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Lovro von Matacic was one of the great conductors who preserved the authentic late-Romantic tradition into the late-Romantic age.
He was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir, then studied at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik. There he studied piano, org...
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Romy,To clear up a few things about the Kilimanjaro RCA1428 clones.The B&C DCM50 is a modern, neodymium clone/copy of the RCA MI-1428B. It was designed and built by B&C in Italy after Bill Woods of AHhorns talked the CEO into it. The DCM50 is...
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[quote user="audiofilofine"]to reel from 7 volts or 700 volts is equal to the reel. should rather ask why or why 7 or 700 volts. should be asked how you intend to use the horn driver, you should ask graphs of frequency response and power handlin...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I have ordered a couple of your von Bingen’s recordings to see what her “some kind of chant” is all about. [/quote] Got the Hildegard von Bingen’s recordings today. Interesting. Pleasant. Hugely talented. Very tasteful. St...
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Does anyone know anything about this German company called hornsolutions.de that advertsies on ebay and offers a driver that promises to reach 80Hz?See link below for ebay page:http://www.ebay.de/itm/Kompressionstreiber-Compressiondriver-80Hz-bis-500...
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A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF EMI CLASSICS Narrated by THOMAS HAMPSON
1 MENDELSSOHN: Spring Song/Adolf Umbach (clarinet) 2'17" 2 TCHAIKOVSKY: Forgive me (The Queen of Spades)/Nikolai Figner (tenor) 2'54" &n...
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I'm here in the middle of the Spanish revolution. In the brutal friday attackin Barcelona (fuck the FC Barca!) the police has robbed, yes the police robs here, our speakers.Would be lovely to have something like those Decibels to counteract their noi...
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First, I didn't write in one block, probably it has something to do with Google Chrome.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I would also do not get where Deutsche Gramophone do not feet your bill – they have a huge catalog with incredibly good and incredibly b...
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Thanks, Kerry. It was interesting. I never used neither RCA1428 driver nor it’s clones. I heard them I think once at Oswald Mils. It was for sure a pleasant midrange but it was nothing else wothe attention in there, so it is difficult to say anythi...
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Herr Wolf von Langa is a gentleman from Southern Germany (look at the link here http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/03/great-site-from-germany-field-coils.html).He and his sister are dealing in modding vintage speakers, speakers woodworking and vint...
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...(and it repeats tonight) under von Dohnanyi. The Fifth Symphony was middle-of-the-road mittel-Europaenisch, but the Third Concerto with Lars Vogt was decidedly different and very tasty! The pianist, instead of just doing runs and spinning not...
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During the February’s Sundays WHRB will broadcast the whole 4 operas from Ring Cycle performed in Bayreuth during 1953. This is celebrated recording conducting Clemens Krauss and featuring Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay and other legendary singers. 7 Fe...
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Interesting take on the Altec 820. No way can this be done for 20k. Looks like dipole bass with some attenuation for mid frequencies.Wolf von Langa has a faintly similar take on the Altec 820: [url]http://www.holgerbarske.com/allgemein/fremderregt/#c...
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Unfortunately I cannot reply to your question, Roman, as I purchased from herr Von Langa a N.O.S. pair of Altec 416-8B 15" woofers.BTW: while in Berlin, last May, Frank Schroeder performed an interesting, provoking "blind-test" using '50s and '60 Tel...
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Romy, have you read the book that details Romy's relationship with Najda von Meck? I don't want to change the thread to a discussion of whether or not Tchaikovsky is gay, but it is pretty clear through the letters that Tchaikovsky wrote himself...
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... REALLY find nothing wrong, violent or offending about what you say, Roman... I - myself - find many, I mean MANY Mercuries from Golden Era to be crap;-), both musically and sonically, and, as listening to the whole Haydn's quartets, a musical tor...
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I am pretty sure I qualify as a Neanderthal when it comes to Bruckner but I'm listening to his 4th symphony now and find it quite enjoyable. Even my roommate who thought I was listening to movie soundtrack likes it. It's the Herbert von Karajan on DG...
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No, I wasn't heard they big speakers but ever if I had I would advise you to really do it by yourself than consider opinions of others. Unless, of course, you really know the person and the person taste.You can contact them directly, they are respons...
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Thanks for the tip, I may even skip it on the broadcast. Back in '69 I heard the London Phils do the B9 under Haitink in the Royal Festival Hall. It was pretty much what Romy says about the Eschenbach.Want a great but barely known recording? The Muni...
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Nope, I am not going to threaten you with one of those threads “what would be the best…?” Still, the Wiener Philharmoniker has a CD of the “Best Of Wiener Philharmoniker”… witch is… surprise, surprise IS the best they play. Well, I would say that the...
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I have only a few of his recordings, but they are all wonderful.. His Bruckner is quite wonderful.I have his recordings of Beethoven 7th & 2nd symphonies, both echt-Beethoven, and his Bruckner takes pride of place in my collection - I have the fo...
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[quote user="clarkjohnsen"]...I nominate Mengelberg's as the finest overall. Unfortunately it does not include his utterly transcendent studio recording of the Sixth.clark[/quote]Sadly, the sound quality of older, mono recordings usually puts me off ...
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[quote user="N-set"]This is a bit like saying that Beethoven composed some kind of symphonies. [/quote] Yes, Beethoven composed “some kind of symphonies” for the people who do not care or know symphonic music. I do not have a lot exposure/experience ...
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Those are indeed great recordings, although for some reason I'm not as huge a fan of the Furtwaengler as most. But let it pass, let it pass.One recording that you must become familiar with: Sigmund von Hausegger and the Munich Philharmonic (1938...
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Of the ones I know, your list is excellent. Not that hot on the Rosbaud and Klemperer, actually. I can only add the van Beinum. Wish I knew the von Matacic. Regarding Toscani, I auditioned this a few years ago at the Museum of Broadcasting (Hollywood...
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Hello Paul,I'm going to check if I can easely find a way to listen to the Alon lotus SE and the harbeth....I have heard the parsifal ovation with bass unit, -for me- they have no dynamics, very difficult to manage and at lower volume they are a shame...
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Hello,ich made a new construction,three new constuction featuresbass horn mouth distancemembran movement cross settingframe horn mouthFrame double horn for 8" fullrange driver,back driver again the BG20 von Visaton,also invers montage with +- change ...
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In the thread “Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets.” there was plenty of discussion about RCA 1428 driver. Here is more to it: the Great Vintage Loudspeakers made a new production of the RCA 1428 driver.
http://www.kilimanjaro-series.com/kil...
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There is an English version of the review (for your interest)...http://www.hifistatement.net/tests/item/1353-thomas-mayer-10ySome very upmarket parts choices right there. Another place that I have noticed Thomas Mayer is attached to Wolf Von Langa f...
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[quote user="samuel33"]On my short list i have to listen to : von schweikert VR 7...[/quote]
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