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| Mozart Piano Concerto 21. Gileon -- for Oistrakh, try Tchaikovski violin / concert for Oistrakh's 60th b/day, Moscow S O/Rozdestvenski.You might also try Oistrakh's Beethoven violin and contrast with Hubermann on the same piece... Cheers | |
| Monoblocks for Sonus Faber Guarneri ? Peter -- no, I don't think the 1.1's are overkill. I find the G's very seductive speakers, possibly the best SF has produced (within the Gs' frequency response range) -- but also difficult to drive to "perfection", i.e. to get the last ounce of th... | |
| Monoblocks for Sonus Faber Guarneri ? On second thought, are you the owner of the Graafs mentioned in another recent thread? If so, why not keep those for the Guarneri & spare yourself the trouble (& the money) of change? If not, do consider them, as well as Tenor (75 should d... | |
| Monoblocks for Sonus Faber Guarneri ? Yes. Why bi-wire? Cheers | |
| Luxman 441 vs. Technics SL-1200mk2 as first TT? The Technics is rugged as Zaike notes but I agree with the caveats he raises. OTOH, the Luxman was also a good deck in tis time, & user tweakable. Yours also has a nice arm on it. Do check the arms (wobbly??) the rotating speed of the TT... if... | |
| Run Thorens Run ? Agonanon -- Shelters, Benz, Denon, maybe a Sumiko or an Ortofon, i.e. a cartridge that's reasonably rugged (Denon, for example) and offers a musical, if not exotically accurate, sound retrieval/reproduction.There's a lot of on-line help in setting... | |
| Rock Lyrics - Best Reference to Other Rock Group To add to the above: Deep Purple / Smoke on the Water (fire in the sky) -- the song is ABOUT a fire during a F. Zappa concert in Switzerland. The lyrics describe that event. | |
| Isolation for turntable I second Twl & Tphalieros' advice for rigid base, no soft items under the TT. One a/market shelf that can do the job (is rigid and efficient in vertical vibration control) is the Neuance, mentioned above. But again the principle is the same: r... | |
| Run Thorens Run ? I'd avoid drilling armboards, unless I had access to precision drills and was a skilled technician myself (I'm neither). OTOH, 140 quid for arm, board & cartridge is not excessive (it's not chicken feed either, mind you). Instead, why not go f... | |
| Why vinyl? Hello Detlof, good to see you again along these shores. Of course one must mention the Goldmund -- can my trusted 13yrs old S. Yorke TT get a mention too? It held its own against a Burmester 979/980 (what's more, at a Burmester dealer's! OK, so he... | |
| Trying to build a near ref. listening room? Help You might also solicit professional advice. Rives, an A'gon member, specialises on the subject and he's an audiophile.BTW, GREAT project, you lucky devil :)! | |
| Audio Artistry Beethoven - heard it? I think you can still order them. Try their website (www.audioartistry.com) | |
| tube amp for b&w signature 805 My exerience was mostly with Nautilus 800's -- very little with the 805sig. However it may be useful for Glai & Bigkidz.Gvatchna: my experience using Symphonic Line tallies with yours. On the 805's (a brief, 1hr, audition), a Kraft 250 ref sli... | |
| 60 dB phono, 19 dB preamp, Enough gain? As presented, plenty (are you sure about those 60db gain?). Enjoy your Lowthers! | |
| Aktiv, or do I Pass? Mprime - "3a vs 1" IMO: better midrange resolution and musicality, and far better transient attack. The Supra WILL "pre-amplify" the source signal w/out compromising detail. The LK140's, while not the last word in clarity IMO, will easily drive th... |