SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Rebbi, Sorry, and mildly surprised, to hear that your AN 300B is not driving your deCapos entirely to your satisfaction. I have no experience with the kind of music that is not being reproduced acc... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I found that running the dedicated circuits easily made as much, and possibly more difference, as adding the CV387s and WE 101D replicas.The existing AC in the music room was pretty ba... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I'm in the process of setting up the main system in Tennessee. I had dedicated circuits run a couple of weeks ago. Best move I ever made! Oh my, what a difference!I'm using a long ... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).I've always loved mountains, both real and metaphorical. This one looks like a pretty nice neighborhood. posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Len, I do have some Stern recordings I really like. I heard him live once, back in about 87-88. I have never heard a worse sounding recital. It was like really bad 1984 vintage digital. I could not... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, Of the three you mentioned, a priori I would buy them in the order Melos, Berg, and Emerson. A word of advice. Schubert knows his Schubert!He has directed me towards some recordings I ... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, it occurred to me that you might like to investigate some of the recordings of Micsha Maisky. He is a portage of Rostrapovioch, having studied under him at the Moscow conservatory. He is a... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, your analysis of my situation is spot on. It is hard for me to use restraint in dealing with bullies. I was the guy that took down the locker room bully. This just wasn't worth the trouble... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, the Tatiana/Monk duet would be heavenly, without question. For most of the last 40 years, I have been a classical purist. More recently, I have become more open to classical crossover. The... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, The "Russians" had a set up for training somewhat akin to the Soviet run Olympic mill that churned out some spectacular talent. The state was going to sanction certain activities and suppo... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, not to worry, my friend! There is a reason why I have probably a half a dozen complete cycles of the 32 LvB piano sonatas, and would like to own several more.I think you have a goo... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I think I could go live in a cave, provided it had clean mains, and be perfectly happy with the equipment and music library I currently own. As I listen, its very easy to conclude everythi... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I don't have the Leipziger's recording, but I do have a large number of the Leipzig Quartets recordings on MSG. They could be the core group for the recording you mention, with additional ... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, sonata 32 is Op. 111. I have two recordings of the septet. The Scharoun ensemble recording on the Tudor label is a fine sounding recording and a good performance. The Op 71 sextet is also ... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, the Op 20 septet was scored for clarinet, french horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. It was one of the few pieces he wrote that was wildly popular in his lifetime. It is ... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Shawbros, interesting comments. I've not tried the Millard gz34s in the Frank's, but I have not been overly impressed with the black bases in other applications. For the most part,I actually prefer... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, Hoyer is a Cleveland native. The hometown boy has more support than any QB since another local, Bernie Kosar, lead the team to some notable near misses with the SB. As for me, he has won m... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Len, they just bought land 4 miles from my new house. One of 4 new sites in the country this year. Not so scarce as you might think. Pretty decent presence in E. Tn. No snake handlers for me. posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Len, that is a profound observation, even by the standards you have already set. In a single phrase, it captures exactly the best spirit of this forum. posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, Good to know that you are hearing an improvement right out of the box, as I did. The tubes will continue to improve with additional hours. I think we can consider the CV387s a must have it... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Isochronism,My rig sings like angels and I have seven kids. Clearly, my equipment need make no apologies.As for Charles as a cheerleader, I'm thinking he's more of a coach type. posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).It is nice to see this kind of consensus developing on the Mullards. It really helps all of us when we have such a highly discerning group of owners sharing their findings. I agree with Davids take... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, Thanks for the comments on the Jupiters. At a certain point, that kind of upward step is about all that is left for us. It could be argued that that the only "transformative" tweak would b... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, Exactly! I can think of better investments than spending megabucks proving that Israel was right after all. I am itching to give those caps a try. Oh, those pesky warranty periods.... posted over 9 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Charles, I don't know if you have seen this review of various rectifiers.http://www.head-fi.org/t/694525/dubstep-girls-massive-5ar4-5r4-5u4g-rectifier-review-comparison-rectifer-tube-rollin... posted over 9 years ago | View comment |