rvpiano
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| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings cal91,Ironic, I just started a thread on that subject. Let’s see what happens. | |
| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings if you choose to replace your old amp, I would suggest a home trial of a neutral sounding one such as the Benchmark AHB2. 100 wpc, same as yours. Sounds fine with massed violins in my system. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Not trying to sound too politically correct, but black or white he was a pretty good composer. | |
| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings Since I resolved the problem, I don’t hear the “grittiness“ of massed violins on any source anymore. I think the problem may be with your amplifier, or with your DAC, if the source is digital. | |
| The psychological factor i just ordered my wife ear plugs today from Amazon.Not joking! | |
| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings Massed strings were always a problem with me. Even with a tube preamp, the problem persisted. Only after I changed amp and speakers did things get better. And it took a while until the speakers broke in before the situation improved.I may be wr... | |
| The psychological factor aewarren,I think your right that every preamp has a sweet spot below which the sound is compromised. I think I found it. | |
| The psychological factor As indicated above, preamp is Conrad-Johnson. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados jcazador,Indeed a sad letter to receive. It is a sad situation, unfortunately one that started a long time ago. And yet, there are so many young people populating orchestras all over the world. | |
| The psychological factor Yes I did. They said it wouldn’t be a problem.On the mid setting, the volume.control was unmanageable, especially with the high output cartridge I’m using. | |
| The psychological factor Preamp is Conrad-Johnson PV11 modded with teflon caps. | |
| The psychological factor Amp is a Benchmark AHB2. Interestingly it has three “sensitivity” switch settings which control volume levels. I have it on the lowest setting. | |
| It’s a pleasure. Maybe I don’t have the best, most revealing system in the world. But I’m not going to worry about that. As long as I can enjoy the great sound I have, and not imagine how much better it can be, I’ll be happy. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Jim,No reason to be sorry. i haven’t listened to the Goldberg for a while. Maybe the beauty of the music influenced my positive reaction | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Lang Lang has just released a new recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, available on Idagio. Unexpectedly, it’s not bad. Each variation is repeated imaginatively different the second time around. The ornamentation is original and well integr... |