schubert

Responses from schubert

Recording quality by decade
It wasn't called sex, drugs and rock and roll for nothing.Before computers, smartphones and HT ate up all the consumer income, music and stereo were BIG business, rock records were made in the hundreds of millions in the 60's. Sound not a priority . 
Budget-Friendly Interconnects?
Nicodemex, I'll make a deal with you, buy a pr of the cheapest Analaysis Plus from Audio Advisor ,which is near AP and probaly their biggest dealer, and if it doesn't do what you want, I will buy it from you for just what you paid for the cables, ... 
Budget-Friendly Interconnects?
I have owned.do own HT, MAC and Morrow, looms of the latter two. Im my two systems the under $100 Analysis Plus oval IC's smoke all of them in just the way the OP desired.And I have MA-3 and 4's as well as MAC Paladiums which are way above the Ult... 
Mozart Fans Only
Brownsfan, I once had a Bassethound, rather passive as is their wont, who would awake from a dead sleep and come 'a running whenever I would play Scubert chamber music, he would actually get teary over the op99 and 100 trios!I had named him Schube... 
Recording quality by decade
Rock records are compressed to punch hard on car radios which is how rock records are promoted and sold." Full Range" = no pocket change. Classical and Jazz is played almost soley on PBS stations,some of which put out near-CD quality sound, which ... 
Is there a perfect speaker?
As is obvious to even a casual observer, only God is perfect.Bach comes close though. 
That Audiophile Thing
Secret, if holo sound is your goal, find a modded Dynaco PAS-3 pre for $500 or less and run it with a SS amp with 200+ watts a side.Used to show up on here a lot, but not many moving lately.I have two, use NOS 5814's, RCA blackplates throw a big s... 
Listener fatigue: what does it really mean?
Listener Fatigue is just your brain trying to translate something it knows is not real into something that sounds real. The hareder this is for gray matter the harder this on you. When you get to 3-4 hrs of listening still feeling good, stop spend... 
Mozart Fans Only
Learsfool, at the Central Cemetary in Vienna, Schubert is buried next to Brahms, with Hugo Wolf just a few graves down. Wolf is still popular in the German lands.When I went to pay homage to Schubert, Japanese tourists had his entire grave covered... 
Mozart Fans Only
Re, Schubert, kinna hard to be cheery when you are dying from Syphillis and you know it. No composer,not even almighty Bach, ever wrote sweeter melodies.I personally heard Rubenstein say his op161 Quintet was the greatest piece ever written. 
Mozart Fans Only
Been watching too many movies if you think Mozart was insane. 
Budget-Friendly Interconnects?
I have tries all the above, while they are ok, I find the cheapest Anyalsis Pus IC's do exactly what you want for less cash. 
Opinions on Land Rover LR2
Thank you Wino, coming from you that is high praise indeed . 
Which amps cannot be repaired locally?
This is america guys, what few consumer laws there are ,are not enforced. 
Thoughts on interconnect vs. speaker cable length.
In 40 yrs of playing with this very thing,I've concluded optimum is no m0re that 2m IC and no less that 2m SC, withbest at 1.5 m and 7 feet.YMMV