The entire BWV 1043 is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard...

Amazing video; thank you!!! I would love to see you discuss Wendy Carlos' synthesizer versions of the Brandenburg Concertos. She recorded each one of them in an extremely complex manner which deserves deep analysis as it set the standard for electronic music for decades to come. Wendy Carlos is still alive at the time of this post (Jun-27-2024).

Colin Greee woood (shows Jonny playing bass) 😂❤

Brilliant!

Brilliant LP kind of blue , there’s not a week goes by that I listen to it 😊

A wonderful video which took me back to my childhood and my father. He was a musical purist (although just a civil servant) who worshipped Bach, Beethoven and Schubert. Despite not having much money in the 1950s, and with four kids in tow, he managed (much to my mother's despair) to buy a Garrard 301 complete with its iconic SME arm - I became familiar with so much of his music through this set up (along with a Leak valve amp and home-built Tannoy speakers). In the 1970s he was obviously a bit more affluent and bought the Linn Sondek (my mother probably tore her hair out at this point) which he used until around 1985 when he gave up (old age) and bought, for ease of use, a NAD CD player. He made a gift to me of the old Garrard/SME set up which I used for many years before selling it to a company which renovated high-quality equipment like that. I am now totally digital with a marvellous all-in-one Cyrus job (along with Tannoy XT8Fs) but I still hanker after those wonderful old machines.

I'd pass on all of your preamp suggestions!

Sublime, Mr Lovergrone. 🙏🙏 The best performance for me is the Alfa Classics one, by Cafe Zimmerman.

Saudações Harley e obrigado pelo seu vídeo, acho que você iria gostar da sonoridade dos meus projetos de amplificadores Classe A , zero realimentação negativa no caminho do audio, single-ended em estado sólido, e com um recurso no painel muito peculiar de poder controlar de forma sútil a intensidade de micro movimento fantasma do cone do alto falante, sabemos que a presença de micro movimento fantasma é intrinseco em todos os sistemas de movimento eletromecânico e que esse micro movimento extra não presente no sinal de origem do audio na gravação, pena que estou tão distante (Brazil) senão eu enviaria o Amplificador para voce fazer audições.

it's ironic that the general public is aware of Brandenburg due to this failed job application. That Margrave totally screwed up!!

How about a 'budget' version of the Sibelius for us paupers?

I would have been interested if you had reviewed the Denon A11 SACD that we've had for ages.

I can only imagine how beautiful a pair of Sibelius speakers sound , when they were crafted by someone with the feeling and heartfelt connection to the music that you have. Watching your videos is an emotional experience.

Why do you look like you run Catholic Orphanages for profit.

I was at a record fair the other day and it was full of young people buying LP ,s brilliant it’s definitely not dead 😊

I was skeptical but the Naia breathes more…more expressive…more life.

Please , What is the complete system you've used here ? what amplifier ? Thanks

I remember when I first gave Kid A a try it was a little too out there for me to get on board with it. I thought the horn breakdown in The National Anthem was atrocious. But then I gave it another shot and I started to feel the music within my bones. Fast forward to today and I think it's one of the most incredible albums of all time. I can't help but get up and dance to The National Anthem now!

Great review. Thanks. 🙏

Pass Labs ridiculously overpriced...

Man, you have such good taste in music!!!! I find myself returning to your channel time and time again just for the music, the intro (marvelous), your delivery and of course the reviews. Great work 🎉

👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏 Superb! Thank You 🙏

I’m often shocked when I’m looking for various pieces of used equipment that really expensive and stylish pieces of premium hifi equipment are being sold (or owned) by people who live in very dated and in many cases, completely depressing and deprived environments. It’s not always obvious whether a home is owned or rented, but I often see sleek equipment in homes with dirty, worn, old carpets, dirty walls in magnolia or decades-old colours and very poor and low quality furnishing. The manufacturers are selling a dream, they present these products in sleek homes, but they end up in homes that could be easily transformed by the money spent on the equipment. Even with cars, people don’t seem to have the same level of contrast as with premium hifi products. It’s quite sad that many fall for the claims about pure sound and whatever sleazy cliches the paid hifi propaganda machine puts out.

Hear in back

Analog don't bring out digital but can stereo

Both good in way

Good morning, I really appreciated this comparison, especially the version of "Café Zimmermann by Pablo Valetti". At this point it would also be interesting to compare the recording of the "Freiburger Barockorchester" to the 2014 recording for Harmonia mundi, which according to the CD booklet was made at a very low pitch: A/A=392Hz. With your speakers it should sound great!

I knew the group name but never really listened to them. Quite interesting and looking forward to discover Radiohead. A bit surprised that you like such music but at the same time open minded people often go off the beaten tracks. Well done sir.

Thanks for that insightful comparative review, Harley. I wonder what you (would) think of the Sugden Sapphire FBA 800 power amp. Whilst not such a behemoth as the SPA-4, it still puts out 40 WPC in Class A and its innovative design and the resulting performance figures suggest it would address your concerns about the relatively higher noise floor of the A21SE, upon which I believe it is based. Perhaps you might be able to favour us with a review including that model, please. Keep up the great work.

It's a bit of a hobby horse of mine that despite all the contemporary focus on the environment and recycling nothing's made to last; from cars, to HiFi and all other electrical goods. Everything is considered disposable and has built-in obsolescence so when, for instance; your recently purchased £10 toaster fails all the chassis and workings go into landfill as it's a sealed, moulded unit with no serviceable parts inside. Back in the day a toaster might have cost twice or three times that but if (when!) the element failed it could be unscrewed, a new one fitted and you'd be set to go for another bunch of years. The latest pollutant horror is set to be electric cars and their sealed batteries which, again, seem to be set to go straight to the dump as when their batteries inevitably fail after half a dozen years or so the spares cost more (fiscally and ecologically!) than the residual value of the vehicle so the whole thing; body-shell, trim, suspension etc., most of which would still be perfectly serviceable, is wasted

If you like this, I highly reccomend VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson. It's just them and their guitars telling stories, and playing their hits, including one or two from The Highwaymen.

Sir Andras Schiff interprets this piece beautifully.

Quit talking with your hands.Very annoying.

Ich habe alle Platten aus dieser Serie. Diese ist die beste! „Hurt“ ist ein Meisterwerk und ich bekomme jedesmal Gänsehaut, wenn ich diesen Song höre. Danke für dieses Video, dear Harley!

This is really an eye (ear) opener for me. Again, a great review of an album I would never have picked personally, but now am very inspired to have a listed on my Sibelius pair. Thank you again Harley for such a splendid video. There are, for me, no better reviews to be found on KZfaq then yours. Especially going out of you comfort zone and finding the beauty in this Johnny Cash album is utterly amazing. Do not change anything about the way of you review and keep them coming forever! Thank you. 🙏

I have been listening to Bach since I was a child (thanks, Dad!). I have listened to many versions since (I'm almost 68 now). Each adds a bit of insight into what Bach REALLY meant. In any case, a rose by any other name...

Many people do not understand Kid A. But those who do can really marvel in its beauty and brilliance

When he started at 600 Euros I knew I had to look elsewhere for buying advice. 😕

Thank you Harley, I was given this album as a "Secret Santa" present in 2006 and it started a reappraisal of the way I thought about Jonny Cash, along with the amazing film "Walk The Line" (In my opinion Reese Witharspoon's most elegant film performance) and it is "Hurt" that is the stand out song on this amazing album. I did listen to the "9 inch nails" version but as you mentioned the song now belongs to "The Man in Black". Wonderful review, especially the musical insights you provide to the album., very similar to a BBC podcast "Add to Playlist" which takes musical links from song to song and adds a technical appraisal as you did here so well. Maybe yo should be a guest on that show one day 😁. Thanks again, do keep up the wonderful work you do entertaining and educating us all.

In the over 60 years of listening to music all of the American Recordings of Johnny Cash stand in the best I've heard. Thanks for letting your family know what I believe to be music for the soul! Bravo

I believe he made six American Recordings. Brilliant storytelling.

I really enjoy your videos, they are very informative and entertaining at the same time. Always looking forward to the next episode. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. Cheers from Canada.

My introduction to a Sugden 25a I think that's the model was in a shop being a small repair. We listened to it over and over and we're hoping that the owner would be delighted in that we found the problem in the amplifier's preamplifier section.

This album was my introduction to Johnny Cash. My favourite song of his is "Man in Black" - a haunting song and a powerful sentiment. And I agree, the recordings have a minimalist immediacy to them which gives them a spooky presence. Enjoy your summer break :)

Watching you listening, man, I am right there with you. Tears, joy. You are preserving Western Civilization. I hear God speaking through Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and . . . Nina Simone and Johnny Cash.

bits is bits.

Harley, such a nice observation about the lovely spareness of the guitar on many of these tracks. To me, Cash masterfully uses it as crutch for his beautifully aging voice in a way that exceed the sum of its parts.

Love these videos! Would like to see you tackle Schubert’s String Quintet in a similar manner. Thanks!!

Exceptional video, I thought I would watch a few minutes of it, being 4:30 am for me, and here I’m wanting more songs and of this remarkable review! It’s my favorite Cash’s album, actually, the only one have on vinyl. I love the song Personal Jesus, incredible sound and performance. I hope you would listen to Doc Watson’s Southbound, Cisco records released a version of it that sounds amazing and it reminds me of Cash’s music. Thank you very much for such a personal share!

I was thrilled to see him,his wife June, and family in Seattle Washington 1976. He did this for his good friend Billy Graham. I so agree his singing is a spoken style. Thx for the Memories,because of this .