My parents’ house has grown bigger with a new family member: a brand new HiFi + speakers that has kept us indoors for the past two days listening to our favourite classical works and arias with a hankering that must have surely cowed the neighbours. As I am writing this post, outpourings of grief and wailing are overflowing from the 120W Triangle speakers, powered by a Yamaha A-S700 amp. In Händel’s Rinaldo, Ileana Cotrubaş (Almirena) uplifts the whole room and sets us all craving for more. The sound is pure, rich and vigorous. Next stop, Don Juan…