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| Best recoding of Mozart's Requiem I don't know whether it is "the best" or anywhere near that mythical level, but the one I have is by the Choeurs et Orchestre de Paris under Daniel Barenboim, with Kathleen Battle, Ann Muray, David Rendall and Matti Salminen EMI CDC 7473422. It so... | |
| Does anyone actually rackmount ????? Damages the faceplate. Reduces resale value. Considering prevailing fashion, does not look right. Looks way too scientific and techy, so gives off the wrong vibe, makes one look like a dreaded scope sniffing number cruncher. A high-end faux pas, i... | |
| Are we music lovers or gear lovers? Music is the excuse to upgrade you gear. Audio is an ends vs means reversal of cosmic proportions. My credo, often repeated, is : set yourslef a budget, buy the best gear you can within that budget, only upgrade when you believe (after careful eva... | |
| Sound control when finnishing a basement? Small removable panels are all you need to have access to shut-off valves and the like. Just build a frame around the portion of ceiling where access is required, the panel is just a piece of gypsum board cut maybe 1/8th of an inch smaller in all ... | |
| Sound control when finnishing a basement? There wasn't as much information available twenty years ago that's for sure. Some of this I got from a French language audio magazine which is no longer published called "Son Hi-Fi Magazine". They, in fact, published a brief review I had written o... | |
| little known musicians we should hear From the top of my head: Graham Parker, his earlier work, The Blasters. | |
| Sound control when finnishing a basement? This is what I put up more than twenty years ago (yes time waits for no man). The space between the joists were filled with fiberglass insulation batts, resilient metal channels were installed, a first layer of gypsum board was installed to the re... | |
| How to audition speakers? A while back, I wrote the following in a thread on this forum. It certainly applies to speakers. I am reproducing it here since I have no idea what is the best way for you to find it: "Oh but to be so sure of one's self! I don't put this out as so... | |
| How old is too old ?.... Since you are up here in the Great White North, I would wholeheartedly recommend Canadian made speakers. There is a variety at different price points. A good number of which leave nothing to be desired. Energy Veritas 2.3s, Paradigm Studio 100 v2s... | |
| How old is too old ?.... Mr. Bomarc, once again, makes very good sense. How many axes are there to grind in these pages? The "source" school of thought, the "change passive components" school of thought, the "change passive components with specific premiere brand name" sc... | |
| Robert Cray like sound I would recommend getting "Showdown" which features your main man himself with the late Johnny Copeland and the late Albert Collins, both worth the price of admission on their own. I concur with the Duke Robillard recommendation, and, while you're... | |
| Multichannel SACD, new category? This notion of being in the middle of the orchestra should be dispelled. To my mind the additional channels should be used for ambiance(except for rare exceptions, for example, I refer to the recording of a procession entering a church and proceed... | |
| Any problems selling equipment outside of USA? Canada and the States is a different kettle of fish, since there is so much trade between the two and there is a FTA. Usually no customs duty simply GST (7%) plus PST (here in Quebec 7.5% on top of that), plus some handling charge, all based on th... | |
| Stones on SACD - Tempting? Why the Stones? Why not some music that could benefit from the better sound quality of SACD? Obviously, the record companies are trying for something with immediate sales potential. I think that most people interested in the Stones would have thei... | |
| help on sumiko project RM-4 One small point, in tightening the cart, make sure you don't screw up it's alignment. I would suggest doing it gradually and alternating tightening one side then the other. At any rate, always a good idea when tightening anything with multiple scr... |