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Classical Music for Aficionados
kef-lover,i hear much much more in the recording now than I heard before.my opinion still is that it is gorgeous . 
Puzzling preamp problem
Well, the problem seems to have resolved itself!I just had my monoblock amplifiers returned to me, modified last week.They seem to have broken in during my long listening session yesterday, with the result that the whole system opened up, and lo a... 
Puzzling preamp problem
I’ll try swapping the cables and see what happens.Swapping the tubes is more of a hassle because I have to remove all the tiny screws from the chassis and remove the cover, but it’s worth a tryInterestingly though,  I had a several hour listening ... 
Puzzling preamp problem
It just seems if the right channel is very strong, it wipes out the left. 
Puzzling preamp problem
I have a reverse channels knob on my preamp.  When I reversed the channels the right channel still predominated.Yet...... On many CDs the balance is perfect!?!? 
Puzzling preamp problem
I  ordered a new set of tubes yesterday.That is a possible solution. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Without the craziness of HiFi-mania, I generally get more consistently involved in the MUSIC with the car radio than with my set.  Oh well........And yes, there was that girl .................. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Schubert,I’m sorry I gave up stamp collecting as well.My system has given me, by turns, agony and ecstasy.Sometimes within the same day! 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I think TT is one of those conductors, like Stokowski, who takes a hand in the final product of a recording — spends some time in the control room.  I’ve found that many of his recordings sound very natural.Stokowski would do all sorts of weird th... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
The Gershwin recording, perhaps 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Well, I finally (hopefully) got my NuForce amps back from repair and my system seems to be in balance again. What an ordeal!!! 
Classical Music for Aficionados
No need to pay me back.  If I had a dollar for every dud I bought, I’d have enough for a new system!Not that I expect her to be a dud.  You have excellent taste.I love Sarasate’s violin pieces. Years ago, I had an LP of Ruggiero Ricci playing many... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I just checked Tianwa out on Amazon.  She has quite a discography on Naxos.At your urging, I ordered her Sarasate set. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Just listening to three symphonies (35,36,38) by the miracle that is Mozart.Whereas, arguably, Haydn may be the better symphonist, and unarguably, Mozart’s piano concertos are more inspired, his symphonies are gems of creation, perhaps with a grea... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
As a trained musician, who started studying piano at the age of six, I can tell you that music is something that is perceived not as much by training, as by listening.I separate the two.  I started LISTENING to all kinds of music as a pre-teen, no...