rushton
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| Classical music - starting points Newbee, good question. I love Mahler, but if someone is not finding an entry point from some of the other music suggested, I'd take 'em a bit further out on the edges. ;-)Interesting story about your daughter, as I keep Sibelius and Mahler tied to... | |
| Classical music - starting points Nice set of recommendations. Newbee, Gary17 and Beemerrider: thanks for posting such extended and excellent suggestions for specific works as starting points for people beginning to explore classical music. I agree with the suggestions.My contribu... | |
| What's Best Care for Piano Black Finish Speakers? Thanks, Larry. I appreciate your comments. | |
| tubes or no tubes Gelmhirst, here's a push: go with tubes and you're likely never to look back. We each have different sonic priorities. For me, I listen almost exclusively to acoustic instruments and good tubes deliver more of the natural timbre and harmonic overt... | |
| What's Best Care for Piano Black Finish Speakers? The cloth to which Mike refers is generically called "microfiber" - very soft, highly absorbant, no lint residue. It's also widely used for cleaning optics. I used microfibre for my glasses, my camera lenses, and my turntable (which has a gloss bl... | |
| What's Best Care for Piano Black Finish Speakers? My wife has a high gloss finish Yamaha piano, and has followed these instructions for many years with great success:"The best approach is the least aggressive approach." High Polish Polyester Finishes: Everyday maintenance - lightly dampen cloth... | |
| My VPI MK3 skips if I walk near it.Should this be? Assuming this is a new location for your turntable, the problem is most likely a "bouncy" floor, not an issue with the turntable or arm. As suggested by Jameswei, you might want to look at ways to make the support platform (rack, shelf, whatever) ... | |
| Visit the Wonderful World of Analog Raul Style Raul, Done, assuming your email address from our conversation 18 months ago is still correct. If not, email me via Audiogon."Btw, I appreciate, too, if you can e-mail me your audio system." | |
| Thinking of jumping to analog...which turntable? Agree with Sdcampbell on this recommendation. You'll still need to add a phonostage, so this leaves room to make a serious investment in that critical part of the analog chain. Assuming you make a good choice in the phonostage, you will have a ver... | |
| Visit the Wonderful World of Analog Raul Style Metralla, good point. I resized all the images and forwarded them last night to 4yanx. Hopefully he'll be able to substitute with the resized images to make things easier on the bandwidth. If he's successful making the switch, I'll help him create... | |
| Best Phono Pre for Teres Gary, I will second John's (Jafox's) recommendation of the Aesthetix Rhea or the Aesthetix Io Signature if you only want to do this once. The Io Signature sells for $9000 new and they occasionally are sold used for around $5000. (The standard Io M... | |
| How Big is Your Music Collection About 4,000 LPs, 50 CDs, 0 SACD, 0 DVD85% of the collection is classical music. | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Our next gathering is Saturday, May 21 at a member's home west of Philadelphia. If you'd like to join us or would like more information, send me a private email with your full name name and telephone number and I'll be happy to get in touch with y... | |
| Vinyl experts, I need your advice. TNT6, ETII,Benz Frogman, thanks. That's what I would expect. Interesting that in 15 years of use, I never experienced this with my ETII.Rgordonpf, thanks for the follow-up with the cleaning recommendation. A friend now uses my old ETII and I'll make sure he knows... | |
| Vinyl experts, I need your advice. TNT6, ETII,Benz Frogman, will clogged capillaries show up as drag on the spindle as it passes through the manifold? . |