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| Jazz for aficionados http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q5LPLs46nsk | |
| Jazz for aficionados Man, O-10, you just sent me back forty years (ouch!) with those Deodato clips. Nothing beats the sound of a Fender Rhodes piano on that kind of groove. I was a kid in high school when that was on the radio constantly; love it! I believe it was the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, we have no disagreement. You are correct that Cugat's version stays closer to the Tropical element in the tune; Shaw's is much closer to the classic big band sound of that period. My point was simply that I associate the tune (and I think mo... | |
| Melos MA220 tube phono stage The Melos 220 is a stand alone phono stage; it is essentially the phono stage from the 222C full function preamp that I have owned for many years. It is a very good phono stage with a very full sound with powerful bass and tonality on the dark sid... | |
| An FYI for Harry Pearson Fans IMHO, HP was the most relevant audio equipment critic that we have ever had. Unfortunately, his philosophy as a reviewer is becoming less and less relevant as younger audiophiles move further and further away from adherence to certain standards; e... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, Levine has had to make adjustments to his conducting because he is confined to a wheel chair. His ability to convey to the players what he wants has not diminished. Aside from actual conducting technique he has an uncanny ability to put into ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Funny, I always associate Begin The Beguine with Artie Shaw. I believe it was in the late 30's or so and the first popular version after the Broadway musical it was from (like most of the popular tunes of the time) and became a hit for Shaw. Great... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sorry for the typos: due=cue , baron=baton, musician vision=musical vision. How the hell does one disengage the spell checker on an IPad?BTW, you see Rok, we CAN agree; Barenboim picks great tempos :-) That is a great Bolero. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just wanted to add a couple of thoughts to Learsfool's excellent comments about conductors; which I agree with. The nuances of the issue may be lost on those who don't have personal experience in this area. Lest anyone misunderstand, there ARE fin... | |
| Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Clint505, apologies for the irrelevant silliness. Now, to answer your and Chris' question: personally (and cheapskate that I am) I would probably be willing to pay around $2000 for that table simply to experience the benefits of Lp centering; with... | |
| Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Rpeluso, kindly explain how it is that my referring to that music as not particular serious is any more of a "transgression" (!!!!) than you referring to me as a "snob". "Putdown" ? C'mon man, lighten up. I don't know the person who posted that vi... | |
| Interesting analog experience The best test would be: do what you did on two separate occasions; once with the cd playing and the other time with the LP actually playing. Use a recording of great music that you have on both cd and LP; you have to have a table with food in the ... | |
| Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Re price: And this is for the TX-1000's LITTLE BROTHER which I believe sold for about $3000 vs around $7000 (don't quote me). Wow!http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nakamichi-Dragon-CT-Computing-Turntable-/221324038168?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3387... | |
| Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Thanks, Chris; much better :-) | |
| Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable No sense of humor-ism. |