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I understand this is a "popular" piece of music (popular for classical music, anyway), but I never really got into it the way I did Brahms' PC 2 and a couple of others. But this piece came on my clock radio on a Sunday night, and I later learned it w...
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Sure, Romy, that's already obvious from all you've said, at least to some. However, it's also obvious that many still shop and shop and wait and wait for some "manufacturer" to "get it right" and offer to them something they can plug and play, and on...
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Now as ever in hi-fi there seems to be no economically viable model for developing, producing, marketing and servicing good sounding equipment. As ever, it remains for the end user to find and develop their own equipment from whatever happens to be ...
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So many "parts" to a particular hi-fi system, and not just the gear, and so many reasons why a given system turns out the way it does. Didn't Amir say he doesn't listen to a lot of classical music? I was pretty happy with tubes for quite a while, inc...
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Thanks, Robin! I will get right on this! Auf Englisch haben wir gar nichts an dieses!Best regards,Paul S...
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I try every few years to home in on "leads" to Strauss's "men's chorale" works. I've heard only 2 examples, both while driving, and both times the usual "random selection" with "random explication" from "dee-jays" who hold forth on the "classical rad...
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Robin, I also hope it's obvious by now to everyone with evolved aesthetics that all the hyperbolic chatter about things is just that. While I do have some old "Direct to Disc" recordings that have decent sound, I have none with performances worth rev...
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I'd like to believe anyone thinking of purchasing something like this would do his/her homework before using it!Paul S...
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As an alternative to this nonsense, consider an old, used Neumann microphone:https://vintageking.com/neumann-u47-dual-pattern-tube-microphone-3883-vintage?cr_campaign=PV%20Shopping%20-%20Lowest%20Priority%20-%20Brands%20-%20Used%20and%20Demo%20Deals&...
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Let's face it, the best paid orchestras too often avoid mistakes, and they don't really give themselves over to the Music ensemble often enough, IMO. Also it seems there are not so many conductors at any time who can really get the most from an orch...
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Robin, it has been interesting over the years that Europeans seem to express fewer frustrations with their AC power than Americans do. And I know from reading and some personal communications that many hi-fi nuts who live in SE Asia consider UPS a ne...
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Back to this thread, there is no arguing that better AC makes better sound from a system that's capable to deliver it in any case. For me, this has not been a matter of long term listening for differences, rather it has in every case been the fairly ...
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Well, if you can hear differences, that is a blessing and a curse because it's not only many particular things that influence the sound but different combinations of things, as well. In "the professional world" power source treatments are "matched" t...
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I was one of the people who bagged on the Altec 811 metal horn in the old thread. I also heard a version of this horn that was supposedly made of tar that had an Altec label on it, and a friend of mine built us a couple of tar copies of the next size...
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Alexandre, the web of hi-fi is all tangled up with "standard manufacturing practices". The people who actually make the parts care more about costs and profits than sound. There are not very many companies that actually manufacture this sort of part...
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Hi, WojtekI get lots of PM from readers of this site; it should work. Try again, and be careful with the spelling, etc. Though I can easily upload pictures to GSC Image Gallery, I can't seem to get them from the Gallery to the Board. Perhaps they ...
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Amir, the RCA vs. balanced can be a huge difference, depending on the application, and the longer the runs, the greater the difference. But I was talking about the materials and construction of available connectors, which are primarily made the way t...
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Something fun to think about is that the length of this sort of cable can change the sound, due to internal "reflections", this sort of thing. I've read a lot about it, as it affects the "communications industry", and laboratories, and it gives me he...
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Amir, here is a link to "the same" (same appearance, "specs" and information) SPDIF cable I got years ago (for maybe $200). It replaced the Belkin Synapse after the last round of "factory upgrades" to my iDAT DAC. Prior to those DAC "upgrades", I pr...
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Amir, it is funny to hear that you like $4,600 Purist but would prefer $10 Belkin SPDIF. The Synapse is basically an effective low pass filter, albeit this seems to help many systems. Like I said up the thread, I have not concerned myself with SPDIF...
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I suppose I have "learned a lot about drivers" and speakers over the years, but age has overtaken my production capabilities, and I am selling my stash of drivers. Included for sale is the Holy Grail of lower mid-range drivers, a particular variant o...
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I have Dutch in-laws who told me Holland is overflowing with State-funded art, including many otherwise-vacant warehouses chock full of paintings and sculpture. I sort of love this idea when it applies to Music, like the "best" Socialist years in Ru...
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Gera, is this an idea you're familiar with from a sonic standpoint? The horns are supposed to boost lower frequencies within their pass bands without adding their own sound, or - more realistically - allowing for their own minimal contribution to th...
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Well, if you're gonna try the DSP, then just do it. All the best PA systems do it. If you have the equipment to test and verify, you MIGHT get lucky with running opposite polarity. But - if you believe it - all such problems can be solved with DSP...
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Any mention of the fine pianist, or recording details?Best regards,Paul S...
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Yes, it would be nice to include these thoughts in this amazing audio development resource disguised as a website. I think some people will be surprised, some mystified, others baffled. But, when the "students" are ready...Paul S...
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Very interesting, and thanks for dropping some names to follow up on. I understand this gambit from a sound engineering standpoint, and I am about ready to start considering some engineering again, myself. It seems like you are enjoying the results...
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Yes, sounds via YouTube are relative at best, and no one should really judge a speaker that way, although one is usually safe with a summary dismissal where any commercial hi-fi product is concerned. I guess I was amused by the "sales notes" and arb...
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I ran across the album a few days ago, finally got the front and back cover images as far as the GSC image gallery, couldn't figure out how to get it on/in this post. Stand by.Paul S...
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I actually preferred this video to most of the "reviews" I've read, for years; it is what it is. Not sure, but I think maybe most of the problems of that system have to do with LF, apart - of course - from the fact that something like this will alwa...
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