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To anyone interested in this topic, it turns out the phenomenon was "bow clicks", the percussive sound caused by particualrly energetic and aggressive bowing by string players. Some recordings more closely mic the strings in an orchestra, and combined with energetic playing, this causes a...

Yes, the Kleiber is the DG Originals recording. I bought a second copy of that one. Same clicking issue. I'd conclude that it was a CD issue (of astonishing improbability given its two separate CDs and its a reference recording) but... Same clicking happened (although to a lesser extent) on the...

Thank you for replying. Appreciate it. Amp was about 9-10 o'clock, so not even close to half way. In terms of whether they are from the same master, one of the two sets of recordings might be. Both my copies of Kleiber conducting Beethoven's Fifth are releases on the same collection from the...

Hi there I'm a new member of these forums, and I was hoping to get some views on a strange issue. Apologies for the long email. I auditioned the Marantz PM/CD6005 the other day with four sets of speakers - Q300, Zensor 3 & 5 and the Monitor BX5. I brouhgt along my own CDs to test, including...