jult52
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| Now That You've Ripped Your Entire Collection... Read the Computer Audiophile site on backing up your data - you need at least 2 backup copies and a CD is sure handy as one of those. I read about audiophiles dispensing with their CDs and I am puzzled by the excessive amount of confidence they ha... | |
| Beethoven Violin Sonatas---favorites and recs I think the Francescati/Casadesus recordings are mediocre, especially Francescati's performance, which is wooden and unmusical. I wouldn't recommend their performances, which I grew up with, by the way. | |
| One reason why audio is suffering: Connectivity Tpreaves - oh oh. I hope my post was more coherent and compact. | |
| One reason why audio is suffering: Connectivity Bombaywalla - I am familiar with all of those connections you mention and in fact own two of them (I have a usb-spdif converter and a docking device - which you'll see I mention in my rant). They are too complex, require research to unearth and I ... | |
| One reason why audio is suffering: Connectivity Nonoise - That Oxygene CD player is a step in the right direction but is still fairly limited. Kijanki - I see other hardcore audiophiles share my frustration. | |
| How do I smooth out violins? Mapman - I'd highlighted my issues with string orchestra treble earlier and am planning on going with the SynchroMesh. I will report back in a couple of months. I think the bottom line is that this issue - which I think is a significant one since ... | |
| How do I smooth out violins? Bojack - I am a big classical fan and have experienced a very similar problem you describe. In fact, I posted a thread about it on AA. The problem manifested itself in both of my systems, one is a passive pre-Class D amp-Maggies rig, the other is ... | |
| Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450 Audiozen - I just wanted to make sure I'd understood this correctly: Dennis Deacon said that his new amp series, which I take to be the M2 series, has zero feedback. Zero feedback? If that is correct, that is a very intriguing technical developmen... | |
| David Wilson must be a little annoyed... Not after 327 all-purpose yards in a big win over the Saints. Oh, you mean another David Wilson... | |
| Good CD player vs. Transport and DAC Blimo - One quick related piece of advice I have is to use shielded AC cables on your transport & DAC wherever possible. It makes a difference. Note that specialists like Chris VenHaus of VH Audio advocate use of shielded cables on digital equ... | |
| Why does better power = better sound? There are several essays or presentations on this Jim Brown website that apply to interference and chokes. recommended reading.http://www.audiosystemsgroup.com/publish.htm | |
| break-in--bane or boon ?? Almarg - It isn't just your Stax headphones. A few years ago, I was forced for housing reasons to not listen to music for a year. My wife & I get to our new house and I set up my mid-fi Paradigm speakers - which haven't been played for a year ... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Eelii- About the Petersen Death and the Maiden, yes, I am one of the reviewers. Since you are a dedicated classical fan, I urge you to seek that underappreciated Berlin ensemble out. I have several hundred chamber music recordings and am a big fan... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Eeli - Fair enough. I appreciate you starting the thread and respect your knowledge of the Death and the Maiden, but strongly disagree with that set being recommended - although the Quintet done live with Rostropovich is excellent, so we agree the... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Eeli08 - With all due respect, recommending the Emerson Quartet doing the Death and the Maiden Quartet is just absurd. Not only is the performance below several other competitors and below the Emerson's own high standards, the DG engineering is pr... |