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| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus10, you could not be more correct; Lew Tabackin is most certainly an underrated player. Lew has been one of the heroes of the NY scene for a long time and I know him personally, having recently been part of a project that recreated Henry Ma... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Genius! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ9El7k4mNoRouse sounds amazing! And no, one can't have too much Monk."Misterioso" is a great record. Griffin is fabulous, and one of my favorite tenor players. Still, there's something about the way that Rouse... | |
| It was 20 years ago today. . What was your system? - Maggie MG3A's (very heavily modified). Still have them sitting in a closet waiting to find the time to repair the midrange panels.- Moscode 600- Counterpoint 5.1- VPI HW19 MK2- ET2 (still use it)- Monster, Grado, ??? cartridges- Straightwire cab... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I have no direct experience with the 2.5, but my understanding is that the larger diameter spindle also has a tighter gap between it and the manifold's interior creating a stiffer bearing. Chris can give you a much better description. | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? ****Type casting is a no-no as there are always exceptions to the rule: long haired rockers who always use 11; studious geeks who defer to exactitude; free thinkers who tend to experiment. **** - NonoiseThat was going to be, essentially, my first ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners As Chris says, it's difficult to tell the 2 spindle from the 2.5; but not impossible. I can usually tell when it's a 2.5. Look at the diameter of the spindle in relation to the diameter of the arm wand. In photos, the 2 spindle usually looks to be... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? Charles1dad, thanks for the kind words. Out of respect for the OP's request, I will send you a private message with my thoughts. Cheers. | |
| How does one "Get lost in the music"? Try staying away from your "high-end" system and listen to favorite music on your IPad, computer, or simply on a decent radio and see what happens. Spend some time on Youtube and search for rare or unknown performances by favorite artists. Best of... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? ****The reason live drum sounds don't go through your hifi is the fact that uncompressed drums would blow up most any home system's speakers, unless you're using large, professional, huge coil 15" or 18" woofers****Understood, and I agree. But, th... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? ****Live music is the reference when but one can NEVER it replicate in one's room****I couldn't agree more. But here is the problem: because of that unfortunate (?) reality, most audiophiles are very quick to abandon the POSSIBILITIES from using t... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? The subject of the value of the sound of live as a tool for establishing a (at least partial) benchmark for the accuracy of reproduced sound is a topic that always elicits strong opinions; some of which are simply misguided. Misguided because the ... | |
| Blindly deafly? bought Purple Flare cables... Actually, Judyazblues said it most imperfectly. Cynical, totally useless and unhelpful comment; in typical fashion.Timothyd11, I admire your willingness to ask for advise and to admit that you simply don't know the answer. That is much more than m... | |
| How to meaningfully audition speakers?? I like Mapman's suggestion. IF the sound of live is your goal, I would take Mapman's approach a step further. Listen to as much live music as possible leading up to the speaker audition date(s). Bite the bullet and don't worry about wether it's yo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****There is no atheism in Jazz**** - Rok2idThat one goes next to my other favorite quote about Jazz and religion:"Jazz is the sound of God laughing" | |
| VPI bearing oil/grease? Slaw, is this the "Royal Purple" grease? How would you compare it's viscosity to that of white lithium grease? Thanks. |