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When I was 12-13, and heard for a first time floorstanders connected to system consisted of separated devices. I grew up behind the Iron Certain where sound and music choices was extremely limited . My dad had HITACHI TRK radio-cassetophone, it was ...
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ROWUK says "I get much
enjoyment from the Norwegian Radio web radio. They have a wonderful mix
of the music that I like which is orchestral and advanced chamber music.
They broadcast at 192KB which is not super fidelity, but their cho...
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I wrote about it many many times but it keep shook me, primary because it very much violates all intellectual provision I can extend against what I am saying. Today FM again flew my socks off and it was not special FM but objectively crappy FM.
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This is a very interesting thread.Many times, while driving around I listen to classical or jazz fm stations. Occasionally, I stumble upon some performance so beautiful that it pulls me in and I find myself completely paralyzed and unable ...
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However...............in the old days when FM broadcasting was still analogue some of the programmes were worth listening to here in Denmark for the music and for the technical quality.Today everything broadcasted is digitalized and when it's about l...
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Too bad it will not be heard in Southbridge anymore, as I won't be able to get my relatives to make tapes for me.It strikes me that while listeners might well complain, none stepped forward to contribute money to the station. Contribute enough and th...
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It is very interesting as my new Schaub & Lorenz radio is a phenomenal illustration of bad sound. It has “large” and “full sound” with very impressive “bass size” but sat the same time this sound is absolutely dead. In fact audio people might lea...
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I think, it is useful to go back a little bit in time, when talking about Tuners. In the 50‘ and 60‘s records (and the their Equipment) was VERY expensive, it was a Hobby for the upperclass. For general public the Tuner was the main unit to...
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It is amassing what kind of tricks the Fundamentals Channel allows to play. Since my high-frequency Vitavox S2 driver “clicked” recently:
http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=3592
my “Fundamental Channel” with my LF Vitavox S2 al...
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It is interesting to recall how audio started in my life. Somebody asked and I was puling out from my memories some unconnected fragments was really enjoying to recall those times…
I do not relay remember how old I was. I was then probably 10, as a...
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A couple hours ago WHRB stage own 4 days long, day and night Mstislav Rostropovich’s Orgy. The Broadcast is available on line – a phenomenal work listening… The program is more then exiting:
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a; Sargent, Philharmo...
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With all my love and admiration of WHRB I have to tell that the guy why run this station David Eliot (he is the chairman of the WHRB board of trustees and program director) has his head deep on own ass. WHRB was fighting recently with WHR...
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As far as I know the Matacic discography never was made available. A few weeks ago a fellow at other (more amorphous) forum – Mr. Makopolus - published his list that I find worth to be preserved and publicized. So he is it: the Matacic discogra...
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I truly love that. Sometimes in the randomness of internet audio idiocy there are events where I become sort of epicenter of bashing. I say “sort of” as they do not discuss my personally or what I stay for but instead the intent Morons mostly sh...
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Well, that sucks here in Boston. WHRB is still in business but if you do not call them and explain to them that they are playing records backward they would not acknowledge it. The WCRB is gone, that is good but the WHRB move to the WCRB frequenc...
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I was in my car the other night and switched to a local calassical radio station and a piece was playing. I suddenly became emotionally involved with the music even though the car radio system could easily be described as crap. It was Dittersdorf...
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Gordon,
An interesting post. I would like to “correct” and to elaborate a few things – nothing that I have not written before but I like to advance this point.
There is no contradiction between positive experiences we have from listening in...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Anyhow, I like your idea about the "memories" but not in the context how you used it. [/quote]
I kind of semi-write about it in the thread about the “Remembering Sound”:
http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/...
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Since the September 3, the Bruckner birthday is coming California and Connecticut have announced their annual Bruckner Marathons:
West Coast Brucknerathon:
Overture in G minor: Asahina / New Japan Philharmonic (live, JVC, 1980) Sy...
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[quote user="peter foster"]Dear Romy, for your interest re FM (and AM) radio:
http://www.turneraudio.com.au/am-fm-radio-tuner-multiplex-decoder.html
Regards, Peter Foster.[/quote]Thanks Peter.Yep, the decoder in there is a regular switching type. I...
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A few days back I got rid of the 60-year old Germanium glass diodes in the REL detector and put in there the regular 1N4148 4pF low-signal diodes/ it was quite positive improvement. I need to be said that detector diodes are not the regulars diodes b...
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On the eve of an ambitious BBC retrospective, Adam Sweeting reports on the controversies that still surround the composer's death
In summer 2005, the BBC launched a blitz of round-the-clock Beethoven on TV and radio in what was supp...
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The Valve Technology Milestone Timeline Courtesy to the National Valve Museum
1640
The first vacuum. Otto von Guericke's air pump
1643
The barometer first demonstrated by Evangelista Torricelli
1654
Magdeberg Hemispheres a d...
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The Celibidache popularity is in my view is kind of inflated by his withholding his recordings during his life time. I personally have very bad experience with Celibidache. Long time ago I bought an expensive Celibidache box set with Celibidache reco...
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I've had about 90% rock and pop music to play, but have saved lots of classical and mainly baroque music from Internet radio lately.It wasn't before a few hours ago that much of that downloaded material became interesting.Today I'm entranced by stuff...
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Yoshi wrote: I did some reserch sometime ago on how the current high-end market started. In the 60's, stereo gears were sold at electrical stores along with other electrical items. Some people had seen a possibility of specialty streo mar...
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That each piece of music tells something different, in a different way.Part of the fun of certain songs for instance works because of the way it troubles the electro mechaincs of a table radio.Some artists like to play in a big hall with a juicy echo...
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Romy, as you can see, I have never wrote that these parasitic sounds depend ONLY on the quality of the drivers. It is quite obvious they depend on many many many other things (practically everything) as for example bad microphones, bad microphone cab...
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[quote user="haralanov"]Would you explain why do you think so? It certainly depends on the ability of a given person to “filter” the bad sounds away from his consciousness when listening to music, but I see no reason why it has nothing to do with equ...
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Amir,there is simply too much with your posting that I disagree with. Yes, knowledge and experience with live music is a powerful tool when thinking about musical goals for playback - even when considering that they are very much different events.Mus...
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