77jovian
Responses from 77jovian
| Audio Research Amp/Pre matching I have a VT100iii w/an LS26 and it's a great combination | |
| Best Christmas Album I would add albums by David Grisman, M-Pact, and Dan Fogelberg | |
| How often do you get a chance to see live music Last Thursday, I went to hear a piano recital by Murray Perahia; Saturday I heard the Colorado Symphony and Sunday I heard a vocal recital by Thomas Hampson. That's a little more than usual, but all three were terrific and I wouldn't have wanted t... | |
| Music Inventory Update....I picked up a $60 USB scanner on Amazon and downloaded the Music Collector software. The combo works like a charm, I'm making excellent progress in loading my music collection. The program has lots of options for adding notes and otherwi... | |
| What were the best and worst rooms at RMAF 2009? I heard the Vandy 7's and ARC setup on Friday and was nonplussed. I returned on Saturday and was much more impressed, but I thought they were hampered by the small room. I look forward to hearing that system again.The YGA Kiphods were in my top fi... | |
| Music Inventory thanks... | |
| Double Albums/CDs, curse or blessing? My list would include:Al Kooper Live: Soul of a ManDan Fogelberg The Innocent AgeUmphrey's McGee The Best Show on EarthChicago II and IIIWill the Circle be Unbroken | |
| Do you ever wonder? What, no mention of Kenny G or John Klemmer? IMHO, neither of them should have ever picked up an instrument.However, I think that many of the artists deservedly roasted in the post have also done some great work. For example, REO Speedwagon releas... | |
| Famous quote - who said it/how does it go. I heard it was Jimi, who said to ask Randy California (from Spirit, played in a band w/Jimi for a while) | |
| Mozart Piano Concertos I haven't heard the sets mentioned by others, but I have greatly enjoyed the mid-price set from Phillips Duo, with Alfred Brendel, Neville Mariner and the Academy of St. Martins in the Fields. (4 discs, two volumes) | |
| How to listen to the Beatles re-releases? Chopin's Nocturnes were just pop music, too. Doesn't mean they weren't an expression of musical genius as well. | |
| Vintage speakers from the 70's and 80's Sonab made a smallish, cube-shaped speaker (OD-11?) that was quite nice | |
| Does Wilson Sophia Sound good at low volumes? As I recall, the Fletcher-Munson curve mapped the sensitivity of the human ear, frequency on the horizontal axis and volume on the vertical. As volume decreases, the ear is less sensitive to the low and high end of frequency plot as volume decreas... | |
| Music player recommendations? Lots of good advice here...thanks | |
| Music player recommendations? nope, actually am quite serious...see cnet's review of the latest nano (average sound quality) compared with, say, samsung p2 (excellent audio quality)...but i'm sure they don't listen like 'goners... |