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No problems on this end. Point of fact is that having weighed what you have suggested, I'm considering using the "Album" tag to store info about the general work (the symphony, concerto, suite, etc...) of which an individual track is part. So you've already helped.:D Quite right and a...

x100: That's a little discouraging but I'm beginning to believe you. Yes, I thought about doing non-classical first. It's just that it works for me to tackle the hard stuff first. This is definitely going to be difficult given what I've seen from iTunes metadata so far. Inconsistency seems...

Hello Burke, Yes, I've already come to appreciate the need to check before ripping. iTunes just isn't cutting it for me; I might have found a possible combo for those of the mac persuasion: Max (ripper) and Tag (tagger) from sbooth.org that may parallel your suggestions. JJ.

Thanks sleepysurf, Please let me know how it works out. I'd be particularly interested in how consistent the metadata tags are for classical. I'm on a Mac myself but the classical metatags via iTunes are rarely consistent across multiple disks of a single work never mind across different...

Couldn't agree with you more. Living in NY I've met more than a few amoral people working in the finance sector. Having worked in the mental health field and met a few true psychopaths, it still sends shivers up my spine when I look at some of the similarities across the two groups. Your...

Over the last couple of weeks I started to back up my classical cd’s to flac. Problem is that I’ve hit a snag when it comes to tagging my collection with metadata. There is just much more information about a classical album you would want to search across in constructing a playlist than there...

Great post! :bowdown: Though specifically about analogue, it seems that the thrust of your general argument could be applied equally to the care and attention one brings to serious home audio in general. Why bother?... it's part of a package deal that comes with a compelling payoff in the...

Sure it does. Spot on and a damned clever reference. :ROFL: JJ.

Well misery loves company. So, thanks. Still, Reiner fronting the CSO is the lineup that got me to reconsider classical as something more than upper-crust muzak... so I'll hang onto 'em. At least now I know and can stop kvetching that I was a lone victim of marketing hype and poor...

Hello MITT, That's really interesting that the SACD would sound so noticeably better. As a neophyte collector of classical, I rarely have multiple recordings of the same work to compare/contrast. At least I am relieved that it's not just something peculiar to my system. I like the music...

Several years ago, I bought a dozen RCA Living Stereo reissues on cd. I think it was from an ad in either TAS or Stereophile. Anyway, the imaging on these recordings has always come out... well, strange through my CLS's. They're all big orchestral recordings (I have a particular jones for...

As they say around here Jim Power is the man: Catch his email in reply to my inquiries. "I built those. These are the last version (and best if I might add) of the original CLS. These were built in mid to late 1988 and they still look great. jp" Not too shabby a provenance, eh? Folks your...

Hello Dave, Just my $.02 as the most sage advice has already been given: Heard the Krell integrated mentioned above driving the Aerius (originals) and thought the sound really good but.... I heard the same components and the same source material (classical and jazz) drive an SL3 pair and...

Thanks again WB, Sorry I did not reply sooner but I had taken ilI. I did happen to find that thread since but having that link will make things easier. Thanks for the info and the heads up re: getting in the box. I'll post back later with what I found out. Zaphod, Thanks to you as well for...

Hello WB and CAP, Yeah, that was the sticky to which I referring. I see you also anticipated that I was hoping there would be a serial number inside the electronics box. It helps to know that the serial number on the electronics box is separate from any numbers for the panels. CAP, very cool...

One of the things I really wanted help finding out here was to discover what model my cls panels are and how old they are. I have searched and found some good suggestions on the forum but am hampered by two factors: 1. There are no serial numbers on these speakers and 2. Being all thumbs, I'm...

Age: Just turned 39. Mains: cls's

Amen, twich. Amen.

CAP, Prepare to be .... underwhelmed: - Nakamichi MB-2s CD player - Rotel RC 971 preamp - Rotel RC 981 amplifier No stands as of yet. Well it knocks my socks off. The Rotel stuff ain't the smoothest I've had in my system (My old audio chum had Krell monoblocks and a Levinson preamp. Out...

slowGeezer, You are indeed correct. Aerius it was. But even more accentuated was my response to the cls's. They were playing in a side room, sight unseen. They sounded wonderful. As a noob I didn't dare say so to the owner (for fear of being wrong and looking silly), but I was positive...