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| Tyler Acoustic Linbrook Super Towers Holley, How is the imaging of the super towers vs. the Sig. monitors? And what amplification are you using?thanks, Steve O. | |
| Symphony 5th - best recording No, no; he means Prokofieff's 5th, the best 20th century 5th (arguments may now proceed). I don't know. Is (C) Kleiber's too driven and the DG sound too glassy? How about Karl Boem's on DG? Warmer sound and a more flowing performance. But I'll bet... | |
| Best Genesis Album - your opinions please. Tvad, I think the title cut on CTTE was Yes's masterpiece and the entire album was their strongest overall. It's the only Yes album I have on CD! When I was listening to them a lot and playing some of their stuff in a band, CD's hadn't been invent... | |
| Best Genesis Album - your opinions please. There's old Genesis and new Genesis. I think the old songs have much more musical imagination, not to mention Gabriel's fascinating voice. Many are more like compostions than songs, too. "Selling England by the Pound" is my favorite studio LP. Get... | |
| your favorite music Newbee, Bosendorfer's; brighter than Steinways, right?Would you believe I've never heard Gould's Bach? None of it. 'bout time I did; I keep reading great things about it. Maybe all the stuff about his messing around with tempos put me off. Or the ... | |
| your favorite music Rushton, I dunno; Haydn and Shastokovich back-to-back would strip my gears! Would have to take a loooong break in between. Newbee, If you're into solo piano you should try Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and Goldberg Variations. Great stuff. A concer... | |
| Some great sounding classical "warhorses" ?? For Elgar and Britten, check out this review of a new release by Paavo Jarvi and Cincinnati:http://www.highfidelityreview.com/reviews/review.asp?reviewnumber=11818933The review of the performance is favorable, and talks about the recorded sound a ... | |
| Most Impact on Sound Stage/Imaging? Well, room treatment is not possible (standard reason: negative WAF). I simply wanted to know which of the three (drivers, cabinet, crossover) affected soundstage/imaging the most.Steve O. | |
| The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones The same type of overexposure regarding Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, et.al. that have left no mystery for 200+ years?No. There is plenty of "mystery" left in their stuff: different interpretations, transcriptions, instruments, and the music itself has... | |
| your favorite music Hmmm, tonight it would be:ShostakovichMahlerSibeliusJanacekHaydnArnold Rushton:Surely not on the same night!BachMahlerSibeliusHaydnBrahmsProkovievBeethoven (string quartets)Steve O. | |
| Who Do You Credit For Getting You Into This Hobby? Wonderful thread, Mary. Great stories about people's dads, too. I credit Kieth Smith, old friend and drummer of our band from years gone by. Kieth had a friend who had Phase Linear and Advent. Our keyboard player had Dynaco and Sherwood. Later, Ki... | |
| Classical SACD's to die for I didn't know about the Kleiber, either. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. I have heard nothing but good things about Leornard Slatkin's Mahler 2nd on Telarc reissued as SACD (haven't heard it or bought it as I don't yet have an SACD player... | |
| Help with Brahms CD's No dice at arkivmusic, but that looks like a good place to buy from. Thanks for the tip Sean.I can get the Apex ones as imports. Good to know they are the old Teldec recordings. The Teldec/Fontenay piano quartets seem to be a real mystery. America... | |
| Review on the Tyler Acoustics Lynbrook Signature's Carlos, How is the soundstage depth and the imaging?Steve O. | |
| Spendor s8e Imaging/Soundstage? Kw6, I like what hear from you re. the S8e. I'm afraid the only thing that is "dedicated" about my listening room is that one has to be dedicated enough not to mind scooting the coffee table out of the way and sliding the chair down in order to li... |