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| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? The news was a surprise to me when DGG announced they will digitalize all their recordings more than 20 years ago and it triggered a new era. But I was a late converter. For the first 5 years, the sound was too bright for me to make a purchase. I ... | |
| Recommendation - Complete Beethoven Sonatas Claudio Arrau's performances were released in CD format by Philips, titled: Complete Sonatas & Concertos. It is a very subtle and lyrical reading. On the contrary Backhauss performances (Decca) provide me a grand and heroic approach. The live... | |
| What is your favorite Wagner’s “Ring”? Texasdave, thanks for your suggestion.I will try Bohm's performance first.Happy Listening.Otto | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...RIP Maynard Soloman's biographies are very subjective and authoritative. On the way to office this morning Mozarts symphonies performed by Klemperer accompanied me. What a drive!Happy Listening.Otto | |
| What is your favorite Wagner’s “Ring”? How about performances by Bohm or Boulez?Any one? Any input?Happy Listening.Otto | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...RIP The movie “Amadeus” is entertaining. But manipulating historical information so intentionally to mistakenly portray Mozart and other related figures in order to simulate the interests of audiences is an act of moral unconsciousness and rather irre... | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...RIP The biased image of Mozart portrayed by Amadeus always diminishes the pleasure to enjoy this movie. Serving as a stage play should be fine. But presenting an illusory story through mass media should be more cautious when managing the subject lik... | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...RIP True genius indeed!If I see Beethoven now, I will raise and bow to show my respect. If I see Mozart now, I will be faint. famed maestro Karl Boehm once stated.So two weeks from now on 12/17 we should be celebrating Beethovens 233th anniversary ... | |
| Which Beethoven's symphony do you like the best? Having 15 complete cycle recordings and attended (Carnegie Hall, New York) 2 complete cycle performances of Beethovens symphonies, I am still amazed by every single note in his symphonies he wrote more than 170 years ago. Yes, Mozart is great. No... | |
| Best 6SN7 for the money? Based on my personal experiences with GT, GTA, GTB, W, WGT, WGTA, VT-231 and 5692 by various brands (Sylvania, Raytheon, RCA, Tung-Sol, Ken-Rad and Amperex) on Counterpoint and Atam-sphere equipment, the RCA 6SN7GT/VT 231 tubes with grey glass int... | |
| How can multiple woofers generate lower frequency? Thank you for all your inputs. It is very educational to me.Happy Listening.Otto | |
| How can multiple woofers generate lower frequency? Bomarc,So multiple drivers design is better than single driver design? Please advise. | |
| How can multiple woofers generate lower frequency? The exact cabinet sizes are unknown but the speakers are 42, 44 and 53 respectively with the same base sizes (9 X 13).So again how can it be explained? Also what is the advantage to use this design over the single-large-size-woofer design?Tha... | |
| How can multiple woofers generate lower frequency? Take the Soliloquy speakers as an example, Model Woofer Number Low Frequency 6.2 one 6.5 woofer 28Hz 6.3 two 6.5 woofers 25Hz 6.5 three 6.5 woofers 22HzThey all use the same woofers, how can it be explained?Thanks for your inputs.Otto | |
| Richard Strauss - Last Four Songs Kr4,Thank you for the very informative reference.It is educational to know that there is a recording done by Neumann when he was the music director of the Leipzig Gewanhaus Orchestra.I am curious about the performance difference(s) of Janowitz und... |