stuartk
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| Singer Songwriters Rarely Mentioned By Audiophiles @waltersalas:We may "hear him differently" but I can assure you that I don't have any problems with McMurtry's politics, if that's what you're wondering. | |
| Singer Songwriters Rarely Mentioned By Audiophiles @waltersalas: There's no doubt that J. McMurtry is highly skilled but, personally, I find his decidedly cynical viewpoint blunts my desire to listen to him more than just ocassionally. I'd strongly suggest you check out Anna Tivel if you admire "g... | |
| PS audio new 25K dac and the psychological effect of owning a company's best. That "psychological effect" is a highly unstable phenomena! There will always be an Obsidian Ted Smith Signature MKII over the horizon. Some people cannot get off the merry-go-round. It is their misfortune to have the money to endlessly chase an u... | |
| Diana Krall @tweak1:"What, no Billie Holiday... no Ella?"Nope.I listen to what pleases me. My CD collection is definitely not set up to mimic an encyclopedia of Jazz. Many "greats" are missing, simply because, there are other artists whose work I much prefer.... | |
| Anyone else loving Audio Art Cables? I've been buying cables from Rob for a long time, with the exception of IC's, which is no reflection on him-- silver simply sounds better than copper to me, in my system-- probably because my integrated and DAC are both fairly warm-sounding. My mo... | |
| Diana Krall @tweak1:"Different strokes..."Yes, of course...I guess the bottom line is that DK sounds more like a lounge singer than a Jazz singer to me and I simply prefer the latter. Helen Merrill, Sarah Vaughan, Sheila Jordan, Betty Carter and-- to mention ... | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @pfeiffer:Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo are two Cds I plan to buy.I haven't checked out Chunga's Revenge, yet. . . | |
| Diana Krall I've never understood her appeal. Like Patricia Barber, she seems to be particularly favored by audiophiles. | |
| Please clear up my confusion re: meaning of "balanced" ! Ordered Jotunheim (amp only). The black units are back-ordered 6-8 weeks and although I'd prefer black, as it would match all my other components, I went with silver, as I simply didn't want to wait that long. In the meantime, Patrick Cullen is ma... | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @heretobuy:Thanks for the suggestions. | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @edgewear:"There are many reasons to hold FZ in high regard as a musical force, but his complete disregard and rejection of the high culture/low culture divide is certainly one of them. These cultural categories are associated with class, status a... | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @chetatkins:Skimmed through SU&PYG and liked enough of the tracks to add it to my "to buy" list. | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @edgewear:"I assume FZ would have been highly amused by the very idea that a person might consider himself too UNsophisticated to appreciate his stuff". What I had in mind when I suggested I might be too unsophisticated was my difficulty enjoying... | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @edgewear:"Zappa considered his social commentaries to be ’antropological field studies’, describing situations and characters pretty much as they appeared to him in real life"Can't say I've personally encountered many such characters/situations i... | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? @roxy54 and bigtwin: I'm liking "Waka Jawaka" and "The Grand Wazoo"-- perhaps because they're quite jazzy. I can actually envision buying these.I'll check out the numerous other recommendations made throughout the thread. . . |