twoleftears
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| Classical Music for Aficionados Yet another absolute winner from ACRONYM, this time music from the rather obscure 17C Polish/German composer Pezel, his 24 "alphabet sonatas" for a larger than usual string band with continue. Superb playing and recording. If cottage industry op... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers As one can see from their recent adverts in the audio press, Spendor has gone "all in" for the narrower-is-better trend in modern speaker design, highlighting this spec over all others.Ironically, while also semi-clandestinely continuing to produc... | |
| Popular new/used SS stereo power amps under $2500? The Belles Aria stereo power amp meets your budget (new) and would be an excellent performer. Search Belles on this site and see what people say about the brand. | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Last year I had the opportunity to audition Classic 100's and D7's back to back, in the same system/same room/same afternoon. My impressions matched yours, though perhaps even more so--a very strong preference for the Classic 100.I think David Le... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. The Celesta is supposed to be very good indeed, but it's way above the OP's budget. | |
| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? Here's a closely related question.A fair number of LPs/CDs contain a photo of the group/orchestra playing while being recorded.When listening to the recording, have you been able to correlated what you hear with what you see? Does what you see af... | |
| I give up ..acoustic treatment for room with vinyl plank flooring There are also these strange things called curtains. | |
| Experience with Inakustik 3500P Power Conditioner?? Try inside shots of the older inexpensive Ayre power conditioner, or even the Isotek Aquarius. Many cases seem oversized wrt the internals. | |
| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? The dog barking on Stereophile test disc 1 sounds well outside and to the rear of my speakers (diagonally back and away, pretty much into the front corners of the room). I suppose that counts... | |
| Speaker Imaging - Do you hear a line, or do you hear an arc?? Knowing how a full orchestra is conventionally seated on stage, I think we subliminally project that shape, higher and curved at the back, straight across the front, angling out at the sides, on to the cues coming from the recording. Note also, wh... | |
| Good Old Chipboard Schiit Sol? | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados It's hard to go wrong with Bernstein and NYPO, surely. But then I have a weakness for Bernstein... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Holloway and Tragicomedia performing Biber's Mystery Sonatas. These have got to be the pinnacle of this genre of music. That the recording is available on a bargain Virgin Veritas 2CD is an added bonus.Podger's competing version is winging its w... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. If you want to go hog wild, check out JWM Acoustics for superb (large) stand-mounts, and over-the-top WAF. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Holloway's recording referenced above collects several of the sonatas from that collection; Romanesca's (Andrew Manze) much-awarded set on 2 CDs records the entire book. If forced to choose, I'd go with Holloway, but there is much to enjoy here, ... |