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| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Excellent explanation by Ralph; precisely what I hear when comparing the two, and especially in comparison to live. I am always somewhat amused by the comments by some listeners about "black backgrounds" and "black spaces between instruments" in r... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I agree; maybe I'm a idiot too. While Almarg's (and others') comments about the importance of the amp/speaker interface as the determinant of how an amp will perform are very true, to my ears, just as with analog vs digital (PLEASE! I don't want t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****if you don't see or consider the history in music, you are missing a lot.****Agree completely. Certainly not a prerequisite for the enjoyment and appreciation of it, but it definitely puts things in context. | |
| Jazz for aficionados BTW, Learsfool, please post your impressions of Teagarden when you listen to that set. Thanks. | |
| Jazz for aficionados I don't think that Jack Teagarden's relevance in the history of jazz should be considered simply hype. It is true that the titles "King" of this or that were overblown titles, and partially the unfortunate result of the terrible social biases and ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "Desmond Blue". Beautiful does not do it justice. One of my very favorite records. Interesting that this clip should follow the "Last Exit" clip. I can't think of two more different approaches to "jazz"; and, yes, I think the Last Exit performance... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Beware of any music with a prefix. Esp, modern, free, avant garde and contemporary, etc... Just use the prefix ' NON ', that would be more accurate. ****I think there is more truth in that comment than many realize; or are willing to admit. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Something that isn't discussed nearly as often as the tonal qualities of good tube amps is the way that tube amps handle dynamics; particularly micro-dynamics. While I can't claim to have owned any of the very top ss amps, I have owned several ver... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D BTW, I was totally sincere re Wolf; no sarcasm there at all. I always appreciate his wit. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I began to write a response to Melbguy1's admonition of Charles1d's comments last night, but decided to not post it since I figured Charles1 could, as he well did, defend himself, I didn't want another discussion to turn, once again, into bickerin... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D **** I found well designed tube amplifiers to be as transparent, clear and resolved as any transistor amp. The advantage I discovered with tubes is a purity, natrualness and realism that the transistors couldn't equal. Tubes have the tonal vibranc... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Of course, that should read "....one can TELL wether a musician....." | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, thanks for the Lou Donaldson links. Beautiful player! I hadn't listened to anything by him in a while; will have to pull out his LP's. When I listened to "Blues Walk" the first thing that came to kind was "sounds like Gene Ammons on alto". T... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****A person could suffer from a thrombosis in the legs at a Brubeck concert.Could not find a shot of Brubeck in concert himself with a shot of the audience.****http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GgmGLPbWUThe smoking babes are definitely digging it. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners You raise a good point, Chris. It's those little details amd oversights on the part of a seller that are deal breakers for me when considering a used item. IOW, if the seller was so careless as to not even make sure the points of the cones are in ... |