Jazz Music Question

Hi All,

This is great stuff!

I have albums by some of the artists you mention like Art Blakey, Chet Baker!, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green!, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, etc.; so I guess I am starting to get on the right track.

However, there are many names mentioned here that I do not know. This is super; I can be like a kid in a candy store!

I have been concentrating on my digital front end the last few years but finally got my KAB modified Technics SL1200 mk5 up and running so who knows what I might find in the vinyl stacks.

One off topic comment is that my PWT and Mojo Mystique V3 DAC sound better than the table with an old Ortofon Pro s40 cartridge. Not sure if it is a bad old cartridge or the digital is just better.

Anyway, your responses are great!

Thanks,

Dsper.

@charlesdad1 
2nd point is that fortunately most jazz recordings transferred very well to Redbook CD (Thank goodness!). No doubt you can achieve terrific sound with a quality analogue/ turntable front end as well

@ghosthouse4  Seems to me getting great sound out of an analog rig might be more challenging (set up and $ invested?) than required to get good sound from digital - my O-pinion.

I had some eye surgery and needed to take it easy so I listened to vinyl all day Saturday (wife out of town). Actually found a Sonny Rollins album I had not opened among other things... Snap, Crackle, and Pop!

It seems like a real step up in vinyl is going to cost at least $4 or $5 thousand. Not sure it is worth it given the smooth, full bodied sound I am getting with digital.

For me, I think it comes down to catching that last bit of treble in the right way to sound like live music. Not there yet!

Maybe I should try a Grado cartridge and call it a day. The wood bodies always intrigued me.

Thanks for listening,

Dsper

@qdrone 

 May I suggest Shapes to Come by Ornette Coleman.

Yeah , I have that one and enjoy it. 1959.

Thank you all. I have found some of these and expanding my knowledge!