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| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite Vikingur Olafsson’s Bach recording is incredible. I have been listening to it each morning and cannot get the melodies out of my head. I would love to hear from him a recording of the Goldbergs.John Dean | |
| Marantz pm6006 upgrade? If you like the Marantz house sound, a touch warm and emotionally connecting but with detail, there is a Marantz PM 8005 integrated amplifier for $800 (it lists for $1,200). It is made in their reference factory in Japan and sounds great. It does ... | |
| Bach - Goldberg Variations you favourite I agree with the near perfection of the Goldberg Variations. I never become tired of hearing them. My favorites would be Dinnerstein, Angela Hewitt, and Beatrice Rana. Also mentioned is Murray Perahia. It was John Atkinson’s favorite in the past. ... | |
| Favorites Alone In Quiet Darkness Vikingur Olafsson - Johann Sebastian Bach - piano solos.Evgeny Kissin and James Levine - Schubert The Carnegie Hall Concert - four hands.Simone Dinnerstein - Something Almost Being Said - Bach and Schubert - solo piano.Isabella Faust - J. S. Bach... | |
| Were the Marantz 17 series sold in the U.S.? I have owned a Marantz PM 17 integrated amplifier in early 2000s and really liked it. It was listed as having 60 watts per channel but played more powerfully than that, with high current. Later, I bi-amped it with a Sm 17 power amp. It generated ... | |
| Religious music for less than devout n80, as far as the lyrics of Walking in Memphis go, I am not sure we will know. It is said that the song is autobiographical of Mark Cohen. The previous verse before the one you quoted talked about gospel being in the air, and that Reverend Greene... | |
| Religious music for less than devout Agree, n80, Mark Cohen’s line from Walking in Memphis is a great line in a great song.john | |
| What is to become of Marantz Reference and HIFI as we know it Apparently he parted with Marantz in May, 2019 over corporate issues. He planned to begin other projects but died November 25, 2019. The cause of death was not been much revealed, but Stereo Magazine in December, 2019, attributed it to an autoimmu... | |
| Religious music for less than devout There is also Pie Jesu done by many and written by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the loss of his father, sung well by Anna Netrebko on her Souvenir album and by Sissel. Both can be heard on u-tube. A gorgeous song. O Magnum Mysterium written by Morton L... | |
| What is to become of Marantz Reference and HIFI as we know it I ,too, will miss Ken. He was passionate and did tweak everything on the reference side of Marantz. I have owned mostly Marantz for 30 years and started with multichannel, then moved to the PM 17 integrated with two Sm 17 power amps. I now use a... | |
| Older And Wiser or just Tighter and Deafer? I agree with jl35. In the O.T., Ecclesiastes says: “All human work is for the mouth, but the soul is never satisfied.” That was the theme of the Orson Welles’ movie “Citizen Kane”. He had everything in life, but on his deathbed, he could not... | |
| What do you say to your audiophile friends who say you just listen to your equipment more I am a music lover. I listen to mostly classical music, but also jazz, female vocals, and classic rock. The gear matters; however, I have (mostly) learned to be content with low high-end affordable equipment such as Triangle floorstanding sp... | |
| Marantz vs Musical Fidelity I have a Marantz 14 S1 and love it with my Triangle Celia’s speakers, which are easy to drive. A volume of -40 plays plenty loud for me using the Marantz SA 8005. A volume of -35 is enough for my low output MC Denon 103 cartridge with the VPI Sco... | |
| Budget DAC - Have AE D2 Halide HD DAC. Wonderful sound for reasonable price. Comes with cables as part of the package. Stereophile's recommended affordable DAC. John | |
| Seeking DAC $300 Halide Design DAC HD is easy to use and requires no cables and sounds great. About $400. |