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NOTE: The clamping factor will obviously differ from person to person, but I'm surprised to find little mention of it, as it is the sole reason I'd never think twice about...
When I listened to the sound for the 1st time, I was hit by it. I was punched by the not-punchy-bass. I was hoping it would offer much better bass response than SE315.. equals to Klipsch Image...
Synopsis: The Aurisonics AS-1b is a very nice custom-fit monitor with a sound tuned for the needs of professional musicians performing on stage. It gives the listener a mid-centric sound that...
HiFiMAN HE400
By now I think most of us are familiar with the history behind the HiFiMAN HE-series headphones. What started with a single model has grown into a full...
I was in Japan and was looking at headphones to buy. I had a cheap budget of about 4000 yen or circa $40. I bought this headphone because it was on sale for $30 and was very good looking. It was...
I believe Milstein is most commonly recommended for Bach's solo violin stuff, although I have minimal experience with him. There is a clip of Milstein playing the Chaconne on Youtube, and it's very nice, although I'm not sure if I prefer it to Hahn's rendition.
Heard part of a Beethoven cello sonata on local public radio, so off to Amazon to get the "best". They said Fournier/Kempff. I've no idea how good it is relative to any others, since I've not heard them before.
What impresses me about the disc is that is the only one in memory of an instrumental duet where the instruments have distinct, separate, but integrated sound. On my K501, cello is at 10:00 and the piano at 2:00, but with some reverberant space around them. A 1965 "live" recording, which I take to mean concert. Quite remarkable.
I have listened to many of the versions posted above and they are indeed excellent.
I love Bach's sonatas and partitas for violin solo. I have 3 versions including Perlman, but my favorite is Sergio Luca playing his Amati.
Tchaikovsky's and Mendelsohn's violin concertos are wonderful, as is Bach's concerto for 2 violins. Kreisler has some lovely pieces for Violin and Piano (Amazon.com: The Kreisler Album: Joshua Bell, Fritz Kreisler, Paul Coker: Music).
Favorite violinists: Joshua Bell, Perlman, Stern, Menuhin amongst others.
Faborite cellists: Cassals, Rostropovich, Yo Yo Ma
IMO Stern sounds like he's straining when he plays.....especially in Symphonie Espagnole
And Menuhin has a very ripe, mushy sound...his Mendelssohn and Bruch are somewhat too sloppy.