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Need recommendation for amplifier
My version is the “hot rod,” not the Reference. 
Need recommendation for amplifier
Thanks, Tim! 
Need recommendation for amplifier
Well, it didn’t take long!  As Johnny said,  LESS than 4 minutes told the story.The Belles is now my amp.Just about night and day is the difference between the Dragons and the Belles.In about every parameter it excels: clarity, bass, definition, s... 
Need recommendation for amplifier
Schubert,In this frigid weather, I’ll do that, even though I don’t have much time to audition.Thanks for your good wishes 
Need recommendation for amplifier
The Belles amp is arriving tomorrow, but the bad news is I am leaving on a 10 day trip the next day!  So, I’ll get only a few hours at best to hear it until I get back. The good news is I’ll have a couple of weeks to try it out.I still have some p... 
Is there any danger in leaving a class D amp on unattended for ten days?
I totally concur. To think that audio memory is momentarily fleeting flies in the face of massive experiential evidence to the contrary.Why do we even give any credence to this theoretical construct? 
Classical Music for Aficionados
There was a whole series of Bach cantatas with Ristenpart on Nonesuch.All of them with amazing sonics. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Well, I just had to order the Tabakova, too.Just listening to a Nonesuch record I bought over a half a century ago, with some of the best sound ever recorded.  It’s of Bach Cantatas No.140 and No. 57.Karl Ristenpart leads definitive performances o... 
Is there any danger in leaving a class D amp on unattended for ten days?
What is the distinguished scientific source used?Oh, It’s WIKIPEDIA!!!! 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Re: RVWilliamsMy favorite of his is Symphony #2 “A London Symphony”Captures the city with Big Ben and street sounds, musically interpolated.Truly wonderful work.Also “A Sea Symphony” (Symphony #1).  The opening bars are thrilling — an evocation of... 
Musician vs. audiophile
As a retired classical pianist and audiophile, what I look for is a natural presentation.I am not obsessive to the point I must have the most expensive, or best of the best equipment. The audiophile in me wants to obsess over the sound, but the mu... 
Is there any danger in leaving a class D amp on unattended for ten days?
Thanks.Off they’ll go! 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I agree with Schubert.  The doctor had very eclectic, excellent taste.I think that it would be difficult and not very helpful for us to start picking choices for you.That would be our taste. You should develop your own taste.Schubert has some very... 
Need recommendation for amplifier
What’s really amazing is how delicate a balance there is in high-end HiFi that just switching a plug around can make such a marked difference. 
Need recommendation for amplifier
It’s really amazing how much of a difference it made.