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| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent Lucky?? As I said previously, this is not a rare record. With the one I just bought, I now have three. After I cherry pick the one I want to keep, the other two will end up in my give away pile.If you guys like this music, do try Dvorak's chamber ... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent My comments are based on my familiarity with the original issues. I spent many years pursuing these and have most of what I want from the Mercury catalogue. So to the point, I havent heard the reissues. But I do know what the recordings are like ... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent I looked at what's available from Speakers Corner and selected a few safe choices with comments.SR 90253 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minorA lovely disc that I have had a near impossible time getting a clean copy of. Another one those w... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent ...you can tell an original if the color front wraps around partly to the back....Not always so. The Merc's are the most pressing dependent label I know and early tends to be better but is not always. You have to learn to look at stampers if you w... | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent I just $1 for another copy of the original last week. I'll cherry pick the copy I want to keep and throw the others in my give away pile. | |
| Dvorak Symphony No. 2 Classic records excellent The reason this is still listed as No 2 is the record was issued originally issued in 1961 and the Classic is preprinting the original jacket. I am a bit surprised that they are reissuing this as it is a fairly common record. This is probably my f... | |
| TUBES -- Telefunken OR Mazda 12AX7 How a tube will sound in your particular piece of equipement is hard to tell without direct experience. Case in point, I have tried tele 6dj8's in a different pieces over the years and have always hated them. Recently, I was playing tubes in an Ae... | |
| AT&T to cap broadband usage. Streamers beware More fuel to the fire....http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1388796/Up-20-million-Americans-systematically-overcharged-AT-T-data-usage.html | |
| Magico - a new Mini? How do I know? I've heard them many times. | |
| Magico - a new Mini? Yawn...another over priced, under performing speaker from Magico..... | |
| Vinyl comeback now, cassette tapes next? Winyl never left.... | |
| Which floorstander for 25-30m2 room? What is your tolerance of position? Can you accomodate a speaker 6 to 10 feet off the back wall? | |
| aesthetix IO owners: How long do your tubes last? There's a thread either here or on the asylum that mentions the user keep the IO on 24/7 for a year. The tubes were down 5 to 15% after that time. That amounts to a long time for the typical user. If I remember correctly, they were NOS tubes, not ... | |
| RCM recommendations Actusreus,you are free to be skeptical. Run the test your self and make your own conclusions. I ran the test because I wanted to know for myself first hand. Now I do to my statisfaction and I have passed on what I've learned. IMO, it's equivelent ... | |
| RCM recommendations Yes, we used the AI 4 step method that has been well documented here. Used that same brushes also. Since my collection is decidedly vintage, I think the PRC4 is the best fit for me. |