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High End and Classical Music

Being quite new in the world of high-end, I would like to ask the following question: how many Audiogon Forum members are listening exclusively or almost exclusively to classical music? My impression is that regrettably rather few "high-enders" are interested in classical music. On the other hand, having a lot of friends - professional musicians - I also know that among them there are hardly any high end owners. I am one of them myself. Recently bought the following components: Mark Levinson 383 & 39, ProAc 3.8, cables Van den Hul The Revelation and MC Gold Hybrid. Although I am completely satisfied with this system (sounds tremendously!), I realised too late, that for the kind of music I am listening al the time (especially early music and baroque), there are maybe better combinations. So the question is: are some components more suitable than others for a particular kind of music? Thanks in advance for any reactions.
koen

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grungle
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Heh, only one person listening to electronica?
Jeeze guys.
Seriously though, for an interesting commentary on genres vs. hardware take a look at this:
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/audiohell.htm
His premise is that the most satisfying systems will not be optimized to one particular genre, and should maximize contrast between the different recording techniques (and quality) of various types of music.
I haven't had a chance to apply this philosophy, but I do regularly listen to a great many kinds of music (if I do say so myself) and this may save me some wasted time.
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