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Most achingly-beautiful music
Parts of The Swan are nice . Tchaikovsky has a few snippets in his ballets as well. 
Is HDCD dead?
Shadorne, the benefits of HDCD are far more than the dynamic range; HDCD would be extremely worthwhile even if it provided zero dynamic range increase. I feel You really should take a listen on a quality system before making such erroneous theoret... 
Dynaudio Evidence Master need speaker cables
Get with the quality of your gear, MIT made for Tube-mineblowing. 
Is HDCD dead?
The genius of HDCD will last as long as music is played via a non live medium-cd, gorecord(good old record), tape, gkw(god knows what) 
Is HDCD dead?
Eldartford, I was unaware Microsoft bought HDCD for Video-but, after all HDCD = high definition compatible digital-perhaps you have a point. I thought it was for CD; any others in the know? 
Is HDCD dead?
I feel current Reference recordings extremely favorably against DVD-A and SACD when played on a good quality HDCD capable player on my Spectral/MIT system. Microsoft seems to have made decisions leading to a successful, prosperous company. I'm sur... 
Power Conditioners Suited to Digital Front End
I found an MIT ISO HC and MIT Z Stabilizer ll used together appropriately to provide excellent conditioning & isolation for the digital gear. They are available used very reasonably. Feel free to contact me for details. FYI I use Spectral equi... 
What is needed to have the best CD/Digital sound?
IMHO you will not hear the best from your cd player without exceptional ac isolation between the cd player and the rest of your system, and exceptional ac conditioning for the cd player. I found a combination of products and power cords to be best... 
ESOTERIC, WADIA -- How do they really sound?
These extremely rarefied products are usually critcized bythose who don't even own them and invariably have an agenda you will identify if you are able to talk to them. The comments you mention certainly don't apply to these fabulous products from... 
Power Conditioner for your amplifier?
What is your budget? 
Power Conditioner for your amplifier?
Those PS Audio items are very power limiting. Try an older MIT Z Stabilizer using an MIT Z Cord. No limiting whatsoever. 
Personal amp evolution
Dynaco, Quad, CJ/Krell, Spectral 
Levinson 20.5 monos - Time for a Refurb?
If you can find an older Spectral DMA180 it will give you adaquate power & dynamics and will resell easily. It will definitely benefit from a great power cord. Joe has an MIT Oracle AC1 for $850-a steal-and once you have it you probably won't ... 
IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER
Stop worrying about equipment. You are experiencing the interaction of the power/polar response of your speakers with the surfaces of your room. To confirm simply take a square cushion approx 30 inches square from a sofa, support it at ear level, ... 
How is a piano recorded?
In a nutshell-usually poorly. They are tough to get right.We all wish that records/cd's sounded as you describe-as a whole unit- but most don't.