schubert
Responses from schubert
| Jazz for aficionados Fact certain, you can listen to music composed by living classical composers 24/7 and I believe same goes for Jazz.I listen to classical 6-7 hours a day every day and for the last 4-5 years about 1/3 of the time I make it a rule to hear composers ... | |
| Speaker recommendations for Jolida 302b veroman, you tell it like it is ! The Kestral 2 is a magnificent speaker with no real flaws and every necessary virtue , have to go a long way to do better ! | |
| Why do people that are Into rap and hip-hop even want a high-end audio system Racism doesn't explain everything in American Society but its always the first place to look. | |
| What are you favorite artists and songs to listen to on your system? I mention Lindsay because they are a bit less "sweet" than the Guarneri, not better, just different .I love the Budapest as well . A friend whose opinion I greatly respect swears the Leipzig on MMG is the best of them all . I'm going to A'zon them... | |
| Best mellow sounding 12ax7 for Thor TA-1000 preamp NOS RCA 12ax7 cleartops would fill the bill. As would the Raytheon 5751's mentioned . | |
| The one piece of gear you will never sell I will NEVER sell my 40yr old Sony PS-X7 TT with carbonfiber arm, Orosonic headshell and Denon 103r cartridge -tremendous drive and good as new !Thinking of asking my Rev. if I can have it buried with me. | |
| What turntable would be great for techno/ electronic music? A direct drive . | |
| Why do people that are Into rap and hip-hop even want a high-end audio system onhwy61, excellent post, there is nothing in American history as fundamental as racism with anti-intellectualism a close second .As Cicero said, "He who does not understand history remains forever a child "Americans blame everyone and everything... | |
| What are you favorite artists and songs to listen to on your system? tosta, as a Guarneri fan myself just a suggestion , try a Lindsay Qt. Beethoven string Qt. recording . | |
| Do you think audiophiles are the most gullible hobbyists I think there is some truth in that, music is among the most powerful of human triggers.Nobody ever spent a grand for a new book cover that would make Shakespeare better . | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? calvini, nothing will refine someone who does not want to be refined.What you are "dealing with " are Christian believers for the most part.The greatest Christian thinker, Augustine, took the concept whole from the ancient Greeks and passed it on ... | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? I believe it is in what you see the object of listening to music is.If you listen to music as entertainment, and nothing wrong with that, its a hobby.If you listen to it for the purpose Bach said its for, to enlighten and edify your soul, its some... | |
| Does it ever bother you I’ve learned advice from folks who listen to rock is often not useful to me for the classical I listen to. As I imagine advice from me is not worth much to them . | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? There's a saying in marketing circles, "The price is the product " . | |
| What are you favorite artists and songs to listen to on your system? Over the last 40+ plus years I've seen about a half-dozen polls run by NPRstations and others as to folks favorite Classical Chamber piece.In every case its been Schubert's "Trout Quintet " . |