schubert
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| Need recommendation for amplifier The Music Room. One of(the biggest?) dealers selling used gear on Audiogon .I suspect they are related to Underwood Wally another respected newdealer on here, IMO a good thing .FWIW , The Odyssey wasn’t even close .Of course we all hear with our o... | |
| Need recommendation for amplifier I used Odyssey for several years , went to Van Alstine ,was better.Went to Belles was FAR better . Mosfets put a "mist" on classical music which you don’t notice till you hear an amp that doesn’t . Where do you live?There is a Belles 350 on here t... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I've found , after about a dozen amps, that Belles has the goods on what is needed for Classical . Neutrality, clarity , instrumental differrentation, depth and a tiny dab of warmth . | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados The music of Brahms is often referred to as "autumnal". Fifty years ago I thought that meant the color of a leaf or something. Now , in my old age I see it as genius that still draws between the lines, sort of like Rembrandt compared to modern pai... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? I'm not as knowledgeable as either one of you guys , but I'm pretty suremy old ears can hear that much of a difference. They are just sending messages to the brain which I know can . | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? Just so chayro, just so .A religious person might say Satan doesn't bother people that are doing what he wants . | |
| what to buy first Any speaker can only show you how good your amp is . | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Half-Price books is good source, here in Twin Cities they must have a dozen stores and the price is right .My secret source is Berkshire Records on net .Don’t tell anyone else !To me the LP always sounds better and easy to find here in stores plus... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Not to worry, anyone who loves the Western Worlds greatest artistic triumph gets carried away with the passion of it all ,be strange if they did not. . | |
| Most overrated bands That's simple alright . | |
| If you like Schubert... Sublime is the word alright . To repeat myself ,if at all possible, see what they do to the film "Barry Lyndon". | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks again , newbee.I have the Uuno Klami's stuff and am fond of it .Iceland SO is OK by me ! | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Well I’ll have to buy a new one myself . Saturday a couple dropped in to wish me Merry Christmas , the wife is German, from Hamburg .and a teacher of German .I played the Hampson for them and in one of the German sung pieces she started to cry . N... | |
| Most overrated bands I believe God creates absolutes as his creation shows. In NO way do I think anything reflects me other than my mirror . | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados newbee, Thanks for the heads-up for the Malcolm Arnold "Dances and Overtures" on Reference . I has that once upon a time but he had slipped off my radar .Yesterday I ran across his Symphonies 5 and 6 on Naxos by the NationalSymphony of Ireland in... |