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Guitarist wrote:This site might be helpful, too: http://www.head-fi.org/f/

Thanks for the link to this site. It is a great resource!

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Thank you to everyone for the input. I will be checking out these suggestions and also making a decision between phones and earbuds. I have heard good things about Audio Technica. I will definitely be looking into the Sennheiser Adida earbuds as well as the Shure and the Bowers and Wilkins. I have h...

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You've got some high quality audiophile phones but those can get quite tiring. (I use some high end Sennheisers; they are heavy, bulky, the cord is too long but the sound is great.) I recently purchased some earbuds for my wife, and maybe this is what you want for some casual listening. They were "...

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I have some Grado SR 80 headphones and they are nice, but I have had them for a while and I am feeling like I would like to get some new headphones and would possibly like to try something different. Any recommendations and reasons as to why you like your headphones would be appreciated.

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Guitarist wrote:I love my Stax electrostatic headphones, but they are about 4x the price of any mentioned so far!

Ooooh - I checked out Stax - quite pricey for sure!

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Grados are awful for classical music; they have barely any soundstage and have an aggressive, colored sound signature that are much more suitable for rock. Sennheisers are not so good either; they are too smooth and are made more for Jazz than classical. I highly recommend you to get an Audio Techn...

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As far as warnings go, I meant are there any headphones that anyone has used that were overrated and not worth the money or not good sounding etc. the Tech Specs in BBC Music are always well researched, and would be a good source of info... :D Thanks Jared. Like you, so far I feel like it will be G...

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I've been happy with my Beyerdynamic DT990 though they're probably worn through by now. I've had them for 6 years at least. Have a look at this as warnings go. http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/articles/hearing_art.htm The information at this site is very specific and explanatory. Thank you Abs...

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I've heard nothing about any warnings at all... do you mean to your hearing? I also own a set of Grado SR80's... they live on my Denon and I use them for late at night, if I have customers in the next room. I think they are very good for entry level specialist 'phones and think the amplification is...

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I've heard nothing about any warnings at all... do you mean to your hearing? I also own a set of Grado SR80's... they live on my Denon and I use them for late at night, if I have customers in the next room. I think they are very good for entry level specialist 'phones and think the amplification is...

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Does anyone have preferences or warnings regarding specific brands and models of headphones? I have a set of Grado SR80 headphones and I like them well enough but have heard some about Sennheiser and am considering the Sennheiser HD-280 Pro headphones. I

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Lance, thank you. My son plays and enjoys many different types of music, but classical is a very important part of his playing. At present, what we have here is an old Baldwin Acrosonic. Price is also a serious consideration at this point for him. Someday, his dream is to have a Steinway baby grand...

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There is really no digital piano I have ever seen or experienced that has the "touch" of grand piano. The instrument is not made with the escapement found in an acoustic piano. Thus it cannot really "feel" like an acoustic piano. For classical music performance, digital pianos are not acceptable (y...

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All of what Lance says is true. Having said that, I admit to owning two older models of Yamaha digital keyboards (as well as a Steinway grand currently in need of repairs). To my mind, there are two important benefits to digital instruments: 1. They never need tuning. 2. You can turn down the volum...

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A question for any pianists here. Does anyone have any experience with the Yamaha CLP-340 digital piano. Would appreciate any input and or advice as to preferences. I myself am not a musician (just a music lover), but my 25 year old son (who is not a professional, but plays for his own enjoyment) ha...

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Agnes, thank you for this link. The Dead Sea Scrolls and The Nag Hammadi codices are a beautiful, mysterious and invaluable source of contemplation and study for those on various spiritual paths and quests. It is good to know that steps are being taken to make these important documents and their con...

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My daughter along with zillions of other young females (and not so young ones) seem to love the Twilight stories and movies. Because of my daughter, I have read part of the books (could not get through the really terrible writing) and have seen all of the movies thus far. I very much like her concep...

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My daughter along with zillions of other young females (and not so young ones) seem to love the Twilight stories and movies. Because of my daughter, I have read part of the books (could not get through the really terrible writing) and have seen all of the movies thus far. I very much like her concep...

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Corlyss, (Knight of Discs, fire of earth)

Feel better soon. Thoughts & prayers are with you!
sharyl

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GESUALDO DA VENOSA: Tenebrae / Hilliard Ensemble One of the greatest monuments of music. I love the Hilliard Ensemble, but I had never heard any of Gesualdo Da Venosa's music. Listened to some clips on Amazon --- absolutely haunting! Then, you should read about him...especially about the murders......

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val wrote:GESUALDO DA VENOSA: Tenebrae / Hilliard Ensemble

One of the greatest monuments of music.

I love the Hilliard Ensemble, but I had never heard any of Gesualdo Da Venosa's music. Listened to some clips on Amazon --- absolutely haunting!

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J.B. Foerster : Symphony No. 4 ("Easter Eve") 1. Molto sostenuto, a dramatic presentation of Easter eve 2. Allegro decisio, a scherzo also called "A Child's Good Friday" 3. Andante sostenuto, a meditation called "The Charm of Solitude" 4. Lento lugubre - Allegro moderato, "The Victory of Good Frida...

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Cyril Ignatius wrote:I played a lot of Russian/Eastern Orthodox music this year. Rachmaninoff Vespers. Liturgical Chants from Moscow, and so on. I also play Beethoven's 9th on Thanksgiving and on Eater Sunday.

Beethoven's 9th!!! What a wonderful idea and perfect mood fit. I love it!!!

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Thank you to everyone for all of the wonderful responses. I will be busy on youtube and Amazon for a while. The youtube clip of the Kings Singers is beautiful. Thank you, thank you.

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Does anyone have any special Easter music that they like? I was looking through my cds this morn and have mostly Christmas music - Josquin Desprez by the Oxford Camerata, William Byrd by The Tallis Scholars, Palestrina by The Tallis Scholars, Thomas Tallis by the Tallis Scholars. Anyway, Easter musi...

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So far, Rubinstein is THE recommended pianist on this thread for Chopin, & I agree with that recommendation. A dark horse here for me would be Guiomar Novaes, who recorded the Sonata II and much else of what Chopin wrote, including an outstanding set of the Nocturnes. If you can still find them, he...

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I've loved Giger's work for years, so I'm used to it. But I should recall others' initial reaction before recommending his art. I also like the Bohemian Gothic ( http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/bohemian-gothic/ ), but like decks for the art. I am not familiar with the Bohemian Gothic deck, but...

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I quite like Giger's. Brendan, I do not own the Giger deck, but I have had several opportunities to look through the cards. Such "shadowy" images. I think it would take great strength and determination of soul to work with these cards. One of the things about the deck itself that did not appeal to ...

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Sounds like great read, Sharyl. I'll check it out. Loved that deck the minute I saw it. I used to carry a small one in my briefcase just to look at in idle moments - very refreshing. Think of me when you see the Knight of Discs. Corlyss, It really is a stunning deck isn't it? DuQuette is a member o...

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Thank you to everyone for your input. I now have some good suggestions to explore. I am sorry for the confusing wording of my request. And Lance, I will definitely check out the books that you mentioned. I enjoy reading about music as well as listening. Perhaps that gives me an excuse for the poor w...

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I just came across Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot by Lon Milo DuQuette, even though it was published in 2003. For anyone interested at all in this particular tarot deck, its artwork by Lady Frieda Harris, Aleister Crowley himself, and all of the atrological, quabalistic and Egyptian my...

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(Reading, reading.......he's asking about READING.) :) uh-oh. Sorry. In typing the request I was actually thinking about "reading" your responses as opposed to "hearing" them. I suppose I was a bit too literal. :( Anyway, so far the posts have been helpful. Finding a specific recording of the funer...

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I would appreciate reading about any experiences and ideas regarding various pianists' performances of Chopin's work, but expecially any thoughts on his funeral march (on the music itself and any particular pianist's performance of it). I love Ivan Moravec's recording of Chopin's nocturnes.

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Tombstone and Wyatt Earp are my absolute favorite westerns. I have watched both of them numerous times and still have no trouble watching again. There are so many scenes and parts of dialogue that are memorable in Tombstone because of Val Kilmer --- "If we weren't friends I just don't think I could ...

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I doubt there was less sex going on among teens 50 years ago. I don't. Kids learn about sex earlier today than they did when I was a kid in the 70s. I was stunned when I first started hearing elementary school students make sexual references that I never would have dreamed uttering (let alone under...

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For several years I taught a 2 year program of sex ed/ parenting in high school. This program was only open to students with a minimum of a "B" average in their academics, so the students involved were highly intelligent. The first year curriculum involved intense sex education including complete in...

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I was raised by my grandmother who was from Oklahoma and we always had black eyed peas on new year's day also. I still include them in our new year's menu and enjoy them even though my husband claims that they taste like dirt. :lol: :D Do you cook them with a little fatback or bacon or ham? I also ...

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I was raised by my grandmother who was from Oklahoma and we always had black eyed peas on new year's day also. I still include them in our new year's menu and enjoy them even though my husband claims that they taste like dirt.

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Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas this year is: Schubert - The Complete Piano Sonatas (Wilhelm Kempfff) Beethoven -The Complete Piano Sonatas (Wilhelm Kempfff) Argerich - Collections 1 and 2: The Solo Piano Recordings :D 8) Me too, I hope he's listening. Another vote here for the Beethoven/Kempf...

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Personally, I think her best movie was the noir spoof Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - also Steve Martin's best movie. It was actually funny! Is it like SNL or the 3 Amigos or All of Me or The Jerk? I have to be circumspect about which Martin movies I watch. 99% of the time, the stuff that makes him Ste...

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I don't even know 8 pieces of music... :( ok...one piece I know and would love to take with me. I often take it to that desert island called France, the Mass of St. Sylvester from the Octave of the Nativity: Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli (arranged / Soriano for double choir). The William Byrd Ch...

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J.N.W Sullivan, in his wonderful little book on Beethoven that I hope is still in print, makes a strong case for there being a single greatest work among them all, namely the Quartet in C-sharp minor Opus 130. He is not the only one with an opinion I respect whom I have heard claim that, and it is ...

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I have enjoyed this thread immensely. I adore string quartets and particularly Beethoven's. Not being a musician or having had any lessons or training at all, I respond to music on a "feeling-emotional" level and would not be able to actually discuss the music itself on a technical or intellectual l...

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I love the idea of thinking about musical chords in relation to the tarot. It would be a magical and perfect combination. I vaguely remember something about composer Cyril Scott being interested in such things. And Corinne Heline did an extensive exploration of music as it relates to elemental symb...

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Madame wrote:
kairos wrote:Flying ointment in scarce supply,
Due to rare ingredients required,
Broomsticks falling from the sky,
Results less than desired!
Burma Shave

What a wonderful witchy solution!! Definitely worth a try.

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living_stradivarius wrote:Reminds me of A Telltale Heart

Poe -- perfect !!!!

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I gather my inspirations from hither and yon also. Rumi and some of the lovely mysteries and enigmas of Sufism are a joy. One of my copies of some of Rumi's poetry is "The Illuminated Rumi" with illustrations by Michael Green --- magically lovely. "I have lived on the lip of insanity - wanting to kn...

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I think I saw one person in a 'costume' (read: wig and clown nose) yesterday. It just isn't that big of a deal on this side of the pond. ;) Oh it is a big deal in Ireland. I think that the Irish possibly have a deeper appreciation and greater imagination for the "unseen world" than the American cul...

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Corlyss, I would be interested in knowing if at some point you find John O'Donohue's work appealing at all.

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Not me. I tried Crowley/Thoth and Paul Foster Case (that's related to his own B.O.T.A teachings - the cards aren't dissimilar to the Ryder Waite but a little more detailed and the user colours them in) and various other snippets picked up here and there. You did that too?! Small world!!! Hmm...I ha...

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