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Stuff You Tried To Love

I know we talk a lot about confirmation bias- we buy something and then convince ourselves we like it. Or something like that. But did you ever buy something you wanted to love and just couldn’t make it work? For me, Esoteric X-05 SACD/CD player. Bought from a local who was upgrading to the X-03. Big, beautiful piece of gear, but I couldn’t get used to the sound after 6 months of trying. Sold it to another local- I insisted he listen before he bought and I believe he sold it soon after as well. Totem Forest and Hawk. I loved the whole concept. Slim, easy to live with. Couldn’t get them to work in my room. The Model Ones were much better. I had a couple of other pieces, but this is long enough. BTW, these were bought used without audition.

chayro
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mahgister
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This is why there is so much great musicians to love... No one is greater than all the others...

It is also a soul affair between the musician and us... Not a public affair ...

Then it makes no sense to impose some piece of someone saying you must like this if not you are not a jazz lover...

i idolize Sun Ra album with Walt Dickerson ( my favorite vibraphonist) as an album as among the  greatest as many others cited here and well known if not for me greater 😊..

Am i a jazz ignorant ? 😊

 

 

chayro OP
2,930 posts
 

Bach had 20 kids. He knew that there’s more to life than music. 

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kairosman
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My Denafrips Terminator II never convinced - I sold it on after comparing it in my system with a Gustard R26 w/ external clock, which for my tastes was on par with the Terminator for less than half the price.

czarivey
5,697 posts
 

I tried to love her,

But truth prevailed.

deep_333
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Jazz is a easy avenue for fairly untalented "artists" to hide. They may be fairly proficient with an instrument, but, lacking heavily when you need to go beyond that...The average juicehead, of course, thinks he is "bourgeois" only if he claims he likes jazz! Jazz miyazz schnazz, lol

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