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| Gidon Kremer and Schnittke I know exactly what you mean. Schnittke's Second Sonata for Violin and Piano "quasi una sonata" is my very favorite piece of classical music. Audiogoners who like modern, abstract, classical music should give it a try.Once you get past the dissona... | |
| Great Vintage Amps-which one for you? I regret selling my Berning EA-230 tube amp. It made my LS3/5a speakers sing! | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? Rockette Morton | |
| Tuner choices? Help me please Misterkleef: What do you mean by "medium/strong signals"?What numerical readout on the Onyko's'signal strength indicator for "medium"? for "strong"? Thanks! | |
| CD Player with volume control? Denon DCD-1650AR | |
| What cable caused you to become a cable "junkie" ? Homegrown Audio Silver Lace interconnects and speaker cable did it for me. Truly refined high end performance of tonal purity, superb detail and treble extension without hardness. Also, good value considering it's pure silver. | |
| Dish satelite vs Cable quality? I went from cable (Cablevision NJ) to Directv about ten years ago. My primary reason for switching was Cablevsion's limited programming (no TCM) and their refusal to broadcast stereo sound in all but a handful of stations. Well, when the satellite... | |
| can i use my headphones to judge IC neutrality? I hear enormous differences when changing interconnects between my cd player and the energizer box of my Koss ESP-950 electrostatic headphones. While the changes heard may not be the same on my living room rig, I think the very revealing headphone... | |
| What High End Manufacturers Could Learn From Bose Since becomming interested in audio in the late Sixties, there have been a few examples of audio companies advertising in the mainstream media. I remember Marantz doing a tv commercial during the heyday of the receiver (mid-late 70's). AR (Acousti... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Yes, yes, Jenna Mammina is truly great! If you like Norah Jones then you should hear Jenna who does it better, much better! It's a pity that she isn't better known. She deserves to sell as many discs as Norah. Go to her website and listen to a few... | |
| Discontinued components that you wish the manufact MartinLogan CLSPlease, please, we need a ML without dynamic woofers! | |
| Allan Pettersson Thanks to Tim Page then of WNYC-FM for exposing me to Allan Pettersson in the early eighties. When I first heard him play the seventh symphony I knew here was a composer who will eventually be seen as one the the twentieth century's greatest symph... | |
| Music Reference RM9 - user comments please I've had the original RM-9 for ten years. No problems whatsoever. I concur with the above posts but think that the KT-88 is way better sounding than the EL-34 or 6550. Buy one, you'll probably own it for life. | |
| Personal Preamp Evolution Souncraftsmen PE-2217RBryston 1BHafler DH-110Audio Research SP-6CAudible Illusions L-1 | |
| Myrtle Wood Do not buy Cardas products if he is using a rare natural resource.George, have you no social conscience???? |