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I'm still enjoying my recently acquired Barenboim set recorded by EMI in the late 60's. I've been trying to get on with some of the Brendel work but I can't bring myself to like it enough yet. With regard to the string quartets I've been enjoying the...
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Nah, this thread is not worthy of such a discussion!rgds,Guy...
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You might write a venous attack on Vitavox but it would be about 12 years too late! You could try to make fun of SME but what would be the point? They are another company who, like them or not, make honest products for ordinary people who want to pla...
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Surely one of the objectives of this site is to allow people to be guided towards good sound by discussing the issues involved in getting there. Whether that entails discussing the merits of different recordings or performances or whether it entails ...
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Ok, so imagine I'm someone living in the US with a keen interest in playing my collection of CD's and LPs. I need some speakers priced between 5000 and 10000 dollars to go with my 25 watt tube amp. I won't buy Edgars because Bruce once said that bent...
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Of all the manufacturers you could be poking fun at you've chosen two who actually care about what they make and sell. Whenever I encounter Bruce Edgar he always strikes me as a courteous and serious guy trying to offer value for money, high performa...
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I don't know this Steve Klein. I don't know what bullshit he uses to sell Audio Note's products in the US. If that is what you are attempting to satirise then fine.I am quite familiar with Audio Note Japan's (Kondo) products. I don't use any at the m...
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National is the brand name of Richardson Electronics http://www.rell.com/They buy and have bought tubes from factories all over the world and rebranded them 'National'When I worked for a UK based tube amp manufacturer some 10 years ...
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If identical performances the same piano were given in different venues the 'indentation of recreated space' can never be the same as the acoustic properties of the venue are a part of that indentation.When this sound is then reproduced anywhere...
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"So many people today are interested in audio only to make money, or for show, or as one of their many passing hobbies"I occasionally go to the meetings of a recorded music society. A group of maybe 50 mainly older (50+) people gather in one of the l...
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Hi Romy,Is this date right? Simon Rattle was 22 in 1977 and was appointed assistant conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in that year. I didn't think he joined the CBSO until 1980.Coming originally from Birmingham, I've been lucky enough to ...
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The musical performances on the disc all seem excellent to me. I particularly liked the Kodaly cello piece which was new to me. The sound quality (when played on the ghetto blaster) seems pretty good as well. It certainly brings that machine to life....
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Mine arrived too. Many thanks Romy. Unfortunately, my TEAC CD Player is very fussy about some CDR's and won't recognise them. It has turned its nose up at this! It can sometimes be persuaded, we'll see. In the meantime I'll be trying the music on a l...
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Hi Romy,On the Ortofon website those models of the SPU which don't come with inbuilt transformers, have a recommended load of >100 ohm. Using the cartridge into too low an impedance load definitely does lift the lower frequencies. Too high and the...
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What impedance is the SPU working into? My recollection (10 years since I used one) is that it liked to see a very low impedance load. I would expect puffy, diffuse low frequencies if the impedance was too high. I do recall that it was a very 'm...
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Hi Romy,Ok why be so specific. I don't want to be seen defending participants in the audio industry. However, why stop there? What about the morons who are interested in audio and whose money keeps the industry morons in employment. 99% of those peop...
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I work in the audio industry. I know several others who are in the same position. What our roles are within the companies we work for may not necessarily indicate our own views or preferences regarding what we consider to be good equipment. My c...
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I don't know the full story of how loudspeakers went from field coils to permanent magnets. I believe that ultimately it was dictated by the price and availability of Alnico. Eventually Alnico became cheap enough to make similar or higher strength ma...
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Romy,If you use the plastic surround S2's from 500-5KHz won't you still have the bulge that concerned you at around 1.2K? I thought you suggested that the metal suspension units didn't have this bulge.Otherwise it seems a nice idea, albeit a bit expe...
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In your earlier piece about how to use the S2 'properly' you wrote"Whatever happens between the 400 and 2,5 is pretty much unnecessary for you garbage. So, get any known to you soft capacitor of 3uF and place it in series with the S2 driver. This wil...
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Hi Romy,I feel very pleased for you. I was always somewhat puzzled by your descriptions of how you felt the S2 sounded, particularly between 600 and 1200 Hz. My experiences with a few different horns but always with a good quality SE amp were invaria...
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On the line stage I currently use I haven't got around to fitting a selector switch so I really do have to change the cabling arrangement each time I want to listen to a different source. As I only really use 2 sources and occasionally an fm tuner wi...
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Hi Romy,I've tried several linestage circuits none of which have been entirely successful.I'm currently slowly building a line stage based on a choke loaded 10Y tube. See VT52.com, DIY, projects, Firefly. This is about as simple as it might get. I wi...
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Hi RomyI started enjoying the music of Arvo Part about 2 years ago when I heard the haunting Spiegel Im Spiegel.While Ive been here Ive also been to performances including the music of Eduard Tubin and Maart Saar.It all has a very distinctive & p...
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Thanks for the tips. Tallinn is a sensational place to hear alot of good music (if a little cold for cockroaches) The tickets to hear the Symphony orchestra are about 9 dollars. The Estonian music academy also has free recitals almost every evening a...
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Hi RomyDo you have favourite versions of these pieces preferably recorded in the last 50 yearsWould they be by the same pianist or does the Liszt require particular capabilities of the player perhaps not needed by the Chaconne.Excuse the absence of p...
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Nice to see the glow tubes. Shunt reg for the driver or something else?What type of rectifier/smoothing do the amps use?...
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If you happen to walk into a room at a show and it sounds good then at least one component in there is good. Maybe they all are.If the sound is bad it is always useful to ask the person conducting the demonstration what they really think of it. If th...
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Hi Romy, I suppose I carry in my head, a general approximation of the sound of an orchestra. Whether that is how it sounds in a hall in Birmingham, London, Tallin, Paris or wherever else I've been to concerts doesn't matter. While the acous...
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Hi Romy,I hope you're feeling better.This individual used to be a theatre actor (and sometime critic) and used to participate in and go to plays much of the time. Since an unfortunate accident he is now wheelchair bound and cannot get to theatre easi...
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