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| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Lennie Tristano and his star pupil, my teacher, Sal Mosca. Has anybody mentioned Armstrong? Not a jazz collection overall without him. Lester Young with the Nat Cole Trio will have you humming his solos all day long, and his solo on "Embraceable Y... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? The only way I can discover many of the artists mentioned in these posts is if they were used by reviewers of audio equipment. My tastes are for music that is harmonically rich. I discovered Dixieland jazz at 12; West Coast Jazz at 14; and Lenn... | |
| Audio racks that can handle heavy components I like the look and sturdiness of Maple Shade. I chose the ones with wheels for ease of movement. Great catalog. I spent $1,400 https://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Modular-Equipment-Shelves_c_111.html | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" Handel didn't write the libretto. The man who did was a close friend and a devout Catholic, where Handel was not. Handel wrote the music rapidly and did not rearrange the words. The librettist was unsatisfied with some of the music,yet they rema... | |
| What is your top sexy song? Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt and "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box"--her piano. A song that might not have gotten out of New York. | |
| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings Both the Solti Mahler 2 & 3 with the Chicago are digital. For me, the best second for sound by Vladimir Jurowski and the London Phil. It is a live recording. | |
| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings I have to add: for sonics alone Mahler 2 and 3 with Solti and the Chicago. Their brass is astonishing, but don’t look for deeper meanings. On Telarc, get Maazel’s Shostakovich 5 coupled with Stravinsky’s "Rite Of Spring." It is a powerhouse. You m... | |
| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings Buy Norman Lebrecht's book: "Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World" He discusses multiple interpretations of each symphony. If you like the Telarc sound, see Zander's Mahler 5 with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Abbado's second... | |
| Upgrade Digital Cable Review Would Audioquest Coffee digital cables make a difference over the Cinnamon variety I am using now/ What cable under $800 does anyone recommend? | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? It's "transcendent." And it might have been Rachmaninov himself who deserved the adjective most. | |
| Denafrips Pontus *15th* ? https://www.denafrips.com | |
| Hearing aid question I got my hearing aids through an HMO. They paid $3600 for the pair. There was an option for an improvement from Denmark for $1,800. I paid it. The hearing aids are the most important piece of my system. There was a discussion on the PS Audio chat ... | |
| power cord for pass 250.8 There must be as many power cord manufacturers as there are things to plug them into. I bought a new 2-meter Hurricane on Mercari for $550. There is more wiring there than buyers, apparently, so a big bargain occasionally.appears. My experience wi... | |
| TAS. The Absolute Sound? I bought a one-year subscription to TAS for $7 online. The March issue was their thumbnails of reviews in all their categories including one new one. Harley’s Complete Guide to High-End Audio is indispensable, I think for audiophiles on any level.... | |
| BHK 250 The BHK is a stereo amp. The sale on the Stellar Strata 150 Watts, Dac and streamer for $1749 is pretty good, too. |