Wowdi

I was playing a CD containing the overture to Handel's Oratorio "Jeptha" and had the sound focus set to "Driver". I heard what sounded like static or clicks from the speakers. At first, I thought I had a speaker problem. But after playing the passage over a few times, I realized that the recording had captured the fingering noise from the woodwinds. It turned out that the Audi Bose sound system was good enough to faithfully reproduce the fingering sounds. I was surprised to say the least.

The last time I heard such a thing was on a recording of Bach Variations recorded on piano by the late Glen Gould. What sounded like a high frequency distortion, at closer listening, was Gould humming to his own playing...something I later found out he was famous (or infamous to recording studios) for.

greenie

We`ll get `em from both sides!!!!!!!

Wowdi

Heard "Switched on Bach" in the record store as a kid (yes, vinyl records)...something clicked and I never looked back. While my "normal" peers were into 70's pop music (what a horrid era in pop culture), I was into Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Schutz, Des Prez, Monteverde, Orlando, Purcell, etc. I got hooked on baroque and classical as late as Hayden and Mozart. Anything newer is too modern for me.

When you stutter as a kid and sing in choirs, you're viewed as "odd" anyway. My wife thinks I must have lived a past life in the mid-1600's to early 1700's...she's serious and I think she may be right. The music and history of the era fascinates me.

greenie

The key is "how you dress"!!! Seinfeld puffy shirts? LOL

EuroA8

You're almost more euro then I am LOL

Wowdi

If I was 15 years younger, unmarried, and know what I know now, I'd take a multi-year expat package over there. I really enjoy it weather, winter gloom, food, and all!