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| Jazz for aficionados ****Hard to understand music, is better than nothing to understand.**** Exactly.Perhaps for a different thread, but apropos your comment, and knowing you are also a fan of classical and opera, have you tried Alban Berg's operas (Wozzeck, Lulu)? Ve... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Agree about Gomez; also very good in that respect. I meant to mention that in my post re the a Brackeen cut. Actually, it is generally harder to play the saxophones in the extreme upper range. Many modern players today consider it a testament to t... | |
| Parallel? How do you set the VTA? The beauty of the ET2 linear tracking, air bearing tonearm (along with other beauties): easy (takes seconds), repeatable, VTA/SRA adjustments; WHILE THE RECORD IS PLAYING! | |
| Jazz for aficionados This post is about the big boy of the saxophone family (we'll skip the bass saxophone; for now), the baritone saxophone. Pepper Adams, appropriately nicknamed "The Knife" by Stan Kenton, probably the greatest of the great baritone saxophonists. I ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good comments, Rok. Agree with your assessment of the Canadian Brass recording; great brass players, but don't have the necessary feel and looseness for that music. The Oscar Brown Jr. recording is definitely a classic; I've always wondered why hi... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners ET1 was introduced in 1983, ET2 in 1985. I would guess that by the end of the second year after the 2 was introduced, the ratio of ET2/ET1 sold was already 20/1 simce the 2 was much more popular. I would guess that by the end of 1987 (1988+ would ... | |
| Parallel? How do you set the VTA? I am surprised no one has yet pointed out one of the most obvious considerations: having the tonearm parallel to the record surface tells you very little as far as wether the STYLUS is resting in the groove at the most desirable angle. As has been... | |
| Cables more hype than value? It's baaaaa-ack! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, your silence is deafening ;-) | |
| NYC Audio Show this Friday, 12 APR 2013 ? I'll be there on Sat. This Frog would welcome a chance to meet a Swampwalker and other Agon members. | |
| Modern High end vs. old receiver I think you're right. Thanks for the reality check :-) | |
| Modern High end vs. old receiver The whole notion that component X sounds, or DOESN'T sound, 50X (or any other amount) better than component Y is, with all due respect, ludicrous. It is a bit like the "wind-chill factor" that my wife and I have an on-going banter about. ACCORDING... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Agree re Wooten; great player. Thought it fitting to look at the record that started it all:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EMl-omrs9mkNot much I can add to Pat Metheny's liner notes for the record, which also touch on some things discussed on this t... | |
| When a Reviewer "likes" something Raul, what you post is very true; I agree. Not knowing what others' priorities or targets (to use your terminology) are, I usually assume that there will be, at least, an attempt to use the sound of live music as a standard. Otherwise, does it rea... | |
| When a Reviewer "likes" something Bifwynne, thank you for the response. I understand that you were not one of the posters declaring one technology to be superior to the other. And, for the record, I did not intend to be confrontational in any way. My comments were a suggestion to ... |