My New Replay Set.
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 04 August 2009
I realise that it is unconventional to post about one's replay in the Music Room, but as you may note what I am using is so distilled that it barely counts as a replay set at all, but merely a music box.
I have even made arrangements to part with my Lavry DA10, so all that is left is a computer with Windows XP [service pack three] running iTunes feeding a nice pair of Sennheiser HD 415 headphones straight off the sound-card.
So how is it possible that this can be a satisfactory method of playing music. I do not know, but in gradually ripping about an eighth or tenth of my CDs, I have realised that they have never yielded so much music as in this arrangement, whatever set I was running. It may not be the ultimate in computer audio, but it is a musical upgrade in every sense from any conventional CD player running through loudspeakers, that I have ever been able to afford.
If I spent loads more on it, then no doubt it could be even finer, but it does not need to be.
I still have the old Naim set and Royds, but can no longer see a reason to set them up again. I am curiously relaxed about the thought that I could not possibly vex anyone with my music using this arrangement!
Some pictures:
I had just listened to the Italian Symphony of Mendelsohnn, and was also copying some Beethoven to HD, when I took this.
My CRT melted down, so this new LG 18 inch model does very nicely for good visibility of the iTunes, as well as DVDs. I do not have a Television.
Copying some Beethoven to PC HD. I cannot think that I require [or would find other than bothersome] any further assistance than a list and search engine to optimise my listening experience in the sense of selecting the very music to listen to!
Shortly I shall use a NAS with two SATA Drives in RAID configuration to increase the capacity of the system to encompass my remaining 400 or so CDs.
I hope to also get the files onto a completely portable HD so as to be useful when travelling.
ATB from George
I have even made arrangements to part with my Lavry DA10, so all that is left is a computer with Windows XP [service pack three] running iTunes feeding a nice pair of Sennheiser HD 415 headphones straight off the sound-card.
So how is it possible that this can be a satisfactory method of playing music. I do not know, but in gradually ripping about an eighth or tenth of my CDs, I have realised that they have never yielded so much music as in this arrangement, whatever set I was running. It may not be the ultimate in computer audio, but it is a musical upgrade in every sense from any conventional CD player running through loudspeakers, that I have ever been able to afford.
If I spent loads more on it, then no doubt it could be even finer, but it does not need to be.
I still have the old Naim set and Royds, but can no longer see a reason to set them up again. I am curiously relaxed about the thought that I could not possibly vex anyone with my music using this arrangement!
Some pictures:
I had just listened to the Italian Symphony of Mendelsohnn, and was also copying some Beethoven to HD, when I took this.
My CRT melted down, so this new LG 18 inch model does very nicely for good visibility of the iTunes, as well as DVDs. I do not have a Television.
Copying some Beethoven to PC HD. I cannot think that I require [or would find other than bothersome] any further assistance than a list and search engine to optimise my listening experience in the sense of selecting the very music to listen to!
Shortly I shall use a NAS with two SATA Drives in RAID configuration to increase the capacity of the system to encompass my remaining 400 or so CDs.
I hope to also get the files onto a completely portable HD so as to be useful when travelling.
ATB from George
Dear mudwolf - Glenn, [isn't it from the olden days?]
The Elgar Edition CDs must be worth a lot of money and yet I got them for nothing!
They are pre-issue pressings with gold backing and not the usual alluminium.
A unique short run done for critics and people of importance associated with the project to publish the recordings on CD and for some rason me as well!
Except that I may count myself among the people reponsible in a a way.
I wrote to the Elgar Foundation, to Wulstan Atkins, to Lady Hull [to get her to join in] to EMI, and in the case of EMI it was not only the once. I canvased as only the convinced can canvase!
Thus when the CDs came out I was deemed a person to whom a set of these early pressings should also be sent.
Of course they are not for sale! One day I will give them away, when i am too deaf to enjoy the music anymore!
Actually you make a point for among my CDs are indeed some valuable and very rare issues, and thus the iTunes is crucial in archiving them and saving them from further damage and use. I would love to think that such a careful selection of recordings - all of them working at a high octane musically - might find a home where they would be used rather than simply put away when I die ...
ATB from George
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The Elgar Edition CDs must be worth a lot of money and yet I got them for nothing!
They are pre-issue pressings with gold backing and not the usual alluminium.
A unique short run done for critics and people of importance associated with the project to publish the recordings on CD and for some rason me as well!
Except that I may count myself among the people reponsible in a a way.
I wrote to the Elgar Foundation, to Wulstan Atkins, to Lady Hull [to get her to join in] to EMI, and in the case of EMI it was not only the once. I canvased as only the convinced can canvase!
Thus when the CDs came out I was deemed a person to whom a set of these early pressings should also be sent.
Of course they are not for sale! One day I will give them away, when i am too deaf to enjoy the music anymore!
Actually you make a point for among my CDs are indeed some valuable and very rare issues, and thus the iTunes is crucial in archiving them and saving them from further damage and use. I would love to think that such a careful selection of recordings - all of them working at a high octane musically - might find a home where they would be used rather than simply put away when I die ...
ATB from George
\ Well I close this with the happy thought that the external USB drive on the Dell laptop is actually not different in any significant way from the big PC as an iTunes source. Still very enjoyable.
But it has one massive advantage in that the laptop runs silently!
So here is a final picture of my set.
A Miniature Music Replay Set:
ATB from George
But it has one massive advantage in that the laptop runs silently!
So here is a final picture of my set.
A Miniature Music Replay Set:
ATB from George