don_chisholm
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| AXPONA 2019 tips The elevators get overwhelmed when the attendance is peaking. I suggest starting by going right up to the top floor(s) and taking the stairs down one floor at a time. | |
| Insiders check in Ha! This is kind of what I was expecting... funny. | |
| McIntosh C-22 Re-tube I have a McIntosh C11 (same as C22) that has been completely rebuilt/refurbished. I use vintage Telefunken long plate tubes and I get terrific sound. (I am driving an Audio Research Classic 60 amplifier to GR Research N2X speakers.) The phono sect... | |
| AXPONA anyone? I'll be there! I'm flying in on Friday afternoon and leaving Sunday afternoon. Looking forward to great tunes, great gear, and great people! | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? very plebian system here: McIntosh MCD 7010 for Redbook CD and Denon DVD-3910 for HDCD/SACD | |
| Fisher 500C. Why pay for additional phono preamp? Doesn't the tape head input use different equalization?How well is the level matched to the other phono input?Are there any issues or side-effects?I have a real nice 500-C that I would probably use as my main rig in my living room if two phono in ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mozart 35, 39, 40, 41 Szell/Cleveland | |
| best recordings for a sense of scale Jacques Loussier Trio plays Debussy - on Telarc Jazz | |
| Best Brandenburg Concerto recording CD Get thee a Musica Florea CD set (Marek Stryncl). It is available on Amazon as an import only, about $40. BRAVO horns!Second best recommendation: Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) SACD set reviewed in Stereophile several mont... | |
| Best sounding Beethoven symphony LPs I know this was a year ago, but I am going to retroactively open my mouth and further insert my foot (not unusual) and fully endorse the Cleveland/Szell set. I am listening right now to the 1970 issued boxed set of Beethoven symphonies. The playin... | |
| Best Sounding Opera CD I second Turandot (Mehta et al) on London. It is absolutely fantastic musically and sonically. Among the best opera recordings in my book! | |
| Maybe a ridiculous question, maybe not Only if the record has just eaten. Brush after meals for better performance. | |
| Beethoven Ninth Symphony I *strongly* recommend John Elliott Gardiner's Beethoven cycle. I have several (maybe 10?) recordings of the 9th, but the Gardiner is my favorite.Tight, clean rhythms, outstanding soloists, interesting and contemporary interpretation, great mic pl... | |
| Best sounding Beethoven symphony LPs Since my previous (useless) post, I have found that I actually have two boxed sets of Beethoven on LP:Szell/Cleveland (1970) - avoid this one, for sure; sonics stink (very inconsistent, especially from side A to side B in the same symphony!), thou... | |
| Oscar Peterson I strongly recommend the "Live at the Blue Note" CDs, four of which were released seperately, then together as a boxed set. (Telarc Jazz) Recorded in May, 1990They were recorded over four evenings at the end of a world tour with the longtime combo... |