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| inexpensive XLR cable for a tape deck? Van den Hul The Second is a terrific balanced cable, inexpensive if you order it new from Highfan on Audiogon direct from Holland (see for sale listings under Van den Hul): about $140 for a meter pair, I think. | |
| Seeking Great Cool Runnin' SS Amp... The Audio Research 100.2 sounds great with ProAC 2.5s-- it's the amp the American distributor recommends as a match. It runs warmish if you leave it on, but nothing hot enough to effect the room. Strongly recommended, particularly if you can run i... | |
| Miles Davis Prestige Box Set-How God Is It? A bit off-subject, perhaps, but most if not all of these sessions are available as XRCDs. They sound terrific. I haven't had a chance to hear the new audiophile LP pressings, but the mid-1980s LP releases (in twofer gatefolds) sound (unsurprisingl... | |
| Lost in the Powercord Jungle First off, for 1,500 per cord you have all the choices in the world (perhaps that's the problem). It makes most sense to borrow cables from the Cable Company (www.fatwyre.com). They'll lend you anything for a 5% deposit toward a purchase within a ... | |
| What are the best cartridge matches for Linn LP12? I just put a new Linn Adikt ($300) on my LP12/Basic Plus. I like it a lot, without being able to compare it to many other choices. It's likely to be a little more vivid, and with a slightly leaner midrange than a Grado, but without the annoying hu... | |
| Great Classical/Spanish Guitar on SACD/CD???? Well yes, if you care to add lute (or baroque guitar) to the mix, anything recorded by Hopkinson Smith on Astree will be superb. | |
| Great Classical/Spanish Guitar on SACD/CD???? My two reference guitar CDs for performance and recording are "Sergio and Odair Assad play Rameau, Scarlatti, Couperin, Bach" on Nonesuch, and Paul Galbraith's recording of his transcriptions of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas for violin (two disk s... | |
| Whats the Best Cartridge for a LP12 w Ittok $ 500 I just got a new Linn Adikt on my LP12 and like it a lot. | |
| Mozart,Haydn,Beethoven String Quartets...... Of course! The Dvoraks! Hard to play them badly, recorded evidence suggests. I have a soft spot for the Chilingirian Quartet on Chandos: excellent performances of the major quartets, with smooth and rich sound. Don't miss the G major quartet: it's... | |
| Bohuslav Martinu Oh, yes, and the Flute Sonata. One of his finest pieces. | |
| Bohuslav Martinu The Concerto for two String Orchestras, piano, and tympani (as mentioned above) is the masterpiece, followed closely by the Symphony #3. Alas, Martinu wrote a ton of music, and most of it (as it also true of Villa-Lobos, and Milhaud, other hyperpr... | |
| LPs by Stone Soup/Carrie Newcomer? Thanks so much for the information... | |
| Mozart,Haydn,Beethoven String Quartets...... The Borodin by Borodin are indeed spectacular. For "Death and the Maiden" there are excellent recordings by the Emerson and Tokyo, and the best of all is the Busch Quartet from the 1930s (which can be found, or could once, on EMI/Angel CD: don't s... | |
| Mozart,Haydn,Beethoven String Quartets...... You can't go wrong, although tastes will vary, with recordings by the Tokyo, Emerson, or Alban Berg quartets of this repertoire in the digital era; some like the Lindsays a lot (particularly British listeners) in Haydn. For period performances of ... | |
| What is/are your the most favourite composer s ? Bach, Morton Feldman, Stravinsky, Miles Davis. Chopin, Cecil Taylor, Bach again, Brahms, Mudarra, Michael Tippett, Charlie Parker. Django Reinhart, John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Rachmaninoff. Others. |