steveott
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight: Oregon Out of the WoodsLast night: Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 Weissenberg/MutiNight before: Yes The Yes AlbumGood music is good music.Steve O. | |
| AR-ES1 motor noisy Or this site:http://www.vinylnirvana.com/Both places sell replacement motors for AR tables. | |
| It's Sunday afternoon...what wax is on your table? Outstanding Bizango1!I'm still waiting for my new(old) table to show up on the truck; the first one I've had since the 1970's,so I can answer threads like this one. Steve O. | |
| Recommendation for Schubert Piano Trios Op 100 I'm with Kal. The Storioni play beautifully and the sound is warm, detailed, gorgeous. Ditto their Beethoven and Brahms. Wonder why they haven't recorded anything lately for Pentatone?Steve O. | |
| Suggestion for Brahms My enthusiastic recommendations:Symphony no. 4 by Kent Nagano/Deutches Sym. Orchester Berlin on Harmonia Mundi: the most beautiful performance of this piece I have heard. Not a no-holds-barred performance like C. Kleiber's, but just gorgeous. Very... | |
| Schubert Be hard to find a better one. This performance oozes joy. And the rbcd (assuming you haven't got an sacd player) layer sounds great. http://sa-cd.net/showtitle/5787 | |
| Vienna Beethoven Baby Grand , PrimaLuna compatab I recall seeing this rig on the systems page (below). Not exacly your pre/amp setup, but probably close to what you're thinking about. Contact this guy.I would worry about the 4 ohm impedance of the baby grand and the consequent high-current deman... | |
| Luxman L505u . . . why not? Somebody at Stereophile (John Marks?) has been waxing enthusiastic about this amplifier, and I'm seriously considering it too. He hasn't mentioned anything about needing a transformer, though. Is there any place in the U.S. that one can buy a vers... | |
| Racks, reasonably priced http://www.timbernation.com/6srack_PopUp.cfm | |
| Noblesse Audio Furniture?? Thanks everybody for the info. I went to Core Designs website. They seem to have listed prices for everything except what I need: a rack. But I will email them.Thanks again, Steve O. | |
| Replace Magnavox CDB 650 with Ayre CX-7e ? Thanks for the comments. Well, stopped by an Ayre dealer and was told that Ayre has run out of transports for the CX-7e and they are in the process of finding a new one. Might be months.....Nuts.Steve O. | |
| Best Audio Related Story (or joke). I have a friend who is as nuts about classical music as I am. A few years ago, she came down to drop something off at the house. I said "before you go, I want you to hear something." So I got out Rachmaninoff's Paganini Variations (she's a piano p... | |
| Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 44? Ashkenazy hard to beat; sound is not up to date, though (but his Isle of the Dead is tops, bone-chilling!).For more up-to-date sound, I recommend David Zinman and Baltimore on Telarc. Playing is not quite as exciting as Ashkenazy, but it's georgeo... | |
| Your Favorite Classical Music Recordings Tell you what: I'll list some of my current favorites (subject to change without me noticing). And "current favorite" may mean something I bought years ago, but am enjoying again.Rachmaninov piano concertosStephen Hough (Hyperion) Natural sound; n... | |
| "Fastest" 15 Minutes in Music Bbro: I agree totally. Well said.Strateahed: you're very welcome. And that's a good price.Rarl: last post was very moving. I'll be sure to look for that piece tonight. If I don't have it, I'll get it.Steve O. |