I can't call this a 'bad' recording; the notes are there the quality of playing is good, etc, but the dramatic impact isn't there. Listen to either of Leonard Bernstein's recordings of this symphony, especially the Vienna one, and you'll see what I mean. The famous 'hammer-blows' for example just aren't there in this one.Abbado,Karajan, Haitink(CSO, not the old recordings)and a bunch of others are better than this one, which falls into the Zinman, Boulez, Bertini, Chailly group of uninvolved,rather bland Mahler.

I wanted a Total Gym 1500 but the company doesnt make it anymore. So this was perfect for my budget, great value for price. Excellent for keeping tone and staying fit.

I have had a few home gyms including 2 total gyms and 1 bowflex. I did not like either of the total gyms at all. They were easy to put together and very, very difficult to use. They were cumbersome and not fluid. I liked the concept of using your body for the weight resistance but it felt unsteady, uncomfortable, and akward. I tried this one for about 3 weeks. I really wanted to like it but just never did. Today, I am a much happier bowflex user.

Yes, this is an awkward, heavy, and inconvenient piece of equipment! I had it in my one bedroom condo, and to get it out of the way was a pain in the...! It does NOT fold away easily. I think this is why I used it infrequently. I should have stuck with my elliptical. I think the bars were missing, but I had no way to recover that. I tossed it in the garbage after several months, and I think someone picked it up. Good luck to that person and good riddence. I will purchase something else, but not a total gym. Two stars for effort.

DO NOT buy the Total Gym through Amazon. Mine arrived broken and unusable with 2 of the 4 glide wheels broken into pieces. I have been calling and emailing Amazon for a couple weeks about this and keep getting automated messages saying they will get back to me, and they have not. Now I have had to pay 25% of what it cost to begin with, all over again, to order replacement parts. I will never be ordering through Amazon again, this is ridiculous.

After setting it up, I read the exercise booklet in great anticipation. My anticipation quickly faded when I came across a chart showing the actual weight that one will be "pushing" during the workout. The MAX weight (at the greatest incline and at my weight of 180 lbs) that one can workout with on this machine works out to be 26lbs.....26lbs...!!! It's a great machine if you're over 70 years old or under 13 years old. I DO NOT RECOMMEND the machine to anyone seriously into fitness. Right now, I'm going to get all my Chuck Norris dvds and burn them....and then put this machine on EBAY. On a positive note, dealing with Amazon was easy and my merchandise arrived in 3 days....good job.Total Gym 1100