Listening pleasure


I listen to my system a lot--almost every day for hours--partly because I've had my share of medical issues including 3 kinds of cancer (thanks to great doctors and some luck I'm doing fine).   This post is apropos of nothing but I have gotten and continue to get so much pleasure from listening-mostly to classical music.  The sound of some recordings still amazes me.  I'm listening to a chamber music performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations by Fretwork on Qobuz as I write this and it doesn't get much better than this. A quick anecdote-I spent lots of time auditioning speakers at different dealers. At one dealer where I listened to several, the salesman said "I notice that only when you're listening to the KEF do you really smile."  He was right.  HappyThanksgiving everyone!

my system:  KEF Reference 5 speakers (pre meta), innuous Zenith 3, Innuous Phoenix USB,Matrix x-spdif, PS Audio Directstream mk2 Dac, Krell 175xd amp, Benchmark pre amp, Rega Planar 6, Dynavector cartridge, Audio Research phono stage, Wireworld  silver starlight interconnects.  I also had Sterling Trayle spend several hours positioning the speakers (anyone know what happened to,him?)

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I am very happy that you did well against 3 cancers...

This will give hope to many...

As you i enjoy my system so much...

A low cost but well chosen system i created with many modifications which i learned in my active 10 years search for sound quality ...

I learned a lot...

Now i listen as yourself each day ( i am retired) Bach and choral music...

World music mainly persian and Indian...

And Jazz.....

My deepest thoughts and i wish you the best ...

 

My prefered version of the Goldberg is Vladimir Feltsman in his first Moscow concert at the end of the Soviet era. A spontaneous free improvisation which is stunning ...

His well tempered Klavier is also marvellous even better for my taste  because more sensible  than  Andras Schiff really well balanced almost perfect  interpretation  which is my second choice.

With Bach i collect different versions anyway ...cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIujuXIwQms&list=PLr0MsaDpKsY-biupbCUhZf55V3rNEzU_v

Truly liquid. Sounds like strings of little hearts breaking every which way.

Thank you.

I envy those of you who can enjoy classical music as I am stuck, enjoying the twang of an electric guitar. 

Good health to you.

  I have Fretwork recording of the Goldbergs.  It is indeed an interesting experience of an iconic piece of music 

Glad to hear you are doing well.    I came close to death and was laid up for a few months and I don't know what I would have done without music.   I was in a dark place and music got me through it.