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| Which setting for 6ohm speakers? I agree with Tom6897, However, FWIW, IME, using the 4ohm taps will accentuate bass performance and the 8ohm taps will improve upper frequency clarity. Obviously it depends on your speakers actual impedence curve, not just the nominal rating, and y... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Reprince, Agreed. Because of my aversion to long drawn out performances of the mid-symphonies and piano concertos I have enjoyed Pletnev's versions of Sym 2 & 3 and Leif Ove Andsnes Piano Concertos #1 & #2. If you haven't heard the PC's yo... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Donjr, I don't know why others did not mention Rachmaninoff, but since this thread has taken a sharp turn away from the original thought of putting together a list for beginners, what the hell.Rachmaninoff is a (very) late romantic composer. The m... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Most all of Moravec's recordings are on CD's on the Suppraphon label - check them out. I bought a bunch of them on sale only to find out I already had most of them on earlier labels. Bummer. | |
| Mating Quad 2905's with crossover and subs? I goofed - I was referring to smaller Quads. Sorry 'bout that. | |
| Mating Quad 2905's with crossover and subs? One of the problems with sub's and Quads is the speed issue. Quads are very fast and clean. Dynamic subs, no so much, unless you have small cone drivers properly implemented and even then the frequencies handled by the cross over slopes will lose ... | |
| Silverline Sonata's vs Martin Logan ESL FWIW I pretty much agree with Soix's comments re the differences between ML's and dynamic speakers in general, and the Silverline's. It is hard to be much more specific since you don't ID which Silverline Sonata you are referring to - there were t... | |
| Another cheater plug thread Hi Minorl, Great advise. You sound like a very knowlegable person so perhaps you could answer a question I have.I have an amp which is grounded properly driven by a pre-amp which is grounded properly. When I plug in a CDP it creates a ground loop ... | |
| Another survey - Best bargain you ever got I thought $450 for an Accuphase T100 tuner was my best 'deal' - they live forever I think. It is in it's late twenties and still has all its lights yet! But then FM is on its way out - (-:My present speakers look to be my present 'best deal', not ... | |
| Ringing Sound In Tube Gear Is the ringing coming from one channel or both? If one channel try swithcing the tubes to the opposing channel and see if the ringing moves. Do you hear it in both channels? If so for it to be a tube it would most likely be one that services both ... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Mapman, FWIW you are right, Heifitz will not leaved one unmoved. Unfortunately a lot of folks find his playing too cool and austere on occasions, where someone with a nice warm tone like Perlman might really tug on their heart strings. I like Perl... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Eelii08, Re Sibelous VC. I have two recommendations which present a contrast in both recording and performance, Heifitz's classic account on RCA Living Stereo and Anne-Sophie Mutter on DG with Andre Previn.Heifetz's performance is very fast (26:45... | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings A goof. The Sibelius compilation was on the London label, not EMI. My poor memory is failing. :-) | |
| Top 5 Classical recordings Re Sibelius, One of my favorite budget recommendations is a London 'Double Decker' compilation by Ashkenazy with the PO and Horst Stein and the L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande on EMI on 2CD's. It includes Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Luonotar, Tapio... | |
| The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig? Regarding equipment the only comments/compliments I get are "what are all the tubes?" and how beautiful the speakers are. What I do hear though is a lot of comments regarding my collection of music, rather large and conspiciously displayed. Most c... |