learsfool
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| Live Performances Gone Awry There are so many instances of classical music disaster stories. I have a great many of them myself. One of the funniest ones involves a trombone player who did not realize that the overture, which he did not play on, was very short, and he went d... | |
| I didnt know that Did you guys know that? This is pretty much always the case when I have done it. I believe it is still a mystery why this is, but it does indeed seem to be true. | |
| The Evolution of Modern Jazz Wow, I just now saw this thread - it was started in August when I was temporarily without internet, I see. Great thread, guys, there are several things here I will have to check out. Someone mentioned Jean Luc Ponty earlier - I went to school with... | |
| My audiophile take on the symphony last night. Mapman wrote: "I think I could very well fail to identify live versus recorded consistently." I sincerely hope you do not actually believe this statement, no matter what the circumstances. I would submit that there is no way anyone should ever fai... | |
| My audiophile take on the symphony last night. As soon as I read the op, I was going to scroll down and post. Then I noticed Frogman already had. What he said. | |
| Strange Klipsch thing I agree with Mrdecibel - I have a pair of Cornwalls, and even against the wall, I have excellent soundstaging. The bass is also quite a bit better when they are against the wall as opposed to out from it a little. Unfortunately, in my room I am un... | |
| for Bill Evans fan It's gotta be Waltz for Debby, with Sunday at the Village Vanguard a close second. | |
| Klipsch La Scala Dilemma Take the LaScalas. Like Cliff, I haven't heard the Lores either, but I agree with his comments on the LaScalas - surely they will have just as much bass, and much more dynamic range (soft as well as loud). | |
| Back to mono? Hi Viridian - a friend of mine has a single Klipschorn that he uses for mono listening, driven by an SET that puts out just 1/2 a watt (don't remember the make of the amp, sorry). It sounds fantastic. He also has a Garrard 301 that he uses with a ... | |
| What started you on your audiophile journey . My father is a professional musician, so I had a love of music from a very early age. I could sing the opening of Chabrier's España (the Mercury LP of the DSO and Paray) on pitch before my dad put the needle down when I was three years old. I alwa... | |
| Where does your user name come from? I sincerely hope that there is not a single person on this site who can't figure out where my username comes from.... | |
| Cleaning and Maintenance of Connections..... I use the Deoxit every six months, and it makes a huge difference, as you say, though I have never experienced the sound being abrasive afterwards. I have never tried cleaning the actual outlet, though, in fact I have never gone so far as to clean... | |
| Wagner? Solti is one of the best Wagner conductors, and the recordings also sound great. Another great Tristan is Kleiber's. Knappertsbusch has a good Parsifal as well. | |
| What is Warmth? Hi Tom - while you are correct that warmth, when describing timbre, can be very subjective, there are huge differences between different instruments, and players of the same instruments. A flugelhorn, for instance, is most certainly a warmer timbr... | |
| Thoughts on current EL-34 tubes I would agree with Rich - I also am currently using the EH EL34's in my PrimaLuna amp, and they sounded better than both the stock tubes and the current issue Mullards that I tried. |