jim204
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| Classical Music for Aficionados Wang certainly has a stunning technique but like Trifoniov and Buniatishvhilli they need to get into their third decade and beyond to gain some musicality, only then will they be unbeatable. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados As I write I have just discovered a blistering account on Idagio from Nikolay Tokarev from a Rhur Festival recording. Stirring stuff indeed but I still prefer Arrau, he just seems to get into it better especially the fugue his piano tone is unmatc... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados If you want the greatest Handel Variations go for Arrau in the Phillips Brahms box or if you don't mind a poorer recording Julius Katchen who are vastly superior to Perahia. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Beethoven Triple Concerto .Three absolute Titans who are never going to be equalled in this piece .I wore out a few LP's playing this piece every night and I never got sick of it. These three were equally matched in temperament with Richter incand... | |
| Any audiophiles into motorcycles I love classic Brit bikes and have had a few but Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy have put an end to my riding because with having no feeling in my feet it was difficult to know when your feet were on the ground. The last bike I had was Suzuki S... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados You're having a laugh aren't you !! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados RV Do you use Roon on your setup ?I have my PC tuned with Roon playing Qobuz through it and It is a huge difference to Qobuz playing on it's own. Roon has been much improved lately and the sound quality is now very clean and dynamic. I would c... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @rvpiano I have had both Qobuz and Idagio and I have noticed a difference between the two in that on CD quality 16/44 files there is not much difference. I do notice that Qobuz definitely has the edge in the higher resolution files with a bla... | |
| Fuzzy white noise sound coming from tweeter? Well first of all you have to isolate the fault to either the amp or speakers so therefor do you have a friend who can loan you and amp so you would be able to hook up the speaker to and see if the hiss still comes through. | |
| If high end audio was $10 and match box sized Give me the the small box so I can get off this merry go round and maybe I could buy a classic motorcycle with what I have saved. | |
| Hales Transcendence 5’s slight discrepancy Why worry about it if you can't hear it from more than two feet away. Life is too short. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Oh dear silly me ! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @rvpiano RV just to let you know I have listened to the recording of Pablo Fernandez cello recording. Rachmaninov's music never sounded better than on the cello as he had a great affinity with it . Yes all in all a great recording to while awa... | |
| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? I have to ask what are the impacts when your equipment is receiving clean power. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @rvpiano You are right the miracle indeed is Mozart but the sound is wonderful. This is the first I have listened to a complete opera in years, Mozart was indeed the greatest operatic composer of his age. My last Figaro was Herman Prey and we co... |