rushton
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| Best phono pre-amp And I'm going to join Albert in recommending the Aesthetix Io Signature with dual power supplies. This is an incredible phono stage in all respects. I listen primarily to acoustic music, and as I have noted previously, the Io Signature has a remar... | |
| The best Carl Orff Carmina Burana? As originals, all the ones mentioned are long out-of-print so you will have to find them used. At least two have been reissued and may still be available as reissues through the usual mail order sources. Speakers Corner reissued the Jochum/DGG rec... | |
| The best Carl Orff Carmina Burana? And I think I was the only person to recommend the DeBurgos performance on EMI (SAN 162), and that's where I still sit notwithstanding the virtues of the other very worthy candidates that have been mentioned.Another excellent recording is the Kege... | |
| How do you store a whole lotta LP's? With the Ikea Ivar units, there is no backing to keep LPs from being pushed past the back end of the shelf. You have to either live with that issue and be careful in re-shelving, or you can mount a rail across the back side of the uprights about 5... | |
| How do you store a whole lotta LP's? As mentioned, modular furniture can provide a prety cost-effective and reasonable looking solution if your not prepared to go to custom built shelving. IKEA (http://www.ikea.com) offers some solutions that some have found work well. Look at the Bo... | |
| Best recording Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 4 Another nice performance with a different perspective on the work is the Wild/Horenstein performance. An RCA recording (my copy is GL 25293) reissued by Chesky (CR 41). | |
| Eidolon vs Opus Ha, Ha, Ha -- well said, Bryans! And in the meantime we've lost any additional replies to Rmaurin's original question about what to expect if he upgrades from Opus to Eidolon. | |
| Eidolon vs Opus Jtinn, nice follow-up. Thanks for the additional clarification and for reminding everyone that you are a Kharma dealer. I must admit that I don't hear the mid-bass bloat you say MES complained of with the Eidolon and ARC Ref 300 MK II's. I run my ... | |
| Eidolon vs Opus Rich, The Eidolons continue to be the best speaker I have ever heard, but I've not heard the Kharma's, Sound Lab A-1/U-1 or some other contenders. If Jtinn is not using a fair amount of hypberbole in his comparison -- you should buy the Kharma (bu... | |
| Using a studio monitor for home listening? Karls is exactly right -- some of the monitor speakers that grew out of the BBC legacy have excellent reputations for accuracy. Also, there are some others such as the original Wilson Watt and the specially modified Avalon Acoustic speakers used b... | |
| Using a studio monitor for home listening? Rockvirgo, my only add to your comments is that they imply that studio monitors are "accurate". Often they are not accurate but have tipped frequency extremes and/or upper midranges to exaggerate certain portions of the sound spectrum - those inac... | |
| Using a studio monitor for home listening? No incompatibilities, but very often commerically available studio monitors probably are not the best (as in "most natural") speakers for high quality music reproduction in the home. Never made much sense to me that this was the case, but the need... | |
| could someone recommend some good acoustic music If you need something on CD, get the Opus 3 label's "Test CD 4" -- it is an outstanding collection from a number of their acoustic recordings with a mixture of classical, jazz and "popular" music.Opus 3's classic "Depth of Image" LP (nla) continue... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Invitation...Those in the Philadelphia area who have some interest in getting together informally to share some music, listen to some different equipment or listen to one another's systems, are encouraged to post here and to send an e-mail to one ... | |
| What are the "Must have" LP's? The LP recommendations on Arthur Salvatore's website are a very worthwhile starting point. Arthur includes detailed discussions of each of the LPs he has recommended.http://www.high-endaudio.com/index_ac.html |