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| Best Sounding Bruckner Recordings I am not sure that I know the Barenboim Berlin Seventh. Is that with DBs Berlin Orchestra, the Staatkapelle, or with the Berliner Philharmoniker? I have the DB/Staatkapelle Fourth on Blu Ray, impressive though sonically a bit of a let down | |
| Best Sounding Bruckner Recordings Thanks, 2Lefty, I hadn’t gotten around to looking at that thread. The Giulini (note the spelling, we wouldn’t want to mix up the Conductor with hand grenade that is Trump’s Personal Attorney) Eighth and Ninth on DG are stunning, try them as Japan... | |
| Best Sounding Bruckner Recordings I have the Barenboim Bruckner 7 from Chicago. That was made when DB was a young guest Conductor here. It was still Solti’s Orchestra, and you realize when the brass cuts loose. DB spent most of his tenure here trying to tame them, with intermitt... | |
| Oppo 103D streaming issues I’m curious. Given the low resolution of You Tube sound, does it actually sound better coming through the 105 compared to the TV as a source? Is your TV hooked up to your pre amp or are you using the TV speakers? | |
| Adding 5-channel amps to AV Receivers I agree with the OP, this should be a no brainer . I added a Parasound 5 channel amp years ago to a Pioneer AVR and it was an obvious upgrade sonically. | |
| Why go out??? Just read yesterday that Coppola built a theater in Kansas to meet his specifications for viewing Apocalypse Now. He expected legions of adoring fans to make the trek. Now that is hubris. I wonder if he was pleased when Home Theaters became ubi... | |
| Are sound bars worth it? Every sound bar that I have heard—granted, not very many—has sounded like crap to me.I think that Reubent post is the way to go. Presumably his device has at least one digital output beside HDMI, because DACs with HDMI inputs are scarce things. | |
| Are there very good/audiophile blu-ray players? The Pioneer replaces a cheapSony Blu Ray that stopped working after a few years, and also a 17 year old Pioneer Elite SACD/DVD player that is connected to an aging Pioneer Elite AVR via an “I-link”which as a proprietary FireWire connection (this i... | |
| What is the best sounding Mahler symphony cycle? I never heard any Blomstedt Mahler; I just assumed it wasn’t in his repertoire | |
| Are there very good/audiophile blu-ray players? I have purchased the Pioneer BDP LX50. Only had it about 2 weeks. First impressions are positive. | |
| Help a digital luddite OPThe Node2i is a streamer. You can stream music on a HD, including High Rez files. It plays Internet Radio. As mentioned previously, it interfaces with every streaming service imaginable. It has coax, optical, and usb outputs to attach to a D... | |
| Help a digital luddite Your Marantz is probably all you need in DAC. Now you you just have to feed it some digits—i.e., get a digital source. Since the main reason that you are doing this is the (probably fruitless) desire to look cool to younger generations, I would ... | |
| Need some guidance with music server and cd ripping. I have owned the Vault2 for many years. As a bargain, it is hard to beat. Essentially you are paying about $300 each for a 1) fast quality ripper;2) a highly versatile streamer that handles High Rez and every streaming source conceived 3) a 2 TB... | |
| What is the best sounding Mahler symphony cycle? I mentioned in my first post in this thread that I hadn’t sampled to many of the newer Mahler recordings as was therefore interested in some suggestions. The Budapest cycle is the relative new comer for me, along with the other Fisher brother. I... | |
| What is the best sounding Mahler symphony cycle? @edgewearOf course no one is restricted to just one cycle, and not every conductor has an equal affinity for each piece. So here goes.#1 Horenstein/LSO#2 Abbado/Chicago #3-Bernstein/NYP first recording. Abbado/Lucerne #4-Szell#5-Honeck/Pittsburgh... |