What are you listening 2 now?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

@Mandryka Are these the stands that you are trying to get ahold of?

https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/526/index.html

PD

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak, Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker

[Mandryka]

@Mandryka Are these the stands that you are trying to get ahold of?

https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/526/index.html

PD

Yes, those. A friend of mine in Switzerland wanted to sell me a pair, but the import duty into the UK made it prohibitive. There was one pair on eBay, but at the last minute he decided to keep them for himself. 

Nice article that! I was happy to learn that I have speaker cabinets with assymetrical insides! 


The cabinet is made from 22mm medium-density fiberboard, then a "high-density lining" is poured in and allowed to set asymmetrically so that the internal surfaces are not parallel. This both damps the cabinet walls and spreads out the air-space resonances in frequency.

They're so heavy I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the lining is concrete!

The cat litter is indeed unscented. And thanks for the complement about the fireplace and shelves. Green is good - lucky because the leprechauns like it.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Yes, those. A friend of mine in Switzerland wanted to sell me a pair, but the import duty into the UK made it prohibitive. There was one pair on eBay, but at the last minute he decided to keep them for himself. 

Nice article that! I was happy to learn that I have speaker cabinets with assymetrical insides! 


The cabinet is made from 22mm medium-density fiberboard, then a "high-density lining" is poured in and allowed to set asymmetrically so that the internal surfaces are not parallel. This both damps the cabinet walls and spreads out the air-space resonances in frequency.

They're so heavy I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the lining is concrete!

The cat litter is indeed unscented. And thanks for the complement about the fireplace and shelves. Green is good - lucky because the leprechauns like it.

I saw that in the article (about the lining)!  A pop of color is always a good thing too.  Is there a particular model number that you know of re the stands?  I do like the fluting on them and the nice-looking bases.  And, no, I'm not trying to buy them out from under you! 

Was also interested to see that AE is a British company, but their address is listed as being in Indiana.  Were/are they designed by British engineers but are now based in the US?  Or did someone buy them out?  Just curious.

PD

[Todd]

[Karl Henning]

Telemann

[Linz]

Claude Debussy Sonates & Trios

[Lisztianwagner]

Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Lieder Op.48
An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98

Matthias Goerne (baritone), Jan Lisiecki (piano)

[foxandpeng]

Ivo Jirásek
Symphony - 'Matka Naděje' or 'Mother Hope'
Zdeněk Košler
Czech Philharmonic
Supraphon

Left field discovery while looking for Novak's, 'The Storm' on Spotify (which doesn't seem to be available for streaming).

Can't find much on Jirásek at all, on t'internet. I like this symphony very much, however. Atmospheric, dramatic, thoughtful, punctuated with contemplative passages that build and drop tension, loud and strident brass and percussion... niiiice....

[Todd]

[Henk]

[Linz]

César Franck Orchestral Works, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Jean-Luc Tingaud 

[AnotherSpin]

[foxandpeng]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony 9
Vasily Petrenko
RLPO
Via YouTube

Hm. DSCH. A little more rambunctious than I planned to be, this evening. He is always remarkable, however.

[vandermolen]

Malcolm Williamson: Symphony No.1 'Elevamini':

[Harry]

Malcolm Williamson: Symphony No.1 'Elevamini':

Malcolm Williamson: Symphony No.1 'Elevamini':

Such fine music.

[Todd]

[Linz]

Bruckner Pange Lingua, Philipp von Steinaecker, Musica Saeculorum

[Symphonic Addict]

Boulanger: Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abîme'

Extraordinary piece.

[JBS]

The Warner Andsnes set landed today. Decided to start in media res with a CD I've never heard (Rachmaninov) and a CD I have heard (Schubert).

CDs 23 and 24 of