Ottawa, Ontario

Well we have now enjoyed our second evening. I had a chance to revel in the glory of the Total Coincident Victory and it was incredible. We listened to an Audio Silver Night SET integrated and to Canary push pull mono blocks. I preferred the Canary but they were both outstanding.

The music included: Patricia Barber, David Grisman, Jill Saint John, Lutoslawski and a bunch of men singing pig latin versions of "Old MacDonald".

We reconvene in April to put my Totem Model One's through the paces.

Yes indeed, the Coincidents were in fine form. They will be replaced for the next session chez GliderGuider by the FAB Audio Model 1, which are even more Fab than a Total Victory!

For anyone wondering what instrument Jill St. John plays, it was actually Lara St. John playing Gypsy music on a Strad. The pig latin thing is an odd recording. It was written and produced by Sandra Boynton, and is described on the net thusly:

"Perhaps the single most ambitious, inexplicable project in a career fraught with ambitious inexplicability: a book/CD documenting a simple day in the simple lives of the simple pigs of Snouto Domoinko de Silo. Intoned in the original Pig Latin, with antiphonal responsaria and commentaria by the lesser barnyard animals. (Maybe you had to be there.) Truly sooee generis."

It's basically "Old Macdonald Had a Farm" sung in Gregorian chant by the animals on the farm, all of whom for some reason speak Latin, except for the pigs who of course speak Pig Latin. The acoustics and recording quality of this CD have to be heard to be believed. And even once you've heard it you can't believe anyone bothered...

Haha

thanks for clearing up the musician error. where did i come up with Jill St. John.

looking forward to checking out the Fab's

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matthew

Another night and another success. This time it was my Totem Model One's and a night of mostly jazz trumpet. We listened to the likes of: Enrico Rava, Hot Lips Page, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and many more. What they lack in bass they make up for in the mids and highs. I think everyone enjoyed the Totem's, at some point I'd like to listen to the Forest Floor stander.

matthew

The latest get-together involved listening to folk and blues through my newish Fab Model 1 speakers driven by Wavelength Triton Blue 300B amps and a pair of ACI Titan subs. The sound was very nice - open and clean with a firm, well-integrated foundation.

Music included Martin Simpson, Mary Black, Ruthie Foster, two versions of Western Wall (one by Roseanne Cash, one by Emmylou and Linda Ronstadt), and a "vertical tasting" of Greg Brown - some from his 1983 album "One Night..", and some from his recent release "In the Hills of California" from the Kate Wolf Music Festival.

Refreshment was courtesy of three bottles of cask-strength single malt - a 27 year old Blair Athol, a 24 year old Convalmore and an 18 year old Caol Ila.

All in all, another pleasant, successful night.