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| Best recording of Tchaikovsky's 5th MeechJust to clarify are you recommending the Bernstein/DG or Bernstein/Sony 5th? Both are with NYPO | |
| Best recording of Tchaikovsky's 5th MeechAlways risky proposition to say any version is absolute best, he he (but makes for lively discussion). I don't have the Bernstein/DG 5th but may have to add it to my collection, I see it is now available on new mid priced DG 2CD Tchaikovsky s... | |
| Brahms and Tchaikovsky GileonI did many years ago have the Horrowitz/RCA mono recording from 1943 conducted by Toscanini of Tchaikovsky PC 1, but I perhaps foolishly got rid of it since I thought the sound quality was too comprimised......kinda wish I still had it now f... | |
| Preamp Isolation Cones Without Going NUTS As fas as cones, I would start with good brass set. There are other composite material cones like BDR, Polycrystal, DH Labs etc but I would start with good brass like Mapleshade and then experiment. (my composite cones are currently setting in a d... | |
| Brahms and Tchaikovsky I have three Argerich Tchaikovsky PC 1 performances on CD:-Kondrashin/Phillips-Dutoit/DG-Abbado/DGBest sound will go to 1994 Abbado live performance with BPO, but whenever I compared the Kondrashin to the Abbado I always felt the Abbado was more r... | |
| Brahms and Tchaikovsky BRAHMS Sym 3 & 4I think the Kleiber/DG Originals version of Brahms 4th is really strong contender for best 4th available, the sound qulaity is definitley not audiophile, but performance has great stature and almost universally praised by every... | |
| Brahms and Tchaikovsky LiborYou make many points I also will make, don't get hung up on audiophile quality sound, all these sound good enough, seek the stellar performances. TCHAIKOVSKY Piano 1 - must agree with Libor here, the Argerich/Phillips live recording conducted... | |
| Warm vs. Analytical These are just terms referring to tonal shifting when descibing overall sound. Analytical, lean, bright, etched etc means increased treble energy from ideal nuetral balance. Can also be acheived by decreasing bass energy from neutral balanceWarm, ... | |
| i2 Digital X-60, digital cable If you guys keep this up I will be forced to order one, or Sarajan at 6 Moons will say that this has become his new reference digital cable (he has been using AZ Mc2, and also alerted me to excellent WireWorld SuperNova III glass toslink cable) | |
| i2 Digital X-60, digital cable DeanoAre you able to use X-60 BNC connecttion with your gear? The price seems reasonable but I wonder if the RCA connection would also have same excellent results. I have AZ Mc2 currently as my RCA digital cable which in the past has been very com... | |
| Audio Magic vs PS audio On a slightly different angle, I first got the AM Stealth by itself and thought it was pretty good but didn't really blow me away, good part was it didn't soften/round off music like many conditioners do. Then I later also got the mini digital Ste... | |
| scratched cds or dvds If you mean the disc is scratched so bad that it skips you can try Auric but probably need more agresssive means. Mapleshade sells a CD polish called Mikro Smooth which will often repair minor skip/scratches sometimes requiring couple treatments, ... | |
| Why so few pictures posted in Virtual systems? CMKLike the persian rugs........holy smokes are those empty Fosters lager beer cans being used to lift cables off floor? | |
| Why so few pictures posted in Virtual systems? Yes more pix, I wish Agon would expand 6 picture limit to 12 for even more details to be shown.I can hardly believe people who spend huge amounts of money on audio gear don't have basic digital camera! Also the lack of pictures included with class... | |
| Wash, Cut, Polish & Demagnetize I will pass along another tip, I listen to mainly non audiophile type Cds many of which can have avearge/below average sound with bright hard grainy treble and thin mid range etc. You can apply a 2nd treatment of Auric Illuminator polish gel to wo... |