jim204
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| Classical Music for Aficionados @schubert Len I have never heard the Yales doing LvB lates , my go to was always the Alban Bergs whos full set I had and a good job they were on CD as if vinyl I would have been replacing them every month.Alas Len I never had the time to l... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @twoleftears Have you tried Olli Mustonen playing Alkan's 25 preludes Op.25. Beautiful little character pieces and as an added bonus on the original CD you were also treated to the Shostakovitch 24 Preludes Op.34 as well . I have the digital do... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? The last time I spun an Analogue disc was in the eighties and I couldn't get rid of it quick enough and it wasn't as if I didn't have a good system.Ariston RD11S TurntableSyrinx PU2 armDynavector Ruby CartridgeThis was good gear in that era when A... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Why on earth do you need subs with a pair of MOABS ? | |
| Should I use Speaker Spike / Isolation Base or Something? Years ago when I had big ATC speakers I always thought the bass could be better so I got a couple of slate slabs to put my speakers on and that certainly helped. I thought it could be better still so I went on E-Bay and bought some car valve sprin... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados At this moment I am listening to Quarteto Casals playing the Beethoven string Quartets Op.18. on Quobuz and what a treat they are .You know you are in the presence of a supreme master even with these quartets . This group are superb , they match e... | |
| HEADPHONE CABLE Hi Bob,The Cardas Cable that I got was Cardas Light XLR version and I think I made the right choice as after a month or so the cable has proved to be fast and very dynamic and the treble is so clear and detailed wilth no glare whatsoever.Like you ... | |
| HEADPHONE CABLE Hi Bob I'm afraid I haven't heard the tonecraft cable but a month or so ago I had occasion to change the cable on my Sennheiser HD 800 phones as that was another manufacturers cable that went out. The Sennheiser cable is very thin and the outer co... | |
| PS Audio M700s or older Bryston 4bsst / 4bsst2 ? I think it really depends on the vintage of the Brystons but rest assured that at sometime either sooner or later they will need recapped and that will be quite expensive. | |
| I admire Miles Davis, i admire Stravinsky; but i loved Chet Baker and Scriabin...You? @schubert Thanks Len that was a very illuminating post and it just lets us know what we have missed. What I missed were , R. Strauss, Brahms, Scriabin, Byrd, Rameau and a whole bunch of others.@maghister This is a very interesting thread and... | |
| Popping/Skipping sound when upsampling on DAC? I would say that the rate you are up sampling to is too much for parts of your hardware to operate properly. If you upsample to 24 96 then that will be optimum for your equipment to handle , also that sample rate is more than enough for any music ... | |
| I admire Miles Davis, i admire Stravinsky; but i loved Chet Baker and Scriabin...You? That's a long list mahgister mines won't even be half that size , for a start I only like classical music and have spent over sixty years listening to it.I love with a passion Claudio Arrau, he is the pianist with whom I clicked in the sixties and... | |
| How old are you? Let's just say late sixties !! | |
| Looking For Best Headphones You have opened up a real can of worms as everyone will give you different suggestions , here goes for me I have Sennheiser HD 800 which to me are superb phones but it depends what you listen to. I listen to only classical but my phones are great... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Got a wonderful set of Beethoven Piano Trios complete to recommend from a very talented French group. They are the Trio Sora and they have gorgeous tone, gorgeous playing and gorgeous girls. The pianist is an extremely gifted young woman, her runs... |