learsfool
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| Electrostatic Speakers Electrostats can be great speakers, though for me they are second-best in type to horns. They lack the sheer dynamic range of horn speakers, and I don't mean just on the loud end, but also the softs. That said, I do like most pairs of electrostats... | |
| Primaluna Tube System Hi Md30 - I have yet to change the stock 12AX7's. I have, however, changed the stock 12AU7's, (one of them died on me), and I actually regret going with a similarly priced brand. The stock ones were a little better, and the next time I need some, ... | |
| Primaluna Tube System I have a Dialogue 2 and like it very much; however in your case, if you like the Prologue 3, I would go ahead and take that Prologue 5 - seems like a good price, and would be much less than moving to the Dialogue. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - actually, for once the music director of the ASO has come out firmly in support of the musicians. And yes, it is almost worse than the Minnesota situation, if you have read some of the unbelievable comments made by the guy that runs that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - the bowing question is very simple. I'm sure you have noticed that each section of the string family is always moving their bows together, in the same way. It is the markings that tell them what to do when that we call "the bowings." Ther... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hello again Rok - yes, the principals of each section in the orchestra are the section leaders. They have the final say on how the section blends together, how it balances, how it articulates together, and the overall sound of the section, sometim... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - I'll address the cuts thing first. In reading what you quoted, it is obvious that in the Rabin recording, the cuts are NOT from the soloist, but from the conductor - the passages in question are in the orchestral tuttis, when the soloist ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - those are some good questions. As far as the LSO situation, that is always a complicated issue. First of all, if he even asked to be moved down to third, that probably means that there was already a third trumpet opening, or there was abo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Schubert - we do mostly agree. Yes, Mozart and Schubert wrote a few compositions in a very short amount of time. This has much to do with the fact that every musician back then had and used much more improvisational skills than most of us do to... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman has written another excellent post! @Schubert - I'm pretty sure that Mozart never actually said that. That line comes from the play/film Amadeus, and in my opinion that attitude (promoted by the character of Salieri, mainly) is one of the ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - my point is that all professional musicians must have a variety of equipment to listen to music on quite early in life (while students). A healthy percentage will have at least good mid-fi equipment, figuring since they have to have some... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman is correct about my intended meaning - when I said musicians, I meant all types of musicians, not just classical. Of course, O-10, there are exceptions to every rule. There are many classical musicians who aren't into great reproduction, t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10 and Rok - I'm sorry, but I have to call you guys out again, if Frogman won't. Your comments on musicians not caring about audio are way out of line, and frankly insulting. As both Frogman and I have stated many times in these forums, there ar... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, I agree 100% on the Ella/Ellington thing. All of Ella's songbook recordings are fantastic. Which Ella and Basie album are you listening to? If it is On the Sunny Side of the Street, it is one of my very favorites. Another favorite of hers wou... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hello gentlemen - I like very much indeed the direction this thread has been going lately, despite my lack of contributions for a while now. I fully intend to go back over all these links and listen to all these clips when I get a chance. Just abo... |