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| Classical Music for Aficionados Well, the old saw the good is the enemy of the best IMO should be the revised to bad taste is the enemy of everythingI don’t know if it’s true or not but a Professor I had once said ."There will never be another Mozart , no one born in the age of ... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Science is as much a religion as any other .The reason people do anything is a search for meaning and hope . | |
| Need recommendation for amplifier Great, rvpiano .Best to let shipped gear warm up to room temperature in cold weather before using or so I was told and always have done .Have a safe trip ! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I believe so craig59, but I have misplaced my cheat sheet and can’t say for sure, in any event I never heard a bad Boult .My real man with RVW is Vernon Hadley, nobody did more for English composers..IMO Handley was the most sensitive conductor of... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Nowhere, but it tends to up the odds . | |
| Shopping for Interconnects marqmike, as a retired teacher I ain’t rich .You described the IC-3se better than I can and you are spot on .I first bought 2 with DHL as there is a price difference.AudioArt had told me the Shadows were better though and as he is as honest as it ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados There is a fine 30 CD set of RVW on Warner Classics, if memory serves about 60$ on Amazon . Vocals works are excellent .Nothing bad .Boult, Groves and Handley etc, all noted as RVW approved .Only drawback is no notes , but there is a rundown of sa... | |
| Budget Audience Clone? I tried Clear Day and AudioArt, best of both , on acoustic music the CD is overly bright and the AA is much better on the overtones that make a String Qt sing . Tried on both tube and SS systems on Totem, Gallo, Meadowlark and Rega speakers wi... | |
| Shopping for Interconnects If you go to the AudioArt IC-3se you will have the best on the market under 2k .DHL connectors are very good, The Shadow ones are fantastic ! | |
| Budget Audience Clone? By far, and I've tried all the usual subjects, the AudioArt SC-5 which are on here now at $ 152 are the least expensive good SC's on the market . | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? Just now read through this entire post for first time . Excellent post with so many great things made my head swim , don't think anyone was wrong !That said , if this was a contest and in the unlikely event an old fool like me was the judge, robe... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados sevs, I owned that Delos Hovhaness as well . Great sound ! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I don't doubt as many atheists listen to religious music as believers terry9 , of course its open to all . I’ve known atheists who live more Christian lives than most Christians do . The 3 or 4 I’ve known well were all lovers of life who were "jil... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I have never seen a Nonesuch CD of that .Another Ristenpart Nonesuch LP I treasure is Haydn’s Symphonies 7,8, 9"Morning", "Noon" and "Night " . with lovely Sarre CO . There are vinyl of these on Amazon .Some of Haydn’s most charming works on any l... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados November edition of Gramophone has RAVE reviews of both " A London Symphony " and "Symphony Antarctica" .Former on Hyperion with BBC SO/Brabbins , later on Chandos with Bergen Phil./Sir Andrew Davis . Former "essential listening for all RVW dev... |