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| Jazz for aficionados You are welcome. I would only add that I think humor and "in jest" are two different things. I suspect Bowie was deadly serious about what he played in that clip. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Now things are getting interesting! Now, we are getting into some of the more elusive and fascinating aspects of music and it's appreciation. Firstly, and for the sake of clarity, let's have context (and forgive me for quoting myself):****Now, I w... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it ****...why the heck is it wrong to use cables as 'tone controls'? ****Nothing wrong if personal taste is the goal. But, to the extent that we can agree that distortion is not a good thing, the very best results are always achieved when one keeps t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****This is the ONLY thing you have ever said, ever, that I just don't get****Wow, high praise indeed! But, I think you are quoting someone else; although I do feel that Stravinsky is one of the great composers and Mozart certainly is also.****You... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Let's talk about food for a moment. There is a lot to be said for eating a great meal at a fine French restaurant whose chef is trained and skilled in the art of traditional French cuisine and who prepares dishes which are delectable in their perf... | |
| Which usual suspect TT in $1500 range. Schubert, a few years ago, I "rediscovered" MM/MI cartridges; thanks to "you know who". Among many others, I bought a NOS XLM MkII which sounded great until one channel went out (about five hours!). I can't imagine that the problem is the stylus w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Nice clip Acman3; lots of famous faces in that crowd. In order of appearence:Frank (juiced and showing surprisingly bad time clapping his hands :-)Betty WhiteSkitch HendersonErnest BorgnineEllaTony BennettJean StapletonBarry ManilowMerv GriffinChr... | |
| Why not horns? Yes, nicely put Seikosha. Clearly, listeners were speaking about what they heard before TAS and Stereophile came along; it would be silly to think that they weren't. As I said in an earlier post, even if Kiddman's premise is correct, so what? As y... | |
| Why not horns? Almarg, thank you for the history lesson; fascinating, and should be very interesting for those too young (or uninterested) to remember. You may also recall that it was Aczel who gave Fourier speakers some of their first positive reviews. It was t... | |
| Best interconnects & speaker cable? I don't get it ****The most important variables, IMO, are unknown and most likelyunknowable.********"Evidence" is for trials, human heart and soul are for music.****I wholeheartedly agree with those two comments. It is human nature to want "evidence"; as is diff... | |
| Jolida JD9: I think I over-bought. Alternatives? ****I was really angling to use the high outputs,****Why do you feel that the high output setting would be better? The opposite is usually the case since you are then using fewer gain stages (less is more). If you don't need the extra gain that is... | |
| Which artists' music do you buy without audition True, but some artists are so good, so relevant, that I want to own even the clinkers; call me weird :-) | |
| Why not horns? "99.99999999999" of the time, with some gentle prodding and especially persistence, truth will usually reveal itself. Those desperately seeking support for a questionable position would do well being careful about who their bedfellows are. | |
| Why not horns? I am still waiting for actual and specific examples of the lying and bullying that HP is accused of. I also find it ironic and more than a bit laughable that Peter Aczel, the man who claims that all amplifiers sound the same, is being introduced i... | |
| Why not horns? Dkarmeli, specifics please. My definition of "lie" is not the issue here; yours is. Explain "misguidance and misinformation" with specific examples; it is very easy to condemn or criticize. What exactly are you referring to? I would like to unders... |