You got to show me something more!

hey dragon, save a glass for me. BTW, i'd give you a + vote for your last post. i'm with you: screw em' if they can't take a joke! dekay, my only known fellow-iowan on this sorry site: i'd give you 2+. oops, guess i can't do that. coltrane: i'm with dekay; chill out, 'cuz you're commin' on pretty strong for a newbie (or a lurker). but then audiogon apparently loves lurkers ("the silent majority"). hey, anybody else think maybe dubya's people have seized control of audioigon?

Coltrane1; I assume you meant to tell us that your thread posting above is "in your (humble?) opinion? I do like certain jazz ballads, and buy some. But I don't need someome telling me what I should, or should not do, with my money, stereo equipment, music, or anything else. I'm open to civil suggestions though. Cheers. Craig.

Coltrane1, I do not have any idea of how much time you put into reading the threads and posts listed on this site. However, as an observation, I must state that it does not appear to have been too much. You sight only two of over 3000 threads. Spending the time to read through some of these would have led you to determine that most of us listen to a wide variety of music. Yes, each of has preferences and that is part of the beauty of this site and what makes us individuals. We are here at this giant cocktail party because of our love of music. We are bouncing ideas off of each other to improve our playback systems so that we may increase our enjoyment of the music we have. If you like jazz and only jazz that's fine with me. If someone does not care for jazz and hears it as "jerky", that is also fine with me. Just don't tell me that I am wrong and stupid for also enjoying classical and rock as well as jazz.

I tried to watch Jazz; and it seemed everytime I turned it on it was 10 minutes of a civil rights lecture for every one minute talking about the history of Jazz music.

Sugarbrie, you exagerate a mite. Worst still you miss one of the most important aspects of the history of this incredibly rich music. The state of civil rights had everything to do with much of what spawned this great tradition.