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| Balanced preamps with Atma-sphere MA-2's Congratulations on acquiring the MA-2 amps! Hope you enjoy them as much as we have here; I cannot imagine ever going back to a tranformer coupled amp after living with these beautiful OTLs.I drive mine with an Aesthetix Io Signature (with volume c... | |
| Question for classical lovers Rotarius, you've posed an issue I've resolved for myself by staying firmly with LPs in my classical music collection. At the same time, I have a number of audio friends who derive great pleasure from classical music via CD, such as Audigon members... | |
| Best speakers for Classical music under 10k used Great to see so many classical music listeners posting!. | |
| Best speakers for Classical music under 10k used As a fellow classical music listener, I'd highly recommend the Eidolons (used prices right around $10-12K now) or the Merlin VSM-MX with battery B.A.M. (used prices around $6-8K). With suitable electronics (tubes highly recommended) and front end,... | |
| Calling all Aesthetix Callisto / Io Owners Exlibris, there is a pretty significant difference between an Io Signature and the standard Io in that the Signature version delivers greater resolution, more neutral presentation and improved high frequency extension, among other things. Tube cho... | |
| Classical music-Calypso or FS Presence ? Opus88, I agree with R_f_sayles about talking with Jim White. He will tell you very directly and openly what tradeoffs he hears in the Janus as compared with the Calypso/Rhea combination. . | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Slipknot, I have two recordings of the Ives "Unanswered Question" that are both pretty good. I don't know what might be a better version. The two I have are:Gould/ChicagoSO, LSC 2893Kitayenko/MoscowPO, Sheffield TLP 27The Sheffield recording comes... | |
| Classical music-Calypso or FS Presence ? I listen principally to classical music, and almost exclusively to vinyl. Based on my experience living with the Aesthetix Io Signature, and what I've heard with the Aestheitx Calypso and Rhea, I think you'd be hard pressed to find a more satisfac... | |
| Sibelius Symphonies Ditto Texasdave's recommendation of the Sibelius Violin Concerto by Heifetz/Hendl/Chicago SO. It is superb. For vinyl fanciers, the Classic Records LP reissue is very good.Dave, it sounds like you may have found something to like in Tony Faulker's... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Musicdoc, nice to see your additions to this thread! I need to get back to adding to this, too. | |
| Sibelius Symphonies Since this thread has been revived, I'll add one more performance I've been enjoying very much recently: not one of his symphonies, but Finlandia as performed by Mackerras and the London Proms Orchestra on RCA LSC 2336 (the Classic Records 45 r.p.... | |
| Can you have too many tubes? Kdbrink, there's no such thing as too many tubes, only getting a good balance/synergy for a musically natural and neutral system. I don't know the TAD-150 preamp, so I don't know what degree of opportunity you might have for improvement through ad... | |
| Most beautifull turntables today.... Walker Audio Proscenium - I guess I'm just stuck on it's industrial chic where the engineering dictates the elegance of the design...http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue16/images/walker_audio_proscenium_01.jpghttp://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/w... | |
| Chailly Mahler 9th Mario_bDuring the analog recording era, DGG orchestra recordings were, as you point out, a very miss and miss affair, particularly after about 1971. The orchestral recordings from the 1960s and earlier are often quite good. The difference was the ... | |
| Guilty Pleasure via Reader’s Digest Another great set of recordings by the Charles Gerhardt / Kenneth Wilkinson recording team. While Gerhardt worked for RCA several years in the early 1950s, these are not RCA produced recordings: they are only manufactured by RCA. As I recall, Read... |