newbee
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| Rachmaninoff's 1st Piano Sonata, original version - His Best? Yes. IMHO it's worth getting to know. It is really a bit different from his other music for solo piano. Reminds me a little of Liszt. I'd have to admit though that before I heard the 'original version' I didn't like it so much. OK, but so is a lot... | |
| High quality recordings any genre Here is a trifecta. Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring Suite, and his 3rd Symphony. Apart from excellent performances, the acoustics are superb. Hell I'd buy this even if I didn't like Copland all that much. The Fanfare coul... | |
| How good is good enough? My 'good enuf' was when I had to accept the fact (OCD or not) that I had probably optimized the only room I had which would accomodate my audio habits. Since I designed my house I felt I was stuck with it, and I am. But I'm happy. :-) | |
| My favorite classical recordings I put my recordings of HIP music into the closet with my hair shirts. I must admit that I’ve never liked the overscored, over produced, recordings of orchestral music. I welcomed Harnoncourt’s Beethoven, Berglund’s Sibelius, Mackerras’ Schubert a... | |
| when your hearing is not as good as it was . . . FWIW, it ain’t the same kind of sound as you’d get in a high quality 2 speaker system properly set up, but a good set of headphones, amp, and source can go a long way in getting you a sound were you can hear those HF’s you are losing. Other than ... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. If you can hear the difference with cables that short, you have 'dog's ears. :-) If your system is 'balanced' and a you're a tad anal XLR cables would put your mind at ease. They won't make it worse. | |
| Anyone Here Ever Purchased A Tube Tester? I’ve been into tubes for nearly 35 years and never felt the need. Sputter, as you described it occurs frequently and I believe caused by pin/socket connections, not bad tubes. I check my tubes and just wiggle the tubes a bit and it usually goes aw... | |
| Mahler 8th Symphony RV, for the most part we agree I think. I cut my teeth on Mahler with Levine's 7th. I still prefer it but there are several versions out now that are pretty good. I do like MMT's version with the SFO. FWIW I attended a different performance of it ... | |
| Mahler 8th Symphony You describe the 8th quite well I think. You could have convinced me that Part I and Part II were composed as separate symphonies:-) FWIW, and I’ll admit that its not much as I haven’t explored it much, if at all, subsequent to my discovering Sol... | |
| Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it? None! But then I don't buy speakers just hoping they will just happen to sound good. If my research suggests (absent an actual in home audition) that the speakers have the characteristics that are important to me in the first place, which are supp... | |
| Rediscovery Absolutely, although I have to admit that 'streaming' was never attractive to me in the first place. I have music on all day now that I am retired, usually on a college FM station, but I also have a multi CD player (Onkyo) which I load with a lot ... | |
| Speaker binding posts with plastic covers Can you not just unscrew them? I think the tabs on the two pieces of plastic 'covers' are there to facilitate that. | |
| Help with tube choice FWIW I use new production JJ or Tesla (older versions) E88CC in my Woo headphone amp and my Raysonic CDP. Tonally they are a bit on the warm side of neutral and dead quiet in both units. They have good longevity and, best of all, are inexpensive. ... | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything FWIW, I almost bought ML's based on an audition of a pair in a SOTA system/setup/room. Wow stuff! But before buying them I listened to them again in another store (same owner) in a nearby city. Small room, less than optimum set up. Sounded lousy.... | |
| Do people tire of audio forums? I come here mainly to help others and I get very little feedback. Fortunately my ego doesn't dictate and if I can occasionally help some one all's good! I don't care for or often participate in the philosophy and equipment threads. Life is too sho... |