is distorted as soon as it hits the atmosphere. Particles in the air change it, other sounds and forms of energy m... | |
| Traps vs Equalizer Jax, it's true there is distortion on hitting the mics and more from there on. So your rationale is, there is already plenty of distortion so let's cake as much more on as possible?If that's what floats your boat, sure. I don't think I'd call it "... | |
| Traps vs Equalizer Dirtyragamuffin...The problem is that unless you use earphones, or listen with the same speakers and room as the engineer did you don't hear what he did.....and even if you did, you STILL may not like it the same way the engineer chose to interpre... | |
| Traps vs Equalizer Would you buy an artists' painting only to get it home and touch up the parts you don't like with your own strokes, and if so, why did you buy it?It takes a whole lot more skill and talent to "touch up the strokes' on an accomplished work of art, ... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening From the spec, they should be very easy to drive and match well with most of the amps. They just sound thiner than what we would like. Also, the lower frequency is just not there. Lack of clarity and no punch. You would wonder where is the bass as... | |
| DK Design Group X-Dream - wow Howard - you should know better than to try to make sense out of my posts. I was just bouncing off of the "three-ringed circus" theme established long ago by betterthencrack (or rather the respondants of BTC), and mentioned again here. Your post j... | |
| DK Design Group X-Dream - wow Hurry, hurry! Step right up and see the the amaaaaaazing and frightful "Capitalist"!! Yesirreee my friends you've never seen such frightful sight in all your life, not like this one! Hang on tightly to your wallets and purses. Keep the little ones... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening I would rather have a little more backward than forward sound.I wouldn't call them "mini" monitors, but if you like a laid-back sound I might suggest listening to the Harbeth line. I've listened to a friend's Harbeth Compact 7's at length and the... |