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Recordings with incredible effects or imaging that we may not know about
@slaw +1!! RR of Symphonic Dances under Eiji Oue, both as HDCD or LP fills the whole house with Music!!! Thru my all-Naim stereo it makes me jump/sing/cry all at once! Truly supernatural recording... 
Singers do not sing the language they speak
Magma - sing in their own language.what is the story with Joe Dassin: he does seem to sing in his native language, no accent I can pick up with French being my second foreign language (English being third)... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
@schubert keep 'em coming!!! RVWilliams is buried somewhere in my CD collection, shall dig it out tomorrow. The beauty of spending all my "allowances" on music is that gems are hidden there just waiting to be discovered :-)Reading Tchaikovsy's not... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
@scott_w my Oh, God! moment happened at the sweet age of 10+, when my parents dragged me, screaming and kicking, at Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto.  That a-ha moment was unforgettable! What a terrible blow to my convictions that BoneyM and BeeGe... 
Recordings with incredible effects or imaging that we may not know about
Roger Waters: Amused to Death. For so many years I thought that its the neighbor's dog barking outside (Right side, the street side from my sweet spot) Funny thing, the sound of that f@)&ng dog is so realistic, I forgot that it was there even ... 
Best Cd player or Transport for $1000.00 used.
Correction: your savings should hit $10k+ mark! See my collection of Discmans at square-2.com Unlike my Wadia 781i and Naim CDS3 Discmans never refuse to play a CD, hardworking buggers they are! P.S. this is what you get when posting digi-tech Q a... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
@schubert Do not be lazy: once you place another gem onto your TT/CD spinner, just make a post here!!! I am trying to keep up with you, my Amazon shopping cart has never been so good!!! Million Thanks!!!!! This week I am rediscovering my Alan Hovh... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
@twoleftears "String Paths" by Tabakova is amazing, I am listening to it thru Tidal now but CD is already ordered. My first impression: "guilty pleasures"!! Can't wait to give it a proper spin thru my stereo. CD itself will be placed between Vasks... 
Best Brahms Third Symphony
@schubert +1! Charles Mackerras sounds unusual to me but there is no limit to how many readings of my fav 1st a boy can have! SQ is excellent, if that matters... 
Mapleshade Isolation: Does Nothing?
Mapleshade platforms, footers and gizmos: whatever your impression of their offerings, check out their CDs. SQ is so good that it makes you think twice before trashing their ears! My Sondek was floating on Mapleshade platform for years, I Loved it! 
Classical Music for Aficionados
@rvpiano Huge Thank You for opening this thread!!! I am torn between reading it/placing more goodies into my Amazon cart and offering my own discoveries. So far I am Shopping!!! Million thanks for all the suggestions!!!!!!beautiful music from my h... 
Impulse buy, ad nauseum...
Sounds real juicy, but could you Please specify what exactly you r talking about? DSOTM is the only abbreviation this noncompoop is familiar with! I did guess that u r talking about The Beatles, or did I? 
Best Brahms Third Symphony
My personal favorite is Brahms under Bohm, available as a 3-CD set from DG. Favorite simply because this is the reading I am listening to since my teens. Gentle folks here pushed me towards "NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection". Now is... 
Free Tidal for Christmas
Thank You for the tip! Wanted to try and get into "digital" for years but with thousands of CDs in collection plus dozens (many dozen) still unplayed, somehow I never did!thank You, its a nice Christmas tip!!!!!!!!!! :-) 
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