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Shostakovich - String Quartet No 2 and Piano Quintet - Takacs Quartet with Hamelin (Hyperion)

I really like that version with the ASMF under Marriner, and Alan Loveday. Interestingly, my wife bought that recording on vinyl... yes, vinyl... about 37 years ago. AAMOF, it's the only vinyl record that my wife has purchased since 1982, when we first met... Even though the Four Seasons is...

Presently available in Canada from at least one dealer, for $4500CAD. I would love to hear one...

Ravel - Introduction and Allegro, Sonata for Violin and Cello, and Piano Trio - The Nash Ensemble (CRD 3446)

Manassas - it defined the era like no other album I am aware of.

Excellent soundtrack!

This one really hurts. Hope that you, Skydog, and Butch are together and rockin’ the heavens. We will miss you for sure, so thanks for all the great music.

Just watched “Lawless“ on Netflix, and thought it was excellent.

Vivaldi - Concertos for Viola D'Amore (RV 392-397) - Nane Calabrese with I Solisti Veneti under Claudio Scimone. This Erato disc is a real treat.

King of El Paso is pretty good, too…

I Agree, John. I don't understand the "I wanna empty the room" thing. Only a smart ass would do that, or someone who is trying to prove he "understands" certain difficult music that others don't/cannot...

When only very well recorded music is used to demo equipment, it makes almost every bit if kit sound good. I find it more appropriate to play music that is difficult to reproduce with audio gear, and then see how the gear handles it. Big Joe Williams comes to mind here, as well as some of the...

I just want to do a shout out to Philip in Vaughn, Ontario. Recently, I've noticed that the switch that turns the vacuum on and off on my Okki Nokki RCM has been acting up. I checked on the Okki Nokki website for a Canadian distributor/importer, and came up with Philip. I sent him an email, and...

I’ll bang my drum again for Totem Arros. I run a Saturn-R and Nait2 into them, and I could honestly live with this kit as my maim rig. The Totems also work very well 4-6 inches from the back wall. Only thing is that they are 85 cm tall…

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Analogue Productions/Prestige) 200gm Larry Young - Unity (MMJ/Blue Note) 180gm Horace Silver - Horace-Scope (Classic Records/Blue Note) 200gm Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Impex/Columbia) 2X180gm Sonny Clark - Sonny Clark Trio (Tone...