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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Amazon or eBay. by Romy the Cat on 2018-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Online Music Store in Europe in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
Ironically nowadays you can by anything at Amazon or eBay. It used to be that Amazon was selling what they have and eBay sell some used things. Nowadays, their resellers sell anything imaginable just using their platforms. With most of the reselle...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Maria callas glory days (26 CD) by RonyWeissman on 2009-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Maria Callas’s Glory Days: Available in Europe in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
Hi Romy,Did you ever buy this?  I purchased on amazon.UK for 12€ (!) including shipping in case you are interested.I hope the pressings are decent.R Weissman...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Defective Bruckner 5th by Fugue on 2009-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Bruckner 5 by Benjamin Zander in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
I just the received the SACD of this disc and it won't play! I guess there's a problem with the TOC. Luckily, Amazon pays for return shipping!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Polish recordings by el`Ol on 2010-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I would prefer Polish recordings like this:http://www.amazon.com/Witold-Lutoslawski-One-Lacrimosa-Orchestra/dp/B00000E2HX/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1269029112&sr=8-5I don't know whether this was recorded or just re-released by Philip...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra by montepilot on 2010-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
A couple of weeks ago I heard a superb perfomance of the Lutoslawski Concerto performed by the Boston Symphony.  I do not have a recording of this work in my library.  Looking on Amazon there were quite a number of available offerings.  Can someone a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Cataloguing software by tuga on 2008-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Software for collection classification in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
Hello Antonio, You might have already bought something but I have been using Librarian Pro for some time now and I recommend it. http://www.koingosw.com/products/librarianpro.php You can search Amazon for image cover and data (or add items t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Joe Hisaishi- Spirited away album by unicon on 2012-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performance of a week. in Musical Discussions  87 Replies 
I recently Discovered The album, soundtracks from the movie : Spirited awayNew Japan Philharmonic sound and recording is inspiringhttp://www.amazon.com/Spirited-Away-Joe-Hisaishi/dp/B00006HCT7...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: DVD for pop, SACD for classics by el`Ol on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DVD for pop, SACD for classics in Didital Things  4 Replies 
Hello!I hadn´t cared about the topic for years, but recently I informed myself about SACDs and DVDs at Amazon. The product range is still ridiculous, yet I find it has at least "started to start". But it seems to have happened what I expected at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #260: Silk 'n Splendor might do it by unicon on 2010-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Romy I'm not quite sure if it was the thing my pal been using to dry his flowers n plants. But it was similar to this one :http://www.amazon.com/Splendor-Artificial-Treatment-Beautifies-Protects/dp/B0019AB2XO/ref=pd_sim_k_1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Since It Seems to be Important To You by Paul S on 2024-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Romy, I did not patronize ArkivMusic but I just pasted in the first blip I found with the right picture of the CDs I bought. I got mine from Rarewaves, USA via Amazon. I suppose only God knows if they had it "drop-shipped" from Arkiv, but nothing on ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1838: Lots of possibilities by rickmcinnis on 2022-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I was not aware that there were dry cell batteries in the size needed to do this.Looked around for some information on the TESLA POWERWALL and it seems to be another mystery - just like the man himself.  (not a fan)I took the plunge and ordered two o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Not by Nanut, I think! by JANDL100 on 2007-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut in Musical Discussions  52 Replies 
Hi Guy - yes, that Amazon link does imply that Nanut conducts the 9th - note though the 2 orchestras listed.   I am fairly (i.e. 99.9% !!) certain that the 9th is NOT conducted by the great Anton Nanut, but by another, lesser conductor - pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Kalman IS good by Chirag on 2005-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Emmerich Kalman (1882-1953) in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Hi Cat,I got some Kalman CD's after your post and the clip.  Die Csardasfurstin IS good!  One of the cd's was a historical compilation from Naxos - "viennese operetta gems."  It had work from this guy Franz Lehar.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: A seismic question. by Romy the Cat on 2015-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. in Site Support Forum  42 Replies 
I got an email from a site visitor with an interesting question: “I wonder. Has age and fatherhood narrowed the focal point of listening habits?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: Some ideas.... by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]The motor can't hold the specs forever…..The motor itself drives a HS-80 easily.[/quote] Yes, and no. When people talk about it they forget to note that it is not a motor problem most of the time but the interface between pla...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1023: The problems with Smart Grids by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
The problems with Smart Grids by B. Blake Levitt and Chellis Glendinning How is it that so many intelligent, inside-the-beltway environmentalists are buying into an eco-health-safety-finance debacle with the potential to increase...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1199: So far is no good. by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I spent good hour trying to configure and re-configure the system in order to get rid the loop noise. Ironically nothing worked still. I have no noise if I run CD played directly to poser amp, with all of them directly plugged to PP2000 and all g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Tricky one... by op.9 on 2009-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Top Recordings of All Time! in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
Sibelius' Violin Concerto? Kavakos Kavakos Kavakos! http://www.amazon.com/Jean-Sibelius-Concerto-Original-Version/dp/B0000016GW ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Furtwangler B8, 1944 by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Bruckner Sound in Audio. in Playback Listening  16 Replies 
I kind of deeper and deeper submersing into my version of Audio and for the last few months I completely naturally switch to explicit listening of Bruckner. I do have other music and I do attend concerts where non- Bruckner music is played but it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bose SoundDock Devil Machine. by Romy the Cat on 2012-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bose SoundDock Devil Machine. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
As Amy moved in a few month back I inherited her Bose play station. http://www.amazon.com/Bose-SoundDock-Series-30-Pin-Speaker/dp/B001DLTDQC/ This radio is a platform for iPad and active speaker. Since we have two home we now own ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Scheduled launch for Oct 28th by noviygera on 2019-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Book "High Quality Horn Loudspeaker Systems" by B... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
"As of now, the book will only be available from amazon.co.uk, but amazon users on other continents will be able to order the book from the UK site" I'm looking forward to building my horn base with this read!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Marconi's Dream…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My reading for a “smaller room in the house” in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
My current book for my bathroom reading is Greg Milner‘s book “Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music “ http://www.amazon.com/Perfecting-Sound-Forever-Recorded-ebook/dp/B0030CHEYU/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Conductors and Audio Sound by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Conductors and Audio Sound in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
I always felt that my demands for quality of Audio Sound might be to degree be moderated by conducting efforts. The true enigma for me is this aspect is John Barbirolli. Barbirolli is one of my the most admired conductors of mine and he is one ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Rattle and Brahms by steverino on 2016-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Direct to Disc: The Brahms Symphonies / Rattle · Berlin... in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, for sure no one deny to Berlin Philharmonic rights to make money. The boxes now cost $500 and I am sure that in 10 years Japanese will be selling it on eBay for $10.000.   Anyhow, I do not buy these records but I a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Thanks, but... by Antonio J. on 2018-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Online Music Store in Europe in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I'd still like to find that store, it was kind of cozy and entertaining to browse. I don't know how I lost the link and why I stopped checking it. My bad. Maybe it doesn't exist already.I got a fake copy XRCD of a jazz album at Amazon. I try being ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Nice tip, Romy, and an unusual CD to try ... by JANDL100 on 2008-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mozart Concertos; Clarinet K 622 and Bassoon K 191 in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Thanks for the recommendation, Romy, I've just ordered the Bohm disc from Amazon Market Place - less than £3 delivered!A Mozart clarinet concerto recording that is unusual and worth looking out for is by the Managing Director (CEO) of the Musical Fid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Grand Gigue by Johann Wilhelm Hässler by alex on 2010-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hässler sonata: Grand Gigue in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Music at Court of St Petersburg http://www.amazon.com/Music-Court-St-Petersburg-Glinka/dp/B000005W5A/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284388007&sr=1-4 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1834: DIY by rickmcinnis on 2022-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I know Romy is skeptical of DIYers who want to do everything as cheaply as they can but there are others who do things themselves since they are not satisfied with what the market provides. I can think of one loudspeaker system, in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Nikolaj Znaider's play and sound by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Nikolaj Znaider's play and sound in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
I turned radio today and it was Cathy Fuller’s interesting interview with violinist Nikolaj Znaider and live performance of Kreisler’s Liebesleid. As uselessly WGBH does everything through the ass nowadays - no pre-announcement, not scheduling no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #210: Micondo's Pilot Rev 2.0 by Romy the Cat on 2013-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]Perhaps you should use the cathedral configuration to make a synergy horn of the entire ceiling: tweeter at the apex, mf a little further down each wall, and bass at the base. Were it steeper it could actually work. [/quote] ...
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