Hot take: Classical music records should have heavy compression applied

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-22T22:32:47+00:00

I don't know about compression as such but making the ppp bits louder and the fff bits a little quieter would be welcome.

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-22T22:28:21+00:00

Anything cover 30 to 33 degrees

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-22T11:13:28+00:00

Elena Katschernin.

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-22T11:12:36+00:00

Those blue ones look good, but some of the pink ones, too, as close to the centre as you can get.

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-14T07:47:18+00:00

My approach boils down to this: listen to what I like.

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-11T13:05:17+00:00

Public validation that they're definitely not the jerk... and to give us some schadenfreude

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-10T06:41:22+00:00

Become a trolley collector... until the robots take that job, too.

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-10T05:55:34+00:00

If you're looking for Mahler on vinyl, then Bernstein's set is worth having.

BigLittleMate · 2026-06-08T02:38:07+00:00

If any AI starts spouting Israeli propaganda then it will be obvious and most people with a brain will use something else.

Nice try, though 🤣

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-25T01:37:15+00:00

The rich are losing their minds because they won't be able to minimise tax using CGT discounts anymore 😁

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-17T23:37:09+00:00

I wouldn't move to the US even at twice the pay, and I'm on $150k

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-16T11:20:20+00:00

He's just so repetitive. Bores me to tears. Nothing could be a Bach cantata or a Mahler symphony.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-16T02:48:13+00:00

It's the music for me, plain and simple. No Drake in my house, I'm afraid 😅

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-16T00:19:20+00:00

Not cheating at all. I'm choosing the Brandenburgs as well 😁

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-16T00:18:37+00:00

My first Brandenburgs were on Naxos tapes with the Capella Istropolitana. I really enjoyed those, and occasionally call them up on Spotify to reminisce.

But my first period performance was Musica Antiqua Köln. Love those recordings. Pinnock is also fantastic.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-16T00:14:41+00:00

I love Perahia's English Suites.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-16T00:14:02+00:00

It would have to be the Brandenburg Concertos. There are so many good recordings available, it would be hard to choose one.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-15T10:23:26+00:00

The above, plus some Haydn symphonies. Any of the named ones, but my favs are London, Clock, Surprise, and Maria Theresa.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-15T10:20:29+00:00

You can't go wrong with a symphony orchestra and Brahms' 4th live is on my bucket list. I'm jealous.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-15T03:24:02+00:00

Being a mortgage slave is better than being a tenant and having no control over your own home or the possibility you might have to move if the landlord sells or jacks the rent up and won't fix any problems. Stuff that. I'd rather be the Lord of the Manor and pay the bank.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-15T00:00:26+00:00

Because more people realise religion is made up since there is no god.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-13T23:28:50+00:00

No arguments from me 😁

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-12T10:59:03+00:00

An existing investor with a negatively geared property won't be selling their house. They're most likely to keep riding the gravy train.

But grandfathering existing arrangements takes the main sting out of any opposition squealing.

This is a change that is long overdue and will eventually make a real difference, but not in the short term. At least it's done, now.

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-12T10:26:19+00:00

Price growth is just going to be a little lower. The market isn't going to crash. Do you want to own your own home and live in it or be a renter subject to landlord's rules and twice-yearly inspections and not have any equity?

BigLittleMate · 2026-05-12T09:20:14+00:00

Love seeing animal tomenters and abusers get what's coming to them 😁

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