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I also received this email from Xin.  I ordered the Reference amp in August of 2007.  I responded, but there is no chance that I'll purchase the product.

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik If you like dark and melodic, how come Beethoven's Seventh isn't on your list? You will love it - especially the second movement. Go get yourself a copy! absolutely. kleiber's 5th/7th is a must. staying with beethoven, the dark and...

excellent site for the classical neophyte: link.

Quote: Originally Posted by john53 With a little search on the internet,i found two classical melodies i really love and they are both from beethoven(didn't know that,what a shame) Moonlight sonata Fur Elise Please,give me some recommendations on these two.Preferably on sacd...

Quote: Originally Posted by ok computer Or you could get an isolation tank. I'd imagine taping ping pong balls to your eyes would provide a lot of discomfort and defeat the purpose. yes, an isolation chamber would work very well. fortunately, they're as common as starbucks. i...

if you consider white noise to be music, here you go: 1. choose room with decent light and no extraneous noise 2. employ white noise (white noise machine or cd; radio static; etc.) 3. cut ping pong ball in half 4. tape the halved ping pong balls onto eyes 5. wait for mind to fill in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigrigdog Doves: Kingdom of Rust (these guys should be more popular than Coldplay) just like elbow should be. elbow - powder blue (from asleep in the back)

nick drake - pink moon cowboy junkies - the trinity session

if there were one cd that i think you should run (not walk) to purchase, it is carlos kleiber's (vienna philharmonic) interpretation of beethoven's 5th and 7th symphonies. this is the beethoven recording. in fact, i think it may be the classical recording. cd sacd

The First 10 CDs of Your Classical Music Collection Classical - Basic Library recommendations If you are building a Classical Piano CD collection... Building a Beethoven Collection? Building a Bach Collection? Building a Brahms Collection? Top 10 Mozart CDs to Start Your...

Quote: Originally Posted by goosemeister pink moon - nick drake the more i think about it, the more i'm torn between the song already listed and these two: bridge over troubled water - simon and garfunkel a change is gonna come - sam cooke

pink moon - nick drake

pink moon is nick drake holding up a mirror. the true gift of the album is that he manages to turn the mirror around.

Quote: Originally Posted by terriblepaulz Neko Case absolutely. i think neko case lived in the 50s and 60s, skipped a few decades, and just released some fine albums. i'd start with blacklisted. this album has a sultry, old country, bluesy sound with big concert hall reverb. her...

grizzly bear's veckatimest just dropped. with harmonies reminiscent of the beach boys, there should be some nostalgia. odds-on favorite for album of the year. here is a high quality youtube video of one of their new songs. elbow has put out a number of solid albums over the last 10 years...

beethoven's piano concerto no. 4 specifically, it is this part that i find to be the most majestic. i am spellbound each time i listen to it.

cowboy junkies - the trinity session rem - automatic for the people nick drake - pink moon pink floyd - dark side of the moon nina nastasia - the blackened air my morning jacket - at dawn

some excellent recommendations in this thread. i can't recommend nina nastasia enough. her album that is my personal favorite is the blackened air. some others: phosphorescent dm stith micah p. hinson (epic song linked) cowboy junkies (the trinity session: a southern gothic folk classic)

bookends theme by simon and garfunkel for chad, 1973-2000

andrew bird live

Quote: Originally Posted by en480c4 For those that enjoy Neko Case and Nina Nastasia might want to check out: The Porch Song Anthology... Spell the Trembling Earth is a great work of Americana/Western Gothic, which is surprising considering they're from Glasgow... Rachel Devine's...

the most necessary album i own:

"sweet jane" by cowboy junkies "running out of fools" by neko case

the whole of this very painful and fleeting song. love you, chad, my brother. miss you always.