jwei
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| Best driving music. Beach Boys Bee Gees Best of Wham Phil Collins -- "In the Air Tonight" And one of my all time favorites -- "90 Degrees in the Shade" by Heavyshift | |
| Any favorites for cosmetics/design/how a product looks? Hmm. Just for looks. I like meters. I have two Carver M-500t amps, two Pass X600 amps, etc, And a Magnum Dynalab Etude. I like lights. I never had a 70s or 80s vintage Japanese receiver, but they had great lights. -- Kenwood, Pioneer, Sansui, et... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? Probably depends on the manufacturer. Many of my old Audioquest cables have arrows that indicate the recommended "direction" of the signal -- like if you're connecting a preamp to an amp, the interconnect should be oriented with the arrows pointi... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... I also like Jacintha's Here's to Ben album nicely produced by Groove Note. Attached below is a sample cut -- Georgia on My Mind. | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... @curiousjim "Currently I’m on Amazon music and unfortunately Taking a chance on love isn’t on it. That’s why I was asking, because I couldn’t find it. Just looked again.☹️" Sorry you could not find it on Amazon. The "discogs" page below lists ... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Another one of my favorite performances is Nancy Wilson singing First Time Love accompanied by Ramsey Lewis on the piano. | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Diana Krall has been mentioned numerous times here. One of my favorite performances is her rendition of "Dreamsville" from the old Peter Gunn soundtrack. | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... @curiousjim "Do you know what album “Taking a chance on love” might be on?" Taking a Chance on Love is the name of the album by Simone Kopmajer Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight is Simone’s cover of the James Taylor classic. https://www.disc... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Simone Kopmajer -- Taking a Chance on Love ("Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight") Jacintha -- Here’s to Ben https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS69mWUgotw | |
| What the ship just happened? I bought an old Mac MR 78 and wanted it tuned up at Audio Classics by Modaferri. First, I paid up for an OEM box which was shipped to me. Don't remember exactly, but cost maybe $75? at the time. Next I shipped UPS insured. It arrived there wit... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @oldsounguy "Chris Botti Live, Wonderful songs and one of the best, if not the best sounding trumpet recordings out there. Silk…." Truly great performances. I liked the Blu-ray with its beautiful visuals. My favorite was Look of Love with Burt... | |
| Where do you want your system to go when you go? I had once hoped to pass my equipment to my sons, but they have neither interest nor room for it. If I had the time, I would designate each piece to be disposed through an appropriate channel -- some on Audiogon, some on eBay, some on Craigslist,... | |
| Does upgrading you system have to be on a logarithmic curve? My expenditures were exponential because my ability to spend was exponential. Of course I experienced diminishing returns but I could still hear the difference. I only scaled back my purchases after I stopped hearing differences. | |
| CD RACK I had a Boltz CD rack. It was very solid -- reassuringly rigid with no flexion. I felt sad when I had to give it up during a move. But for footprint efficiency, I am using big wood spinners now. Huge capacity without hogging floor or wall space. | |
| how much should I spend to get a better turntable than my current turntable? Another vote for the Dual 1019. It was a beautiful piece of equipment when I saw one in college. Edge-on, you couldn't tell if the table was spinning unless it had some marking -- its machining was so precise that it was hard to see the motion. ... |