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| 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... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music label 19,I agree with you completely about not overlooking chamber and other smaller works of any composer. While symphonies and concertos paid the rent, a lot of composers felt more free to be inventive and not worry about public appeal when the... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? I would love to hear the Shindo Lafite. I like the Latour (two-way field coil Shindo system). I really like field coil drivers--they sound very dynamic and "alive."While I would be totally satisfied with a Charney full range system, and perhaps ... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? dht4me,I have not heard the AER BD5 driver, but I would bet that it sounds terrific. I've heard the BD2 utilized full range (no other drivers) in a couple of systems. One just had a large horn on the front, and was completely open in the back. T... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music Another resource is the on-line classical CD seller Arkivmusic. They have an enormous listing of available CDs searchable by artist, composer, label, etc. They also offer recommendations on particular recordings that can be helpful.I agree that ... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music The field is so vast and diverse that you should sample as much as you can to get a handle on what kind of music, period and styles you like the most. I would suggest listening to the radio, particularly internet stations, or even the classical m... | |
| Need speaker advice I have not done anything close to a direct comparison between a Klipsch Heresey and Tekton speakers, but, I have heard the Klipsch and two of the Tekton models--the MOAB and the Double Impacts. I prefer the Tekton speakers because they are not as... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? I use XLO limited and NBS interconnects that are at least 16 years old. My long interconnect (3 meters) between my linestage and amp is Audio Note Sogon that is around six years old. My speaker cables, also Audio Note Sogon, are also around six ... | |
| Need speaker advice Trenner and Friedl is an interesting suggestion. Although none of their models is extremely efficient, I've heard them with lower powered amps and they sound very good--very lively sounding even at modest volume levels.I would also look at Audio ... |