rushton
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| Telarc recordings Newbee, I would take issue with your broad statement about Decca recordings. The Decca recordings from the late 50's through the early 70's are some of the greatest examples of orchestral and opera recordings in natural sounding, correctly capture... | |
| Need advice with a phono stage for my BAT VK-50... > Should the phono stage be tube or SS? <This is a matter of preference and cost; no absolutes. My preference is for tube, but a good quality low noise tube unit puts you at the upper end (or over) of your target price limit. The advantage o... | |
| Need advice with a phono stage for my BAT VK-50... Dennisb, if you are committed to looking for a lower cost option just to play your existing LPs (about 100?) and if you're not planning to buy more vinyl (and even if you are), consider some of these lower cost options that will allow you to make ... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, thank you for your kind words about my comments on the Walker Proscenium turntable. Lloyd Walker has shared with us a stunning achievement.As to the LP vs. CD (and SACD for that matter) comparison, this has been done by people whose ear... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, my choice, based on my listening priorities*, would be the Aesthetix Callisto Signature. If you do a search here in Audiogon you will find a number of posts from Albertporter praising this unit. Jonathan Valin (TAS) uses the Callisto in... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, if you look through the Atma-Sphere Owners Group web site, as I believe you have, you will find people there who believe the Atma-Sphere MP-1 is a superb preamp that is an exceptional fit to the A-S amps. They like the detail, transpare... | |
| Atma-sphere MP-1 vs Mark Levinson 32 Springbok, if you like your Atma-Sphere amps, you probably will not care for the Mark Levinson in your system. The AS MP-1, or the Aesthetix Callisto, or the Aesthetix Calypso, or any of several other tube line stages would probably be a better ma... | |
| convergent jl2 or arc ref 600 for my eidolons? Costanzia, as you're probably aware Robert Harley (now editor of TAS) used the Ref 600 when he did his review of the Eidolons several years ago. He liked the combination then. I own Eidolon's, but I use Atma-Sphere MA-2s with them and cannot comme... | |
| I would like to know the sites Bluesky, I'm sorry to have misinterpreted your original question. By "Q&A sites," do you mean sites on the internet where you can engage others in discussions about classical recordings? If so, the following are sites in which I participate fo... | |
| I would like to know the sites Elizabeth and Ozfly, you're welcome. Glad I could share. One additional comment: as a collector of vinyl, I find Grammophone particularly useful because the reviewers often reference other performances by way of comparison that are (or were once) ... | |
| I would like to know the sites For an extended listing and description of largely classical LPs with superior sound:http://www.high-endaudio.com/index_ac.html - see "Supreme Recordings"For an online resorce to reviews of various classical recordings (largely CD):http://www.gram... | |
| Best Sounding LPs My primary focus is on classical music, so that's what I'll focus on in answering your request. In my experience, you can rarely go wrong with the sound quality and musical aesthetic from the following record labels. It's well worthwhile to explor... | |
| Anyone have their system insured? If you have a homeowner's policy (versus renter's policy), contents in most states are insured at a percentage of the coverage value of the house: typically less than 100%. Most insurance companies are willing to increase the percentage of coverag... | |
| Best Beethoven's 9th recording? Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, DeccaOne of the great Beethoven 9ths.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000428Q/qid=1085365145/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/103-9941353-4786221For the 5th, no performance exceeds the marvelous recording by Car... | |
| analog newbie question/vinyl weight Rex - interesting, I'd never seen the use before the 80s.Elizabeth - "Quiex II" is stated by Classic Records to be a different formulation, but they are all somewhat different from pressing plant to plant. Some of CR's re-releases on Quiex II do s... |