simonmoon
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| Noir album recommendations As @windywoodworker mentioned, there is an entire subgenre called 'noir jazz", or sometimes "dark jazz". Some names to check out: Trigg and Gusset Alex North & His Orchestra Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble ØṔЁŦ Dale Cooper Quartet and the ... | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? Back in the 70’s, every stereo chain had it’s house brand. They all sucked. They pretty much got everything wrong about speaker design and build. And that was back then, when a lot less was known. The vast majority of 70’s Japanese speakers. Too... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? I can hear a pair of speakers, and by how they sound, I can usually be pretty accurate on what parameters will measure badly. I have built and upgraded enough speakers in my life, to let me know where the problem measurements will be. I tend to b... | |
| Speakers, floor standing or Bookshelfs @newfzx7 I'm of the mind, If you like the sound of your speakers why remove part of their character and then try to replace it using the sub? Running full range you just augment the sound with the sub without taking something away first. Whi... | |
| A SHOCKING DISC-OVERY TANITE NO KIDDN!!! While I love fusion, Azymuth is a little too light and breezy for me. They are also a bit more funky than I like my jazz. Fantastic musicians, though. But give me the intense, heavy, fiery fusion (Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brand ... | |
| Speakers, floor standing or Bookshelfs Unlike an HT multiple speaker system, a two channel set up with a well integrated sub(s) generally improves the overall dimensionality, imaging and tonal density of any speaker system regardless of the lower frequency response of the speaker. @... | |
| Best music in 2024 When I contribute to threads about best music for the current year, I only consider new music from that year, or with regards to classical music, music that was composed recently, but it first recorded in the current year. Mary Halvorson - Cloudw... | |
| Songs that reference audio equipment Modern Music, by art rockers, Be Bop Deluxe, a criminally forgotten band, IMO. The song starts with the sound of a radio tuner moving up and down the dial. Lyrics: Modern music on my radio Another station and another show If only I could let my... | |
| Napping while listening I am 67 with no plans of retiring. I don't think I've ever felt like napping when I listen. If I am that tired, I will usually refrain from listening, or keep it short. Also, most of the music I listen to is not really conducive to falling asl... | |
| Some thoughts on ASR and the reviews Don't get me started on ASR... Just as one example of their flawed way of evaluating gear: They reviewed one GR Research's budget stand mount speakers, but all they did was measure it and listen to one speaker. As if things like: imaging, sound... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Out of your list in the OP, I lean towered the Vandersteen Treo CT and the Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII. But I’ve heard that series of Monitor Audio is supposed to be quite good. For something a bit different, you might want to check into Pure Audio... | |
| Symphonic on Screen. For me, there is too much of a tradeoff. While I love to watch the technical aspect of the music itself; I am a sucker for watching world class musicians play their instruments. But just listening to the music, without the visual cues, allows me... | |
| Kind of Blue @larsman I don't much like 'jazz', but I do like Miles Davis's early 70's stuff, as it doesn't sound to me like 'jazz' and it's really interesting music to me. Much of it reminds me of Grateful Dead space jams (and I've seen Branford Marsalis ... | |
| Kind of Blue @audioman58 How about Mike Olfield Tubular bells 1&2 is this considered Jazz ? this was considered a classic for its time ,what category is that in ? No, no, no! Not even close to jazz. It is firmly in the prog-rock genre, or progressiv... | |
| Kind of Blue Big jazz fan here! Not a big KoB fan, though. I like Sketches of Spain, Silent Way and Bitches Brew much more. Here’s a few more. Note, that my tastes in jazz (and music in general) is toward more progressive forms. So, YMMV. John Coltrane - A ... |