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1: Classical Court, RE: Netherlands Bach . . . Or Wöldike, 1959 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2024-04-08, 11:40:31 (172.83.160.1)
Interesting. I've been listening to that and Richter since they first came out, and I've not noticed what you mention. Perhaps I was young then, less observant, and just got used to its foibles; I sha .......
2: Classical Court, RE: Netherlands Bach . . . Or Wöldike, 1959 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2024-04-07, 13:49:19 (172.83.165.16)
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3: Vinyl Asylum, +1. Great cellist! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2024-03-10, 16:25:42 (172.83.164.170)
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4: Classical Court, RE: All the things -- Plea for Another Exception (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2024-01-28, 15:42:07 (172.83.166.197)
Time permitting, have a listen to George Malcolm playing the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue on an album called Harpsichord Recital (also available in "Hi Rez" for greater clang for the bang). Jeremy ::: TO .......
5: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I can't for the life of me figure out why they think they need all that circuitry (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-12-24, 15:00:59 (206.47.31.168)
My best friend and favourite audio engineer used to look at Audio Research schematics and say the same thing! Still, the SP 6B was the best-sounding preamp I had heard until that time. Jeremy ::: TOPI .......
6: Classical Court, RE: Classical Best of 2023: +1 re the Markevitch "Damnation" -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-12-23, 14:06:10 (172.83.165.176)
After ~ 60 years, I begin to doubt that it will ever be equaled. Jeremy .......
7: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Interesting. I prefer NAD C298 over Ampzilla... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-12-02, 16:08:55 (172.83.169.134)
Abe, did you own the Ambrosia too? If so, what is your recollection of it? Thanks, Jeremy .......
8: Classical Court, RE: Odds and Ends (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-09-26, 12:49:18 (172.83.170.6)
So I listened to my sole recording of Lewis alone -- Schubert d845, Moments Musicaux, and the c-minor Allegretto. I bought it on the strength of rave reviews. Doesn't quite live up to its billing, tho .......
9: Classical Court, RE: Back from my visit to the California Audio Show earlier today (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-09-26, 12:31:31 (172.83.170.6)
Chris, to your knowledge is it true -- what I've heard -- that nobody newly manufactures cd transport mechanisms any more? If so, buying especially a high-end player today would seem foolhardy. Jeremy .......
10: Classical Court, RE: Odds and Ends (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-09-24, 15:57:32 (172.83.170.6)
I have Osborne playing various Prokofiev & Rachmaninov pieces, and some French duets with Paul Lewis. Excellent technique, musical, clean, not self-indulgent. Makes me want to hear more. Jeremy ::: TO .......
11: Classical Court, RE Berlioz Requiem Performance: (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-27, 13:59:37 (172.83.174.20)
I just stumbled across this from Ralph Moore on Music Web International, re a conductor dear to your heart: 'The single worst and most embarrassing concert I have ever attend [sic] was a performance o .......
12: Classical Court, RE Berlioz Requiem: Thanks, Chris, . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-27, 12:03:19 (172.83.174.20)
for your thoughtful comments. I had a convoluted reason for asking. For no good reason, I have been exposed to relatively few Pappano performances but was driven to buy his Aida (2018?) by a slew of .......
13: Inmate Central, RE: Faster than Prigozhin -- Remember back about 50 years ago when . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-26, 14:57:53 (172.83.174.20)
a movie called Elvira Madigan, picked up by myriad radio stations, almost killed off Mozart K 467 forever? The slow movt; played by Geza Anda. Nothing is safe. Jeremy .......
14: Classical Court, RE: DAAOTD, August 23rd - Berlioz Requiem with Pappano and the Concertgebouw (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-26, 14:13:45 (172.83.174.20)
A great work indeed! Do you think you would like the performance as well had you merely a paltry 2 channels available (as I do)? Over the years I have listened to Ormandy, Abravanel, Colin Davis (befo .......
15: Classical Court, RE: Does this sound plausible??? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-14, 12:07:29 (172.83.160.138)
Well, many composers "originally" sired the theme of "How Dry I Am", as Peter Nero once conclusively demonstrated. And Bernstein purloined the opening line of "There's A Place for Us" from Beethoven ( .......
16: Speaker Asylum, RE: Have you ever seen Lincoln Lawyer? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-14, 11:47:17 (172.83.160.138)
Ha! Studios are apparently short of money these days -- best not to throw anything out. In fact, I didn't notice, but I'll have a look. For me, Bosch is a better production, though, better written and .......
17: General Asylum, RE: Technics cartridge (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-14, 11:30:04 (172.83.160.138)
Sorry to have been long getting back -- And you still have one going? Do you regard it as both good and serviceable enough to warrant acquiring a used one and refurbishing it? Jeremy .......
18: Speaker Asylum, RE Bosch-- Yeah, Good Show. Tubed Mc too, Right? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-06, 13:53:28 (172.83.168.205)
Maybe an Mc 240? I think the music and equipment were meant to make him seem obsessive & a bit culturally elitist which juxtaposed oddly with his implied childhood. Jeremy .......
19: General Asylum, Respectfully Disagree (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-06, 13:33:03 (172.83.168.205)
though my sample size is so small as to render the result also possibly a quirk. Once, some decades ago, a dealer friend and I laboriously equalized the tracking geometry, effective mass &c of an SME .......
20: General Asylum, RE: Technics cartridge (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-08-06, 13:06:27 (172.83.168.205)
The 100c? Can they still be maintained -- i.e., worth searching for a shirley-by-now well-used one? I've never heard one, but if I recall correctly, Gordon loved it. Am I correct that it was "somewhat .......
21: General Asylum, RE: Boring -- Agree. I Waited Vainly for Britten's Young Person's Guide Fugue [nt] (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-06-10, 16:17:08 (206.47.30.24)
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22: Speaker Asylum, RE: I would love to hear -- Well You've Seen the Quality of My Memory; Still . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-04-09, 23:21:36 (172.83.174.46)
I recall thinking they sounded quite neutral, despite their weird appearance. But I didn't get to spend long with them. I think Peter Snell was an able designer, and too bad that he left so young. I l .......
23: Speaker Asylum, RE: Found this. -- Thx. Clearly I Am Aging. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-04-09, 16:31:58 (172.83.174.46)
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24: Headphone Heights, RE: Massdrop 6xx -- Agreed; excellent all over. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-04-09, 15:41:33 (172.83.174.46)
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25: Speaker Asylum, RE: Tweeters (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-04-09, 15:26:25 (172.83.174.46)
I continue to wonder about the health & safety implications of vibrating beryllium foil at high speed over a period of years in an enclosed space where people breathe. There must be a proper scientifi .......
26: Speaker Asylum, RE: Looks to be the Snell Type 1 . . . . You May Be Right, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-04-09, 15:07:24 (172.83.174.46)
I recall it as the 1st version dubbed Type C. About 40 years ago?? Jeremy .......
27: Classical Court, RE: I'm not the one to ask - I'm definitely not a connoisseur of that collection (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2023-03-12, 15:23:22 (172.83.162.91)
I am in a similar position, but I like what I currently have: Söderström/Boulez. Jeremy .......
28: Classical Court, RE: Do you enjoy Klemperer's Mozart?... Funny You Should Ask -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-12-09, 15:38:00 (172.83.166.113)
Recently Youtube's algorithm began directing performances of the K546 Adagio & Fugue at me. Compared with modern staccato light-weight interpretations, Klemperer's sounds "right" to me, but there's my .......
29: Classical Court, RE: Help with an argument about the singing voice -- Jan Peerce? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-09-17, 16:53:29 (172.83.171.94)
I used to accompany a close friend was a very fine basso (whose brother was a very fine tenor); they both would have agreed with your wife. Sorry. Jeremy .......
30: Classical Court, RE: I thought Schnabel himself said that? -- Yeah! . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-09-17, 16:44:58 (172.83.171.94)
I've got the book somewhere here in the house; too lazy to look right now. Jeremy .......
31: Classical Court, RE: Mr. Goldovsky (whose piano teacher had been Schnabel) loved to say... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-09-17, 16:43:17 (172.83.171.94)
As I recall, it was Schnabel who said "too easy for children; too difficult for adults". Jeremy .......
32: Classical Court, RE: Beethoven in Late Haydn (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-09-17, 16:40:30 (172.83.171.94)
Not themes, but feeling -- I hear Beethoven in, e.g., some of Haydn's Op 76 quartets. But maybe it's the other way round. I agree with you re the 4th, btw. Jeremy .......
33: Critic's Corner, RE: Might this mark a return to at least some electromechanical testing of components? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-06-08, 21:39:36 (172.83.175.135)
Many thanks! I used to read it years ago, then the mag disappeared from newsstands near me; then they disappeared too. I'm pretty sure that's where I used to read John Crabbe. In any case, I'll check .......
34: Critic's Corner, RE: Thoughts and Prayers (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-06-08, 17:17:07 (172.83.175.135)
Might this mark a return to at least some electromechanical testing of components? Jeremy .......
35: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Nope -- I Would Add Original Mc 275; Spendor BC3 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-06-08, 16:39:42 (172.83.175.135)
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36: Vinyl Asylum, RE Berlioz Performances (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-06-08, 16:29:17 (172.83.175.135)
I pretty much agree with you, B. I remember when he began his first traversal decades ago -- to me, he seemed finally to put Berlioz on the map. Just to place that in context, I visited Expo '67 in Mo .......
37: General Asylum, RE: Compression (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-01-26, 16:33:33 (172.83.171.20)
Thanks, Abe. I'll pass this on to my son. Jeremy .......
38: General Asylum, Compression (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2022-01-24, 14:50:26 (172.83.169.76)
Can anyone recommend a software or (small) hardware compressor to limit dynamic range, to be used with portable cd player or dap & headphones in a noisy environment? Thanks, Jeremy .......
39: Classical Court, RE: Beethoven's metronome markings: To me, they make musical sense. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-21, 17:31:06 (172.83.167.126)
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40: Classical Court, RE: Yes - The Whiteman Band probably would fill that need (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-21, 16:55:41 (172.83.167.126)
Sorry Chris -- saw Gershwin & my brain locked on the Rhapsody. Must say, I don't have enough grip on the range of Harnoncourt performances properly to tease here. Jeremy .......
41: Classical Court, RE: Best Bach Cello Suite recording 2011-2021 -- Would You Even Consider, as Ahead of Its Time, . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-21, 16:43:58 (172.83.167.126)
Henk van Twillert's performance from year 2000? Not the apotheosis of cellism, I'll concede, but very musical. Jeremy .......
42: Classical Court, RE: Pappano's Aida -- Ducking now . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-21, 16:39:14 (172.83.167.126)
Interesting; do you know, Mel, old as I am, it never before occurred to me that an orchestra could interpretationally dominate its conductor! But now that you make me think about it, I recall a Karaja .......
43: Classical Court, RE: Recommendations wanted: Bach Brandenburgs (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-21, 16:20:59 (172.83.167.126)
The Pinnock I have is dated 2011, but I bought a digital file & they often provide a "re-release" date rather than the recording date. Additional label data = "The English Concert". I like the perform .......
44: Classical Court, RE: "Rattle in Gershwin??? Hmmm....." - I was at least thinking they could have chosen Harnoncourt! [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-18, 17:20:13 (206.47.31.227)
Wouldn't Gershwin with the Paul Whiteman Band fill your need for HIP? Jeremy .......
45: Classical Court, RE: Pappano's Aida -- Ducking now . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-18, 17:11:39 (206.47.31.227)
I think he conducts this as if it were a 19th-century German symphony. (Intending no offence.) Jeremy .......
46: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Just an opinion (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-18, 15:45:36 (206.47.31.227)
I agree that Stravinsky was often not the best performer of his own music, and Craft struck me as "studious". I like Markevitch, and Toscanini's Petroushka is extraordinary. Jeremy .......
47: General Asylum, RE: EMITs/EMIMs (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-05, 16:09:48 (206.47.30.170)
Did anyone ever look at resonances in EMITs/EMIMs? I never found them as clear & delicate as, e.g., electrostats or (re the former) Heil tweeters, and I often wondered if that was not attributable to .......
48: General Asylum, RE: The 70s was the golden era of audio (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-12-05, 15:59:43 (206.47.30.170)
For me, in a different sense -- the variety of auditionable gear + manufacturers' specification of products + (at least some) reviewers' attempts to correlate sound with electrical/mechanical performa .......
49: Classical Court, Don't Get Mad . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-11-13, 16:25:31 (172.83.162.227)
I like Henk van Twillert. Jeremy .......
50: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Some of the best amps I've heard were over 40 years old -- Yup . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-10-16, 14:54:19 (172.83.163.222)
I still carry a torch for my ~ 55-yr-old Mc275s. Jeremy .......
51: Classical Court, RE a good topic -- and Just as I Was About to Ask . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-07-04, 15:34:19 (172.83.163.222)
whether others, like me, discern a recent regrettable trend toward "soupy" recording, as exemplified by, to name but one, Paul Lewis playing Schubert? Jeremy .......
52: Classical Court, To Me, Some EXTREMELY Close Miking . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-07-04, 14:43:08 (172.83.163.222)
makes even modern lush pianos sound clangy, though that may in some cases be down to other aspects of the engineering. Jeremy .......
53: Classical Court, RE "that little trifle" -- Ain't It a Treat? Great Performance Too! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-07-04, 14:38:14 (172.83.163.222)
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54: Hi-Rez Highway, Hey, Chris, By Way of Elaboration . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-07-04, 14:26:32 (172.83.163.222)
might you provide us with a selfie displaying cheesy affect? Jeremy .......
55: Speaker Asylum, RE: Duntech and Dunlavy (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-06-01, 16:46:35 (172.83.163.222)
Speaking personally, I have never heard speakers with low-slope cross-overs that do not produce annoying distortions. I have assumed that what I don't like comes either from drivers operating beyond t .......
56: Classical Court, RE Rach 2d, Prok 6th, &c: Not Sure I Understand Your Distinctions (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-05-07, 17:13:20 (172.83.174.135)
Weren't they both written in the 20th by composers born in the 19th? Imo, Mahler's 9th & Das Lied (his "real" 9th?) eclipse both. But I agree re Prokofiev's merits relative to Shostakovich's. Jeremy : .......
57: Headphone Heights, RE: Sennheiser HD 650 need advise ! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-04-30, 14:48:54 (172.83.164.2)
PAR, my experience (using HD6xx) differs -- I find that the sound leaking to the outside world seems small to my office-mates despite enabling me to hear them clearly. BTW, I too recommend the HD 600, .......
58: Classical Court, RE: RIP Christa Ludwig - Great Voice; Great Musician. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-04-27, 13:45:29 (172.83.164.2)
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59: Classical Court, "not too much to differentiate" between Toscanini & Gould? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-04-21, 16:40:43 (206.47.31.211)
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60: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: would you prefer 8W in Class A or 80W in Class A/B (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-04-04, 17:43:42 (172.83.171.23)
Many years ago I had access, for several years, to just about anything on the market. After much experimentation I concluded that tubes made a greater positive sonic difference than any available from .......
61: Speaker Asylum, RE: Are there established metrics for speaker specifications ? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-03-16, 22:09:06 (172.83.175.152)
He and John Crabbe were my two favorite audio reviewers. Jeremy .......
62: General Asylum, RE Poor Longevity -- that's not a Necessary Feature . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-03-16, 20:09:06 (172.83.175.152)
My amps and pre are ~55 years old. I get them checked & refurbed about every 15 years, mind you. Jeremy .......
63: Classical Court, +1 re Tempi, & Especially wrt Op 106! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-02-22, 17:48:09 (172.83.174.25)
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64: Classical Court, RE: The Richter. -- Grin -- Me 2 (n) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-02-22, 17:37:17 (172.83.174.25)
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65: Classical Court, RE: Ciccolini . . . BIG repertoire - And Quite Elegant Technique (at Least on My LPs) -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-02-22, 17:21:22 (172.83.174.25)
A fine musician. My only quibble is that, to me, he made Spanish music sound Italianate (you know, just as Karajan made Prokofiev 5 sound German, as did Pappano with Aida, amazingly enough). Maybe it' .......
66: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Digitizing my 500 albums (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2021-02-16, 16:26:36 (172.83.160.103)
John, the Tascam will generate AIFFS? Somewhere I thought I had understood that it was restricted to WAVs. Jeremy .......
67: Classical Court, RE: Connoisseur Society (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-24, 14:06:16 (172.83.170.119)
Was their entire catalogue never bought by any of the big residuals? 'Twere a pity if it's just disappeared. Jeremy .......
68: Classical Court, RE: LOL - That's SO good! -- Yes; the CfL House, No? [nt] (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-24, 13:45:38 (172.83.170.119)
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69: Classical Court, RE: Faulkner (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-24, 13:42:14 (172.83.170.119)
Gee -- I was not aware of him as "God-like" 50 years ago nor "downgraded" today (though I'll admit I now follow literary debate less than I used to). Great writer though -- vision, passion, artistic c .......
70: Classical Court, RE: More: the Berlioz 10-franc note was apparently legal tender until 1986 (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-24, 12:58:46 (172.83.170.119)
I wonder who drew Berlioz -- I wouldn't have recognized him. Mind you, back in '67 at the Montreal World's Fair, at the quite excellent French pavilion full of culture, thought, cutting-edge politics .......
71: Classical Court, RE: [H]is collaborations with Leon Fleisher -- +1! [nt] (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-24, 12:29:53 (172.83.170.119)
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72: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Are tone controls or no tone controls (treble/bass) predicated (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-11, 15:01:52 (206.47.94.142)
Aging memory may betray me, but I seem to recall that at least one of David Hafler's designs had controls that were out of circuit when at centre position. (Or perhaps that was a Mc C22.) Likely prece .......
73: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Are tone controls . . . . Yup. And When I Buy a Control Amp, I Want Control. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-11, 14:51:35 (206.47.94.142)
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74: Amp/Preamp Asylum, But In the "Rare Cases" I Wouldn't Be Without 'Em. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-12-11, 14:47:49 (206.47.94.142)
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75: Classical Court, RE: Is there a streaming service that plays a mix of music like 'good' FM radio? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-21, 23:08:23 (172.83.169.78)
On my Mac, I use a radio player called "TuneIn" through which l listen to a variety of mostly classical stations -- Davide of Mimic, BBC3, WKSU Classical, NRK, RCO Amsterdam, & al. Many are discoverab .......
76: Classical Court, RE: a performer changing an opinion of music.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-04, 00:33:36 (172.83.165.52)
I don't understand, in context, what "charismatic" means. Generally I don't watch the musicians playing the music I listen to; even at a live concert, I often close my eyes & concentrate on what I hea .......
77: Classical Court, RE: Not the Goldbergs ands Not Levit, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-03, 14:58:16 (172.83.165.52)
Well, pbarach, I like much to most of what I've heard of Perahia, including some Bach that I have in the house but oddly can't put my hands on at the moment, though I'm pretty sure it's not the French .......
78: Classical Court, RE: No but Segovia did it on one. -- Many Have Essayed on Various Instruments . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-03, 14:43:55 (172.83.165.52)
It seems a kind of Everest for soloists. Great piece too. Jeremy .......
79: Classical Court, RE: I though "C+" Quartet meant "slightly above average." -- Oh, No . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-03, 14:38:49 (172.83.165.52)
I'd give it an A+ (though it would still be in C+). I could have said "the C quintet", but then you'd have thought it even worse. Jeremy .......
80: Classical Court, RE: EVRYONE needs more Stravinsky in their collection.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-03, 14:33:27 (172.83.165.52)
I tend to agree, pbarach. I must report, however, that ~45 years ago when I saw something like this set on Columbia lps, it was more than $200, & I hemmed and hawed & ultimately didn't buy it. I reaso .......
81: Classical Court, Not the Goldbergs ands Not Levit, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-03, 00:06:20 (172.83.165.52)
I heard yesterday aft on the radio what struck me as some very sensitive playing of the French Suites by a new-to-me guy named Caspar Frantz; more conventional than Gould but quite lovely. Do you know .......
82: Classical Court, RE: And the Quintet. Speaking of, any rec's for "best" modern recordings of either? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-02, 17:12:40 (172.83.165.52)
Jdaniel, I am assuming you mean the C+ quintet, in which case, though I've found no "perfect" performance of this extraordinary work, I prefer the Berg + Schiff. Certain pieces, y'know, one has an ide .......
83: Classical Court, RE: "can of worms": Also, Some Would Hold (I Do) . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-02, 11:40:38 (172.83.165.52)
that great. art is that which conceals art -- think Alec Guinness (or such other as recommends him/herself) disappearing into a rôle so completely that you are conscious only of the character, not of .......
84: Classical Court, Well, If We're Ever To Rehab Bobby Beethoven . . . . (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-02, 00:18:05 (172.83.165.52)
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85: Classical Court, RE: Or Claude Greenhill? -- Greenberg, puhleaze! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-02, 00:10:33 (172.83.165.52)
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86: Classical Court, RE: favorite -- +1, but the D&tM & the Op 29 are none too shabby. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-11-02, 00:01:12 (172.83.165.52)
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87: General Asylum, RE: Can they read music ? - Nor Sinatra, as I Recall. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-31, 16:37:55 (172.83.165.52)
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88: Classical Court, RE: [M]ore historically informed -- And Leave Us Not Forget Beethoven & His Piano . . . . (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-17, 14:37:10 (172.83.163.34)
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89: Classical Court, RE: Rostropovich (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-17, 14:33:01 (172.83.163.34)
I have and like Rostropovich/Britten, but I've never compared it with others. Jeremy .......
90: General Asylum, RE: Help, Please, with Acoustical Isolation (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-17, 12:13:20 (172.83.163.34)
Thanks, Paul. Since X rents, she's unlikely to go to such lengths, however effective. But you and the others remind me of the basic principles, and that is quite helpful. Jeremy .......
91: General Asylum, RE: Help, Please, with Acoustical Isolation (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-17, 12:00:26 (172.83.163.34)
Different sort of relationship, & I have a progenus involved. But thanks, Jeremy .......
92: General Asylum, RE: Give the neighbors some ear plugs and a Snickers bar. Nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-17, 11:57:39 (172.83.163.34)
I was thinking to suggest just the ear-plugs; the neighbour may be unworthy of the Snickers. Jeremy .......
93: General Asylum, RE: Help, Please, with Acoustical Isolation (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-13, 15:32:12 (172.83.174.101)
Thanks, 6bq5. Given her circumstances, I think X will likely settle on one of your first 2 levels. She has been looking at certain commercially available acoustic-tile products which could be affixed .......
94: General Asylum, RE: What I described is a 4-hour job for people who are worth their salt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-13, 15:20:37 (172.83.174.101)
John, that looks terrific! It would almost certainly kill the neighbour's ability to complain (other things could accomplish that too, mind), but is beyond what X has in mind, I feel almost certain. B .......
95: General Asylum, RE: "Lightweight" is contrary to sound isolation. Sorry! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-13, 15:12:23 (172.83.174.101)
Thanks, John. I'll pass that on. As mentioned above, I gather that the neighbour's principal objection is to the normal (which is to say fairly loud) conversational voice of my son who is a Down's adu .......
96: General Asylum, RE: Help, Please, with Acoustical Isolation (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-13, 14:53:12 (172.83.174.101)
Thanks, cdb -- I shall read this , and I note they have a number of docs that may be useful. Jeremy .......
97: General Asylum, RE: Help, Please, with Acoustical Isolation (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-13, 14:51:17 (172.83.174.101)
Thanks, double28 -- way too much for her! But attractive if I ever build again . . . . Jeremy .......
98: General Asylum, RE: Help, Please, with Acoustical Isolation (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-13, 14:47:38 (172.83.174.101)
Thanks, Todd. I should have made clear that what the neighbour objects to is mainly loud conversation, in particular that of my son who is a Down's adult with a naturally loud baritone voice. I think .......
99: General Asylum, Help, Please, with Acoustical Isolation (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-13, 10:50:17 (172.83.174.101)
My ex lives in a condo with an a neighbour on one side of a common wall who complains about noise (neighbour is increasingly annoyed since "working at home" during pandemic). Can you suggest what is t .......
100: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Many times (more) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-09, 17:11:23 (172.83.174.101)
My experience parallels yours but for dates and specific store names. If I run into resistance after being proffered a right of return, I insist on the right & then avoid that dealer in future. Jeremy .......
101: Classical Court, RE: Jeremy, fess up! You knew you were going to cause a fuss! [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-02, 17:43:04 (172.83.171.17)
O dear! -- Is my face red! Jeremy .......
102: Classical Court, RE: "I" am not alone. I believe he is considered the apotheosis? nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-02, 15:32:03 (172.83.171.17)
I'd have thought more "the bridge", though some hold that to have been Hummel. Speaking personal, I'd say the "apotheosis" of romanticism in music were Berlioz. Jeremy .......
103: Classical Court, RE: Honest question: apart from sounding like there's paper on the strings, is there anything a forte-piano can (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-02, 15:18:42 (172.83.171.17)
I was going to reply something like "that oh-so-lovable 'clink' sound", but given what Gould, Kuerti and others have done to their modern pianos, I reckon one could 'adjust' a modern instrument to pro .......
104: Classical Court, Not to Cause a Fuss (Note to HIPsters) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-10-01, 13:36:23 (172.83.171.17)
https://www.cpr.org/2020/09/19/he-wanted-larger-and-louder-the-pianos-of-beethovens-time-werent-enough-for-him/ I think we all knew/have known this (I and at least some unmentionable others seem to se .......
105: Classical Court, RE: Thinking 3.5 mil is lowish.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-09-26, 23:08:24 (206.47.31.204)
One rather needs to be on the inside to assess whether "lowish" -- do we know the totality of what they, provably in court, had on him? He on them? And then how equipped was each to fund a trial? Re " .......
106: Classical Court, RE: Don't most employment contracts have a clause which states. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-09-26, 22:51:51 (206.47.31.204)
But then, when the employers exercise such will to end the relationship before scheduled, they must pay in re any breach of contract. Jeremy .......
107: Classical Court, RE: Clarinet Quintet -- 2 suggestions (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-09-26, 22:15:12 (206.47.31.204)
(1) Meyer & the Alban Berg Qt; (2) Stolzman & the Tokyo. Jeremy .......
108: Digital Drive, RE: Recommendations for Download services (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-09-26, 17:10:14 (206.47.31.204)
George, I use Presto Classical, and Pristine Classical for older performances, with occasional purchases from HDTracks, ProStudioMasters, and 7-digital. The first 2 are better organized for my purpose .......
109: Critic's Corner, RE Didn't Know Morgan Made Subs. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-09-26, 16:48:04 (206.47.31.204)
n .......
110: Classical Court, RE: "Unsynchronized Hands" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-09-14, 16:38:13 (172.83.165.1)
ARRGGGHHHH -- just a few days ago, forgive my not recalling the pianist's name, I heard someone do that on the opening chord of Beethoven Op 110 -- the very definition of unforgivable demented pervers .......
111: Headphone Heights, RE: EQ for headphones? FWIMBW, I Once Proposed to Schiit . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-09-05, 17:59:07 (172.83.175.124)
that they make an amp-attached version of their Loki tone control for use with, say, an Ant-Lion Mic and the phones of buyer's choice -- a quality hearing aid for old guys. Unfortunately, no reply. Ma .......
112: Speaker Asylum, RE: What Jon said. -- Perhaps We Understand 'Distortion' Differently . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-30, 21:43:25 (206.47.31.152)
Not confrontational at all -- I am an arguer. You definition is useful, and though I've used the term for decades, I've never bothered to "look it up" or to specify it without using modifiers, e.g. 'h .......
113: Classical Court, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Purcell. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-30, 17:03:39 (206.47.31.152)
n .......
114: Classical Court, RE: Kletzki/Dickie/Fischer-Dieskau -- I agree! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-30, 16:56:16 (206.47.31.152)
m .......
115: Speaker Asylum, RE: What Jon said. -- Perhaps We Understand 'Distortion' Differently . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-30, 16:45:38 (206.47.31.152)
Thanks for your usual thoughtful response, Duke. I doubt that we disagree much except re emphasis, and that arises perhaps partly from your ability maximally to adjust in your shop whereas I am a mere .......
116: Speaker Asylum, RE: What Jon said. -- Perhaps We Understand 'Distortion' Differently . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-30, 15:25:39 (172.83.160.66)
I view departure from flat frequency response as a "distortion", e.g. I would not spend time experimenting with speakers known to exhibit huge amounts of that. So I am grateful for measurements that h .......
117: Speaker Asylum, RE: In what way . . . +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-30, 15:17:06 (172.83.160.66)
n .......
118: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: What'' the scoop on Conrad Johnson? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-28, 17:21:21 (172.83.160.66)
But ya know, back in the day, you could buy and really soup up a used Dyna Stereo 70 and PAS 3x and still have $$$ left over. Not sure if equal (and certainly not on power), but awful close. Jeremy :: .......
119: General Asylum, RE: if bigfoot were a speaker.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-28, 17:01:52 (172.83.160.66)
In case this lessens your self-torture, Green, let me tell you that I heard these (in one or more of their iterations) many times at shows and sometimes at dealers' showrooms. I also had their little .......
120: Classical Court, RE: Leon Fleisher RIP -- & May I Add . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-08-08, 14:11:59 (206.47.31.195)
A great Schubert B-flat (twice), and perhaps the definitive Brahms Händl variations (& I am doubtless forgetting more). I think he was Schnabel's greatest pupil. Jeremy .......
121: General Asylum, RE: Gotta say . . . : Moi aussi (= +1). (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-07-27, 16:54:45 (172.83.162.28)
n .......
122: Speaker Asylum, RE: Heil AMT speakers (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-06-29, 14:04:41 (172.83.170.6)
AMT variants persist & recently flourish -- something to do with patent expiration perhaps? To my ears, the original AMT was an excellent-sounding tweeter (new versions may be even better). I've not h .......
123: Classical Court, RE: List 4 or 5 recordings YOU consider "definitive" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-06-13, 17:41:42 (172.83.175.162)
Granados playing Granados (1913); also de Larrocha's 1963 Goyescas. Rhapsody in Blue with Gershwin & the Paul Whiteman band. Cortot/Thibaud/Casals playing Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn. Toscanini. Schnab .......
124: Classical Court, RE Granados: Vahe, May I Suggest . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-06-13, 17:22:10 (172.83.175.162)
that her 1963 performance is even better? Jeremy .......
125: Classical Court, RE Perahia set . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-06-13, 17:05:33 (172.83.175.162)
I am bothered by it somewhat, too, though I'm not sure that "straight-laced" is how I'd characterize why. I might prefer "controlling", but I'm not sure that's entirely right either. I must say, never .......
126: Critic's Corner, RE Active Speakers? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-06-13, 15:50:14 (172.83.175.162)
Can be challenging/costly to maintain. I run an NHT Xd system in my office -- fabulous sound, I can hardly imagine better for there. But when something goes wrong, diagnosis and especially repair can .......
127: Classical Court, RE: Rick W will be along soon . . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-18, 11:22:17 (172.83.169.194)
Chris, on youtube I (tried to) checked out the Auryn and the Belcea; the first was "tried to" inasmuch as Tacet, I s'pose quite reasonably, protects their copyright by allowing only parts of movements .......
128: Classical Court, RE "Ebene . . . Raz3" -- PS: (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-18, 10:55:22 (172.83.169.194)
pbarach, when I turned on my internet radio today, a station I frequent was playing the Ebene's Op 18 # 3; regrettably, I heard the entirety of only the last movement which was played, I thought, with .......
129: Classical Court, RE "Ebene . . . Raz3" -- I've heard only the performance on youtube, but (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-17, 15:49:11 (172.83.169.194)
about that one, I'd say I found the last movement fugue relaxed and fluid, at least compared to my favored New Music. The youtube Ebene's Grosse Fugue is, I think, quite good, but I prefer the Quartet .......
130: Classical Court, RE: Good point. Ol' Lebrecht . . . Well, jdaniel, If That's Your Worst Problem . . . . (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-16, 21:36:43 (172.83.169.194)
n .......
131: Classical Court, RE "Deutekom . . .weird vocal production" -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-16, 21:28:14 (172.83.169.194)
Chris, I am embarassed to say that I'm not sure if I am sufficiently tuned into that, notwithstanding that my mother professionally accompanied many singers (& I was often audience or page-turner), my .......
132: Classical Court, RE "definitive" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-16, 21:09:00 (172.83.169.194)
It has been something like that for me. As I reflect, a few things over the decades have registered similarly; one other, released at about the same time, was Colin Davis's performance of Messiah. I l .......
133: Classical Court, RE: RE "What would you add . . . ?" -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-16, 16:34:12 (172.83.169.194)
Well, Mel, my vinyl London ffrr says it's 1970, and the digital tsf I bought says 1971 (it's the same performance though, with Deutekom as a tremendous Queen and a fine cast generally. At least with t .......
134: Classical Court, RE "What would you add . . . ?" -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-05-16, 15:12:40 (172.83.169.194)
I would say his 1971 Magic Flute was very well recorded (and a great performance), but I have not sampled that many others -- that performance is one of those things that contented me sufficiently tha .......
135: Classical Court, RE the RCO (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-27, 16:02:42 (172.83.165.115)
I tend to agree with you -- they make a lovely sound, helped by their extraordinary room. But boy do they ever tolerate a lot of undernourished conducting! Jeremy .......
136: Vintage Asylum, RE oldest bought new: Denon DP3000, SME3, Spendor BC3s (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-26, 17:10:36 (172.83.165.115)
n .......
137: Speaker Asylum, RE: AMT's (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-21, 15:28:07 (172.83.170.54)
Thx; I'll check out his site. Jeremy .......
138: Speaker Asylum, RE: AMT's (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-19, 16:17:46 (172.83.171.63)
Not sure they're sold where I live, & in any case maybe not the best time for shopping; I'll keep an ear out though. Some time back either you or Brian Cheney reminded me that Oscar Heil tried to prod .......
139: Speaker Asylum, RE: AMT's (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-18, 16:43:39 (206.47.94.118)
Must say I don't think I ever heard a better tweeter. On the other hand, they seem hard to marry with conventional woofers. But I haven't heard the most recent attempts (yet). Jeremy .......
140: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Kenwood called its L-07C preamp a "control amplifier." (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-18, 16:34:06 (206.47.94.118)
I'm listening through an L07C right now; a thoroughly competent preamp. Could be wrong, but I think "control amp" and "preamp" were used interchangeably over the years. Of course, more recent preamps .......
141: Classical Court, RE: My journey back to tone controls -- I Share Your Preference, (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-11, 17:45:09 (172.83.160.114)
and in fact I only once, only briefly, left them behind. I rarely use them but sometimes find them indispensable, especially with some LPs, so any more I'd not be without them. The "hair-shirt" reject .......
142: Vinyl Asylum, RE: 70% Isopropyl . . . Dilute the 90% with Some of the Distilled Water. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-04-11, 16:49:45 (172.83.160.114)
n .......
143: Classical Court, RE: There are Swed-Finns and there are Finn-Finns... Yes; Merely Trying . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-03-09, 10:31:05 (172.83.164.88)
to confuse the issue. Which was Sibelius? Forty years ago where I lived there was a dry-cleaners that proudly advertised on its vans, "Overnight Service On Swedes". Seemed unfairly discriminatory to m .......
144: Classical Court, RE: Danish violinist? The name looks to be Finnish -- Yeah, But Aren't the Finns Largely Swedes? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-03-08, 12:10:06 (172.83.174.95)
n .......
145: Classical Court, RE: All three Sonatas (incl. Op. Posth)? Or just Op. 105 and Op. 121? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-29, 13:25:40 (172.83.162.47)
Thx, Chris, and sorry not to have replied sooner -- flu. I don't know whether I want all 3, though I spose I can answer that with a little listening on our friend youtube. I was enjoying listening to .......
146: General Asylum, Clausen dill pickles -- Excellent! But Can't Get Them Any More Here. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-29, 11:51:19 (172.83.162.47)
n .......
147: Classical Court, Who Are the Great Performers of Schumann Violin Sonatas?? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-23, 12:05:15 (172.83.165.94)
n .......
148: Critic's Corner, RE: ???? -- A Contemporary of Sal Marantz. (NT) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-21, 15:42:49 (172.83.165.94)
n .......
149: Classical Court, RE: Those Schubert Trios -- Well, I Would +1 the Suk . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-21, 15:26:02 (172.83.165.94)
Well, my first LP version was EMI, but no dowel. Jeremy .......
150: Critic's Corner, RE: Who is that? -- Aiming for Groans, Sorry. (NT) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-21, 14:24:03 (172.83.165.94)
n .......
151: Critic's Corner, RE default pronoun: Francine McIntosh is Chopped Liver? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-21, 13:28:51 (172.83.165.94)
n .......
152: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Wow!!!! I think I'm fine . . . with 10-Year-Old Laphroaig! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-19, 16:55:40 (172.83.169.180)
n .......
153: Speaker Asylum, RE: Revel (and Others') Beryllium Tweeters -- Thanks. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-19, 16:45:37 (172.83.169.180)
n .......
154: Speaker Asylum, RE: Revel (and Others') Beryllium Tweeters (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-19, 16:22:17 (172.83.169.180)
Kal: How safe is Be manufacture for the workers who make the tweeters? How safe is Be vibrating at high speed in the home? Has anyone ever studied this? Beryllium is, after all, quite toxic. Jeremy :: .......
155: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Agreed -- So, Assume the Speaker Behaves as a Resistor; (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-19, 15:57:45 (172.83.169.180)
Will a misamatch of the tap to the speaker in either direction, if the amp's max power is not exceeded, stress the amp in any way? Thanks, Jeremy .......
156: Classical Court, RE: Those Schubert Trios -- Well, I Would +1 the Suk . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-09, 11:56:28 (172.83.175.8)
and add Istomin, Stern & Rose, and especially Cortot, Thibaud & Casals for the B-flat (usually provided with the Beethoven Archduke & Haydn Gypsy Rondo, & sometimes with the Kreutzer, too, with Cortot .......
157: Classical Court, RE: Is there a site -- Isn't There a Rule . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-01, 14:21:14 (172.83.174.35)
that ALL cinematic bad guys listen to classical (and laugh a lot)? Jeremy .......
158: Classical Court, RE: Here's the rule with Ashkenazy -- Brendel too. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-02-01, 14:05:36 (172.83.174.35)
n .......
159: General Asylum, RE: Squeaky. . . . Try Tube Rolling? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-12, 12:03:54 (172.83.171.14)
n .......
160: General Asylum, RE: Doesn't work as an eraser. . . . But How Does It Sound? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-11, 16:06:47 (172.83.171.14)
n .......
161: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: RE Larger Maggies -- Thx, Josh; One More . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-05, 13:28:36 (172.83.169.68)
Thank you, Satie (Eric to friends?). That helps. My ideal speaker would be an electrostat with wide dispersion (no constricted sweet spot) and reasonable ability to play loudly comfortably. I cannot e .......
162: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Larger Maggies -- Thx, Roger; That could indeed account . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-04, 12:36:37 (172.83.169.68)
for at least some of what I heard. I also expect the tweeter is not identical after ~35 years. Must find a place to hear more recent models. Jeremy .......
163: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Larger Maggies -- Thank You, timm. What I recall hearing . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-03, 19:33:05 (172.83.169.68)
back then, on the IVa, struck me as an emphasis on the lower treble, which is why I also wondered if it might be attributable to the crosssover rather than to the tweeter. I must say, though, that I q .......
164: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: RE Larger Maggies: Very Helpful, Josh -- Jeremy. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-03, 18:22:21 (172.83.169.68)
n .......
165: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: RE Larger Maggies -- Thx, Josh; One More . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-03, 16:59:16 (172.83.169.68)
The last large Maggies I spent time with were the IVa; to me they were quite attractive but for what sounded like a considerable discontinuity between the midrange and the ribbon tweeter. It might hav .......
166: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE Larger Maggies: Question (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2020-01-03, 15:15:27 (172.83.169.68)
Do large Maggies have a narrow sweet spots like large-panel electrostats? Thx, Jeremy .......
167: Classical Court, Agree re Gould. Generally the List Order Seems to Me Slightly Perverse. (nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-12-22, 16:23:38 (172.83.171.164)
n .......
168: Critic's Corner, RE: as my father . . . As my grandfather would have said . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-12-22, 15:13:02 (172.83.171.164)
"I'll take half a dozen." Jeremy .......
169: Classical Court, +1 re Perahia (complete), Haskil, Schnabel; add Lipatti, Fleisher. (n) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-11-22, 16:58:43 (172.83.162.53)
n .......
170: Critic's Corner, RE: Whatever happened to, "I like the way that sounds" . . .+1 re Both Your Postings Here (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-11-01, 12:22:53 (172.83.162.83)
n .......
171: Classical Court, RE: You could easily have done worse [nt] ;-) -- Yeah, Although . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-10-26, 17:41:23 (172.83.161.88)
she can be a bit over-dainty, I think. Jeremy .......
172: Classical Court, RE: So, Pires or Eschenbach? Do You Mean for Them All? . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-10-26, 15:46:54 (172.83.161.88)
If so, I can tell you only that I had the Eschenbach set on vinyl years ago but did not warm to it as a whole set. But I've not acquired a complete set since to compare. There are many good individual .......
173: Classical Court, RE: Retirement (I hear you!) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-10-26, 15:34:05 (172.83.161.88)
Chris, always contingent on your tolerance for (what's the opposite of stellar?) sound quality, I suggest that Toscanini's (1-channel) performances of Meistersinger and Falstaff have not yet been equa .......
174: Classical Court, RE: I'd love to know which set you liked best overall, performance and sound (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-10-26, 15:06:23 (172.83.161.88)
Age dims my hearing accuity, but I recall the sound of the Italiano on vinyl as excellent. And I'd say the same for the Berg Quartett's recorded sound. Jeremy .......
175: Classical Court, RE: In the vein of Mompou & Blancafort (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-10-26, 14:54:45 (172.83.161.88)
I don't know Blancafort, and I can't think of another quite like Mompou. But when I listen to Mompou, I am reminded of Albeniz, Granados, Debussy, and Bill Evans. In different ways they all seem sligh .......
176: Classical Court, Agree! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-10-25, 18:12:33 (172.83.161.88)
n .......
177: Classical Court, RE: try VW's Mass in G -- But You Mean 'Mass in g', shirley. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-10-25, 18:08:54 (172.83.161.88)
n .......
178: Classical Court, RE: Right. Only two Tableau recorded... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-09-25, 10:10:07 (172.83.174.207)
Thx, Kuma -- interesting and a bit dismaying. Checking my digital playlists (I have not gone through the vinyl yet), I note that NONE is complete (though each is by a different conductor). I wonder ho .......
179: Classical Court, RE: Interesting. I did not know Toscanini did Stravinsky... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-09-24, 20:51:55 (172.83.174.207)
"RCA vol. 28" is the original label of my copy. But my playlist comprises 9 sections: 1. The Shrovetide Fair 2. The Charlatan's Booth 3. Russian Dance 4. The Fair, Towards Evening 5. Wet Nurses' Dance .......
180: Classical Court, RE: Me too... -- Marginally off Topic . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-09-24, 12:49:59 (172.83.174.207)
Kuma: I know this is at best tangential, but based on our previous discussion thought you might be interested: I have just heard a 1940 Toscanini (NBC) Petroushka that may be the most exciting yet. He .......
181: Speaker Asylum, RE: For those that know the brand, did A/D/S make a larger.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-09-13, 17:45:50 (172.83.175.199)
Yup. The 710 was, to me, a particularly natural/neutral-sounding speaker, even better than the larger/more expensive 810. Nostalgia. . . . Jeremy .......
182: Critic's Corner, RE: Coffee in Canada (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-09-07, 15:44:27 (206.47.100.133)
Doug: At least for Kicking Horse, London Drugs sometimes has a better web price than I see on Amazon (or than in stores). Jeremy .......
183: Classical Court, RE: Heard on the radio today (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-08-30, 15:03:26 (172.83.166.232)
FWIMBW, her teacher used to proclaim loudly that Beethoven was crap, the greatest piano music was French, &c. Because he was chair of his university department, his views carried some weight. -- May h .......
184: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Have you looked at latest Linn speakers? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-08-25, 13:57:17 (206.47.94.173)
Yes, those look less intrusive than many. Haven't heard them. Your mention of "their pre-amp" leads me to infer that they are active which is a bit of a negative for me -- repair can require transport .......
185: Classical Court, RE: I don't even know the ones before the Quartettsatz (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-08-24, 14:51:53 (206.47.94.173)
For the late, major quartets, I like the Quartetto and the Berg. Jeremy .......
186: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Why are classic companies are turning their products to ugly? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-08-24, 13:50:57 (206.47.94.173)
And speakers are even worse (being, usually, larger). Why do so many manufacturers want to redecorate my living room? This is odd -- pre-amps, which for me need controls, lose or bury them so as to lo .......
187: Vinyl Asylum, RE: And, the votes for top Richter recordings? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-08-09, 14:30:22 (172.83.164.218)
Yes, his performance of the Moussorgsky, particularly the 1958 one in Bucharest, is extraordinary, unique. I also recommend his Beethoven, Schubert and Prokofiev. On average, a great pianist. Jeremy .......
188: Classical Court, RE: Rhapsody in Blue (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-07-06, 16:32:27 (206.47.116.251)
Mel, you have mentioned my 2 favorite performances: for me, the Gershwin/Whiteman is unequaled, but the Levant is also right up there. Jeremy .......
189: Speaker Asylum, RE: KEF 107 (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-06-21, 15:45:32 (172.83.162.1)
Their reputation for bass brought me to the point of buying a used pair, but I discovered that many if not most owners had to replace their woofers after 10 years, perhaps because of the mounting angl .......
190: Speaker Asylum, RE: AMT vs. Straight ribbon tweeters...... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-06-21, 15:34:19 (172.83.162.1)
This is from aging memory, but I recall the AMT tweeters as the best I ever heard, as in more extended and sweeter than others (including various ribbons). That said, they radiate differently from you .......
191: Films/DVD Asylum, RE Roma: I infer that you liked Roma - So did I! . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-05-04, 14:34:38 (172.83.160.21)
I found it sensitive and socially conscious. Have you seen any other of his movies? Jeremy .......
192: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Do you mean... . . Those are They! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-29, 10:26:51 (172.83.160.25)
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193: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Pather Panchali (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-27, 18:27:51 (172.83.160.25)
Victor: Along with the 2 big Renoires, especially the first 2 of the Ray trilogy (but the whole trilogy if necessary for argument) are the greatest movies of my experience. Jeremy .......
194: Classical Court, RE "highlights, but which?" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-27, 18:11:40 (172.83.160.25)
Don't know if it's available digitally (or at all any more), but there was a superb "highlights" on vinyl from a performance conducted by Mögens Wöldike (one of those may be other than an umlaut) with .......
195: General Asylum, RE McIntosh (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-27, 15:46:07 (172.83.160.25)
I have played with no McIntosh gear newer than 40 years old, so I can't comment on how much they've been trading on ancient reputation. But the original MC-275, the MR-78, and my much modified C-22 we .......
196: General Asylum, RE: The Internet wants more money... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-23, 15:07:07 (172.83.175.19)
Thanks, Rod. You have, in fact, mentioned the only 2 where I have received the notice -- Trader and Films (I do not visit Video). The rest that I visit apparently are "secure". May we assume that Trad .......
197: General Asylum, Ping Rod M (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-22, 15:17:02 (172.83.175.19)
Rod: Lately (perhaps on account of Mac system update) when I go the the Asylum ads or the films fora, Safari tells me that "this site is not secure". It does not similarly report re any others among t .......
198: Computer Audio Asylum, RE Uncompressed Aiffs (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-20, 14:32:53 (172.83.175.19)
Abe: Re uncompressed Aiffs, I convert Flac downloads to Aiffs on my Mac/Mojave using XLD which, I just noticed, offers me the option of "upconverting" as I go. I have never changed the default setting .......
199: Critic's Corner, RE: But you can get tickets to Haydn. ;-) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-12, 13:58:16 (172.83.174.236)
Too bad! Tickets to Haydn would prolly be worth real $$. Jeremy .......
200: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Maggie Bass Panels -- I've often wondered how Accoustats . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-12, 13:23:31 (172.83.174.236)
like, say, the old Model 4s, would serve below 100 Hz compared to Maggie bass panels? They advertised descent lower than Maggies' and, by reputation, were quite durable. Jeremy .......
201: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: One thing I find interesting about the 252 -- Zackly! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-12, 13:07:11 (172.83.174.236)
n .......
202: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: McIntosh -- 2 cents (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-12, 13:04:29 (172.83.174.236)
The original MC 275 and the MR 78 were and remain great-sounding and very durable. The original C22 could be made to sound great by modification; dito, I suspect, re the MX 110 which actually sounds p .......
203: Vinyl Asylum, RE: BBC Enigma Variations... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-10, 20:30:08 (172.83.162.165)
I blush to say, Kuma, that that section of my collection is currently out of order, and I cannot put my hands on the LP. However, the digitized version on my drive says BBC, 1935, so the one you show .......
204: Classical Court, RE: What if she was lying in a bog while telling lies? nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-10, 10:51:09 (172.83.162.165)
Look, I don't care if she lies about all day singing lays so long as she doesn't lay about all die singing round-a-lies about getting lied last knite while I was laying down. (I was going to add a fra .......
205: Vinyl Asylum, RE: "old-man" predispositions... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-09, 18:29:36 (172.83.162.165)
Thanks, Kuma. I'll adress your points serially: Re "re-channeled stereo" -- not to be confused with "electronically reprocessed for stereo" which appeared at about the same time or shortly later & sou .......
206: Vinyl Asylum, RE: RE Your Last Paragraph (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-08, 11:54:47 (172.83.162.165)
Ah -- must have been weary while reading. Nevertheless, I stand by my earlier comments generally, and I wonder about a mass-compliance mismatch wrt Denon/Rega, though there may be other issues. Not tr .......
207: Vinyl Asylum, RE Your Last Paragraph (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-07, 23:44:29 (172.83.162.165)
I am certain that you are right about this, and I think that the 103 would prove superior to the OM 20 in a variety of arms, assuming no arm-mass related problems. I generally find low-output moving c .......
208: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Are you talking Streaming or CD? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-07, 23:36:15 (172.83.162.165)
Hi, kuma: For the past coupla years or so I buy only downloads, to avoid duties but also because I listen now more in my office, streaming off my computer's direct-attached hard drives. Pristine some .......
209: Vinyl Asylum, RE: 103d and FR1 Mk3f . . .Yup - The Best 2 of My Youth. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-07, 15:03:01 (172.83.162.165)
n .......
210: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Toscanini (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-07, 14:59:52 (172.83.162.165)
The key is that Studio 8H sounds flat, airless, dead; all other venues sound less so. Jeremy .......
211: Vinyl Asylum, RE: If you like that Toscanini... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-07, 14:57:14 (172.83.162.165)
Pristine Classical has been recently releasing "refurbished" Toscanini recordings; from experience, I'd say they generally improve sound quality at least somewhat, and they never hurt it. Jeremy ::: T .......
212: Classical Court, RE Art of the Fugue (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-06, 14:51:15 (172.83.162.165)
So far as I can recall, he never recorded the 2d half. And that little organ in Toronto plus perhaps inferior engineering made the album frustrating. Yet I think that finished, played on a good instru .......
213: Classical Court, Agree re Haydn . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-06, 14:41:52 (172.83.162.165)
and Mozart (perverse!), but hesitant re Beethoven -- some exciting bits, but much hyper-idiosyncratic (trying to emphasize here). As for the Wagner, I think it's slow and a bit self-indulgent (like hi .......
214: Classical Court, RE Schnabel's . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-06, 14:27:44 (172.83.162.165)
Yes, if I had to keep only one. But see my reply to Chris, above; the other 3 are right up there. Jeremy .......
215: Classical Court, RE: Did she really lay in a bog for that cover pic? An Aging Pedant Asks . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-06, 14:22:46 (172.83.162.165)
jdaniel, shirley you mean "Did she really LIE in a bog . . . ."? Prof Jeremy .......
216: Classical Court, RE Khatia's Schubert B-flat Sonata (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-06, 14:18:23 (172.83.162.165)
Chris, I think the kind of manipulation you describe would drive me crazy. Perhaps that's because I'm a tight-assed nerdy square (still not refined-enough descriptors). For the record, my standards fo .......
217: Vinyl Asylum, 103d: 1 of my 2 favorite carts; the other was an FR1 Mk3f . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-04-06, 13:39:19 (172.83.162.165)
I wonder why Denon stopped making the 103d but continued with a wide variety of other 103's? I never heard John Elison's top-of-the-line Denon, but the 103d was a great-sounding cartridge, and think w .......
218: General Asylum, RE: www.hifinews.com (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-22, 14:25:19 (172.83.167.177)
I have subscribed, though told (seems too soon) that I'm about to expire. I've never gone back to look up a previous issue, but whenever they send me a new one, all the old ones are listed and availab .......
219: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Help, Please: UPDATE -- Thx, TOM (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-18, 13:21:54 (172.83.163.58)
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220: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Help, Please: UPDATE -- Thx, TOM . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-18, 10:35:35 (172.83.163.58)
Seems to be working now via 10-year newer player/recorder. But just in case, and for future reference, what is your preferred ripping software to substitute for iTunes assuming my continued use of iTu .......
221: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Help, Please: UPDATE (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-16, 11:27:30 (172.83.163.58)
Thank you; my path is now clear. I use aiff which has worked well over the years but for the occasional product removed from my consideration because it doesn't do aiffs. I know that I could translate .......
222: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Help, Please: UPDATE (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-16, 10:29:55 (172.83.163.58)
Thanks, Abe. But is there any sonic advantage to USB 3.1 over USB 2? (Or vice versa?) Jeremy .......
223: Vintage Asylum, RE: Maybe some interest -- I Wish Some Manufacturer . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-16, 10:26:00 (172.83.163.58)
Yup. But I dislike sticking things in my ears. Regardless, I agree re tubes and power supply, not to mention output transformers and, of course, silk-screened glass for the facia. But some company lik .......
224: Classical Court, RE: And yet, who wrote the better violin concerto? -- Why Tchaik, of Course! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-15, 16:15:07 (172.83.163.58)
n .......
225: Vintage Asylum, RE: Maybe some interest -- I Wish Some Manufacturer . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-15, 16:03:07 (172.83.163.58)
would depart from concentration on cosmetics & focus on functionality. I'd be content to walk around with my Sennheiser HD600s (or some such -- the kids do it all the time without apparent embarassmen .......
226: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Did Music Stop in the 70s? -- Well, Britten and Stravinsky Departed, . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-15, 14:57:16 (172.83.163.58)
and it felt like the end of the world to me. Then Reagan and Thatcher were elected, and . . . . Jeremy .......
227: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Help, Please: UPDATE (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-15, 12:16:46 (172.83.163.58)
New drive works! Plays, records, and imports anything optical that I can think of except maybe SACD (I'll have to check, but I don't have any). New fast question: New drive comes with very short cable .......
228: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I know this does not help you, but. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-12, 16:48:43 (172.83.175.127)
Smart questions, Chris: I think that, yes, the 3 kB files are prolly metadata files; somehow only the music is not getting through. And again yes, the set-up but for the drive is new -- my old Mac Pro .......
229: Computer Audio Asylum, Many Thanks All! New Drive Ordered. But I'd Love to Know Why . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-12, 16:30:12 (172.83.175.127)
playing cds works with VLC but not with (new) iTunes -- suggests that the problem is iTunes-specific rather than Mojave-specific (i.e., it seems not to be a driver problem). Jeremy .......
230: Computer Audio Asylum, Help, Please, CD Importing with New Mac Mini/iTunes/Mojave (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-11, 11:51:51 (172.83.175.127)
Fellow Inmates: Using the above set-up, I an unable to import or play cds in iTunes. "Import" imports only an unplayable 3kB file for each track (I am set to import in AIFF which should generate much .......
231: Classical Court, RE: Another vote for Presto.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-09, 16:06:54 (172.83.175.127)
I have liked their download service also, and they have a large catalogue, but lately I have received a number of downloads with truncated portions -- end-bits of movements left off. Generally, such .......
232: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: I converted my girlfriend, now what... -- Years of Torah study. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-03-09, 15:29:51 (172.83.175.127)
n .......
233: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Russian Doll - anybody watching? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-16, 13:03:43 (172.83.174.44)
Just finished it. Sharp script, unselfconscious acting, made me giggle. Jeremy .......
234: Classical Court, RE: Hmm -- I agree re Mahler & generally prefer Kubelik, Levine (ducking) . . . . (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-16, 12:47:27 (172.83.174.44)
n .......
235: Classical Court, RE: The Yale (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-09, 13:43:27 (206.47.117.248)
A great shame if true! Mind you, the original LPs were not the best-sounding (compared with, for example, the contemporaneous Philips sound for the Italiano), but 'twere a pity to reduce what was avai .......
236: Classical Court, RE: Quartetto Italiano (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-09, 13:36:59 (206.47.117.248)
I'd have thought Stokowski more about "showmanship", not at all like the Italiano; Goldsmith's comparison seems inapt to me (but I never thought highly of him). FWIW, re the whole set: I feel the Ital .......
237: Classical Court, RE: D'oh! . . . Yr But a Spring Chicken, m'boy! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-04, 14:24:41 (206.47.101.76)
n .......
238: Classical Court, RE: True, but we had Chailly's Limousine Mahler, spectacularly-recorded by Decca just 10 yrs ago. Jansons.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-03, 15:20:00 (206.47.101.76)
Well, de gustibus & all that. But I must say that the Concertgebouw's internet station is one of those I check in on fairly often, and it features many Jansons performances the collectivity of which l .......
239: Classical Court, RE: Beethoven himself did a transcription of it for piano, four-hands (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-03, 15:13:44 (206.47.101.76)
Op 134, no? Anyway, I don't know how many times I've bought the Henle urtext and proposed to a friend or relative that we do it together; they ALL take their half and DISAPPEAR, never to return to at .......
240: Classical Court, RE: I wish I could share your enthusiam for the Jansons . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-02-02, 15:27:11 (206.47.101.76)
I agree with your take on Jansons generally. But such a fine-sounding orchestra in such a fine hall! Jeremy .......
241: Classical Court, RE: Speaking personally, I'm sure I would have a more favorable impression of Lenny. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-01-26, 19:52:26 (206.47.112.59)
I think he was a fine musical educator and "ambassador", but performances by him that I once owned were ultimately bettered and replaced, to the point where the only recordings I still have are of the .......
242: Classical Court, RE: I can only . . . Grin! -- I bought the box on vinyl in a drug store during the 80s for about $2. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-01-26, 19:38:55 (206.47.112.59)
n .......
243: Speaker Asylum, RE: "good looking + great sounding active?" I am not reliable re "looking", but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-01-26, 18:19:11 (206.47.112.59)
as for "sounding", I have been quite impressed by Blue Sky (which I preferred to similarly priced Dynaudios in direct comparison), and a great buy if you can find it is a used NHT Xd system (my currre .......
244: General Asylum, RE: Have you ever been fooled? Yeah, but then I got my other ear fixed. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-01-26, 17:10:59 (206.47.112.59)
n .......
245: Speaker Asylum, RE: 800Hz crossover? Possibly. (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-01-04, 14:45:02 (206.47.30.68)
I recall being irritated by the discontinuity (like that commonly between electrostats and cone woofers) between the woofer and the tweeter on the AMT 1. In those days, I always faulted the woofer (an .......
246: Speaker Asylum, RE: "These things have to be dipole" -- Not So Fast . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2019-01-04, 14:26:02 (206.47.30.68)
Feanor: My father owned a pair of ESS AMT1's 40 years ago or so. My hazy recollection is that there was no "null" to the sides as one would expect from a true dipole; in fact, or at least in my imagin .......
247: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Some specs: +1 re cables; Actually . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-12-21, 15:26:45 (206.47.30.17)
as I age, I don't wish to waste time "listening to" turntables with washing-machine rumble, cartridges with frequency-response spikes, etc. Specs, when honest and published (some marketers hide), can .......
248: Films/DVD Asylum, RE Your Wife: Indeed, one needs fortitude and intent to watch it . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-12-16, 13:49:53 (206.47.30.17)
but I don't think there's anything else quite like it. Available from Criterion: 566 minutes. Jeremy .......
249: Films/DVD Asylum, RE "good, detailed documentaries" - May I Suggest Lanzmann's 'Shoah', for one? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-12-16, 13:06:24 (206.47.30.17)
n .......
250: Films/DVD Asylum, RE Incredibly natural and lovable: For Me, Even More Striking Was . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-12-16, 12:57:10 (206.47.30.17)
her sense of the emotional drama in music -- in that way, she resembled Toscanini. Jeremy .......
251: Classical Court, RE Why not all? - Same Recs as Above; Make Sure the Budapest is pre-1950s (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-12-16, 12:39:49 (206.47.30.17)
n .......
252: Classical Court, RE Op. 131: Indeed, Hard to Top Quartetto, Yale, and Budapest! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-12-16, 12:33:19 (206.47.30.17)
n .......
253: Classical Court, RE: Bach's Art of the Fugue: Didn't Süssmayr finish that? nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-12-02, 22:04:58 (206.47.30.17)
n .......
254: Classical Court, RE "We all love Carmina Burana, right?" -- Nope. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-11-17, 14:34:47 (206.47.30.215)
b .......
255: Classical Court, RE Bloch -- Great Chamber Music Too (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-11-17, 14:29:48 (206.47.30.215)
b .......
256: Classical Court, RE Gardner Belioz: Quite Impressed, Meself, & Thx for Alerting! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-11-17, 14:15:46 (206.47.30.215)
n .......
257: Speaker Asylum, RE: "separation not an issue" - Wouldn't Pre Be Even More Critical? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-10-26, 16:07:13 (206.47.30.215)
n .......
258: Classical Court, RE: Fricsay . . . great recordings -- Yup, and +1 re Fidelio. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-10-02, 14:02:33 (206.47.95.138)
n .......
259: Classical Court, RE: Magic Flute (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-10-01, 21:08:06 (206.47.14.64)
TGR: I miss the recit too, but at least on my LP Figaro, it doesn't exist. Still, a great performance. My long-time preferred Magic Flute is conducted by Solti and features Deutekom as a mighty Queen. .......
260: Classical Court, RE: The Busch Don Giovanni (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-10-01, 10:45:31 (206.47.14.64)
Thank you, TGR. Before recently, I did not know there were recorded Busch/Mozart/Glydnbourne performances of other than the Marriage (which performance I fell in love with back in the 1960s), but your .......
261: Classical Court, RE: Mozart/Busche/Glyndebourne Question (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-30, 20:13:22 (206.47.14.64)
Thank you, pbarach; I'll follow your advice. The Giulini Don has also been my go-to perfomance since the early 1960s. Jeremy .......
262: Classical Court, Mozart/Busche/Glyndebourne Question (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-30, 13:53:10 (206.47.14.64)
Fellow Inmates: I have (and love) his Marriage of Figaro, but I see now that Presto offers a box including a number of other of his Mozart/Glyndebourne operas. Do any of you know anything about those .......
263: Vinyl Asylum, RE: FR7 cartridge sound? and tonearm matching (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-21, 18:32:04 (206.47.100.180)
IF (and I don't know this) the design of the FR-7 without headshell is similar to or the same as an FR1 Mk3f, then, renewed, it will sound noticeably better than the Dynavector or the 103R, and I say .......
264: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Denon 103d -- As I Never Tire of Saying . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-21, 18:17:13 (206.47.100.180)
The 103d and the FR1 Mk3f were the 2 great cartridges of my youth. I do not know where equivalent value exists today (though I mean to try JE's favorite ART-7 once I acquire a suitable SUT with higher .......
265: Classical Court, RE: That Bernstein was my first exposure to the Requiem, on Lp, bought mainly because of the dramatic cover photo (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-09, 21:02:56 (206.47.31.205)
I am not yet (blush) set up for digital on my "big" (living-room) system. On my office system, it sounds pretty damned decent. You are younger than I (many are). Jeremy .......
266: Classical Court, RE: Blame Stanton Optical. (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-09, 20:37:51 (206.47.31.205)
I can recall one by Ormandy and one by Abravanel, and maybe (was there?) one by Munch. Some time in the early '70s I found Colin Davis who erased the earlier ones from my memory, and since then I've s .......
267: Classical Court, RE: Whenever I go to Walmart -- But not vice versa? (n) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-09, 17:29:24 (206.47.31.205)
n .......
268: Classical Court, RE: Maybe -- Thank you! (n) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-09-09, 17:27:10 (206.47.31.205)
n .......
269: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Actually... With perhaps an admixture of Gentlemen's Agreement (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-08-18, 16:43:01 (206.47.29.165)
n .......
270: Classical Court, RE: In general I agree, but I don't know of a single one of these accused conductors so far. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-08-10, 15:44:14 (206.47.113.54)
Of course, proving that unicorns do not exist were ever difficult. NOT SAYING thoroughly analogous, but therein lies the rub. Ah, hell, they're prolly all pigs. Jeremy .......
271: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Tascam DA-3000 (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-08-10, 15:00:38 (206.47.113.54)
John: Just curious: how does the Tascam sound for playback compared to your (cheaper) Teac? Do you know if the Tascam would play aiff files (the Sweetwater specs don't say)? Thanks, Jeremy ::: TOPIC:: .......
272: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I prefer boron over sapphire or ruby cantilevers... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-08-10, 13:39:51 (206.47.113.54)
Ed: If I understand correctly, theoretically boron pipe should provide a cantilever just about as close to optimal as possible (in the real world) in terms of stiffness/mass. Jeremy .......
273: Vinyl Asylum, RE: cartridge models (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-08-10, 13:30:36 (206.47.113.54)
Tommy: A FR1MkIIIf was one of the 2 best cartridges of my youth, the other being a Denon 103d. Not sure which was better overall, but the 103d had better bass but rougher treble than the FR, both by a .......
274: Classical Court, RE: Missa -- Among Modern non-HIP Performances, I like Jochum (on Philips) (nt). (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-08-04, 16:12:19 (206.47.95.113)
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275: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Listen to same recordings on CD -- Doesn't Play aiffs though (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-07-28, 13:31:28 (206.47.95.113)
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276: Speaker Asylum, RE: Piezo Tweeters (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-07-14, 15:41:48 (204.101.156.103)
If I correctly remember, Dahlquist DQ10s used piezos, as did Snell A3is. I read articles saying that the piezos were the weak elements in each design, but I had young, accute ears back then, and I nev .......
277: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: Huston/Treasure (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-07-07, 17:22:34 (206.47.29.64)
Couldn't agree more -- Huston's performance was thrilling; made the others look almost amateurish! Jeremy .......
278: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: No boobies, sorry! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-07-07, 17:08:46 (206.47.29.64)
I age, but if I'm not mistaken there was a GREAT performance in that movie by Robert Newton as a drunken/obsessive artist who paints Mason as he's bleeding out? -- right? Jeremy .......
279: Classical Court, RE: [T]he Fournier/Schnabel set (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-07-07, 16:34:32 (206.47.29.64)
This is the benchmark for me as well, as yet unmatched. I haven't listened to all 5 in a while, but I cannot recall such an error either. Schnabel did make a notorious error in a performance of the K .......
280: Classical Court, RE: Actually, I went back to the old EMI Willcock's -- I have that too, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-06-03, 10:33:36 (206.47.101.94)
though I generally love David Willcocks's choirs, for me his G- Mass lacks critical weight and drama (cf the RWC). Jeremy .......
281: Classical Court, RE: Roger Wagner Chorale Performance (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-06-02, 12:52:11 (206.47.101.94)
Chris, although other recordings doubtless have superior sound (though the original RW was never bad), Roger Wagner's performance, for me, remains superior to all others that I've heard -- a benchmark .......
282: Critic's Corner, RE: Does it really need saying ... "It's not the ... ;) nt -- Yes! . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-06-02, 12:11:13 (206.47.101.94)
As a former girlfriend used to say, "It's not how long you make it; it's how you make it long." Jeremy .......
283: Classical Court, RE: Never heard this set, even though Rafael is a fave (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-03-19, 21:42:28 (70.31.49.94)
I'd not have thought him a Beethoven conductor either (though I've not tested that), but I have some fine performances by him of late Mozart symphonies. Jeremy .......
284: Classical Court, RE: Classical works you would pay to hear live but can't -- Berlioz Requiem (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-03-19, 16:34:50 (70.31.49.94)
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285: Classical Court, RE: OK - I'm finally up for air today (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-24, 17:35:07 (70.31.49.94)
Thanks to both John and Chris for these interesting posts. Chris: I am too lazy to get up and search now, but if I recall Schnabel's edition correctly, he occasionally writes footnotes in small print .......
286: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best answer (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-12, 10:32:16 (70.49.12.132)
Re "I prefer the Loki's use of discrete FET devices in lieu of the more common implementation with op amps" -- finally, amid the usual irrelevant unpleasantness, a clear answer. Thank you. ::: TOPIC:: .......
287: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best answer (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-11, 22:22:23 (70.49.12.132)
Well, let's see. Above, you criticized a NAD's controls: "I used a very similar C162 in the garage system for a while. Like the 165, the tone controls are +/- 5db at 100 hz and 10k. I found them us .......
288: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: There are a couple -- I Suspect More If Including Japanese and Vintage (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-11, 16:25:40 (70.49.12.132)
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289: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best answer (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-11, 16:20:36 (70.49.12.132)
Curiosity -- why do you say "a good solution" (not that I disagree)? Is there some reason why control between pre and amp might be somehow superior to control within pre? Jeremy .......
290: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Many (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-11, 16:16:20 (70.49.12.132)
Simple bass and treble controls for room modes do indeed seem likely futile. Attempted boosting could destroy amps, speakers, or both even if the controls accidentally coincide with the modes. But re .......
291: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: No problemo (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-11, 11:45:10 (70.49.12.132)
Re "a lack of anything useful down below to boost" -- you refer here to a specific record? There is much recorded material that does not constitute "Content lacking first octave bass" if you mean by t .......
292: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Nope -- I stand corrected . . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-11, 10:32:46 (70.49.12.132)
Sorry -- I must have read a number of salient posts before replying to yours and then lumped my response. I would say, though, that the NAD model which you describe does seem, in my experience, to be .......
293: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Who said that? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-11, 10:01:17 (70.49.12.132)
You did say "hump", drawing to mind a shape like the top of a camel. Though I am not familiar with the model you cite, no bass control on any pre-amp I have owned since the 1960s has generated what yo .......
294: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Regarding the NAD... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-10, 16:58:29 (70.49.12.132)
Interesting. So the "bass" control raised the 100 Hz level relative to both the frequencies higher and those lower than 100 Hz? Not familiar with the model, but I've never seen one like that before. I .......
295: General Asylum, RE: What's this from Stereophile? -- This Seems Consistent with . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-10, 16:03:49 (70.49.12.132)
10pubs's use of tracking cookies. In my view, bad behavior. Jeremy .......
296: Classical Court, RE: Yes nt -- +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-02-03, 14:29:23 (70.49.12.132)
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297: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you prefer print or web-based audio publications and why (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-24, 15:09:31 (76.71.49.221)
I think you quibble -- information is uttered ("published") the completion of which is linked to a url owned and controlled by (loosely) you. I note your repetition that anyone can choose not to recei .......
298: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you prefer print or web-based audio publications and why (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-24, 14:32:24 (76.71.49.221)
The "Enthusiasts Network's eNewsletters" all contain titles such as Sterophile, Audiostream, &c., and they contain links to publications of those entities. They appear to be "web-based audio publicati .......
299: Critic's Corner, RE: Do you prefer print or web-based audio publications and why (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-24, 12:04:17 (76.71.49.221)
In considering your question, inmates may wish to advert to my "Tracking Alert" below. I think Mr. Atkinson may be advising us to accept their tracking us or to forgo at least their internet publicati .......
300: Critic's Corner, RE: Another Tracking Alert -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-24, 11:58:46 (76.71.49.221)
Re "mistaken" -- absolutely no reason to believe that at this end. Whom you believe is entirely up to you; I assume that others will also make up their own minds. I'd suggest to others, though, in con .......
301: Critic's Corner, RE: Another Tracking Alert -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-24, 11:19:54 (76.71.49.221)
Your primary assertion is untrue: the trackers began, stopped and resumed as I have reported from my direct observation. I do not object to "what we do with cookies, etc."; I object specifically to tr .......
302: Critic's Corner, RE: if you don't want your web surfing tracked... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-21, 20:53:11 (76.71.49.221)
Thank you, Krav Maga. I should learn how to do that! Best, Jeremy .......
303: Critic's Corner, RE: if you don't want your web surfing tracked... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-21, 20:14:12 (76.71.49.221)
Thanks, Steve, I think I've got the security aspect covered -- recall that I'm the one alerting. My point in doing so is to warn fellow inmates who may not otherwise have noticed and who may have wron .......
304: Critic's Corner, RE: Ghostery (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-21, 19:12:22 (76.71.49.221)
Ghostery does block trackers, but only from a list of known trackers maintained by its authors. The "10pubs" tracker only started toward the end of 2017; then it stopped; now it has resumed (as of thi .......
305: Critic's Corner, RE: Install the Ghostery add-on in your browser -- I have it. But to what end?(nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-21, 16:37:07 (76.71.49.221)
b .......
306: Classical Court, RE: The one I have is the best kind - freely downloadable! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-21, 15:19:24 (76.71.49.221)
Many thinks, Chris! As we like to say in Zhoshkov, next year in Lafayette! Jeremy .......
307: Critic's Corner, Another Tracking Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-20, 18:35:49 (76.71.49.221)
Some weeks ago, Stereophile's parent ("10pubs"?) began using tracking cookies to watch where those of us who click on links in their emails go on the web. When I reported that here, they stopped. This .......
308: Classical Court, RE: Quartetto Italiano (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-13, 21:41:58 (76.71.49.221)
I think we hear similarly. I haven't thought about the Melos for a long time -- my father, decades ago, used to own a box set of, I think, all Schubert's quartets played by the Melos. I don't have it .......
309: Classical Court, RE: Funny - I felt that the QI was sometimes slow, as you say. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-13, 21:36:10 (76.71.49.221)
Yes, G+ (blush), and yes, a truly great work. What piano transcription do you have, and is there a particularly good one? Is yours for 2 hands or 4 (I occasionally have a friend or relative who can as .......
310: Classical Court, RE: Quartetto Italiano (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-13, 21:30:28 (76.71.49.221)
Hi, Steve: Yes, I have the Berg as well, and I like it much better -- more consistent pacing and phrasing, less attention drawn to performers. In fact, of the many QI performances I 've heard, I like .......
311: Classical Court, Quartetto Italiano (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-07, 12:27:54 (76.71.49.221)
Listened today to their performance of Schubert's last quartet (#15 in G-) & found the usual gorgeous playing but the interpretation a bit slow & sometimes mannered, drawing attention more to the play .......
312: Classical Court, RE: As much as I'm in awe of Schnabel's Beethoven Sonatas, has anyone heard Igor Levit's Op 111 "Arrieta" ? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-06, 19:37:37 (76.71.49.221)
jdaniel: I have owned (I think -- well let's say "almost") every other production of the Schnabel Beethovens from Angel COLH through Seraphim, Japanese EMI, &c. Is the Pristine really better? I have t .......
313: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Easy solution (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-06, 19:25:00 (76.71.49.221)
Thank you for your clear assistance. Jeremy .......
314: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Easy solution (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-02, 19:19:24 (76.71.49.221)
Please forgive my being a pest -- I take it that that analogue jack is a stereo 3.5 mm, suitable for headphones? Then I'd need a stereo 3.5 mm plug to dual RCAs to connect to my pre-amp? But then wher .......
315: Classical Court, RE: Tchaikovsky Symphony #1 - I like your 1st choice. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-02, 17:53:17 (76.71.49.221)
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316: Classical Court, RE: Bach B Minor Mass - I like Richter and also Wöldike. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-02, 17:50:18 (76.71.49.221)
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317: Classical Court, RE: Berg... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-02, 17:47:01 (76.71.49.221)
Well, Ivan, so I'll confess: 50 years ago I took my now ex-wife on a 125-mile trip to hear a live performance of "Wozzeck". Liked it then, too, as did she. We went on to have 3 kids . . . . No cracks .......
318: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Easy solution (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-02, 17:14:26 (76.71.49.221)
tlea: Is there any reason why one would not use the usb from the Airport Express to a usb DAC? Thanks, Jeremy .......
319: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Confused Senior Seeks Enlightenment (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-02, 16:49:22 (76.71.49.221)
Thank you all for your sympathetic assistance! You have given me several possible solutions. Sorry to be slow replying -- progeny here over hols. Jeremy .......
320: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: "why can I not use the iTunes already installed on my Mac? " (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-02, 16:45:44 (76.71.49.221)
Thank you, Abe! Jeremy .......
321: General Asylum, RE: Tone controls: What's out there? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-01, 15:22:42 (76.71.49.221)
I used one of their pre-amp/equalizers for a number of years. Never had any problem with the controls (except more of them than I needed) and, as mentioned above, the sound was excellent even though s .......
322: General Asylum, RE: The greater question is... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-01, 15:13:14 (76.71.49.221)
Owner of thousands of LPs (& many digital), I have found inconsistency in engineers' and "software" manufacturers' attentions to frequency response. Their lapses can sometimes be positively addressed .......
323: General Asylum, RE: Digital vs. Analogue -- I Tend to Agree with You . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2018-01-01, 15:01:50 (76.71.49.221)
In fact, I think digital could be superior to analogue were AD/DA conversion not required, or if the conversion could be rendered so sonically perfect as to be irrelevant. Jeremy .......
324: Classical Court, RE: French repertoire preferences (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-12-23, 22:01:43 (184.145.40.170)
Colin Davis for Berlioz. Jeremy .......
325: Computer Audio Asylum, Confused Senior Seeks Enlightenment (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-12-23, 20:49:47 (184.145.40.170)
I'd like to play music files resident on my office Mac to a DAC in my living room 125 feet away (and thence to my living room's preamp) via ethernet. I've been told (I think) that I cannot do that -- .......
326: General Asylum, RE: Mac tuners -- Different Experience (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-12-23, 19:44:24 (184.145.40.170)
In my system, an MR-78 sounded much better -- cleaner, wider-band, better-imaging -- than a well maintained MR-67. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to compoare with an MR-71. Jeremy .......
327: Speaker Asylum, RE: B&W DM2 -- I Remember Them -- Excellent! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-12-04, 16:56:16 (184.145.40.170)
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328: General Asylum, RE: What impressed me was . . . -- Thank You, Tom! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-26, 10:21:11 (184.145.40.170)
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329: General Asylum, RE: +1 If you have to strain to notice a difference it ain't worth it . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-25, 17:51:46 (184.145.40.170)
Sort of like penis size difference -- that may be 2% for you, but THAT's 2% for me. Jeremy .......
330: Speaker Asylum, RE: Opinions (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-25, 17:01:28 (184.145.40.170)
But wasn't it also around that time that he indicated that his hearing had declined enough so that he was hesitant to offer others advice? Forgive me -- I know that he was your friend, and I intend no .......
331: General Asylum, RE: What impressed me was . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-25, 16:15:08 (184.145.40.170)
Do I correctly understand that these would be used between pre and power? If so, I wonder as to their relative coloration by comparison to in-preamp tone controls such as were common before Mark Levin .......
332: Critic's Corner, RE: RE Your "take-home points" #3 (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-25, 15:44:02 (184.145.40.170)
Sorry, Charles; I should have replied sooner; busier than usual. Re "Far less useful, as there are many more ways to misinterpret these measurements than to use them correctly, Ayre also includes:" -- .......
333: Classical Court, RE: Berlioz and Bernstein sound like the perfect match. nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-19, 16:39:24 (184.145.40.170)
I recently acquired Bernstein's Belioz Requiem and find it quite exciting, though I am uncertain as to preference vis-à-vis C Davis. Need more time. Jeremy .......
334: Critic's Corner, RE Your "take-home points" #3 (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-19, 16:07:49 (184.145.40.170)
Measurements doubtless miss some aspects of listening experience. Nevertheless, measurements can be helpful. For example, if I know that my speaker is very inefficient, I'll avoid wasting time if reli .......
335: Classical Court, RE: Was he ever that great? -- Yes, When Young . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-15, 00:18:51 (184.145.40.170)
His performance of the last-movement fugue of the Hammerklavier may be peerless. Power, clarity, & fearlessness. Jeremy .......
336: Critic's Corner, Sauce for the Grouse . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-14, 02:19:37 (184.145.40.170)
Charles, you "would lie in bed", not "would lay in bed". Puhleeze! Jeremy .......
337: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Reaches a New Nadir (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-14, 01:38:33 (184.145.40.170)
Charles: I understand what you are saying, so I think there must me more because, despite the theoretical validity of what you propose, I have not yet heard any conventional speaker (or, for that matt .......
338: Critic's Corner, RE: Nadir -- Original Quads . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-14, 01:24:39 (184.145.40.170)
I think Charles's youth must have been a bit sheltered. I heard them up here in the Frozen North a scant few years after their introduction (and later repeatedly, even in double sets). I was young; my .......
339: Critic's Corner, RE: PS and OT -- Thx, Chuck, from an Aged Pedant (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-11-13, 23:17:00 (184.145.40.170)
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340: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-26, 16:18:06 (184.145.40.170)
I think there are more than 3 that I receive. The e-mail is not restricted to re-cycled articles. To me, offering a service contingent on ex post facto required acceptance of a non-negotiated term (tr .......
341: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-26, 12:41:02 (184.145.40.170)
Charles: Apparently, our quotidian habits are worth money!! I might even be amenable were they to cut me in. Jeremy .......
342: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-26, 12:35:55 (184.145.40.170)
Hi, Frihed89: I am not aware of any manufacturer-specific tracker-blocking abilities. I am dimly aware that most browsers allow a preference setting of "Do Not Track" or some such, but my understandin .......
343: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-26, 12:28:12 (184.145.40.170)
Charles: Re your 2d para, I doubt what I experience is what you mention. Some websites do indeed "pop up" saying they'd like to know my location & asking if I wish that. My saying "no" (which I often .......
344: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-26, 12:15:23 (184.145.40.170)
Hi, PAR: I infer that the e-mails are from the publisher because I receive them also in re sister publications -- AudioStream, Sound & Vision, &c. They contain essentially news and/or reviews (which a .......
345: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-26, 11:20:31 (184.145.40.170)
Please see my answer to yours right below. Jeremy .......
346: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-26, 11:19:04 (184.145.40.170)
John: I indeed refer to your (and the other -- Audio Stream, Analog Corner (?), &c -- email newsletters. I cannot read any of the articles beyond the intro sentences in the e-mail missive itself -- i. .......
347: Critic's Corner, RE: Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-25, 21:03:47 (184.145.40.170)
Hi, Charles: Your reaction is like mine. To explain, I use a reverse firewall (called Little Snitch) which tells me if something I am using is calling out, giving me the option of allowing that or not .......
348: Critic's Corner, Privacy Alert (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-25, 15:33:20 (184.145.40.170)
Fellow Inmates may wish to know that the parent company of Stereophile, Audiostream, & al. has, in recent weeks, begun to use internet trackers, failure to allow which bars one from any linked content .......
349: Classical Court, RE: Are you referring to Italian's -- yes, the Italiano (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-21, 15:56:39 (184.145.40.170)
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350: Classical Court, RE: The Quartetto Italiano are my favorite - I tend to agree, but for . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-21, 15:29:26 (184.145.40.170)
opp. 18 # 4 and 59 ## 2 and 3. Their Grosse Fugue is the best I've yet heard. Jeremy .......
351: Vintage Asylum, RE: Audionics BT-2 - Grin! A good-sounding pre-amp! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-16, 22:32:12 (70.31.48.205)
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352: Classical Court, RE: "the piano sound he got in the 1950s was what he wanted" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-09, 12:34:46 (70.31.48.205)
Well, Chris, to be fair I must note that my hearing has aged enough that I may have begun to forget some of the subtleties we inmates live for. When I first heard the Gould Goldbergs, we may still hav .......
353: Classical Court, RE: Somebody nominated Beethoven's "Harp"?! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-09, 02:04:05 (70.31.48.205)
Ditto re the Quartetto -- a perfect performance of a perfect quartet. Jeremy .......
354: Classical Court, RE: Those are good observations (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-09, 01:56:32 (70.31.48.205)
I think the 1955 performance is better regardless of tempi -- i.e., I think it responds more directly to the music and less to Gould's later obsessive inward turning. The earlier one is fresher, and s .......
355: Classical Court, RE: The 4 CD set is available for streaming on both TIDAL and QOBUZ... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-09, 01:36:43 (70.31.48.205)
My younger son brought me the box set which he acquired at a pharmacy in Yrup. Very affecting music, and easy on the neurasthenics among us (you see I try for membership in a group). Jeremy ::: TOPIC .......
356: Classical Court, RE: I'm very fond of Richter! -- Me Too! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-09, 01:30:18 (70.31.48.205)
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357: Vintage Asylum, RE: what do you think makes audio "vintage" . . . And . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-09, 01:23:08 (70.31.48.205)
it has tone controls. Jeremy .......
358: Critic's Corner, RE: They now have tone controls . . . Finally Someone Is Doing This!! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-10-09, 01:06:49 (70.31.48.205)
n .......
359: Classical Court, +1 re Britten. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-08-26, 14:19:18 (70.31.48.205)
n .......
360: Speaker Asylum, RE: A question -- Not sure I understand what you ask, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-08-15, 21:24:06 (76.66.154.66)
in my experience, tubed amps tend to sound more powerful than similarly rated ss amps. That may be because of their more graceful clipping behaviour, but I do not know if that is certain. Low speaker .......
361: Speaker Asylum, RE: Even Ted Williams . . . Yes. Holt and John Crabbe were, . . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-08-05, 17:30:10 (76.66.154.66)
in my experience, the best 2 audio reviewers ever. And the ST-120 was awful. Jeremy .......
362: Critic's Corner, RE:"Fremer should really stick to analog . . ." -- (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-07-29, 20:17:21 (76.66.154.66)
Absent objective measurements, his analogue reviews are no better. Jeremy .......
363: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: OK - so I just listened to the 6-minute DSD256 excerpt -- 1st para . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-07-16, 17:13:59 (76.71.51.141)
I grew up with a performance of Messiah (Sargent? Sir Thomas?) replete with a horn flub in the Hallelujah Chorus. It became normative. Nothing since sounds right. Jeremy .......
364: Music Lane, RE: Beecham's Magic Flute -- I'm with you on this one; uninspired (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-07-01, 11:12:49 (76.71.51.141)
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365: Music Lane, RE: Owen Brannigan (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-07-01, 11:08:04 (76.71.51.141)
Wasn't he great?! The Robert Newton of singers! Another exemplar - his Polyphemus in Haendl's "Acis" is without peer. Jeremy .......
366: Music Lane, RE: If you want a DG with great conducting... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-06-26, 10:07:41 (76.71.51.141)
Thanks, Kas; I'll try to get a listen. Oddly, the only Mitropoulos with which I am very familiar is his conducting of Les Nuits d'Eté with Steber, but that performance is indeed stellar (both he and s .......
367: Music Lane, RE: Right? Wrong! -- I always think of that D. G. as . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-06-24, 15:14:15 (76.71.51.141)
Giulini's performance. It remains the best I've heard. Jeremy .......
368: General Asylum, RE: What one song? -- Grosse Fugue. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-06-24, 14:07:22 (76.71.51.141)
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369: Vinyl Asylum, RE Phono Stage: (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-06-10, 17:49:49 (76.71.51.141)
My subjective but abiding experience is that no ss phono stage sounds as good as a good tubed one. In particular, I tried a Klyne at the suggestion of a friend years ago, and it was excellent, but not .......
370: Music Lane, RE: Bernstein's orchestrated version is what originally turned me on to the piece (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-28, 14:35:55 (76.71.51.141)
You know, jdaniel, I read that Bernstein wanted to conduct that all his life. I empathize with his aspiration (I possess and am forever bothering others to play with me all the string quartets scored .......
371: Music Lane, RE: Isn't the 1st mov't something else? Wows me every time. (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-28, 14:21:53 (76.71.51.141)
Me too -- maybe the most extraordinary 1st movt of anything ever! My current (& admittedly fairly long-standing) faves? -- mostly mentioned already: Yale, Italiano, Berg, Budapest. I heard the Italian .......
372: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Celibidache's later pronouncement . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-27, 15:15:10 (76.71.51.141)
I once heard St. Hawking assert 2 great physicists in history: "Newton and me". "That is a great compliment he paid to Eistein," I suggested to my aged pa who almost fell out of the car laughing. Jer .......
373: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Am I the only one . . . seems like heresy? -- Definitely heresy! nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-27, 14:57:05 (76.71.51.141)
n .......
374: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Interesting Toscanini Beethoven's 9th on eBay (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-20, 18:13:57 (76.71.51.141)
Interesting indeed -- I've never seen these before. But note that higher speed is generally for preservation of highest frequencies -- probably not there to begin with. Moreover, note the seller's cav .......
375: Critic's Corner, RE: Paul Messenger (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-20, 15:13:05 (76.71.51.141)
I find his writing quite helpful. In part that may be due to his clear and consistent use of the language: in that, he reminds me a bit of Gordon Holt and John Crabbe (rip). Jeremy .......
376: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Beethoven #9 recommendations? -- Toscanini, but. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-20, 14:58:23 (76.71.51.141)
which of his several recordings are currently available on vinyl you will have to search. All will have sound quality below modern. But the performances are peerless! Jeremy .......
377: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Solti's Legacy (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-20, 14:39:37 (76.71.51.141)
As you know, I strongly agree with your enthusiasm for your preferred Magic Flute. As for the Beethoven concerti with Ashkenazy, I was really stuck on that performance of the 4th until my aged pa made .......
378: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A few [way excellent] opinions (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-14, 22:14:24 (76.71.51.141)
The other poster knows too -- thoughtless he is. Jeremy .......
379: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A few [way excellent] opinions (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-14, 22:12:00 (76.71.51.141)
OK, recit then -- aging without grace. Jeremy .......
380: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A few [way excellent] opinions (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-14, 15:31:07 (76.71.51.141)
I should have mentioned that the Busch Figaro omits dialogue -- still, the performance is extraordinary. I've never heard the Busch Giovanni, but your mentioning it will cause me to seek it out. Last, .......
381: Music Lane, RE: No ducking allowed! ;-) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-13, 12:52:05 (76.71.51.141)
Well, Chris, we disagree at least re "greatest piano concerto ever written" for which soubriquet I'd nominate instead Beethoven's 4th or Mozart's K 466. Were I not modest, I'd add "harrumph" to that. .......
382: Music Lane, RE: Good points - Another Perspective: (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-12, 15:53:15 (76.71.51.141)
I like Rachmaninoff but think of him as a minor master. I really (really) do not understand how his 3d piano concerto has achieved such status as it apparently has. I prefer the 2d as an entire piece, .......
383: Vinyl Asylum, RE: MQA -- Troublemaker!! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-12, 14:13:54 (76.71.51.141)
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384: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A few [way excellent] opinions (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-12, 13:48:12 (76.71.51.141)
TGR: I haven't favorites among the others, but could not agree more re the Kleiber Traviata, the Solti Flute, and the Giulini Giovanni. Re Marriage of Figaro, I prefer the Fritz Busch 1930s performanc .......
385: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Zero100 -- Grin . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-05-05, 16:21:37 (76.71.49.188)
A relative bought one. I think a feather hitting his living-room floor could have made the arm bounce. Jeremy .......
386: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SP-10 Mk 3 (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-29, 21:16:44 (76.71.49.188)
I dunno. I thought to buy one the year they came out. But my friends "in the business" all told me that the SP 10 Mk 2 sounded better. Must say, I never heard either let alone compared them. I compare .......
387: Music Lane, So "from Lafayette" is Lithuanian . . . Who Knew? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-24, 00:04:29 (76.71.49.188)
n .......
388: Music Lane, RE: Which Mahler 2 to start with -- Kubelik, Levine (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-17, 11:33:31 (62.102.148.67)
n .......
389: Music Lane, RE: de Larrocha. . . is my recommendation too, regardless of antomical part (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-17, 11:24:26 (62.102.148.67)
n .......
390: Music Lane, RE: Gergiev doesn't impress me . . . either. But (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-17, 11:18:40 (62.102.148.67)
my sample size is very small -- his performance of Berlioz's Romeo & Juliet. But that's poor enough to discourage me from sampling more of him on spec. Jeremy .......
391: Music Lane, RE: No worries - I have other recordings of Shostakovich's works I don't like [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 20:21:24 (142.113.231.7)
I am more economical than you: I have very few at all. Not that I didn't try. Jeremy .......
392: Music Lane, RE: "Fischer has no interest" -- I Have Similar re Listening to It, and (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 20:18:09 (142.113.231.7)
I'm sommat of a Mahler fan. Jeremy .......
393: Music Lane, RE: "but look at Bruckner." -- And I'll bet Others Are Even Worse!! (n) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:57:00 (142.113.231.7)
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394: Music Lane, RE: Well, you see, THAT is the problem -- Well, (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:51:50 (142.113.231.7)
you're probably right, but I still wonder if I don't hear "Nazi" when I listen to Wagner. Jeremy .......
395: Music Lane, RE: Interesting question -- Remember what Schanbel said . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:45:00 (142.113.231.7)
about Mozart -- easy for children; difficult for adults. Jeremy .......
396: Music Lane, RE: Casals's Age (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:40:50 (142.113.231.7)
I wonder if it is more a matter of his Bach-interpretation era than of his age. He was a good deal older (than when he recorded the Bach) when he conducted an extraordinarily muscular and energetic Mo .......
397: Music Lane, RE: Guess using it for certain parts may be good, but I'm not a fan of circular breathing. (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:34:49 (142.113.231.7)
Re breathing strings, hear the Yale Quartet play Mozart K 421! Jeremy .......
398: Music Lane, RE: There are several writers at AA . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:24:24 (142.113.231.7)
The great performance-critics of my experience have been Berlioz, G. B. Shaw, and B. H. Haggin, but I can't say quite what they do (as distinct from the reactions they produce in me). Jeremy ::: TOPI .......
399: Music Lane, RE: Alkan (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:19:52 (142.113.231.7)
Do you like Alkan? I had limited exposure some decades ago & thought he was way "over the top"; too chicken (yet) to go back for a 2d listen. Jeremy .......
400: Music Lane, RE: My understanding is that the B-flat ("Second") concerto was begun earlier. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-04-01, 19:13:40 (142.113.231.7)
Something like that comes back to me too. Am I also right to recall (really should look this up) that Chopin's 1st piano concerto was actually his 2d, and Schubert's Op. 99 was composed after Op. 100? .......
401: Music Lane, RE: Emerson -- I think he was making excuses for his own mind. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-03-18, 19:04:09 (142.113.231.7)
n .......
402: General Asylum, RE: or "Ass-Pickin' Individual" . . . . (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-03-17, 18:14:38 (142.113.231.7)
n .......
403: Vinyl Asylum, RE: High compliance, low output MC? John, Thanks, as always. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-03-04, 18:33:06 (142.113.231.7)
n .......
404: Vinyl Asylum, RE: High compliance, low output MC? John . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-03-04, 18:04:11 (142.113.231.7)
I notice that some Japanese sellers list very different numbers for static vs. dynamic compliance of the Art 7: typically 35 c.u static, 10 c.u. dynamic. Frankly, I've forgotten which is the one we wa .......
405: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Hybrid Preamps -- With Respect, I Disagree . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-03-04, 16:28:18 (142.113.231.7)
I have heard no ss preamp sound as round, 3-d, "natural" as a good tube preamp. I have heard too few hybrids to know if those differences can be reduced to zero, but I suppose that that would depend o .......
406: Music Lane, Re: turgid -- I like Moegens Woeldike (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-02-25, 22:28:52 (174.89.133.117)
n .......
407: Critic's Corner, RE: Classic Mac Sound (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-02-25, 19:34:58 (174.89.133.117)
Mark: I guess I own "classic Macs" sort of. My amps are 2 1960s Mc 275s bridged for mono. I drive my nominally 8-ohm speakers as if they were 4-ohm because their impedance drops to 6.3 ohms and they a .......
408: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Not for Me -- These things may be personal, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-02-04, 17:48:14 (174.89.133.117)
for me, no planar-magnetic has ever achieved the realistic delicacy of electrostats. Jeremy .......
409: Critic's Corner, RE: Very well -- I have not heard the Scaenas or Nolas, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-01-29, 12:25:47 (174.89.133.117)
From personal experience, I differ with your assessment that "The speakers I've heard using ribbons like Magneplanars, Scaenas and Nolas don't seem to make such sophomoric mistakes . . . ." The Tympan .......
410: Critic's Corner, RE: "Oath helping"? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-01-29, 11:33:42 (174.89.133.117)
Yes. To the extent that a 2d commentary differs, one gets a 2fer -- nothing wrong with that & can be helpful, depending on quality (e,g,. "I think so too -- signed 'Bob'" would be low-quality oath-hel .......
411: Critic's Corner, RE: Actually -- Nevertheless . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-01-28, 19:59:34 (174.89.133.117)
I am unsure of the value of oath-helping. Scores hearing other than what I hear do not change what I hear. Jeremy .......
412: Critic's Corner, RE: Very well -- I have not heard the Scaenas or Nolas, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-01-28, 19:45:40 (174.89.133.117)
the maggie tymp iva certainly, at least to my ears, had distortion at the bottom of the tweeter's passband, and, if memory serves, HP heard the same phenomenon on their model 20, allegedly lessened in .......
413: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class D -- Thanks, All, and I'll Come Clean . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-01-15, 16:10:36 (174.89.133.117)
Does the noise at high-frequency intermodulate with anything below? Jeremy .......
414: Music Lane, RE: DVORAK! István Kertész! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2017-01-07, 22:54:22 (174.89.133.117)
On LP I have the 8th and the Requiem, and I treasure them both. Jeremy .......
415: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Dave, I Have a Vague Memory that . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-31, 22:01:37 (76.66.152.6)
the DL-S1 was wound with gold wire. Might that have caused a comparatively reduced output? Jeremy .......
416: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class D (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-22, 17:12:54 (184.145.42.92)
Yes, I have seen and been impressed by plasma sets, and I agree that they are much better than my CRTs and better than LED sets I have seen. However, broadcast content I find of worth insufficient to .......
417: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class D (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-21, 19:18:43 (184.145.42.92)
Still using CRTs. But I infer that plasma is now over? Jeremy .......
418: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class D (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-20, 19:25:13 (184.145.42.92)
Thank you, Abe. In fact, fm radio and tv are both played in my room. Fm is via antenna, and I am looking to put up a tower for locally available tv. When the material warrants (infrequently), I watch .......
419: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Too much noise? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-20, 19:14:06 (184.145.42.92)
Thanks, Kal. I have followed you re the DEQX Pre-Mate, a bit reluctant because of the complexity(I am an old guy). Still, I edge closer with time, and maybe they'll make it a bit simpler by the time I .......
420: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Rythmic (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-20, 15:09:54 (184.145.42.92)
Thanks, G Squared; I'll have a look. Jeremy .......
421: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Phase Shift (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-20, 15:07:57 (184.145.42.92)
Thank you, JURB. I have actually heard high-frequency phase shift! (I use an exclamation mark because I cannot always hear/identify phenomena heard by others.) Years ago a friend was working on my Nak .......
422: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class D -- Thanks, All, and I'll Come Clean . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-20, 14:55:32 (184.145.42.92)
I ask because of subwoofing interest. I currently use the woofer sections (only) of 2 McIntosh ML 1c speakers. These are connected to their own 250w/ch ss class ab amp from a y-connected pre-amp (the .......
423: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Class D (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-19, 15:57:06 (184.145.42.92)
Can anyone instruct me: Is the noise generated by class d air-borne or line-borne or both? Does that remain a live issue, or have manufacturers learned to filter out such noise? Does class d ever get .......
424: Computer Audio Asylum, RE Allaerts Separation Claims (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-17, 20:47:15 (184.145.42.92)
Ugly: I've marveled at those claims too, but I've nowhere seen them independently verified. If they are legit, especially at higher frequencies, such performance would be tempting to me -- I have hear .......
425: Music Lane, RE Roy Thomson Hall (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-13, 14:21:37 (184.145.42.92)
I attended a few concerts there, more than 2 decades ago, and I thought it not a great hall. I understand it's been modified some since then, mind. Jeremy .......
426: Music Lane, +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-13, 14:05:24 (184.145.42.92)
n .......
427: Music Lane, RE: Your most memorable concerts? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-12-13, 13:41:45 (184.145.42.92)
1. Early 1960s, Beethoven Op. 131, Quartetto Italiano. 2. Also early 1960s, Schubert D 850, Richard Goode. .......
428: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: "Ideally, do you know the LCR metrics?" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-19, 14:12:57 (70.29.96.93)
Zackly! But in the age of "magic" wire, just try to find out those simple values -- does Monster, e.g., disclose any such information? Much like trying to discover wow, rumble and flutter on a turntab .......
429: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Not poor design -- Sorry, These were meant for Lower re Cobra (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-19, 13:59:41 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
430: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Yes... Good Example Was Threshold 400A Which Just Shut Down (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-19, 13:52:53 (70.29.96.93)
Never tried that model. Jeremy .......
431: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I don't think [I] missed the point -- It is always possible . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-16, 12:11:03 (70.29.96.93)
to invent a load that will stress an amp -- Apogee Scintillas were such a load for most amps, and who knows what could be designed in future that would cause a bad reaction from some. Inability to dri .......
432: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Not poor design -- Did Any Such Hi-cap Speaker-wire exist before Cobra? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-15, 16:52:48 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
433: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Not poor design -- But New Design Then (So You R Younger than I!) (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-15, 16:49:30 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
434: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Over the years -- That Wire Design (Capacitance-Be-Damned) Was New & Unepected by Amp Mfrs (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-15, 16:46:16 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
435: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Yur kidding me - right! -- Tell Nelson Pass (See Above) (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-15, 16:42:09 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
436: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Yes... Worked OK with My Mc 275 though, but Didn't Sound Better (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-15, 16:39:07 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
437: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Yes... Good Example Was Threshold 400A Which Just Shut Down (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-15, 16:35:55 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
438: General Asylum, RE: The holidays -- Custom Soundlabs Shaped to Fit My Room (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-15, 16:12:14 (70.29.96.93)
n .......
439: Music Lane, RE: Sunday Morning Opera/ Choral Choice: Colin Davis' Final Berlioz Requiem (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-08, 02:17:03 (70.29.96.93)
Thank you, Kas! It is one of my all-time favorite pieces of music, the apotheosis, I think, of romanticism. Having lived for some time with each of the Ormandy and Abravanel performances, I settled lo .......
440: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: At a certain price point, it's not really worth it to me... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-08, 00:51:52 (70.29.96.93)
Plus 1! And you should give that chicken a break. Jeremy .......
441: General Asylum, RE: I don't get it. But . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-10-07, 15:05:27 (70.29.96.93)
were the Yamaha and Sony V-Fet efforts of 30 years ago thought of as high-water marks? I recall much hope, and then exchanges of puzzled looks, no? Jeremy .......
442: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Is there a stylus . . . Thank you, Anthony! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-29, 11:49:18 (76.66.155.94)
n .......
443: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Is there a stylus guide of "least damage" to vinyl? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-28, 06:37:05 (76.66.155.94)
Flood2: My limited experience tends to accord with your suggestion that Shibata produces h. f. distortion and does so even though the profile was devised to allow greater ease of tracking higher frequ .......
444: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Stuck Platter on my Denon - ffrr had the answer! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-27, 01:41:52 (76.66.155.94)
Thank you mr.bear! I have sent you a private response. Jeremy .......
445: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Is there a stylus guide of "least damage" to vinyl? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-27, 01:22:32 (76.66.155.94)
As I recall, some tech types were very enamoured of the "micro-ridge" shape that Shure introduce on the V-15 5MR (for micro-ridge). I believe ZYX uses that shape today, and I don't know how many other .......
446: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Stuck Platter on my Denon - ffrr had the answer! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-24, 18:54:37 (76.66.155.94)
Might a light penetrating oil have worked as well? I have a DP-3000 with the same problem. What was your reason for wanting your platter off? I thought to clean beneath mine, & perhaps apply 1 or 2 dr .......
447: Music Lane, RE: Sacre takes an experienced conductor/orch. -- Markevitch. nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-06, 18:18:48 (76.66.155.94)
Thank you! I shall watch for her. Jeremy .......
448: Music Lane, RE "Maybe you've been listening to Schnabel too much?" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-05, 23:52:57 (76.66.155.94)
A low blow, Chris. Anyway, there's always Richter. Jeremy .......
449: Music Lane, RE Berlioz -- Great Composer; Gorgeous Music! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-05, 23:46:13 (76.66.155.94)
n .......
450: Music Lane, RE "His West Side Story was pretty good though" . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-05, 23:37:57 (76.66.155.94)
also, I think, his Tchaik 1. Jeremy .......
451: Music Lane, Re surprisingly vital: always surprising when Haitink is vital ;) (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-05, 23:28:18 (76.66.155.94)
n .......
452: Music Lane, RE a lot of great recordings . . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-05, 23:24:20 (76.66.155.94)
I have not returned to verify this for a long while, but my sense has been that Stravinsky was often not the best conductor of his own works. But Markevitch was splendid, particularly on the Rite. And .......
453: Music Lane, RE: Sacre takes an experienced conductor/orch. -- Markevitch. nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-09-05, 23:11:17 (76.66.155.94)
n .......
454: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Odd -- I had exactly the opposite reaction comparing those 2 pres. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-30, 22:47:47 (76.66.155.94)
Interesting, John. I think yours was the better comparison inasmuch as mine was separated in time, and the amps in mine were not identical -- a Hafler amp (100 watt/channel, ss, I've forgotten the mod .......
455: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Analog Planet Visits ARC with 20.7's as their reference (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-29, 19:52:50 (76.66.155.94)
& compared to your Soundlab U1s? Jeremy .......
456: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Odd -- I had exactly the opposite reaction comparing those 2 pres. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 16:29:26 (76.66.155.94)
Yes, the Citation 11 (though I do not have visual memory of the walnut case). To be fair, my "comparison" was separated by a time of perhaps weeks, maybe longer. On the other hand, the equipment and t .......
457: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'm a tube convert... Mazel tov! I coulda told ya . . . . (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 03:40:20 (76.66.155.94)
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458: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I like I Musici on Philips with Roberto Michelucci.... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 03:36:39 (76.66.155.94)
Me too. Also some of their earlier performances of the same works. Jeremy .......
459: Speaker Asylum, +2 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 02:10:09 (76.66.155.94)
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460: Speaker Asylum, Plus 1 re acoustic damping so that diners can mostly just hear themselves. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 02:06:50 (76.66.155.94)
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461: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: My Mac Tube gear sounds good right away. nt (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 01:39:19 (76.66.155.94)
Yeah, mine too. But then, at decades old, ours is probably well warmed up by now. Then again, perhaps that's us. Jeremy .......
462: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: +1 on Luxman aesthetics . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 01:35:13 (76.66.155.94)
If I remember correctly, John Marks quite liked that model. Jeremy .......
463: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: No - McIntosh did preamps well . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 01:32:29 (76.66.155.94)
Strange, I'd take just the opposite view, but I have not heard their very most recent pres. Jeremy .......
464: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Some advice? (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 01:21:51 (76.66.155.94)
If he has a strong yen for McIntosh, for well less than $6k he could acquire a used 6600 or 2275 (which is tubed); I don't know much about the pre-amp sections of either, but the amp sections should b .......
465: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Odd -- I had exactly the opposite reaction comparing those 2 pres. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 00:58:26 (76.66.155.94)
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466: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Don't live in the past . . . Well . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 00:54:14 (76.66.155.94)
Today I use 2 1960s Mc 275s each in mono (about 180 watts each on a good day). Don't know if they're "the best", but they are good enough to take "amps" off my "must improve" or even "might look for b .......
467: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: ST-70 (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 00:40:10 (76.66.155.94)
I felt the same way. So I bought mine back & ultimately gave it to my son who still uses it. Way cool (in the vernacular sense) amp if you don't need more power. Wonderful sounding even by today's sta .......
468: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: grounding SUT question (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-28, 00:18:03 (76.66.155.94)
I am no expert, and my experience is limited in that over the decades my pre-amps have all had built-in phono stages, but a wire from sut to pre-amp ground usually (but not always -- the exception was .......
469: Music Lane, RE: Fair question -- How bout B. Britten? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 01:32:31 (76.66.152.47)
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470: Music Lane, RE: oh yeah... that's right. -- Should Your Repeated "I Know . . ." (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 01:27:18 (76.66.152.47)
Be sung to a slow and ponderous or light and fruity tempo? Jeremy .......
471: Music Lane, RE: no girlie speakers -- I've Always Thought My Speakers To Be . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 01:24:16 (76.66.152.47)
androgenous, but perhaps that's mere bigotry. Jeremy .......
472: Music Lane, RE: Certainly know what you mean... But the question is . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 01:12:08 (76.66.152.47)
Can the music be performed by other than dancing cowboys? (Must say, my vinyl performances are audio only, so I cannot answer whether they prove or disprove.) Jeremy .......
473: Music Lane, RE: You pose a valid question, and the answers are found in the nature and history of the art form (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 01:07:01 (76.66.152.47)
Good try, John, but I'm not sure it works. E.g., "Slower is not always better. However, when a slower tempo allows the orderly and organic presentation of telling musical details, it is better. Celi i .......
474: Music Lane, RE: "Bach's B-minor Mass is nothing but sacred music" . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 00:53:00 (76.66.152.47)
With respect, I disagree; I think it's more than that. Jeremy .......
475: Music Lane, RE: I thought Kinkade himself was the Lawrence Welk of painting? [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 00:47:00 (76.66.152.47)
And Lawrence Welk the Florence Foster Jenkins of . . . oh, never mind. Jeremy .......
476: Music Lane, RE: Thinking about it a bit more. . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 00:31:20 (76.66.152.47)
Anti-vinyl and analog(ue)??!!!! -- That's it; I'm outa here!! Jeremy .......
477: Music Lane, RE: It'sa not at all Humble opinion -- With Due Respect, Tim, . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 00:27:25 (76.66.152.47)
I hope you don't purport to speak for others here. I, for one, have not noticed any fall-off of interest, except, perhaps, after Brian Cheney's death. Then again, as you know, I don't esteem HIP as do .......
478: Music Lane, RE: Then there's Janacek's Mass: And What about the Missa Solemnis . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 00:20:24 (76.66.152.47)
. . . perhaps the greatest Mass ever written, but I'm not sure how religious (though I sometimes feel religious listening to it)-- just me, of course. Jeremy .......
479: Music Lane, RE: "You know it when you see (or hear, or feel) it." (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 00:15:47 (76.66.152.47)
Another possibility -- more likely, I suspect -- is that the religious feeling arises from the listener. Who knows what the performers (or authors, for that matter) were really thinking and feeling. W .......
480: Music Lane, RE: Your own points are very well taken too! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-08-01, 00:07:09 (76.66.152.47)
For me it's more an aesthetic awareness. Jeremy .......
481: Music Lane, RE: Mahler 2nd at Ravinia last Saturday -- Envy! (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-31, 23:59:52 (76.66.152.47)
Great symphony! Great orchestra. Great conductor. So, can you elaborate? How did Levine seem physically? Jeremy .......
482: Speaker Asylum, RE: ML-1C -- I use 2 of them as subs; works well too. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-31, 16:30:10 (76.66.152.47)
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483: Speaker Asylum, RE: Julian's listneing room... I also agree re importance of pre, (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-31, 16:15:38 (76.66.152.47)
and pre-amps seem to be very hard to do right, or, at least, harder than amps. Jeremy .......
484: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Current vs. Vintage -- My tech thinks that old McIntosh is . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-31, 15:40:17 (76.66.152.47)
much better built than new. FWIW. I use old. Jeremy .......
485: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SP10 Mk3 -- FWIW . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-23, 19:19:54 (76.66.152.47)
In 1982, a retailer offered to sell me an SP 10 Mk3 with base and cover for Cdn$2750. At that time, the "insider" take among broadcasters in the area was that the Mk 2 was a better, and better-soundin .......
486: Music Lane, RE: "[E]xcellent Schubert String Quintet" indeed!! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-17, 16:14:37 (76.66.152.47)
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487: Music Lane, RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- Put 'em up! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-17, 16:10:42 (76.66.152.47)
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488: Music Lane, RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- acme is Quartetto Italiano (nt) (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-16, 17:28:56 (76.66.152.47)
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489: Speaker Asylum, RE: Spendor: why "seamless" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-10, 14:03:21 (174.89.135.121)
I've used the term myself but never asked why before, so thanks! I think what I (at least) have meant by it is a plausible, familial consistency of timbre across the available frequency range, so that .......
490: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: "lean/bright/detailed" (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-07-01, 12:43:04 (174.89.135.121)
Interesting -- my experience was "rolled off & slightly dead on top". But I agree with you about impressive bass. Jeremy .......
491: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Is there any real benifit sonically between class A, AB etc... (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-06-26, 15:44:34 (174.89.135.121)
My experience has been that the sonic benefit of (competently designed) tubed circuits over ss is far, far greater than that of class A over other classes. Jeremy .......
492: Speaker Asylum, RE: T.H.E. Show Speaker report, and excess opinionated rants (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-06-20, 22:01:30 (174.89.135.121)
I agree with most of the above, and I particularly recall Gordon Holt advocating recordings of live, unamplified music for assessing equipment. I have had useful symphonies, lieder, and especially str .......
493: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: "I built one. You had to be there." Ditto. Grin! And today, (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-06-20, 16:36:39 (174.89.135.121)
my younger son still happily uses it, somewhat tarted up courtesy Bob Latino. Jeremy .......
494: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Help needed: Hashimoto HM3 SUT matching my ZYG Airy3 Cart (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-06-20, 15:35:27 (174.89.135.121)
I believe that "R" is a letter used by those who cannot find an "ohm" key on their computers. I would interpret "12R (7-40R)" as "12 ohms; acceptable for cartridges rated between 7 and 40 ohms". Jere .......
495: General Asylum, RE: Does anyone understand McIntosh? Well . . . . (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-05-21, 15:37:47 (70.26.21.241)
having cycled through a fair amount of other equipment, both tube and transistor, for about 50 years, I ended up with 2 275s, a C22, and 2 MR-78s. The C-22 benefited from much modification; the rest s .......
496: Speaker Asylum, RE: Your Subwoofer (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-05-15, 13:05:28 (70.49.247.172)
Thx. Now that I have retired, I have time for carpentry &c. My subs will be placed against walls but I have no available corners. I intend to use Velodyne SMSes for equalization, and am looking for ca .......
497: Speaker Asylum, RE: Your Subwoofer (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-05-13, 14:16:56 (70.49.247.172)
Allen: Can you (lawfully) provide any design/construction details of your custom subs? Thanks, Jeremy .......
498: Speaker Asylum, RE: Infinity RS1B (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-04-18, 16:02:05 (70.30.88.37)
Well, I think "the audition [did] work out" -- it showed major imperfection in a product that reviews and casual first impressions had suggested was very impressive. It precluded my wasting salient mo .......
499: Speaker Asylum, RE: Infinity RS1B (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-04-17, 22:05:41 (70.30.88.37)
I actually thought of buying them. A dealer set them up in my house for about a week. Good thing too -- something in the upper mids made great sopranos sound (approximately) hoarse. Some violin notes .......
500: Digital Drive, RE: Digital -still improving (0.00)
Posted by goldenthal on 2016-04-08, 13:16:56 (70.30.88.37)
"What I'd like to add, is that common audio measurements have never been shown to have any positive correlation with perceived audio quality, as long as certain minimum performance levels are met." Th .......
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