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| Why Don't More People Love Audio? People DO LOVE audio ... but it's fully integrated in ways that meet lifestyle requirements OR it's available to the degree allowed by economics. Most younger gen people are near-penniless and have "socialization" interests that preclude fragmenta... | |
| It was 44 years ago that... These questions beg multiple answers that only go to prove that life can't be reduced so facilely ... I do remember a DJ playing "Palisades Park" about 10 times in a row one night many, many years ago ... and subsequently getting fired for same. I... | |
| At what volume do you typically listen? I've got less than 2 watts on 98dB single-driver speakers ... I probably use 1.2 or 1.3 watts. Not the best room/acoustics, but 8' out and I'm happy | |
| Best Bike to ride before a good listening session I've loved every bike I've ever had ... from 1971 through 2008 ... Japanese to American to Japanese, from carb to EFI to a V-4 carb ... and, as always, the bike I have right now is the best! I don't ride before doing music, though, as the bike pro... | |
| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? PTMconsulting is totally right ... I gave up on SACD several years ago because of the 45 or so that I owned, fewer than 10 were worth playing. I'm quite convinced that we're asking components to make up for the failure of the recording industry, a... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? There is one CD that still rings my bell ... Chris Potter's "Follow the Red Line" ... there's an awful lot of fine music out there, but with this CD I always wonder why I wasted my life doing what I do ... for the effort/music on that CD are spell... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? I used to have the Buff Spring album, and saw them in Denver back in '68, along with the Strawberry Alarm Clock ... | |
| integrated SET amp for $1000 Used to run the A205A with Cain SuperAbbys, the switched to the 318B (I've owned three of them to this point, as well as two a205a's), much prefer the 318B but found it difficult to accept that that the 205 was pure synergy, a much better match wi... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? 1-If you don't know Charlie Hunter, try "Earth Tones" ... and start with cut 2, "What I Am" ... musicianship beyond compare2-Dave Douglas ... I still vote for "Keystone," but find that I'm playing "Spark of Being" with regularity3-Donny McCaslin .... | |
| Decware - any substance here? I've got a Decware SE84, has maybe 2 watts per, something like that, and lots of synergy with my Tekton Lore speakers that offer 98dB sensitivity. Wanted to get either the A205A or A318B Almarro amps, as I've owned several of each over the years a... | |
| Your First Concert was..... Denver CO in the late 60s ... Strawberry Alarm Clock and a rock-solid group called Buffalo Springfield. Such a night that was ... | |
| Speaker Choice for Almarro 318B I've been busy, I'm afraid ... picked up the M33s from AudioMax ... fast, smooth transaction. Yes to Darkmoebius ... I used a Bailey sub with the SuperAbbys ... simply loved the sound with the A205A amp, perhaps a bit less so with the 318B, though... | |
| CDP Isolation? Try the Yamamoto isolation bases in ebony ... very impressive | |
| The 5 Jazz Recordings You Would Take With You... As for Coltrane ... it's difficult to impossible to ignore the breathtaking flights of both "Stellar Regions" and "Interstellar Space" ... these may require more faith, at least on initial listens, but both reveal depth and strength seldom found t... | |
| The 5 Jazz Recordings You Would Take With You... One CD I'd like to suggest would be Steve Turre's 1997 CD of the same name, "Steve Turre," ... and the opening track with Cassandra Wilson is simply glorious, as is the rest of the CD, ... and Turre is simply at one with his trombone.I've got seve... |