afterlife2

afterlife2

Audioholic Warlord
Some vinyl thrift stuff today. Rat pack reunion! + more. All in minty condition.
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afterlife2

afterlife2

Audioholic Warlord
Very nice, but $$...
Yeah I used to have them all on vinyl and they sounded fantastic. I can’t afford it either sadly. The CDs will have to do. I hope and doubt I can find some at thrift stores. So many Streisand albums there all the time, but I have her greatest hits on Flac.
 
MR.MAGOO

MR.MAGOO

Audioholic Field Marshall
If you wonder why the used records you buy are scratched and worn here's one reason:


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GO-NAD!

GO-NAD!

Audioholic Spartan
Listened to Symphony No.1 last night from this box set:


The set I have is in absolutely mint condition. I don't think my mother played any of the albums from it much. She bought it new sometime during the 80's. It was recorded in 1961, with the inherent limitations of the time, so it certainly doesn't have the sound quality of a modern recording, but it's pretty good, all the same. As for the quality of the performance, far be it from me to pass judgement, but I thought it was good.

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From Wikipedia:
In 1961 Leibowitz conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a set of Beethoven's symphonies made by Decca for Reader's Digest;[21] it was among the first to attempt to follow Beethoven's metronome markings, following the pioneering set made in Vienna three years earlier, conducted by Hermann Scherchen.[22] Reviewers observed that although Scherchen had achieved tempos more closely approaching the composer's markings, Leibowitz, at speeds not much slower, had secured better ensemble than the earlier set achieved.[22] Initially the set was poorly received. The Stereo Record Guide called the performances "slack", "perfunctory" and "insensitive";[23] on its reissue in the 1980s a Gramphone reviewer thought much of the set "light-weight" and "lacking in gravitas", although he found the performance of the Seventh Symphony "magnificent".[24] In 1995 Richard Taruskin, analysing a selection of Beethoven recordings, concluded that Leibowitz, like Scherchen, delivered performances that were musically and musicologically superior to more recent attempts by "authentic" conductors such as Christopher Hogwood.[22] By the 21st century the performances had come to seem old-fashioned, in the view of a critic in Fanfare, who found them more akin to those by Herbert von Karajan than to those by specialist authenticists such as Roger Norrington and John Eliot Gardiner.[25]
Maybe @TLS Guy could chime in with some comments on the performance and/or recording quality?

I have the Von Karajan (1961/62) cycle on CD (ripped to FLAC) and a copy of Symphony No. 5 on vinyl from the same recording session. I may do a comparison amongst the three out of curiosity.
 
highfigh

highfigh

Seriously, I have no life.
Be sure your phono pre-amp can handle the very low signal from a moving coil cart.

If you listen to TLS, he always tells us that MC is inferior to MM.
Don't know if he has, but if not, he should listen to some Denon MC cartridges. I have a 103d and it's great- very enjoyable.
 
afterlife2

afterlife2

Audioholic Warlord
Be sure your phono pre-amp can handle the very low signal from a moving coil cart.

If you listen to TLS, he always tells us that MC is inferior to MM.
I got one a couple months ago real cheap. I think I posted it on this thread.
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afterlife2

afterlife2

Audioholic Warlord
Don't know if he has, but if not, he should listen to some Denon MC cartridges. I have a 103d and it's great- very enjoyable.
What did you pay when u got it? There’s even a used one on amazon like new for $180. Edit 170 now. Errrrr
 
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