strateahed
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| Is it possible to be an audiophile and be happy with what you have I dunno. Went from constantly looking to tweak and upgrade to basically staying the same for the past couple of years or so ... mostly due to time/money constraints. Somewhere in the process I went from listening to my equipment to listening to mu... | |
| Donny Hathaway Thanks for the programming heads-up lynott. You can feel the emotion in his voice - especially on live recording. Like jesusa0 said ... pure genius. | |
| I am sick of Adele Sick of Adele? Well, as they say, everyone is entitled to their opinion.I’ve been very blessed and had the good fortune to experience live performances by Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Diane Reeves, Diana Krall, and Cassandra Wilson. So what? Each t... | |
| Evening Classical Music; listening for relaxation Mieczyslaw Horszowski: Piano SonatasA 90-year old Horszowski plays Chopin, Debussy and Beethoven piano solos beautifully. It is also very well recorded. | |
| Jazz for late night relaxation Bill Evans "Moon Beams" and "The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1"Miles Davis "Someday My Prince Will Come" Kenny Burrell "Round Midnight"Oscar Peterson "Jazz Round Midnight" Relax and enjoy ... | |
| What is your favourite Coltrane album ? If I could only have two, they would be Ballads and Coltrane with Johnny Hartman ... both on Impulse. Everything mentioned here is good stuff, and you can't go wrong with any of these suggestions. I have 'em all. One that is usually not in the con... | |
| Whats the weirdest concert you ever attended? I'm a huge Miles Davis fan, but the only time I heard him live was a real disappointment. It was in the 70's during his "Jack Johnson" / "In a Silent Way" days. His side men played for awhile before Miles limped out (his foot was in a caste). Then... | |
| MM cartridges +1 for the AT-150 MLX.IMHO it performs well on everything. | |
| Fuses that matter. @T_ramey - I tried out the SR Red and the AH Platinum in the same equipment (not a true A-B comparison OK). I found the SR Red to be great on inner detail retrieval, but a tad bright IMHO. The Synergistic folks were nice enough to give no question... | |
| Jazz for aficionados It was always a real treat to catch Bob Parlocha's show on my morning drive to the gym. Not only did he have vast knowledge of jazz, but we was also humble and teachable ... especially when it came to sharing music from young up-and-comers. Defini... | |
| some of the best speaker cables under $250 In the search for high-value (quality to cost) speaker cable, I auditioned all of these in my system: Audio Art, Morrow, Signal Cable, Blue Jeans, Anti-Cables, and Reality. With mostly 30-day trials, it literally took months of change-outs, compar... | |
| Big Bands of Today. @Zephyr24069, I wrote that incorrectly as it appears to refer to Mintzer. Gerald Wilson is the one who has passed. My apologies. | |
| Big Bands of Today. Heard Bob Mintzer at the San Jose Jazz Fest a couple of years ago ... good stuff. Also, though he left us recently, Gerald Wilson was still producing great music right up 'til the end. I'm listening to his "The Mini Waltz" right now. Wynton's Jazz... | |
| hi, i trying to to get my first system together One more option, if you don't want phono or plan on adding vinyl at any time ... pair the Odyssey amp with Odyssey Candela Tube preamp ($1,600 base). | |
| hi, i trying to to get my first system together Dangitt, Ill answer this as if the information would be used by a relative, close friend, neighbor, or my brother-in-law. In other words someone who Id have to see and hear about my recommendations well into the future. That said, Im looking ... |