Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky – Lieutenant Kijé Suite – Reference Recordings HDCD
Lincolnshire Posy – Reference Recordings HDCD
Dallas Wind Symphony Jerry Junkin
Showcases the wind band music of Percy Grainger, including favorites Lincolnshire Posy and Irish Tune from County Derry (“Danny Boy”). Australia considers Grainger its greatest composer; the U.S., where he lived most of his life, praises him as a music educator, composer and arranger of band music; and England considers him supremely important in the preservation and arrangement of British folk songs.
Holst: Hammersmith – Reference Recordings HDCD
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio for Strings – Reference Recordings HDCD
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, Music Director
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 and Barber Adagio for Strings
Majestic, solemn music from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
2018 GRAMMY® Winner – Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical
Reference Recordings proudly presents these two beloved works in definitive interpretations from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound.Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Leshnoff – Reference Recordings HDCD
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, Music Director
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Score Again!
Reference Recordings® proudly presents Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in an exquisite interpretation from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. It is coupled with a World Premiere recording of leading American composer Jonathan Leshnoff’s Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon, featuring the extraordinary talents of the Pittsburgh Symphony’s own Principal Clarinet Michael Rusinek and Principal Bassoon Nancy Goeres. This hybrid SACD release was recorded in beautiful and historic Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound.Funk Firm Spin Bearing and Strata Platter for Technics SL1200
Here’s the problem:
To create a stable, wide diameter support for the record, that doesn’t move. Conventionally platters have either thickness or a sizeable edge. The trouble is the standard 1200 / 1210 series platters lack both! We are effectively left with a disc, severe ringing is the natural consequence. (For proof we need only examine the original metal offering: Place a finger through a hole, tap it gently and “feel” the edge. The all too familiar uncontrolled, vibrating “Klong” confirms the problem: The edge is moving.) One can try changing material: Glass…ceramics…plastics. In all cases, tap the edge and you can still actually feel movement. …And if you can feel it, the stylus can read it. It turns out that this is in fact a difficult problem to solve.A creative solution was needed:
Furutech FI-E46 NCF High Performance Schuko Mains Plug – Gold
Furutech's FI-E46 NCF Schuko connector takes details of performance to a stunning new level. Each part in the construction of the FI-E46 is meticulously designed and built to reduce magnetic fields as much as possible. Furutech achieve this by creating a 'Floating Field Damper' which grounds every metal part within the connector (including even the screws). This removes any electrical noise generated into the ground, significantly reducing noise which ultimately results in an ultra-clean stable transfer of mains power.