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Jazz for aficionados
Last night I was listening Sonny Stitt, so I played his music this morning as well, but on different albums and it happened that Grant Green plays there too.Reading previous posts from Paul was nice coincidence.This albums should not be neglected,... 
Jazz for aficionados
Frogman, I admit, my question was somewhat rhetorical, but on other hand I am always curious to learn something new.Concerning those few clips I would not call them as jazz per se, but my reason for that to say sounds  controversial for me as I wr... 
The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound
Inmho, striving to achieve the 'same' sound at home like on some live concert (even 'unplugged') is missconception in start, for many reasons.Stereo reproduction beeing the first and obvious one. (there is no stereo sound in the nature, or 'pin po... 
Jazz for aficionados
Frogman (and others too) would you call this a jazz music? Music for a While - Improvisations on Purcell https://youtu.be/Q3ZZ1wTytYkRecently I have started to buy albums from Enrico Pieranunzi.Heard him long time ago with Chet Baker, has a big ... 
Best and Worst customer service?
The Worst-Nordost...had a 3m xlr ic Odin, bought at authorised dealer, wanted retermination (as stated on their site that is something they do) and after some e mail exchange (I still got those mails somewhere) they refused. Excellent service-Path... 
Jazz for aficionados
Speaking of sax...and the players called Sonny, two of them, not mentioned so oftenSonny Red, album 'Out of the blue' from '59.-'60.https://youtu.be/dUd9vE_Ug6khttps://youtu.be/L-LwKvALyZ4https://youtu.be/NxQ--y4jMGsSonny Criss, album 'This is Cri... 
Jazz for aficionados
Few years back I bought sacd player, Dcs Puccini with clock and when I listened to native dsd, it was better than anything I've heard on red book.The Dcs has a 'switch' that can 'turn' pcm on dsd, when listening cd's.Since allmost all my music is ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Orpheus, my father is about your age (b.41.) Before the start of all this, he used to walk miles, daily. (pedestrian to the core, never even owned the car) Just recently, for few days he did not leave the house. Nothing wrong with him, he is not b... 
Jazz for aficionados
Keegiam, here we use a sort of funny expression, that translated goes like this: 'After I caught myself in a lie, I learned not to trust anyone'...Not meaning to go in a long rant, but looking at the state of public affairs, in my country, it is p... 
Jazz for aficionados
Thank you, guys.Again, very sweet. If you ever decide to breathe summer air near the sea, just let me know...https://youtu.be/EqhjDAWJr4s  
Jazz for aficionados
Thank you, Frogman, that's very nice from you.I am close to begin lying about my age,hahttps://youtu.be/llfd-vMMr9U 
Jazz for aficionados
Orpheus, glad you like it. Except for that other album with Gene Ammons that I have posted,I am not sure how is the sound quality of the others and there are not many of his albums as a leader, anyway.He seemed to be gifted but tormented soul, as ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Possibly the angriest band in the world at The Open Door, Greenwich Village (1953) - Charles Mingus (double bass), Thelonious Monk (piano), Roy Haynes (drums) and Charlie Parker (alto saxophone) https://scontent.fzag1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/... 
Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp?
I have a small 30w A class tube pse amp with matching preamp (same manufacturer) and speakers that do not drop bellow 7.9ohm.Same 'small' tubes in amp (12ax 7) and in preamp.The impact on sound is much more felt with choice of tubes (same small on... 
Late Night Jazz
https://youtu.be/Uz559yOmCcYhttps://youtu.be/wWaH2PSREWohttps://youtu.be/_5nHhzWm_OY...and hundreds of other pages on Jazz for Afc.thread...