rushton
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| Depth Imaging db,Your experience with depth imaging on that super expensive system can be replicated with much more modest systems, so don't give up on your pursuit of this aspect of music reproduction if it's important to you! My first experience with excellen... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight we're playing:Britten, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, F.Slatkin/ConcertArtsSO, Capitol (Cisco reissue - very fine!)Dohnanyi, Variations on a Nursery Song, (flip side of above LP)Britten, Cantata Academica, Malcolm/LSP, L'Oiseau Lyr... | |
| Walker SST contact enhancer Thanks for the follow-up, Mem916. Glad to hear its making a positive difference for you. Keep in mind that the break in will be most rapid on those contacts that have a larger electrical flow (power cords and speaker cables) and will require longe... | |
| Beginning the Analog Adventure This will not be what you want to hear, but: If you like the sound you're hearing in your new room, live with everything for a while longer, save some more money and then buy in the $2-3,000 range. In that price range you'll be able to substantial... | |
| Depth Imaging db,Unfortunately, anything you put in between the speakers is likely to have an adverse impact on the soundstaging that the speakers can deliver. Large flat reflective surfaces are the most difficult to deal with. Once you decide something must be... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? By the way... I'm back to this thread after a long period of the system being down for an amp upgrade and some remodeling work in the listening room. The amps are back and beginning to break in (about 150 hours now) and everything is sounding very... | |
| What's your chair ? Ekornes Stressless "President" model. This will not get you to 42" at the ear, however. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Kondrashin, RCA reissue by Classic Records - a great performance and a clear example of early poor mastering effort by Classic Records. This LP demonstrates why so many got turned off by the Classic efforts early on... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Leroy Jodie Pierson, Direct-to-Disc from Analogue Productions (The man can play the blues, and the d-to-d is mighty fine, but something's just not right in the miking of Pierson's voice on this LP.)Roy Orbison, "Pretty Woman" single, 33rpm/45rpm, ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Barber, Symphony No. 1, Hanson/EME, Mercury (mono)Hanson, Symphony No. 5, Hanson/EME, Mercury (mono)Tracy Chapman, Talkin' About a Revolution, ElektraVaughan Williams, Sancta Civitas, Willcocks/LSO, EMIVaughan Williams, Benedicite, Willcocks/LSO, ... | |
| ACAPPELLA CD RECOMMENDATIONS For classical, here are five acappella groups who consistently deliver outstanding performances:Tallis ScholarsHilliard EnsembleChanticleerAnonymous 4Sequentia (with occasional one-two instrument accompaniment). | |
| Avalon Eidolon Diamond and Tenor Audio OTL Costanzia,I have not heard the Tenor OTL with Eidolons, but I would be concerned about the impedance match (not power output) for controlling the bottom end. I use an Atma-Sphere MA-2 Mk.II.3 OTL with my Eidolons (regular, not Diamond), and they a... | |
| Budget Linear track table? The closest to "entry level" in terms of cost that I've seen in recent years is the $599 MG-1 air-bearing tonearm to add to your turntable of choice. I've never heard one, let alone tried one, but I've read a couple of reasonably favorable comment... | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? Just as an fyi... The terms "tangential tracking" and "linear tracking" both are acceptable. Of the manufacturers of these arms over the years, B&O, Rabco, Marantz and others used the term "tangential tracking" and Eminent Technology, Air Tang... | |
| classical sampler? Here's a link to an earlier thread discussing various points of entry for people new to classical who'd like to begin exploring:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&1116521882Seandtaylor99 has offered soe interesting starting points f... |