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| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? @jasonbourne52 +1 that is a great analogy. I actively dislike reading on a tablet | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience @soix so when you play CDs, what is the setup? How do you get the music into your headphones? | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony @rok2id Excellent Post. I first learned the symphony from the Ancerl recording when I was about 16. I think DSCH had just died. Testimony hadn't been released yet, and at any rate I didn't get around to reading it, and learning about the "... | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony @ghdprentice I agree that the Masur recording is no great shakes. It was very disappointing to hear it after the concert experience. All I can say is it was a cold January night in Chicago, and I remember the snot freezing in my nose as I... | |
| Who is your Favorite Historical Conductor? Most of my earliest record were Szell and Cleveland. $2.75 each at the Michigan Student union in Ann Arbor. I imbibed the Beethoven PCs, Symphonies , most of the great Richard Strauss works, the great Dvorak Symphonies. I never cared much for h... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? The important thing is the music.I listen to Classical exclusively and I can actually find a CD on my shelves in most instances than I can find it from a commercial streaming service or even after I've ripped it to a HD. Streaming from Qobuz can ... | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony The big breakthrough Quartet is the Eighth, written in the wake of a tour of Dresden, about 5 years after WWII. Shostakovich was apparently near suicide when he wrote it and the Quartet seems to depict someone who has hit the abyss. It is genera... | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony I agree that the Symphonies named above are great works, as are the Sixth and the Eighth. I also really enjoy Four and Seven while realizing that they are somewhat tougher nuts to crack. Shostakovich does seem to fit the current mood. The Fifth ... | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony By the way, the Conductor mentioned in my first post is Karel Ancerl, not “Uncurl” | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony I never really developed a taste for Lady Macbeth, but I am not sure that being threatened with the Gulag is an appropriate form of Musical Criticism . However, I do agree with you in that Shostakovich case, it did tighten up his musical logic, ... | |
| CD RACK Glad it's working out for you Matt, but I am pretty sure there was decent shelving around 25 years ago. | |
| Beginner home theater setup questions... I add my congratulations to paying off the loan. I probably shouldn't opine hear, since I haven't heard the specific speakers that you are discussing, but a few thoughts. 1) In general, I think a set from the same manufacturer works better than ... | |
| Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito +1 @gpgr4blu I'm a Physician. I am not a fan of lawsuits. However if it deters companies going forward from actively misleading people to make a buck, then it has a purpose. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados The Janowski is a solid cycle. Pittsburgh is a great, and under rated orchestra, the interpretations are well shaped, and Pentatone is truly an audiophile label. If you are a Multichannel enthusiast, there really is no other MC Brahms cycle t... | |
| Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito At least as printed on the MoFi website, the questions lobbed to Davis are all marshmellows. Presumably because MoFi advertises on TAS |