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  1. Hi-Fi
    Today I decided I want to get an sound system for my room so that I can listen to classical music. So I was wondering which system I should get or if I should get something else to listen to classical music. So I’m curious what you use and if you have any recommendations. For anyone wondering, I...
  2. Recorded Music and Publications
    An interesting article on the justly famous Decca Sound http://www.polymathperspective.com/?p=2484
  3. Opera
    Lately, I've been obsessed with Wagner (and Debussy). I love the Knappertsbusch Parsifal (pictured below), in addition to this, I'm looking for a modern stereo recording of Parsifal with great sound. By modern, I don't strictly mean within the past twenty years, as long as it's stereo with great...
  4. Classical Music Discussion
    An interesting pair of articles by Mark N. Grant for NewMusicBox. He goes on to reveal names of celebrated composers who "betrayed their inability to recognize whether their own damn notes were being correctly sounded or not". Enjoy... (Part 1)...
  5. Hi-Fi
    After a couple of months of research and reading tons of online reviews and discussions, I've recently picked up a new pair of IEMs in the $100 range (RHA MA750i). Anyone who has ever looked at getting new audio equipment for sound output (speakers, headphones and IEMs) knows that you can pay...
  6. Vocal Music
    Well, here is another "is it just me or..." posts: I really dislike Schwartzkopf's voice, no matter how technically well and expressively she sings. Too much of a nasal, "witchy" sound, neither transparency as in a light voice, nor body or warmth. Am I alone? (A note: the only recording I have...
  7. Off Topic Pub
    When using VLF AM radio, one will hear a strange whistling sound that descends rapidly. That would be lightning. There is lightning going off somewhere on the earth every second of everyday. A lightning flash penetrates the plasma bands surrounding the planet creating ripples which then race...
  8. Opera
    Unlike most of you very likely I also like pop music and many pop singers have what I'd call a raspy sound. My voice hurts very quickly if I try to mimic this but they make whole careers with this sound. Singers with this sound include Aretha, Michael McDonald, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Durante...
  9. Music Theory
    Music is sound, and sound is harmonic, and harmony is instantaneous, and sound is being, and being is always now. Can you dig it, man? All function came from the vertical. All else is arbitrary, and came after. All scales are modeled after the harmonic series. Harmony is instantaneous. All...
  10. Solo & Chamber Music
    Can anyone tell me about this recording (on the Nonesuch label, I think)? Performance (especially) and the recorded sound. Thank you.
  11. Orchestral Music
    I have seen many discussions as to which of the "Big Five" orchestras (Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia) is "best." That discussion is so subjective that it is not worth pursuing. Aside from the general excellent play of these orchestras, there are differences. Back in the day...
  12. Opera
    Anyone here use this or have any opinions about it? I just signed up for the 7 day free trial and I've watched a few minutes of 2 operas already, Marriage of Figaro and Tristan Und Isolde, and they both have pretty atrocious sound quality. These are supposed to be HD quality so I figured they...
  13. Hi-Fi
    http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/even-vegas-strangers-agree-340-audiophile-cables-make-no-difference/ Anyone here seriously believes ethernet cables are directional and can improve sound?.
  14. Solved Cases (archive)
    In the (superb) film Babette's Feast, during the scene where Babette is contemplating what to do with her new money, one of the sisters plays a simple tune on the piano - 3/4 time, melody is G G G | G FE | E F E| E D| along with thirds below. Rhythm is | x x x | x. x\ x | x x. x\| o x | This...
  15. Vocal Music
    I'm pretty hyped about this new album. It's 19 motets by, IMO, the greatest composer of Renaissance motets since Josquin, finally performed & recorded closely miked with the kind of sound, blend, attention to intonation, and balance between the voices that make this music approachable and reveal...
  16. Classical Music Discussion
    Say you have tickets for a full season of piano concerts at you local auditorium. Imagine that for every concert the pianists play the same pieces, on the same piano, tuned the exact same way and placed at the same position on the stage. Furthermore the public that attends the concert is always...
  17. Hi-Fi
    Why planar magnetic headphones? Good for classical? Heard that they are more neutral and accurate in sound...
  18. Hi-Fi
    I am curious why people make such a huge deal with sound leakage in headphones? I thought that having more sound radiation helps improve the quality?
  19. Opera on DVD, Blu-ray and CD
    For a special event I need well known opera arias in the highest sound and picture quality level. For example: which Nessun Dorma is available in UHD picture and sound preferably on blu ray? Thanks for your help!
  20. Recorded Music and Publications
    Unlike the piano only valueing the dynamic, harpsichord need layers of sound to make musical integrity, it is very sensitive to evaluate the recording quality with harpsichords. Harpsichord for me is a touchstone to test a labels recording quality.I personally also avoid vocal and other...
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