jim204
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| Classical Music for Aficionados JCThanks for your thoughts I was starting to think I was alone in my musings about the state of music but I'm glad to see I am not. In my country when we go to a concert we are always "treated" to some new composition by some "clown" just out of c... | |
| AV7704 Audyssey Because when the speaker was being made one of the wires could have been put on the crossover incorectly. These problems are not unknown. | |
| Why does my DAC sound so much better after upgrading digital SPDIF cable? You know I have no idea how I could possibly get to the end of this thread because of the utter rubbish that is being spouted. To the people who say that cables don't make a difference why don't you take all your cables that you have at the moment... | |
| Drink of choice for serious listening? @n80I see you like Dalwhinnie, do you drink the Dalwhinnie Winter Gold ? Very smoth with a beautiful finish . Another one in the same kind of line is Cardhu which is gorgeous but my big grouse is that I live in Scotland where it is made and our go... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados JC Thanks for those listings I'll certainly look into them. Isn't it strange though that Radu Lupu never became universally popular in the way Perahia and Brendel did. I think as a person he was quite insular and never pushed himself. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados LenI agree wholeheartedly re, Arpegionne Sonata and with your thoughts regarding Schubert as a whole. When Arrau was interviewed once he was asked who was the most difficult composer to play and he instantly said Schubert and the interviewer said ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Hi Len,I do agree with you about the Rubinstein Schubert and I would like to make a suggestion regarding D960, Arrau made a wonderful version of it perhaps even more Germanic than Rubinstein. He also played it with the long section in the first mo... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados You are so right RV I completely forgot about Horowitz what a Blunder that was I do apologiseThat reminds me of a story I read in the Claudio Arrau biography where his mother and him went to a recital by Horowitz and it was in 1925 in Berlin .His ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I agree wholeheartedly on the Liszt B Minor Sonata and think it was maybe the best Sonata from the 19th century and also that Liszt was probably the greatest example of piano playing during his lifetime and even now. He was responsible for the ach... | |
| PS Audio Redcloud release/thoughts? PS have just introduced a new firmware update called Snowmass and it is way better than Redcloud. Give it a try I am quite sure you'll notice a big difference with this one. | |
| Drink of choice for serious listening? Cardhu 12 year old single malt or Dalwhinnie Winter Gold is my tipple whith a little water to make it last longer. | |
| Is There a fix for CD Pin-holes (CD Rot) What I would try if I were you is to get hold of DB Poweramp software and copy the discs that you can and make new discs with high quality blank discs and save what you can because you know they are only going to get worse so the sooner the better. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados RV.I had time to do a comparison over the weekend of IDAGIO and QOBUZ streaming and I came to the conclusion that at conventional CD rates that it was swings and roundabouts , not one winning over the other. However when it came to higher rez file... | |
| Recording streamed music off the internet onto C.D.? Sound Tap is what many people use and it is a superb product and gives great results. It records from your desktop and can record up to 32 / 96.Recording from radio is illegal but who is to know if you don't tell anyone. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? At the moment I am streaming Jean-Eflam Bavouzet playing Mozart Piano concertos. He makes a really good job of them also. |