larryi
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| How to go about collecting Classical Music I have that Mozart box too, and it is certainly a good way to become familiar with his works. He is one of those composers whose every known works is topnotch. After finding favorites, you can then search for alternative performances. That is a... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear trentmemphis,I like that album too. I would also add to this list White's "Transnormal Skiperoo."Have you seen the terrific music documentary he made called "Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus"? This look into Southern culture and music is very ... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music You can do research on "historically informed performance." I don't know if there are particular labels that specialize in this, certain performers, such as the conductors Nikolaus Hanoncourt, Trevor Pinnock, Phillippe Herreweghe, Christopher Hog... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music I have no problem with taking the original instrument/historical performance approach. But, for anything composed before the 19th century, this will not be easy. For early opera and other vocal music, it would mean castrati singers (not many, f... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music While I think some of the guidelines offered above are helpful in making initial selections, they should not be treated as "rules." One of the best things about classical music and performances thereof is how wide open and varied are the possible ... | |
| I nominate this company as building best speakers! I think its terrific that someone found a speaker that made them that excited. It has certainly piqued my interest. I have a friend who is getting a whole new system that includes Stenheim speakers, CH Precision amps and linestage, and new DAC, ... | |
| Why do you need so much power? A 25-watter for 93 db/watt speakers is not that different from my using 6-watt amps for my 99 db/watt speakers. If you don't insist on extremely high volume output, the J2 will work.I am a low-powered tube person. I own a pair of Audio Note Kag... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. I don't want to get into whether friction is higher or lower on a blank record vs. in the groove--there are too many variable to consider. For one thing, I have not seen mention of the fact that, when playing a modulated groove, the stylus is bei... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear I have that Hasil Adkins album. It is indeed strange--hillbilly punk that is ahead of its time. My favorite cut of his is "We've Got a Date." | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. Mijostyn,I also find the Reed T5 and Schroder LT approach interesting. Both arms are based on the Thales circle geometry and achieve close to perfect tangency and do so without an offset angle that creates skating force. At least theoretically, ... | |
| Is my anti-skating too strong. There appears to be some confusion about the cause of skating force. If the cause is primarily the cantilever being not tangent to radius of the record (i.e., cantilever to perpendicular to a line drawn from the spindle to the point of contact, t... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Not really that obscure, but certainly among the albums that must be heard is Graham Parker and the Rumor's "Squeezing Out Sparks." This is among my favorite albums from the 1970's. | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music If sound quality is a big concern, there are a number of boxes covering some of the labels with the best recording quality, such as the box of Mercury Living Presence, Decca Sound, RCA Living Stereo, Chandos Milestones, and Harmonia Mundi 50th ann... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Here are a few:Michael Hurley and the Unholy Modal Rounders: "Have Moicy"Tonio K: "Life in the Foodchain"Anouar Brahem:/ John Surman/Dave Holland: "Thimar" | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music If your Bach box is from the Brilliant label, I have that one too. There are so many works of his that are sublime. In many polls of classical music listeners and critics, his B minor mass is considered the single most important work. I would b... |