sugarbrie
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| Inexpensive, but Quality 2 ch. Tube Amps You cannot go to wrong with anything by Conrad Johnson. Can usually find very nice used units also. For used, be sure to ask about the age of the tubes they are selling you with the unit. Most CJ OEM tubes last about 3 years. | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! That same web page has listing of the all the additions to the list since the last time they printed the book. So print that out also or bookmark it. PT is a weekday program, they add to the list every couple weeks or so by playing part of each re... | |
| Buidling a Classical Library - MUST HAVES! Go to www.npr.org/programs/pt/library/index.html ------ This is the web page of the National Public Radio program Performance Today. For $10 they have a booklet: The Performance Today Basic Record Library with recommended recordings for starting a... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Cogito, no confusion, I did not factor sound quality in either. My friends are musicians and if I played them a perfectly recorded CD that had terrible musicianship, they would wonder why I like it so much, and wonder if I am starting to lose it. ... | |
| Upsampling/Advice on Transport Search for threads on Stan Warren and read about the $79 Aiwa changer. | |
| Liked the Nautilus 805 but found better? Or a pair of Matrix 802-3 for around $2000 to $2500. I assume you want to stick with B&W. | |
| Liked the Nautilus 805 but found better? For the best results the N805 need good stands. When you factor that in (say $500 more at least), there is only a $1000 or less difference in price with the N804. If I had $3500 to spend I would look for a used pair of N803. If I had only $2000 to... | |
| Custom fees between Canada and USA I have heard some people write "gift" on the customs form. I do not know what the fines are to those who get caught in a lie. I paid a duty six months ago and just figured that is like paying sales tax. No big deal, probably a lot less than the pe... | |
| You got to show me something more! I wish we had a lot more about the individuals and what influenced them musically. If you have seen Ken Burns' other documentaries, a lot the civil rights stuggle information is a re-hash of the same material over and over again. The history of th... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Appears it is not available. But if you do not have a friend in Europe, then the other Clifford Curzon recordings with other conductors is still worth your hard earned music dollar. Curzon's Schubert Trout Quintet with the Amadeus Quartet is still... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list I also do not buy CDs just because they sound good. The only CD to die for I can think of was 8 years ago. A CD reissue of an older 1973 recording Decca only released in Europe, and not on their US London label. It was Mozart piano concerto #20 an... | |
| You got to show me something more! I tried to watch Jazz; and it seemed everytime I turned it on it was 10 minutes of a civil rights lecture for every one minute talking about the history of Jazz music. | |
| the best CD player under $1k? The Cambridge is the best one under $500 hands down IMHO. Sells for $399. List is $450. | |
| need a preamp for 2channel ATI amp I will ditto the CJ pv-10. 10A has phono, 10AL is line stage only. | |
| Best Classical Music Conductor I believe Jansons is in Pittsburg. So was Tilson Thomas and Andre Previn, so this is a good group. |