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| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Doug,Classic Records has been extremely frustrating to so many of us. As you say, both Solti/'Venice'/LSC 2313 and Gobson/'Witches Brew'/LSC 2225 are examples of hugely disappointing sound quality. And then CR can flip around and create something ... | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Thanks very much Albert and Doug - your experience with these 45 rpm issues is exactly the help and encouragement I needed.Quincy, thank you. The reason for my caution is that I have most of the Classic Records classical releases in 33 rpm and the... | |
| Classical music recordings upgrade Celtic66, can you play vinyl? If so, the Solti/CSO performance has been reissued on vinyl by Speakers Corner in beautiful analog sound. | |
| Ceiling Height Cosmic_void, my room is roughly 18' x 27' x 7.5' with a large bay area on one long wall side which makes the room shape slightly irregular. (The bay window area gives the maximum 18' width.) | |
| Ceiling Height Nrchy is exactly correct. The ceiling height in my new listening room is only 7.5 feet, but the room has turned out to be quite good overall. | |
| How low on the Rossini String Sonatas Argo ZRG 506 I don't have your answer, sorry. The standard tuning of a four-string double bass would have the lowest string tuned to 41.2 hz (E1). But the double bass with low C extension can play as low as 32.7 hz (C1), quite common in modern orchestras. Here... | |
| New Releases on Vinyl? Red Trumpet has a nice email newsletter that lists upcoming new vinyl releases, and a nice pre-order process for new releases as well.As mentioned, Acoustic Sounds, Elusive Disc, and Music Direct are all good resources for vinyl. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ah, the Enescu Sonata: wonderful piece. Next time you can come over, Joe, let me introduce you to the Radu Lupu performance of this work in a characterful performance that captures some of the true Rumanian character of the work. Captivating.Tonig... | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Quincy, thanks but have you listened to the 45rpm versions of any of these? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Handel's Apollo and Daphne, McGegan/PhilharmoniaBaroque, Judith Nelson, Harmonia Mundi HM 10067 (another superb engineering job by Peter McGrath)Sammartini's Symphony in A, Concerto in C, Slovak Chamber Orchestra in a marvelous recording on Klimo ... | |
| Rhea and tube noise....???? The Rhea is like the Io - dead quiet with the stock tubes. Due to the amount of gain being generated in both units, the first gain stage tubes are critical. The factory very carefully selects these tubes for low noise; so people changing these sho... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? All day today has been a music fest with friends over music and visiting. A sampling of what was on the turntable includes:Telemann, Tafelmusik, BkIII, Bruggen/ConAmsterdam, Telefunken 6.35064Laudate II, DrottingholmBarEns, UppsalaAcKammarkor, Ann... | |
| Silclear , Caig ProGold, or Kontak? SST is the best contact enhancer available - absolutely agree. But the question was about CLEANING contacts, even though the subject line listed products not made for this purpose. One needs to clean the surfaces before applying Walker Audio's SST... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shostakovich - "String Quartet No. 15," Fitzwilliam Qt on L'Oiseau Lyre"Early Music at Wik" - Joculatores Upsalienses, BIS LP 3 | |
| Silclear , Caig ProGold, or Kontak? Kontak has always worked well for me for cleaning. Caig is also very good, but consider using their cleaning product, Caig DeOxit rather than the ProGold which is a lubricant/preservative for use after cleaning (although many people use ProGold fo... |