rcprince
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| A Good Classical SACD / DVD-A If you can get into Mahler (and a lot of us hard-rockers from the 60s and 70s like that kind of power music), I'd suggest the Mahler cycle on SACD by the San Francisco SO on their own label, very well recorded and good to excellent readings of Sym... | |
| My transport has "tuning dots" what are these? The idea behind at least the Combak dots (and the Marigo ones too, I think) was that they would take vibrations from whatever they were attached to (I had some on my speakers, even some on circuit boards inside my old Krell SBP 64x) and re-tune th... | |
| classical music recorded in HDCD Check out the entire Reference Recordings catalog, they were the original adopter of the format and have tremendous quality orchestral recordings (and some very good performances too), particularly of the Minnesota Orchestra. | |
| Under the Boardwalk I agree with Mitchchavis, I think the Drifters' is the best version, shows my age. Interestingly, there is an AM radio and an FM radio version of the song by the Drifters ("falling in love" for AM, "making love" for FM). My men's harmony quartet d... | |
| Wilson Sophia I think the answer to your first question is probably yes, at least as far as the integrated goes, as I've heard a Mac-Sophia combination and it works pretty well. The Sophia is more forgiving than other Wilson speakers of the electronics it is fe... | |
| Jadis Owner's Manual & Modifications Let me check tonight or tomorrow, I may have both if no one else has one. Only mods I made to mine were Andy Bouwman's Romantic Era treatment and putting in a few Audio Note bypass capacitors, made the unit even more liquid and non-electronic, tho... | |
| IC´s:Stealth Indra, Prana Cosmos or Kubala I tend to echo Fmpnd's sentiments about what you're looking to change and system synergy. I can tell you, FWIW, that in my system, which has a Jadis preamp (which uses EF86 tubes and is not as dark as my previous Jadis preamp) and Lamm tubed ampli... | |
| Most beautifull turntables today.... The top of the line Transrotor is stunning; unfortunately, the one my dealer was trying out for a while had speed stability problems or I might have been interested. I also like the understated look of my Bais Ovation. | |
| Chailly Mahler 9th I've been partial to the Zander reading on Telarc, which has always left me holding my breath at the end. A different view, but a fine one. The Bernstein as well. | |
| Have you ever moved to improve your system My wife wants us to move down to the shore in a couple of years, but one of my criteria in everything we have looked at has been a room that is large enough for my system and preferably can be a dedicated listening room. Probably will have to comp... | |
| Rachmaninov for beginners Uru975: As I mentioned to Sean in a private e-mail, my father, then a young pianist and music major considering whether he should become a performing concert pianist for a career, heard Rachmaninoff play in concert and subsequently decided to beco... | |
| Rachmaninov for beginners Rachmaninov was probably the last of the great romantic composers. His piano pieces are extremely virtuosic, but are extremely melodic and listenable. I would start you with his Rhapsodies on a Theme of Paganini, then his Second and Third Piano Co... | |
| Amplifier Decision - Audio Research vs Krell I agree with S7horton; your speaker selection will play a big part in the amp you want. If you get Apogees or Theil CS5s you'll want the Krell, but otherwise you may prefer the tubes for a more efficient speaker. | |
| What was/is the heaviest weight amp you herd/own I used to own Audio Research M300s, 110 pounds each, 90% of that in the front, it seemed. Slimmed down to Lamm ML 1.1s, 70 pounds each, as I'm not as young as I used to be. | |
| Best recording / performance Dvorak Cello conc. Hey, don't let the lack of an SACD player deter you, the Merc is a hybrid, will play on any CD player. I'm not familiar with most of the recordings you listed above, but I would tend to go for one of the earlier recordings (go by the recording dat... |