terraplane8bob
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| what system musicians prefer? Do they care? I spent my childhood fascinated by music, played piano, trumpet and euphonium through school, studied at a major music conservatory, joined one of the top military bands in Washington, D.C., learned trombone and all of the recorder family, left th... | |
| This is very timely... I have only ever had one interaction with Lyric Audio and that was just a few months ago. Being confined away from home due to recovery from open heart surgery, I needed a CD player to while away the time. I found an NAD - CD568 on Audiogon at an ... | |
| Whats your favourite track to play to the non hi-fi visitor? Just to show that analogue vinyl is far from dead, Linda Ronstadt singing "When You Wish Upon a Star" -- Nelson Riddle & Orchestra -- Elektra/Asylum Records 60474-1-E -- Recorded & mixed by George Massenburg -- Album : "For Sentimental Re... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? Linda Ronstadt - k.d.Lang - Keeley Smith [Louis Prima's ex] | |
| has anybody else noticed this about singers? In response to "Frogman's" comment : "However, while I suppose it is possible that there is a relationship to how a given listener responds to a particular singers ability to find the core of sung notes or not, shouldn’t all listeners then react ... | |
| has anybody else noticed this about singers? There is a phenomenon, experienced with vocalists and with instrumentalists as well, that is very difficult to hear and equally difficult to explain. That is, the possibility of playing ONE note but producing TWO different pitches on that same no... | |
| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings Still very interesting ------. I wanted to add a bit more to the discussion. A few posters have mentioned Deutsche Grammophon as one of the greatest offenders regarding string tone and I thought this experience might bring a bit of light to ... | |
| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings Very interesting thus far, and a couple of folks are close to the real answer. I spent over 25 years as a symphony musician in a major orchestra, and then upon retirement, another 30 years as a recording engineer. I hope these credentials might ... | |
| What do you sit on? My friend had a dedicated listening room designed in his newly built house with dedicated circuits and lots of RPG room treatment. His system was comprised of very highend equipment like Mark Levinson, Krell and Wilson Audio. Our group of four as... | |
| Unbelievable The tonal quality of the violins of Stradavari and Guarneri is often credited partly to the shellac used by the luthiers who made them. Just sayin' ---- | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! After having used a Thorens TD-125 and a SOTA Sapphire [with vacuum] for a number of years, I decided to pull out an old Garrard 301 I had, build a "floating" plinth for it using my Souther Linear Tracking arm with a "Helikon SL" cartridge, and ca... | |
| Metal cabinet speakers I heard a floor-standing set of metal cabinet [aluminum, I believe] speakers at the home of Dan D'Agostino [founder of Krell] a dozen years ago, demonstrated by the man himself. They sounded fine ! Whether they were prototypes or not, I don't kn... | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? "Back in the Day" I started with a Dynaco ST70 and as soon as I could afford it I moved to a MC 240 and after that a MC 275. Each step "Back in the Day" was a quantum leap in improved sound. I got to the point that I soon owned 3 MC240's, 3 MC275... | |
| So just how much vinyl do YOU own? When contemplating the task of counting my vinyl recordings, I took the easy way out and counted how many records there were in one foot --- [75 average] --- measured my record shelves and did the math. Of course, boxed sets have as much "box" as ... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? An interesting story [possibly apocryphal] about Jack Rabinow, the inventor of the Rabco Linear Tracking Tonearm : While traveling on a train, Jack went to use the restroom and was intrigued by the sign, "Please Do Not Flush While in Station", an... |