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| Contemporary composers. Please help. Lsd13,Which Ligeti pieces have you acquired? He had quite a range of compositions and styles, from his early works which are reminescent of Bartok, to his electronic compositions and then to certain elements of the minimalist schools (he admire Re... | |
| Soundproofing and room correction for apartment? I have heard both DeVore speakers in somewhat small rooms and really like both. I don't think there would be that much difference between the two for your sound transmission problems. The BIG difference would involve the use of a fundamentally dif... | |
| Soundproofing and room correction for apartment? One more reference to Green Glue. I recently heard an NPR broadcast about environmental noise. The guest, who recently wrote a book, actually mentioned Green Glue as one of the modern technological marvels that helps in reducing noise. A transcrip... | |
| Soundproofing and room correction for apartment? Brookjoo,You need to get a book on acoustics and soundproofing. It is pretty hard to isolate bass frequencies. Most of what you can put on the walls and ceiling will attenuate higher frequencies, but lower frequencies are tough. I don't think bass... | |
| Contemporary composers. Please help. Brownsfan,Not heresey to prefer the Britten string quartets more than the Bartok. Britten was quite the master of virtually all musical forms. I particularly like his chamber works, songs and his operas. Have you heard the Alwyn quartets? He is an... | |
| Contemporary composers. Please help. To elaborate on Bartok, to me, his string quartets are among the greatest works in that genre. Other 20th century string quartets to get are those of Shostakovich, the huge number of Villa Lobos quartets (some of the most overlooked works), and th... | |
| Contemporary composers. Please help. Plenty of both living and dead composers. Among the living, try the following:Krystztof Penderecki (try a choral work like "Credo")Osvaldo Golijov (very accessible, and wide in range of types of music composed)Eric Whitacre (young American compose... | |
| Sonus Faber Elipsa Entdoc,The point I was making is that the matching of the speaker to the room is so critical that it can swamp the difference between a higher price (and presumably better) model in a manufacturer's line and a lower price model. In one setup, I th... | |
| Anita O'Day? I have some of her recordings on LP. I would recommend "Anita Sins the Most," "Cool Heat," "anita O'Day and the Three Sounds." Also look for the DVD "Jazz on a Summer's Day"; she is one of the featured performers. You can see clips from that DVD h... | |
| Sonus Faber Elipsa I've heard the Elipsa in several different setups and it sounded radically different in each. It is a speaker that seems a bit demanding, in terms of location and setup. It sounded quite good in one setup, so so in another and quite bad in a small... | |
| Soundproofing and room correction for apartment? There is not that much one can do to soundproof an apartment that does not involve some construction work. What you are already planning is almost all you can do in that area. The use of carpeting, particularly with a very good pad that is designe... | |
| Speaker noise after tube amp shut down You should swap the tubes between the left and right channel; if the sound moves, then it is in the tubes and not the capacitors. If it doesn't move, I would suspect an electrolytic capacitor. If it moves, then swap the small signal tubes to deter... | |
| Cartridge upgrade, something warmer As Elizabeth suggested, try a different loading. It is free and can make a dramatic difference. The other thing to try is to change the vertical tracking angle (VTA) of the cartridge (if your arm allows for this). Thin sound is associated with too... | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more All of my favorites were custom-built speakers using old parts, particularly Western Electric drivers and horns (all insanely expensive too). Of the commercial speakers, I like the pair I own (S.A.P. J2001: twin 12" woofers (paper drivers and plea... | |
| Dynamics at lower volumes? Horn based systems deliver clarity, and dynamics at low volume. Some single driver systems are also quite good at low volume. The same can also be said of lower powered triode tube gear, when such gear is also running nowhere near full output. Put... |