jkotze
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| Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection? I will never sell my turntable - a Linn Sondek with an Alphason Hr-100s with a Linn Karma cartridge that I had re-done by Andy Kim with a micro ridge stylus sapphire cantilever and I also acquired a Linn Linto Phono preamplifier recently. I did ge... | |
| What area or country do you live in ? South Africa where we had a heatwave most of the summer so far. Lived in the USA from 1998-2008. The exchange rate is not in our favor so hifi is a luxury. Just bought a Musical Fidelity MX dac and will have to cut back on every thing to survive. ... | |
| Your Forever Pieces? What and Why? Linn Sondek turntable that I bought in 1985 and still is the Valhalla version. At the time with a Linn Basik arm and an A&R P77 cartridge. I replaced that cartridge in 1989 with a Linn Karma that Andy Kim serviced 2 months ago with a new suspe... | |
| The current best band in the world? Schubert and GeoffkaitIt so depends who is standing on the podium. I've heard some average orchestras out perform the so called greats orchestras just with the right person in the control seat. | |
| What is the epic song of a group? Supertramp - School, Breakfast in America, Crime of the CenturyBeatles - Yesterday, Hey JudeNeil Young - Heart of GoldBruce Springsteen - Born in the USA, Tougher than the restJoe Cocker - Up where we belongStanley Clark - Vulcan Princess | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados As a casual and mediocre musician (piano and classical singing) you appreciate the great artists even more and become a lot more critical of the rest. This is bad since it change your focus from music appreciation to being a critic and those two d... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados No order to these:Joly Braga Santos - Symphony No.4 - Marco PoloAn Majestic work that lasts 53:05. There are some sounds that reminds one of Bruckner and Sibelius Saint-Saëns - Havanaise, Op.83 - Leonid Kogan (Violin) - Monteux Edition Vol.6 (... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Dave Grusin: The Collection CDLove the Serengeti Walk. | |
| exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical) Some more great voices and some of my favorites and golden oldies:Shirley BasseySuzi Quatro Mireille Mathieu Gigliola Cinquetti Vicky Leandros | |
| exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical) Dani Klein from Vaya Con DiosJanis IanAmanda McBroomRoberta FlackJoan Baez | |
| exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical) Love the voice of Jennifer Rush, however these days the recording engineers put so much reverb on the voices that it is hard to tell the true sound of a voice. | |
| What’s in your system today that you also had 10 years ago? My system has not changed much the last 25 years.I still have and use my Linn Sondek LP12 (Valhalla) with Alphason HR100S arm. Changed my Linn Karma Cartridge (bent cantilever) to a Denon DL-103r. Very impressed with the Denon although it is lacki... | |
| Why does all new pop music sound the same? Well , I believe that the standards are set by the likes of "The Idols" reality TV programs all over the world and everybody think that is the "sound" that will make it onto becoming world famous or at least famous in their own countries. If you ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Supertramp on vinyl... School....and his comin alongOriginal record bought in the early eighties.My hi-fi dealers crawling days and this was a popular show-off.... | |
| Analog integrated amp recommendation I liked the Electrocompanient series integrated amplifiers. I paired the ECI 3 with Martin Logan SL3's and the sound was a bit stringent / cool side but with the right equipment and cables these amplifiers are excellent. There are also good deal... |