A CLASSIC CONUNDRUM....

[jandl100]

The first post was .....

So is there such a thing out there as a CLASSICAL FOR BEGNINERS album......
Where do i start - help.
jammy

Well, this thread seems well and truly diverted from the original question about classical music ....

jammy - where are you on the investigating of classical? - were you foolish enough to take any of the advice given on the 1st page and a half of this thread before it got diverted onto what kit to play the classical music that you haven't yet got .... :D

[antibob]

I'm not a massive collector of classical but my favourites are Motzarts Clainet concerto & Elgars Enigma Variations. I also once dropped luck borrowing some CD's from the library with a collection by a composer called Ketelby....most pleasant.

[jammy395]

Sorry folks,

A bit of a delay in getting back to you on this one......





The above is the one im working my way through, and to be honest theres some fine tracks on it,,,,!!!

Quite nice in the car.

[selby]

I'd recommend:

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone & The Cello Suites
Karl Jenkins - Stabat Mater (I had the pleasure of listening to this live at Winchester Cathedral, Belinda Sykes was amazing...on CD it's never felt the same)
Pavane, Op. 50 - Gabriel Faure
Requiem: Lacrimosa - Mozart
IV Pie Jesu : Requiem Op. 48 - Gabriel Faure
Also listen to Vide Cor Meum (from the Hannibal) by Patrick Cassidy...short but rather beautiful.

[jammy395]

Cheers Selby - will try and check them out.
jammy,

[karatestu]

You don't need big speakers, you need speakers that sound big.

I dredged up this old post by the good Doc because it says something I have been thinking about. My speakers are fairly big compared to cubes but no where near as big as Lindsay T style wardrobes. My speakers sound big (imo) because they are semi omni have big drivers and quite a few of them.

So what makes a small speaker sound big ? I don't want small speakers just curious.

[Lindsayt]

So what makes a small speaker sound big ? I don't want small speakers just curious.

If they DON'T have a Linn, Naim, KEF, Harbeth, Spendor, B&W, Rogers, NEAT, ATC SCM11, Mission, PMC, AVI, Mordaunt Short, Acoustic Energy, Dynaudio, Acoustic Energy, Monitor Audio, Focal, or Q Acoustics badge on them.

[CN211276]

The Cubes certainly sound bigger than the slim floorstanders that have been popular for the last 15 years or so. We had M300s and Cube 1s set up at a local dealer's and then brought in a new £3k multi-driver slim floorstander. They sounded like a much smaller speaker than the cubes.

[Fretless]

My tiny, Doc-modded Mission 760's sound WAY bigger than they ought to. I think it's something to do with the mass-loading and rigidity of the cabinets that lets the drivers do their work without the box shaking or vibrating around them.

[karatestu]

Oh yeah, mass loading. Forgot about that.

And now i recollect what Doc used to say about the mid bass in a cube being in phase with the floor. I expect talll thin floor standers with point & squirt must be moving back and forth like a rocking horse