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| The very best Sibelius recordings in analog From my childhood years of piano lessons I still remember the joy of that moment when I could play without thinking or looking at the score! Verbalizing while sparring with your carate-class buddy is a quick road to a knock-out. But. Interpreting ... | |
| The very best Sibelius recordings in analog @schubert I wish I said what you did! Tchaikovsky under Mravinsky is The Only one for me! The only contender is the vision of Pierre Monteaux: the beauty without mental breakdown... Sibelius 2nd under Monteaux on King Super Analog is my favorite, ... | |
| Sorbathane under granite slabs for speaker bases? In my all-Naim system the best and the cheapest upgrade was Mana Acoustics stands for SBLs. Speakers sit on a light platform which is "floating" on the set of spikes going from Mana frame to the platform, and four more spikes face the floor. So, I... | |
| Cheap Box Sets I am getting another box of Classical music from Telarc this week, but with pop/rock one just downloads everything for free off bittorent... !!??how do you factor in the fact that our kids download whatever they want for free??? Napster is dead bu... | |
| Brightest but shortest artistic bursts in the sky And once I get over my pains re Soft Boys / Robyn Hitchcock I mourn the demise of "Miranda Sex Garden" (don't get me started on Girl's Groups, all my ladies friends say that I'm a chauvinistic Pig!) But these ladies should have been noticed! Now t... | |
| Brightest but shortest artistic bursts in the sky For the collectors of EM (TD, KS, or DerSpyra as the younger follower of Berlin Skool of the genre) here is a tip: "As I Hide" by Witchcraft. Masterpiece not noticed and the band just disappeared... | |
| Magic Moments in listening You can almost tell how old the responders are in this thread... If you live long enough there will be quite a few "magical moments" from different genres spread over decades of your life. My latest is Nik Bartsch's Ronin "Llyria" on ECM label. Qu... | |
| Don't buy from HigherFI.com In my experience, your CC is your best friend here, not eBay or PayPal. Do not miss 90 days of claim window!!! | |
| Albinoni's adagio If you are getting Super Analog Disc, as here:https://www.discogs.com/Gary-Karr-Adagio-DAlbinoni/release/4803924then you are safe: the highest quality LP! I still remember that I snatched mine, still sealed, from a $5 bin.For a complete set do not... | |
| What commerical audio system tweaks provide sound quality improvement?? The Best result from a tweak in my system was from Mana Acoustics stands for Naim SBL speakers! Dedicated 20amp powerline from the breaker to the System saves you the troubles of unplugging the fridge and all computers and light dimmers while list... | |
| Advice on how to reset circuit breaker on Richard Gray UPS Power Conditioner During thunderstorms or heavy rains I just unplug the whole system | |
| Advice on how to reset circuit breaker on Richard Gray UPS Power Conditioner @nouveau920 : Shunyata is a good choice!! I followed the Party Line of Naim-Heads that no conditioners should ever be used, ever, with Naim equipment. Installed a dedicated 20amp line for my all-Naim rig but the benefit/drawback of being the last... | |
| Use of a 110 VAC to 230 VAC Step-up Transformer for CD player. @joeylawn36111 I also want to just swap 220v transformer in a Marantz CD63 (Philips CD100 rebranded). Cannot find 16V 28V dual secondary transformer though... Any tips on where to get one? | |
| Chris Harban Woodsong Audio...my experience...super good! Thank you for sharing! I made a mistake a few years back of ordering fluted plinth for my Sondek from someone else (Chris does not offer fluted plinths but I wanted that "original" look). What I got was real stunning craftmanship but it just did ... | |
| Which dac ? Does anyone have anything nice to say about Schiit DAC!?? (hope I did not misspel their sh**ty name!) |