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| Looking for an acoustic guitar recording.. A big-time second to Abucktwoeighty's recommendation of Kelly Joe Phelp's Lead Me On. | |
| Please recommend a good recording oMozart Requiem Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations -- breathtaking. | |
| Clarinet concertos anyone? Crusell's clarinet concertos are a lot of fun. Also, try out Beethoven's -- yes, of course, he didn't write one, but Mikhail Pletnev has arranged Beethoven's Violin Concerto for clarinet and conducts it on DG with Michael Collins as the soloist --... | |
| moody soundtracks Miles Davis: Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud, if you like film noir soundtracks. | |
| CAL Alpha DAC: Stock vs. 24/96 upgrade There are three CAL DACs in our house right now. A beloved Alpha (non-24/96)in the bedroom system; a Sigma II (non-24/96) in the TV room, doing great things hanging off a DVD player; and a 24/96 Sigma II that is in a cupboard gathering dust. The r... | |
| Know who played this Colman Hawkins date? This may be your answer, according to a seemly knowledgable reviewer on Amazon.com: >Volume two of "The Hawk Swings" was recorded on the UNITED RECORDS label (#7707) I have both volumes on vinyl. The album cover photo's look as if they were tak... | |
| A great SS integrated with a good phono stage? A late -80's vintage Tandberg 3012a. Lovely integrated, warm tube-like sound, and an excellent phone stage from when such things were required. | |
| Binding posts on Nautilus 804S question Take a sharp edged knife and pry them out. | |
| Suggestions for Classical Piano "works of merit" I second it, Wilhelm Kempff is amazing. Try his solo Bach recordings on DG. Some of the finest performances/recordings I've ever heard. His playing can stop time. | |
| Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players Jaki Byard, played in the shadow of Mingus for years. | |
| Cheap external DAC for DVD player I use an old CAL Sigma II DAC for improving DVD sound through a two-channel system when watching movies. Sounds great. | |
| Cal Audio Alpha-Delta, Anyone Stack Them? Stacking works fine for me. I have Herbies footers under the Delta and between the Delta and Alpha units, just to help sop up any nasty vibes. | |
| BACH Cello Suites - CD only For pure poetry, try Pierre Fournier on DG. The 1961 sound is quite good and the performance is nuanced, poised and all together beautiful. | |
| haunting/dark classical Gorecki: Symphony #3 (Zinman conducting)Bryars: Sinking of the Titanic | |
| CD Buying Guide??? There's a Penguin Guide to Jazz available on Amazon. I've never looked at one though, so can't tell you whether it discusses recording quality as well a content. |