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| Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Anne Sophie-Mutter There are warhorses I can not bring myself to listen to anymore, notably Beethoven's 9th.Four Seasons is not one of them, done in so many ways it sounds ever-fresh to me. | |
| how refined are your ears? If you want to know what great singing sounds like you need to listen to Jussi Bjorling, the GREAT Swedish tenor.Period. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus10, thinking about it, at one time in Berlin my wife and I lived next door to a full-time mom who was also a sub wind player for the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra(R.I.A.S.)and with whom wifey was good friend and baby-sitter.They had some ... | |
| vintage versus modern speakers Bigkidz, very interesting post. I think any music loverwould be happy with any Meadowlark I ever heard.IMO the old-time 60's , 70's speaker that would be most competitive today is the little KLH 17. | |
| Integrated to go with KEF LS50 Tvfreak, I heard LS50's twice driven by an Ayre 5, so bright I could hardly listen to them, I remember thinking they were NAD material,you're a genius LOL. | |
| Where should I spend my $2000? Chuke076, IMO you must have a fine ear,I'd say you were exactly correct in all your speaker conmments. | |
| Help with speaker cable under $500 for new system I'm inclined to side with Ebm.For the price they usually go for on here AP oval9 ,.or 12,would be hard to beat. | |
| Transcendence 2 ?? A Thought, Frank usually answers the phone and has always talked to me when I had questions. | |
| Transcendence 2 ?? Whats to say? I had one and VanAlstine just had a way with making small Dynaco amps sound sweet. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks Mapman,glad I'm not the only Sophie fan. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus 10, wise words , but the best improvisers have mastered the "rules" first . | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman, I've been ruminating on that b.s. solo concept you exponded on. Having never heard it before I'm been trying to come up with the best improvising artist I know of with my limited knowledge of jazz .I keep coming back to Sonny Stitt who, t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool, Cicero, the wisest of the pagans, said "he who does not know what transpired before him remains forever a child" .The thing that makes you hunger to know the history of something or somebody is love.They both have ego to spare, I'd wage... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thank you, Isochromism. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Does anyone else have the Sophie Milman CD "Make Someone Happy" ?To me, she's the best of all the current "divas" out there, not a great voice but beautiful lyrical phrasing , VERY flowing and for-real passion for music in her soft-voiced manner.T... |