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| The Good Stuff If you like Sinatra, check wonderful 3 CD package Capitol Records released in 1990. Available on Amazon. Called Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Years, it captures what is arguably Sinatra at his peak. | |
| The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there. I'm in pieces, bits and pieces at the very thought the DC5 were once held as equal to the Fab Four. We were too young at the time to understand it was all about the enduring ability to write songs. That has always been the secret to longevity in... | |
| Tube Power vs Solid State Power I found this short article to be very good. https://www.caryaudio.com/2018/06/04/vacuum-tube-vs-solid-state/ | |
| What song have you played the most? If I go back over the years, I would guess it would be the greatest Rock & Roll song ever written and recorded. The anger and violence till drips from the song. Powerful lyrics that still ring true 50+ years later. A searing guitar solo tha... | |
| CD Alternative I have a $500 Audiolab 6000CDT transport and my Hegel 590 has a first class DAC built in. The first CD I ever bought was Ry Cooder's Bop Till You Drop around 1982. I still listen to CDs about 50% of the time I spend with music, which is about 2 ... | |
| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system @ papyneau The tribute album to Jimi Hendrix called Stone Free. Fabulous musicians from Clapton to Seal & Jeff Beck. Violinist Nigel Kennedy does an outstanding rendition of Fire. The Cure does a take on Purple Haze that I actually prefe... | |
| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system I might suggest a slightly different approach to this question. It's easy to list great sounding music. The problem being those picks tend to make most every system sound good. I would suggest using music that has always seemed flat (for want o... | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? Kenny G? Kenny G. is to Jazz, as Marshmallows are to nutrition. Sweet but no substance. But hey, if you dig it.......... | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings Any of the later recordings by Chet BakerCrystal Bells (Igloo Jazz Classics)This Is AlwaysDianeAlso the Blue Note Tone Poets re issue of "Boppin" by Hank Mobley. Fabulous. | |
| Aren't you sorry you missed out on this one? It's already sold out! LOL For that kind of money you could buy a Sunburst Strat and a nice turntable. | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? Smooth Jazz. An oxymoron? | |
| SME 309 HTA Key. Does anybody know how to get one or an alternative? Appears to be a Torx head. If so, order a set from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Syntus-Precision-Screwdriver-Electronics-Cellphone/dp/B071PB4RPV/ref=sxin_23_... | |
| A turntable that plays all types of music well Yosh Schmenge is rolling in his grave!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eHB5OjALPQ | |
| A turntable that plays all types of music well Last night I started off with the Hendrix tribute LP "Stone Free". Given the great artists who participated on this project, it's disappointing how dull the disc sounds. Kind of like someone put a sock over the mikes. Then moved on to a Blue No... | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? My Hegel 590 has an excellent DAC built in. It's one of the reason I choses Hegel. My CD transport is a Audiolab 6000 CDT. Retails in the U.S. for about $450. Don't let anyone say you can't get quality at a low price. The combination sounds f... |