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I don't see why it wouldn't work. ... Of course, not having seen it, I can't attest to the quality of the kit. But -- theoretically -- having the vac separated from the unit shouldn't be a problem. If you did go that route, I think I'd also invest in a junked turntable -- so you could spin clean LPs on a 'table other than your "real" rig. I know that a bunch of dust & crud quickly accumulates on my vac unit. Wouldn't want all that gunk on my working turntable.

Good stuff.

I've never heard that one. Is it similar to Munch's recording of Berlioz's Requiem for RCA with the Boston SO?

Yes, it's an excellent LP. Really, I think all of the Hanna-Mraz duo collaborations are special. Bummer about the blown fuses.

Yes!!!

Enrico Pieranunzi & Marc Johnson - Yellow & Blue Suites (Challenge) Keep coming back to this one again and again. Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel - Riding the Nuclear Tiger (Palmetto)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Great Gonzos (MCA)

You're not alone. Lots of folks dislike Ormandy. I have a soft spot for him because his recordings of Charles Ives' music were my gateway into Ives' world. Ormandy's version of "Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut" -- from Three Places in New England -- FLATTENED me when I first heard it in college. I'd never heard anything like it, and I've loved Ives' music ever since. Gotta say tho', I like Ormandy in other repertory too -- especially Russian composers like Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky. Even Prokofiev and Shostakovich. I also appreciate his Sibelius and many of his recordings by French and Spanish composers. Just my 2 cents. Now playing: Disc 2 - Music by Ravel, de Falla, and Rodrigo

Beethoven symphonies today. No. 4 / Jochum, LSO No. 5 / Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PO No. 6 Pastoral / Karl Böhm, Vienna PO

Jochum & the LSO performing LvB's Third Symphony. A magnificent Eroica!

Speaking of Rubinstein: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rubinstein, Ormandy, Philadelphia O (RCA) Also: Rachmaninov: The Bells / Kondrashin, Moscow PO, et al (Angel / Melodiya)

J.S. Bach: The Complete Flute Sonatas / Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Veyron-Lacroix (Columbia Odyssey) Sides 1 & 2 My copy doesn't have as much ring-wear as shown in the pic above!

Arnold Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2 / Thomson, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos)

Now: Earlier: Disc 1

Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas / Alfred Brendel (Philips) Disc 2: Sonatas Nos. 17 Tempest, 21 Waldstein, and 23 Appassionata

Beethoven Bicentennial Collection: Music for Piano, Vol. VIII (DG) Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 - performed by Géza Anda and Lili Kraus plays Fantasies (Vanguard) Music by Bach, Haydn, Mozart & Schubert

Arthur Rubinstein plays Brahms (RCA Red Seal/Sony) Disc 7: Chamber Music - Trio No. 3, Op. 101 - with Szeryng and Fournier - Piano Quintet, Op. 34 - with the Guarneri String Quartet

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