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| Best Christmas Album Another vote for Wynton and Crescent City. | |
| Looking for great violin CDs in solo. Second Gslone's Arturo Delmoni recommendation. Lovely, sweet stuff. | |
| Different between Black Mamba and Taipan? Lamcam,They are the same family -- elapidae -- and both are extremely dangerous, because of their potent neurotoxic and cardiotoxic venom. One is African and the other Australian, of course. If it helps, black mambas are known to be faster. | |
| Supporting Local Audio Stores are we? A million plus people in the local metropolitan area, but my/our high end store has long since gone to a HT focus. Before that, I bought an LS2B MkII preamp and a Theta Gen IIIa, both as demos, from them, and bought a V100 Mk II on A'gon after aud... | |
| Help needed regarding purchase of Amp Stands. I have a tube amp that sits on an SRA stand specifically designed for the amp, and it makes a big difference. (My wife immediately concurred, upon hearing it.) I was lucky enough to find it here -- the SRA stands can be a little pricey. I am a sat... | |
| "Old" vs. "new" digital equipment Gmood1,I will be very interested in your comparison -- I hope you will post something about what you hear. Thanks.David | |
| "Old" vs. "new" digital equipment Bigtee,Thanks for your thoughts. I am thinking about preamps as well, just not the subject of this thread. The Ref II and III are definitely on the short list there. I know that I will hear improvement with a newer preamp, although my LS2B and I h... | |
| "Old" vs. "new" digital equipment Eweedhome,You're right -- not the answer I was hoping for, but one I suspected might come. Thanks for the response.Teajay,Will do. Thanks.Any other thoughts or ideas out there?David | |
| RACMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO 2 The Earl Wild performance, remastered by Chesky from the old Reader's Digest recordings, is first rate as well.Good luck. | |
| Vandy 2WQ balanced crossover question Rex and Kjweisner--Thanks for your advice. I will probably look for a while to see if I can get the variable crossover here, but otherwise I will contact a dealer and get a fixed value piece made up.I am enjoying the sub already. I just cued up th... | |
| Help with Jazz BeBop Luc, How about Miles Davis 4 disc Live at the Blackhawk set? Miles, Hank Mobley on tenor, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums live in a 1961 gig in San Francisco. Fabulous playing, with Miles more outgoing than us... | |
| beautiful piano recordings: solo or small ensemble A couple not mentioned by anyone yet:Nojima plays Liszt -- fabulous playing!Ashkenazy playing the Shostakovich Preludes and FuguesGlenn Gould playing the Bach Goldberg VariationsAgree with others about Keith Jarrett The Night is You (or something ... | |
| Thiel 3.6's vs. Vandersteen 3 sigs I recently upgraded from the 2Ce's to the 3A Sigs, and I was astounded at the magnitude of the bass improvement. Turns out I have a significant standing wave problem in my listening room which only became apparent when I put the 3A's in my system.... | |
| AMERIAN JAZZ FOUNDATION Thanks for posting this. One of my nieces works for them too. It's a good day to give, if you can.Happy Thanksgiving, all.David | |
| what are your most favored recordings ? I agree -- very tough to pick only 5 or to be confident that this 5 is the right 5. That said, I would include, at least:Joseph Flummerfelt and the Westminster Choir "Like as a Hart," for its choral sound and sensibility and because it includes Ed... |