simonmoon
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| Big Jazz Band Music with Great Sound I will recommend some big band jazz albums. But please note, despite having an uncle that played in a famous, traditional big band, I am not really a fan. Therefore, my recommendations will be contemporary, progressive, and maybe a bit avant-ga... | |
| Big Jazz Band Music with Great Sound @slaw Harry James and his Orchestra My uncle, Al Lerner, was the pianist in the Harry James orchestra during their heyday! If you want to read a fun book about his experiences with Harry James, and others, check out "Vamp 'Til Ready". | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound I would definitely look for a pair of Acapella Audio Arts speakers. One of the best horn speakers available. They use a plasma driver for the tweeter, which could be the best tweeter available. There is nothing with better transient response t... | |
| authentic space recordings The jazz label, ECM is known for their natural, spacious soundstage reproduction, although, I don't think many of their recordings are done with the "purity" of classical recordings. Also, ECM was very respected during their vinyl era for sound ... | |
| authentic space recordings The vast majority of classical music is recorded in such a way that captures the original acoustic space the musicians were playing in. The microphone configurations used in classical recordings are designed with that as a major goal, i.e., Blum... | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? While lyrics don't make or break music for me (I listen to a lot of instrumental music, and music in different languages), great lyrics are a nice plus. Genesis - The Lamia The scent grows richer, he knows he must be near, He finds a long passa... | |
| What are your thoughts on Raidho? I've always really liked the various models I've heard in show environments. Really top notch soundstage and imaging. | |
| Favorite rock/pop male voices Prog Greg Lake - ELP, King Crimson John Wettin - King Crimson, U.K. Francesco Di Giacomo - Banco del Mutuo Socorrso (Italian prog band) / 5 octave range, beautifully expressive. Dimetreo Stratus - Area (Italian prog band) / 5 octave voice, ... | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? @philosurfer Lots of these made my list, and some that didn’t, easily could have. Short list: Leszek Mozdzer Keith Jarrett & Bobo Stenson Allan Holdsworth Mike Stern Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech Paco de Lucia Ralph Towner Bill Evans... | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? Way to many to list... These and many others, hold up for me, extremely well for repeated listenings. Although, some of them I don't listen to as often as I used to, since keeping up with new, great music in these genres keeps me plenty busy. P... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? WAY too many to list... My tastes in music tend toward to the progressive and avant-garde. I am not at all interested in music that does not meet the criteria I love in music. Those criteria are, in no particular order: very high levels of musi... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? This is from last night. Despite a fairly long listening session last night, I only played one vinyl recording. A fantastic serial chamber piece by Ernst Krenek, Static and Ecstatic. Not to mention, that this recording produces an incredible s... | |
| Did I Expect too much? If they are only using $6 binding posts (probably have ferrous materials, which would go a long way to explain why the Cardas sounded better), I would be very dubious as the the quality of the crossover components used. After all, those a much l... | |
| Oh no, say it ain't so. You guys can be so serious, of course the article is suppose to be fun, not a serious stance on being an Audiophile. That in it’s self speaks volumes to us all. That being said I feel personally attacked! The thing is, that even though this... | |
| Lay sonus faber on the side? Putting them on their side, even if the tweeters are still at ear level, with pretty drastically damage their sound reproduction. The drivers, enclosure, and crossovers are all designed for the speakers to be vertical, width of the enclosure, the... |