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| Serenade 13 in G Not Ruined By Starbucks, Please Try some Telemann: any of his Tafelmusik or or his concertos; Bruggen and the Concerto Amsterdam are good on Telefunken. Here are two:http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1084457http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1093008. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night with some friends over:Schubert - String Quintet in A "The Trout", Vienna Octet/C.Curzon -pf, Decca SXL 2110 Speakers Corner (Just luscious, with incredible piano contribution by Curzon. One of the great performances and recordings of t... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems The concern is whether Ralph is being hung out to dry...As I and others have commented here and elsewhere, I don't think I care who ends up running Ralph Karsten's company after Ralph is out of a job with the company he created. That sort of thing... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Playing Now: Stravinsky: ÂFirebird Ballet, Stravinsky(cond), Columbia ML 5728 mono  Wow! This old mono LP sure has dynamic impact and clarity. Much better that the stereo Â2-eye copy of this same recording also in my collection. Too bad th... | |
| atma sphere ma60mkii and revel studios Take a look at the ASOG forum where this was recently discussed:http://www.otlamp.com/forum/messages/3693.html. | |
| Jazz Recs for Classical Music Fan - Challenging Rob, I've been making this same journey of exploration over the past year, moving from an almost exclusive base in classical music (as in more than 3000 LPs) to trying to understand and appreciate jazz. What worked for me was to focus on the "stra... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Pink Floyd: "Ummagumma" in an early EMI/Harvest pressing ("Gigi" cover). Some folks don't care for this album, imo its their loss. Early PF showing a lot of where they were headed over the next several years.Eric Bibb: "Good Stuff" Opus3 LP 19603 ... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems Thank you, Mark. For those with an interest, here's the link:http://www.otlamp.com/forum/index.html. | |
| Joule Electra VZN100 with Merlin VSM-MX. Cheers, Jsl.. | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems Can anyone access the ASOG server? (Atma-Sphere Owners Group)http://www.otlamp.com/forum/index.htmlIt is uniquely coincidental that after some messages were posted questioning Atma-Sphere's new management about Ralph Karsten's curious departure, t... | |
| Joule Electra VZN100 with Merlin VSM-MX. Hi Bobby,Sorry to imply you were being contentious; it was not my intent. Quite to the contrary: I have very much enjoyed the questions you asked and the way you have sought further clarification and understanding! Best wishes, | |
| Joule Electra VZN100 with Merlin VSM-MX. LOL and smiling... I surrender! Never intended this to become contentious folks, and I'm delighted to see so much energy in the conversation. :-)Jsl - the word "bloat" is your word, btw. I never used it. Relax.What all of you are describing are, t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Playing now:Pink Floyd: "Wish You Were Here" - Mejames, thanks for the added encouragement... I can't believe how GOOD this early Columbia pressing sounds! I was expecting to find sonic mediocrity, but no way. This pressing sounds really good: cle... | |
| Joule Electra VZN100 with Merlin VSM-MX. Hi Bobby,And as I hope you gathered, I am a big fan of your VSM speakers. Ever since I first heard Lloyd Walker's tweaked out older pair, I have been impressed. Your new VSM-MX is, in my opinion, a superb speaker; I've really enjoyed listening to ... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems Ralph Karsten was the most valuable asset Atma-Sphere Musical Systems possessed. His departure is saddening and somewhat troubling to me. It was always Ralph's personal integrity, his vision and his sense of musical accuracy and truthfulness that ... |