LarryC

Cleve, I attached one pic here. You need to attach one-by-one by uploading to the Klipsch server while writing, editing, or replying to a message. I could have inserted this directly into the message, but didn't have my instructions handy. Picky did a very nice job of gathering and entering names of people in a pic in his thread "Group Photo Screen Name IDs - Can You Please Help?" It would be neat if someone could do that here, though many folks unfortunately didn't step forward to identify themsleves. Larry

---------------- On 6/23/2004 7:01:43 PM Marvel wrote: Below are the rules for the Canopus forum.... ---------------- Marvel, Is it just me, or do the Canopus rules seem clear, acceptable, and most likely effective? I could see benefit to emphasizing some of them here. Fini was "political"? Larry

Thebes, where are you in NoVA? I'm NW of DC in MD, and GaryMD is NE of me. Larry

While folks do have different searching habits and approaches, none are universal enough to cause Home Audio regulars to regularly scroll past "ProMedia," "Commercial Audio," "Aragon Electronics," and "Klipsch en Español," to find out what's what in this rather sleepy corner. Nor do I see how we can advertise it, unless someone regularly takes the trouble to announce in 2-Channel that there's an exciting pizzicato thread way down in "Entertainment." I guess I would still like to see this under Home Audio. Just MHO, of course. Larry

6C33B, in an OTL

Scriven is to Johnny Db's right, looking over Boomac's left shoulder.

---------------- On 6/23/2004 12:49:50 PM damonrpayne wrote: Sorry I didn't attach properly, try this. I added: LarryClare, hallwalker, William F. Gil McDermot, Bill H, Boomac. (You can see J-malotky's hair to the right of JohnnyDb) ---------------- Edit.

I'm not handy with the white pen, but am the blue shirt between GaryMD and PaulParrot. Boomac is to the immediate right of Gary (to his left), in the yellow shirt. Larry

If you have a few 4" or 6" lengths of your speaker wire lying around, why not try it to see what you think?

---------------- On 6/22/2004 5:47:30 PM Colin wrote: whatcha talking bout Willis? I post about T3 and Nick Berg video and Paris Hilton video, and what about the best female vocalist? was that here? that went on for days... ---------------- Oops, Colin, I posted below before I read this one. It must depend on whether one even knows about this forum -- I'd never heard of it until Gary told me about your pizzicato thread. While it's a very logical area of interest and should be more popular, I don't always check down here myself. Sorry your discs have been a mixed bag so far. Old Russian recordings can be a problem. The disc set I have is good. I think the best female and male vocalist threads were in 2-Channel. Larry

---------------- On 6/22/2004 4:35:42 PM thebes wrote: I know this is primarily a gear site, but the gear is the means to get to the music and movies. Movies get some play here but music threads seem to die,die, die. Should we ask that this section be moved up to Audio and the Games to Promedia? ---------------- Right on target, Thebes! If this forum was intended to cut across home audio and electronics forums, it's turned out to be an unknown backwater for all of them. I agree it should be moved to Home audio, where many, maybe most, members interested in music hang out, and music threads really take off. Look at the numerous posts and great interest in recent Home Audio/2-Channel threads like Beethoven's 6th and a Yo-Yo Ma concert -- and then compare that with how this forum's "Pizzicato recommendations" petered out quickly at 9 posts by 3 people. Like you said. Moderator, what do you think? Larry

---------------- Picture 2 is Steve Bailey of Klispch. Steve Bailey again in picture 8, he was pretty much everywhere. ---------------- I understand that was Steve Phillips of Klipsch. Larry

Pair of AK-4 updates for '62 K-horns.

---------------- On 6/18/2004 10:32:08 AM garymd wrote: OK. You twisted my arm. One condition though Craig. We need to work on your spelling and grammer. ---------------- I can't tell you how much I hate to note this -- it's grammar. Can I stay, too? Larry

My deepest condolences. Larry

Colin, Did you ever give those a listen? Hope you liked the recommendations! Larry

"Gary, I think you should really try an OTL amp...." LOL! -- Just what he wanted to hear!

I do believe that what one likes shapes his or her component choices, and likewise that component selections can affect what one enjoys listening to. Changes in my system have affected what I like to hear and vice versa. For myself, I have definitely "tuned" my system to bring out the best in classical, and only classical. It's ended up with a rather thin upper bass sound, which I suspect helps definition but definitely not slam. Things I listen for are classical-oriented, such as how cellos sound, how realistically soft violins are, and how accurate woodwinds, brass and percussion sound. Voices are very important, as MarkD says. I definitely consider cymbals, which can be a tonearm and cartridge as well as an electronics issue. Then, in addition to these, I listen for how distinct the instruments and voices are from each other, and how distinct they are from background silence, and from noise such as record scratch. In all, I have tried to choose components that aid in all these factors. Larry

FYI and FWIW, I think I've tracked down a fine performance of the Adagio on CD, after LOTS of listening to samples on towerrecords.com that I wasn't very happy with, and comparing with versions I already had. It is by Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra, on EMI Classics 5-74768-2, a repackaged album called "Favourite Adagios." Other recordings I like are an unfortunately grainy, noisy, 1942 Toscanini recording, and I Musici's very fine version on an old Phillips LP. However, I believe Stokowski worked his special magic in pulling out exceptional emotionality and beautiful string tone, and generating a very integrated interpretation from his orchestra. I'll have the CD at Indy. Larry

Beautiful -- outstanding sense of design IMHO.

Great, I certainly hope you like them, let us know. Sorry it looks like you won't be at Indy. Larry

---------------- On 6/4/2004 3:21:38 PM vinylfreak wrote: Well, being 'quiet' isn't exactly a problem, but the hiss just seems to be loud on the quiet passages. It's so annoying that I like to just go into the other room and listen (where the hiss is less audible to me) ---------------- I'm puzzled, too. It almost sounds like your CD source is playing at too low a level, and you have to turn your preamp up way far, to the point that preamp hiss becomes audible. I have a wide variety and large number of piano recordings, but almost no problems with too low a recording level in quiet passages. Solo pianos can be, and I think usually are, recorded at a relatively high level, so that noise in the recording itself is barely audible -- hence my thought that it's preamp hiss you're hearing. Do you only have this problem with piano CDs, or with all of them? What about your LP piano recordings? Larry

---------------- On 6/4/2004 1:35:28 AM SCOOTERDOG wrote: Well looks like everything is a go for our move to Idaho. So we are exiting California June 30th and will be setting up shop in Twin Falls. ---------------- Great, Scooter -- I grew up in Boise and have been going back every summer for over a decade. Many great drives, though distances are sometimes long: City of Rocks, a wild place scenically and national draw for rock climbing, is not far from TF; Craters of the Moon, Sun Valley, Galena Pass and the Sawtooths; Lemhi Pass, the Beaverheads and Bitterroots in case the History of Lewis and Clark's first crossings of the Continental Divide interest you and your family; Hell's Canyon (farther away on rough roads, via a beautiful drive through McCall and down the Little Salmon to get there!) and Bruneau Canyon (closer, just off better, "improved" roads), etc. Good luck and happy move! Larry

A seriously great world-class lament. If I recall correctly, it was played over and over again at Princess Grace's service,suiting the mood all too well. Starting life as the slow movement to his string quartet Op. 11, Barber re-orchestrated it for string orchestra, and sent it to Arturo Toscanini around 1936 or 1937. Toscanini premiered the string orchestra version in November, 1938, in an NBC symphony broadcast. It has been terrifically popular in the classical lit ever since. The quartet version has only 4 parts, of course -- most likely the usual 2 violins, viola and cello. The far more richly scored string orchestra version adds string basses, and frequently divides the cellos, violas, and/or violins into two parts, so that there are between five and nine string parts total in any one place! There are no voices or other instrumental parts in Barber's version. Larry

---------------- On 6/1/2004 10:27:40 AM maxg wrote: Guy, The thumbnail page is a riot - 33 variants - no wonder I am getting confused!!! and tracking weights from 1.4 for the M model to 2.5 for the standard model!!! I think Tony had the D - but I am not sure. Anyway - if your settings work for you - then leave it there - this is way to confusing for my addled brain to cope with!! ---------------- Guy and Max - The only 2.5g tracking force in the VA's Denon chart is for the DL103, with a 0.2 mm "special round" stylus. That sounds like what has been called "conical" -- i.e., no narrow 0.07 mm stylus edge leaning into the groove wall. I think they've historically been able to track at higher weights. All the other Denons are elliptical and are spec'd at 1.8 or less. Larry