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I think you also mentioned that you were involved with the Voyd (which for a Pink Triangle user as I was back then, looked very charming). I recall Voyd being recently acquired by Audio Note UK; are you affiliated with them?Anyway, I actually wa...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, acording to the archives, Gould recorded the work in summer, 1955, and the original Goldberg Variations album was released in early 1956 on Columbia's "Masterworks" label[/quote]Right I believe you are correct, it was fir...
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Etudes D'un Cahier d'Esquisse; Angel 35250 (mono)G changes up here from the mostly-chromatic approach he used in the Images, mentioned above. In this case, he also manages incredibly organic timing and dynamics to play these "exercises" as...
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I love much of the classic La Scala performance archive, and some of it is well recorded, too; just not as well as the Mercury Rigoletto. Interestingly, it seems like if performers are not simply scared shitless at La Scala, then they may well ...
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I mean who recorded ALL of them at the SAME level of performing quality? A used set that I fished recently suggest that I might found a noble contestant.
It is box set of 3 CD (DG 435 744 -2) that has all 5 concertos performed by Wilhel...
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Hi Romy Reading your brief audio history really does not sound to different than the rest of us.So my next question is (how are you...
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I have been observing these phenomena for years and I have no explanation for it. Not that I requires any explaining, BTW…
Pretend that you have a stereo installation where right and left channels produce absolutely symmetrical acoustic output. A sl...
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PCA LM 2355 (2-channel mono)I don't listen to a lot of Rachmaninoff, buut I would if more of it was done like this.Here is a young Van Cliburn, just back from his USSR tour, playing at Carnigie hall with Kiril Kondrashin directing the Symphony o...
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I know that performance of Bach's Double Concerto by Oistrakhs. It was with Moscow Chamber Orchestra. It is a very good band and BTW some of their even later recordings are very good as well. I am not a huge fun of the Oistrakhs performance generally...
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I have been enjoying the "Euroclassic Notturno" (BBC?) program on swedish radio tonight. As a happy rookie in the world of classical music, I seek advice on Tchaikovsky based on what I just heard; His Symphony No. 5.I thought: "Horrible waltz mi...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Attentuators plugged directly into the RCA jacks sounds like good solution for balance control[/quote]Do not forget that you do not need the attenuators but juts one attenuator that you would plug on right OR on left. Also,...
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I have a tradition of exchanging music with people in the end of the year. This morning I made some “selected” CD-copies to a local guy and among them I recorded my favorite performance of Tchaikovsky violin concerto by Tossy Spivakovsky. This kind o...
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]You might find that you don't need that much power.When I first built the ULF channels I assumed they would require loads of power, so I bought a single, mono, 1KW class D amp to use in testing. Then I tried driving them w...
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I am beginning to somewhat agree with this statement as I am always amazed how selective an audio system gets as it becomes a high-resolution one.Rock and pop never sounds good anymore (because the system just tells it like it is). However there is s...
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we could publish an article about crosstalk problem of "stereo" and then we try to prove that mono is better than stereo.I think it's OK that with stereo we have some problems but we forget all thing in audio should Value with our brain not under pap...
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Thanks, Bill. The system you describe sounds like my brother''s old home theater surround sound, which did a nice job with 5.1 DVDs, for concerts, opera, and musical theater. I presently use only a turntable or CD/DAC source with my hi-fi, in stereo ...
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The mono/stereo sentiments are not directally related...In some ways yes,,and in some ways no,,,But a complex answere would take a complex mix of remastering the program,, Ive done it both ways. And so has my long ago dead friend,, who had done alo...
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I was wondering what the noise of stereo signal come into FM and are any ways to reduce it? Naturally we get out stations in mono mode with practically no noise at all. The best tuners more then 85dB signals to noise ratio – that are very high number...
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So I wrote one of the big DJ/producer guys at WFMT, complaining about the horrible sound last night.He wrote right back saying I was absolutely right, the Phil broadcast had sounded awful.Turns out FMT had made a last minute decision to take the PBS ...
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Of course I haven't compared it with the Sansui, which appears to be a very serious machine but the Leak sounds more natural to me than the other highly regarded tuners available over here (in the UK) such as the various Naim models, the Audiola...
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True enough, Romy, and who knows, there might be a day or a late night when it sounds no different or even better with the wall power. Meantime, there is just no down side to using the battery for the iDAT-44+, despite my bad experience with th...
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[quote user="Kerry Brown"]My system is 4-way using 2x DEQX HDP-4 processors; 2xNuForce mono amps on the midrange horns and 6 x channels of a 7-channel NuForce HT amp that uses the same circuit. The DEQX processors function as crossovers, speaker 'cor...
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Hi Guy, I know what you mean; this phono stage really should not work well at all. I mean, voltage doubler, 3 stages of 12ax7, feedback, cathode followers, garbage looking power supply shared tubes for stereo...mortifying isn't it! These ...
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Dear Romy,Thank you for the advice.Yes, I believe I can hard-attach another arm to my current TT if I sacrifice the dust cover. I am going to have to give it some serious consideration.I think many people end up with multi-TTs with a zillion arms bec...
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user="kodomo"] Now, I am very happy down to 20hz. Do not get me
wrong, it was sounding fine and was blending well. Now, I have spacious sound
at the bass frequincies too and the sounds start and stop and die in the room
more naturally. Ove...
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[quote user="Serge"]Silbatone used a WE horn to play in mono and a pair of their own horn cabinets for 2-channel.The very cinema sound reinforcement looking horn was, I was told, a 16B. I will post some comments about the sound a bit later. [/quote]T...
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To my understanding, taken individually, your attic horns would be more obviously working in a half-space environment. For any output that is common to both the L and R channels (some in the case of stereo recordings and all in the case of mono), the...
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[quote user="HookEm"]I've heard so much about these legendary SET mono-blocks; but as I understand it, it's VERY important to match them up with proper (efficient) speakers.Anyway, I'd welcome some feedback on matching these amps with Lamhorn 1.8's +...
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Hi Romy,Due in part to your enthusiasm for the older 78 rpm recordings and in part to my own curiosity I have decided to add the facility to play these to my system. It also helps that an old aunt has given me a large quantity of classical recordings...
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Hey op.9, yes, I have experience (probably the only person this side of the world) in repair and rebuilding of the PD 801. I have about 3 waiting to be rebuilt. I'm using one now, in my 'High Zoot Monomania' mono system, crossed with a 1mfd 2500v Spr...
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