pragmatist
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| Handel's Messiah? Allow me to second the Shaw/Atlanta recording. | |
| Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue I'n not really sure how similar or disimilar,but here are two more you might like. "Birth of the Cool" and "Sketches of Spain",both in colaboration with Gil Evans,with larger ensambles,and the orchestration possibilities that implies.I read what y... | |
| The CD is Dead Long Live The CD? If I sell you a cd,there is an intermediate step for a wholesaler,who must make a profit. Because I know that two persons will record your copy,the final price will reflect that.In addition to the two copies you give away,I have to consider piracy... | |
| What's your speaker IQ, and the best speaker? Over the years,I have tried to get into audio botiques,so that I've heard most of the stuff out there,even if in a commissioned salesperson's speaker room.In the "best speakers you've even heard" thread,I said the larger Quads,that are beyond my b... | |
| Are some of us cultish in our beliefs The Maggies are in the western end of the temple,with the entry door on the east facing. | |
| harmonic distortion and frequency response I'm not sure I understand your question or what the designer was trying to say,but let me try confusing the issue from a different direction :)Go to a piano and hold down a key(without making it sound),and then play the note an octave below it;the... | |
| Canadian Musicians Oscar Peterson,Angela Hewitt,Glenn Gould | |
| Great sounding close to back wall speakers. Disclaimer. I'm one of those Magnepan nuts.*smile*I would not put an ported(front or rear)speaker close to a wall;I would stick to a sealed box.Checking your system for a price range,I'd checkhttp://www.northcreekmusic.com and link through to the ... | |
| Recommendation: Gould Well-Tempered Clavier LP set A suggestion,for what it is worth,remember VOX BOXES?Harpsichordist Martin Galling recorded the complete keybord works of Bach for Vox.The first three lp set includes the two part inventions,the three part inventions,and the WTC I.Ralph Kirkpatric... | |
| Low cost bedroom speakers Rich,Thank you. | |
| Low cost bedroom speakers Rich:How's the Outlaw Receiver? | |
| hide equipment To keep peace in the family,my electronics are in a cabinet and my uni remote does not go through the wood.I don't know the answer to your question. | |
| Hey, we don't get no respect Two points:1.I've never listened to a price tag.2.My piano cost more than my audio rig and software. | |
| Everything Bach ever wrote Thanks for the link. Here's another you might like,if you don't have it already:http://www.theclassicalstation.orgYou're entitled to your opinion,of course. Because I don't speak German,I can't take a steady diet of his cantatas. When he wrote the... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? These three stand out for me:The Brandenburg Concertos. Karl Richter and the Bach Orchestra of Munich. So many of the Brandenburger recordings are "rehearse it once and record it"-and they sound like it. BOM was together long enough that they were... |