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Best Recording of Scheherazade
As several have said, LSO /Sir Charles Mackerras on Telarc.To me , Masur /NYP is fine also .And Beecham never made a bad recording . 
Shoes for my feet?
Put some 3" solid maple blocks , often sold on here for about a hundred bucks, under each piece and away you go .That’s what I did on a Bell’O i loved the looks of with had glass shelves . 
Anyone Ever Tried This...?
Was it a Rega ? 
Jazz for aficionados
frogman, a new one on me, yesterday in my car I heard both a saxophone and a clarinet quartet play the Grieg" Hall of the Mountain King" one after the other . Sounded very good !Sadly , station did not mention who they were . 
Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's?
Since Teac, at sometime or other, has made things for almost  every major brand, it is highly likely . 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Thanks rv. I saw her  in Montreal, when the Montreal was the equal of any Orchestra, playing the Brahms . She was  beyond a great artist , she was Music itself . 
The New American Songbook
You can fool most Americans all the time . 
Classical Music for Aficionados
FWIW, the most loved piano LP I have left is the Great Ivan Moravec playing the Mozart 25th Concerto with what has always has been a top Mozartian Orchestra , the Czech Philharmonic.In many places the piano and the orchestra sound like one and tha... 
Cartridge for Symphonic music .
 Please PM me with all the details chakster , 
Classical Music for Aficionados
If I was running the world I'd turn the clock back a bit and have Kissin playSchubert's Fantasia in F mi.D.940 with Perahia and then Lupu just to see if there is anything beyond perfection . 
Cartridge for Symphonic music .
What TT or Arm would you recommend for the Decca Gold ? 
BEST MALE VOCAL EVER
If you leave out about 50 opera singers who could sing far better than any of them and who were male, it is +1 for KURT ELLING ! 
BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER
Price was great alright , But Anderson was God's vocalist on earth . 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Jim ,If I get weary with age I just put my Black Watch band LP’s on and the pipes rile up my Scottish blood . Also because my great grandfather, a piper ,took the high-road with them in 1915 . 
Golden ear triton 1 vs tekton double impact speakers
If I was buying speakers unheard I'd go for GE's solely because their best reviews come from  reputable classical musicians .