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| your favorite violin or fiddle cuts, and why? The slow(second) movement from the JS Bach Concerto for Two Violins in d minor. | |
| classical suggestions Next time you're in a bookstore or a libray,check out Ted Libbey's "Guide to Classical Music". He offers short essays about musicians and their musics,and makes recommendations of specific recordings. One more thing,you are ,of course,entitled to ... | |
| Soundstaging and imaging are audiophile fictions. Perhaps I have misunderstood imaging as it is commonly used. For me,if I can follow the melody,the countermelody,and the obbligto third line defining the harmony without the speakers getting in the way,the speakers image well. | |
| Building the Best "Used" Budget System under $3000 Ok,I'll play.-Monarchy preamp/dac model 33, 550 dollars-Van Alstine amp 240 or 260, 800 dollars-Nad 521i cd player(used as transport),200 dollars-Cambridge Audio tuner, 200 dollars-Sony table/cartridge(The one with a self contained phone pre amp),... | |
| Is "live" music sound possible for under $1K No. Live music has an immediacy that reproduced music does not equal. This and $1.05 will buy you a cup of coffee but here goes.-integrated amp,about $300. In addition to the Jolida mentioned in a previous post, consider the NAD 320bee,Cambridge A... | |
| I need a recording with a good drum solo . Anything with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. | |
| NEW MUSIC Why doesn't Elliot Carter get the recognition he deserves? | |
| Who are the Jazz Cats on Audiogon? (Holds his thumb and index finger about a centimeter apart),I play maybe that much piano. I wanna be Horace Silver when I grow up. | |
| Classical Music as Relics for easy listening Here is a link that might interest you: http://www.theclassicalstation.org Art music,because of its complexity,has never been and will never be as widely commercially successfull as music manufacured to sell consumer goods. It seems that every gen... | |
| How much Power do speakers really use ??????? None taken,Sean;I enjoy reading your posts,really. | |
| How much Power do speakers really use ??????? Ok,I see Sean's point. | |
| How much Power do speakers really use ??????? Busaganashi:To double check my facts,I looked up the B&W Nautalis 803s on their web site;they are rated 90db into 8 ohms.So 90db would require 1 watt,93db-2 watts,96db-4 watts,99db-8 watts,102db-16 watts,105db-32 watts,108db-64 watts,and 111 d... | |
| How much Power do speakers really use ??????? Weiserb:This is antectdotal;guys with physics degrees,please cut me some slack.The softest sound,at the softest pitch,(a flute)is about 50 decibels. On a music score,that is notated pp. Each time you double the loudness,add 10 decibels. That is p ... | |
| Jazz suggestions please To the modernist pianists you mentioned,I would add Horace Silver,George Shearing,early Herbie Hancock,and McCoy Tyner. | |
| PSB Stratus Goldi vs Paradigm Studio 100 v2 Foreverhifi,that's cool. My love affair with maggie is a result of her imaging(one I got the placement right). In obligato passages,I can follow the melody,the counter melody, and the third line defining the harmony without the speakers getting in... |