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The TAP TVC does happen support a fully balanced topology, for whatever that's worth. I have not discovered anything difinitive about this for myself, however. I can say that I do not consider the unit's situational neutrality as anything...
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Of course this is basically propaganda. Who argues otherwise? However, I have found that it is possible at times to glean a modicum of useful information from "reviews" like this via a careful reading of what is said and somtimes via...
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Romy,A short list of your "safe" Brucknerian conductors and/or orchestras would be helpful. I do want to go with a download this time for a few reasons and would prioritize audio quality a little higher than performance quality. I do not insist on th...
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It is James Levine and it is BSO at their best and it is the glorious Lorraine Hunt Lieberson recorded LIVE right here in Symphony Hall. This performance is a wonderful reminder about a great singer, the beautiful women, one of the greatest contempor...
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Here's an innovative and interesting proposal by the Berliner Philharmoniker:[url]http://dch.berliner-philharmoniker.de/#/en/[/url]Next performance will be Mendelssohn's "Elias" with Ozawa as maestro.Best,Tuga...
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The problem is that each record varies along more than one dimension - composer, performer, performance context, etc - whereas the physical organisation has at best two dimensions: column and row on the shelf. One solution is to apply a dimensionalit...
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The station that I most listen to is 105.9 MHz that broadcasts from one location 50 miles away at 100kW power and that is detected by 2 FM aerials mounted as a parallel array with rotator and ~ 40 feet of coaxial cable to the TU-X1. T...
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Richter and Karajan playing the Tchaikovsky PC1 are well celebrated performance. Some years back I had a fool fixation to get one moment from that play to sound in a certain way – I have perhaps 15 different pressings of the thing. Unfortunately I a...
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What a superb performance, not to mention the fact that it's also a great stereo recording. I have heard this symphony just mailed in so many times that I was not only surprised but pinned to my seat for the entire symphony. Bravo.Su...
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I had today so much fan that I did not expected. The Gergiev’s Prokofiev with London Symphony turned out to be a truly devilish ride - a phenomenal performance. Mind you that not everything perfect and Gergiev play his own anti-romantic, hard-code, a...
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AC was good all weekend, but I still pine for a solution for the rest of the time.Wouldn't it be nice if the "engineers" designed and built these things based on audible performance criteria rather than design briefs based on theory and "measure...
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and not very encouraging. The set up was as follows: a Lowther ex4 playing from ~12k down in a big ~100Hz tratrix. A Murata up on top, and a 15" Beyma on the bottom. The Beyma is in an Onken so the results may not be fully indicative of performance i...
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Surprised no one's mentioned the Vaclav Talich, certainly a benchmark performance. Actually he made two recordings and I've never had the opportunity to compare.As for Kertesz, the first recording (VPO) way outclasses his second.As for the best I've ...
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I tried for a few years - many years ago - to put together a tape-based system. The prices kept going up on equipment and recorded tape, and program kept getting more scarce, until the "secondary market" kicked in. These were the "Bait and Switch" ...
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This is an old saw. But how does one "forget what one knows"? Perhaps, once the awareness and critical faculties are developed beyond a certain "point of no return", it requires a sort of personal discipline to simply let go when one is best served...
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Jarek, my CDs (2 in the box) did not come from Japan, and no Japanese characters on the box, just the RCA "wax seal" in the upper left front corner and the bottom right rear corner of the case, also the BMG logo on the back. The sound is "different" ...
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Yes, Robin, while the whizzer can do higher frequencies, it comes at the cost of ragged response in the mid-range for the typical "full range" driver, and it also simply adds mass that precludes better HF performance that might have been gotten with ...
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Regardless of whether or not I understand you and your Milquiades, I do understand for the first time in 40 years the value of a real change in my audio perspective, which the ML2 immediately provided for me. This is not to say that I have alre...
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Picked up a CD box at local Best Buy. Nine symphonies for $32. Recordings by Deutsche Grammophon, first released in 63. Karajan conducts Berlin Phylarmony.Brilliand performance and very good sound....
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You're right, one doesn't want more excerpts, but having the whole performance, maybe they selected the best fragments, but I believe that it's the whole work what gives the real deal.I've checked the link, in those discs there are very interest...
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God, Mats, thank you for reminding me about the Clark’s favorite recordings. I went over just one box and I have so many more! I wish I had time to do it, I had some time luxury a couple month ago as but not now. I do need to run that project through...
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The musical performances on the disc all seem excellent to me. I particularly liked the Kodaly cello piece which was new to me. The sound quality (when played on the ghetto blaster) seems pretty good as well. It certainly brings that machine to life....
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Clark, what made the performance stand out for you?My next door neighbor for 10 years had played with SLSO and she had quite a few of their recordings.I can't say that much Slatkin/SLSO has stuck with me, and I am sure I do not have the recording in ...
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The Model Two's manual states:Note: It is recommended that the Monitor Output Level be set close to +18 dBu to providethe best combination of digital resolution and analog output stage performance.Surely, it's just too much of a coincidence that a re...
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Knowing your love of transient speed in transformers I think you would do best with a small Lundahl device. They are Per's pride and joy. If you want to skew towards information transform, with a slight "softening" of leading edge performance I can h...
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Hi Romy,Did you notice any difference in the performance of records played on the SX8000 platter once the 5000 platter was running with it? Did the additional flywheel effect manifest itself in any way?best rgds,Guy...
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HE, you've gotten a long run so far without anyone asking if you've read the site. Have you? There are long threads on the Lamms and the Lowthers that might offer you some food for thought. One thing I would recommend is playing with the ML2 "plat...
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before you gut it. How funny would it be if it turned out to be any good, or even not bad?Since they all seem to need endless hours of tweaking, who knows, maybe you've got something here.In any case, the chassis looks quite solid, and the indus...
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Well, ultimately dropping the signal driving level to the 2A3 is the best approach for reasons already noted. If you can get a closer idea to how much you really need to drop, the simplest approach is having a custom IT wound with the correct r...
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Cellist Natalia Gutman and the Boston Philharmonic: Prokofiev and Brahms at their Best
by Elizabeth Perten
Under the baton of Benjamin Zander, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra presented two masterpieces: Prokofiev’s Symphony-Conce...
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