northernfox
Responses from northernfox
| The awful truth about CDs, do they have the same shelve life as LP's ? I have well over 1,000 commercially produced CDs , many of them from the early to mid 1980s. I have not encountered any issue with CD deterioration.On very rare occasions I have had tracking problems with a NEW CD, which I believe result from ma... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings <randyhat> I have been using an Audio Research 150.2 amp for a number of years, working with an Audiio Research LS-25 Mk II, Esoteric K-01 player, and driving Focal Alto Utopia speakers. The 150.2 is based on the old Tripath Class D modu... | |
| Something similar to Mahler Something close to Mahler, which is not really Mahler, is the so-called Mahler 10th symphony (in the performing version by Deryck Cooke), since Mahler skethed much of the music but died before it could be completed and orchestrated. Admittedly, th... | |
| favorite SOPRANO? Elly Ameling, the great Dutch soprano, posessesor of a most pure musical voice, particularly well suited to modern recording-check out:"The Art of Elly Ameling" Philips 473 451-2 (5CD)set with music from Bach to Cole Porter. | |
| Your favorite J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violinNathan MilsteinDG 457-701-2 (2CD)Solo Cello Suites 1-6Heinrich SchiffEMI 7474718 (2CD)Various pieces transcribed for piano and played by Wilhelm KempffDG 439-108-2 | |
| Memories........What made you catch the Audio Bug? At the 1960 Detroit Auto Show, which I attended as a young lad, I heard a demostration through headphones of something new called "stereophonic" sound. It impressed me deeply, and combined with a developing love of music, got me hooked on two-chan... | |
| Best tracks to "show off" your system To add some classical selections:1. Holst's "The Planets"(eg Mars,Jupiter,Uranus)Philharmonia OrchestraJohn Eliot GardinerDG 445-860-2 (1995)2. Almost anything sung by Jessye NormanSee eg "Brava Jessye! The very best of Jessye Norman"Philips 454-6... | |
| Audio Research 150.2 Tri-Path amp opinions? I acquired a new ARC 150.2 amp about three months ago, together with an ARC LS-25 MK II preamp, and I have been very pleased with the results. The combination provides a detailed clean sound, with good soundstage and presence. I listen primarily t... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I agree with Eyeballman's assessment of KEF Reference 105/2 speakers. I have been enjoying mine since 1982, and everytime I upgrade something in the system in front of them, they just sound even better. I may consider buying something newer at som... | |
| Sssss...sibilance? Thanks to everyone for the useful responses. I will see what I can do. Sogood 51: Yes, the new system is generally providing far superior sound to the old SAE. As for the recordings in quesiton, some of them are remastered mid-60s to late-70s perf... |