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I'm Matthew.
After Brahms, his friend Schumann. The 1956 Nixa-Westminster recording of his 4th Symphony by the LPO under Sir Adrian Boult, beautifully restored by First Hand Records and released in the second of two 3-CD sets featuring these recordings. Well worth seeking out for anybody interested in Schumann's music, Adrian Boult, or noteworthy recordings.
Pioneer PL12D II * Audio Technica AT95e * Denon DCD720ae * Yamaha YBA-11 * Yamaha A-S501 * Dynaudio DM2/6 * Beyer Dynamic DT770PRO
L'Arpeggiata - All 'Improvviso [cd]
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Location: Northamptonshire
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I'm Matthew.
Using the headphone system while my wife watches 'One Born Every Minute'!
Listening to Alan Rawsthorne's Piano Concerto No.1 played by Peter Donohoe with the Ulster Orchestra on Naxos. Part of their 'British Piano Concerto' series.
Pioneer PL12D II * Audio Technica AT95e * Denon DCD720ae * Yamaha YBA-11 * Yamaha A-S501 * Dynaudio DM2/6 * Beyer Dynamic DT770PRO
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I'm Tom.
#5 from this set:
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Picked up the following today on vinyl at some charity shops in Mold:
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Got this coming - for some reason, I hadn't clocked that it became available on SACD.
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Gradually wending my way through this box set - 27 symphonies.
Some are absolute gems - but most are ho-hum!
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I'm James.
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Nice one, James - I love Handel's music.
Marriner's Bruckner is decent enough but not great - the choral motets are the best thing on the disc, imo.
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Location: South downs
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I'm James.
Hehe, I'm on a Handel trip at the moment... Cant get enough of it
Now playing:
I bought most of these Virgin Veritas CD's because they were very affordable & I'm yet to be unimpressed with any works Emma Kirkby puts her name to - They are really very good, highly recommended
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