sargonicuse
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| Piano is just 300 years old? There's more. Apropos of this discussion: an article in today's NYT - The Frick Needs a New Piano. Which Would You Choose? Includes sound samples and a reader poll. Reader comments are worth reading too. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/arts/music/frick-pi... | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? The honored and prolific veteran audio engineer and polymath Ethan Winer has written plainly and cogently on this subject here: Why We Believe His entire site is worth exploring for a wealth of learning. | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? Ugh! The last sentence above should read: When testing or changing any gear or room acoustics.... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? The Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides a free sound level meter app for both Apple and Android phones. This app is calibrated for levels set by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health: NIOSH Sound Level Meter App | Noise a... | |
| What is the true impact of power supply differences - Japan, US, Australia? @jea48 +1! | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound @richardbrand +1! Presto's website and catalogue of recordings are fantastic. The best I have found so far and unmatched for sheer volume and depth across digital, vinyl, books, DVDs, Blu-rays, and more offerings. I have purchased a number of ... | |
| Piano is just 300 years old? There's more. @richardbrand +1! | |
| Piano is just 300 years old? There's more. I love classical and jazz piano and factory tours! Here is a sample of piano factory tour documentaries available on YouTube (in alphabetical order but couldn't controll font sizes). All are fascinating and promise to bring new appreciation: Bald... | |
| Bryston? @bslon "You don’t hear much about Bryston around here because the gear performs and doesn’t have problems." Exactly! | |
| Bryston? As a Bryston fan and long-time owner I can share the following for some background and context: What happened to Bryston? SoundStage! Hi-Fi | SoundStageHiFi.com - Bryston: How a Devastating Death Led to a New Lease on Life 2021 public announcem... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" Apologies for this late contribution. I am just catching up on reading the NYT Book Review list of the Best Books of 2024. Among them is this: "Every Valley": The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's "Messiah" by Charles King. ... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" Thank you, @bruce19. I do hope that others take a chance to read this. One more outstanding presentation is the 2014 film docu-drama "Handel's Messiah" with Jane Seymour narrating. Available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/9JuSAqLBjAM?si=GF9vsxF... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" By coincidence, the December 25th edition of the New York Times had a wonderful article on Charles Jennens who provided the text for Handel's Messiah. The article titled "Two Men Wrote The Messiah. You Know One Of Them." is linked here: https://w... | |
| Replacing Bryston 4BST for Aerial 10Ts A couple of years ago I provided a detailed post here regarding this same subject which I can now no longer find. I own a Bryston 4BST that at that time was a few years past the 20-year warranty. Bryston had an upgrade program in place for any ... | |
| Help on ancient Audionics CC-2s @rwwear Thank you very much for posting this! I, too, owned an Audionics CC-2 and the BT-2 preamplifier that I enjoyed for more than twenty years before the CC-2 died one day in a spark and puff of smoke when I turned it on. Even though I lived in... |