Just got notice that my long awaited Spectral 4000 will soon be available - at $15,000! CD only. Any suggestions for alternatives at or below that price range?
I'd love to compare my Cayin 17 to the Audio aero Prima. Not the DAC, the Prima cdp. At half the price, I'd bet the Cayin comes out the winner, or at least even.
I too am a Bartok fan and love the Schiff recording. Of course I'm Hungarian and spent quite a bit of time in my childhood playing the elementary Bartok piano pieces (mikrokozmosz?)
That's the one: Mikrokosmos, in 7 volumes, published by Boosey & Hawkes! Old Bela wrote another excellent two-volume collection for young students, simply called. . . For Children. Really wild stuff! But going back to the Schiff recording of the 3 piano concertos, I have not heard any players that can render the earthy nature of the first concerto and the delicacy of the 3rd with the same solid realism of the X-01.
Ciao Guido, the Bela recording you mentioned is redbook or SACD? I'm very interested on your feedbacks comparing P70/D70 and X-01; did u had the chance to listen both in your own system? If yes for how long?
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