rvpiano
Responses from rvpiano
| What headphone and amplifier for classical enthusiast Yyzsantabarbara,Unfortunately I’m on the other coast.I own a Benchmark AHB2 amp. Can I use it with headphones? | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. Larryi,Yes, I already have some decent cables, but I’m afraid I may have to upgrade. | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. Thanks for all the suggestions.I’m now leaning towards the Placette passive remote control.It allows me to use my current preamp which I love, and comes in under budget. | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. Newbee,Sounds like a great idea. Is it hard to set up? | |
| Record clamp Thanks for the tip. (No pun intended.) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sheffield D2D Prokofiev “Romeo and Juliet” ballet highlights.Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor.sonically amazing.Has to be heard to be believed! | |
| Record clamp On MC’s recommendation, I’m trying the Origin One Gravity Record Weight on my highly modified Rega Planar RP3 turntable with a Clearaudio Virtuoso cartridge. Initial testing shows slight but definite sonic improvement. The overall sound is smoothe... | |
| Streaming vs. CD Mahler123,I mostly use Qobuz as my streaming service. It can be accessed both through AirPlay and built in Chromecast. It decodes Chromecast in hi res 96HZ, but sounds great in either mode. I’m not sure why you can’t.get Qobuz. Are you using the ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I have both Qobuz and Idagio. You’re right, Qobuz is pretty good for classical, but Idagio is great. I found it much better than Primephonic. The search engines are really useful and they sometimes do live music (for a fee.)‘I also find Idagio sou... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert:Life affirming. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados schubert.Brahms was so right! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados A performance of a gorgeous Bach cantata in state of the art sound:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RowYzRTHTWA | |
| Follow your own advice It was not a transfer.It was a recent Japanese export Exton SACD of Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” ballet conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.I have no idea why it sounds the way it does. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados His brother Adam is no slouch either. | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? I think a small majority here prefers spinning to streaming.‘But that may because of the way the question was phrased. I was an inveterate spinner for a long time, but am gradually going to the other side. |