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| Discovering Lester Young Redkiwi: Try "Laughin' to Keep from Cryin'," a very late Lester Young recording on Verve. | |
| Discovering Lester Young Great list, Scott. On Verve, look for "Pres and Teddy" (Wilson, that is). Also, Verve's Jazz Masters series (Young is #30, I believe), would be a great introduction to his post-war work. | |
| Ohms and WPC??? First of all, it's not 8 ohms "normal" resistance, its 8 ohms "nominal" resistance, and the word nominal in audio means something like: This is an even less meaningful spec than the others.Resistance varies with frequency, and the more valuable fi... | |
| am I nuts? Stop. Your amp's not your problem. It may not be great shakes, but if your 2.5s aren't right for your room, *that's* your problem, or at least it's the one you have to come to grips with first. So my first suggestion is, try your 1.3s up front in ... | |
| Best Jazz Recordings of 2002 Thanks for the list, Scott. I'll nominate one other: Stardust, by the Bill Charlap Trio--a real throwback, in some ways, but expertly done, with some great "guest stars" (Tony Bennett, Jim Hall, Shirley Horn, Frank Wess). | |
| 40' speaker cable..will I loose sound quality? It all depends on what's in the "network," Bob. | |
| 40' speaker cable..will I loose sound quality? Warehouse: Unless you're using very thin-gauge cables, an extra 5 feet is not going to make a substantial difference.Fcmcargo: What you have to worry about here is high-frequency roll-off due to high resistance. I'd try some 10 AWG cables for a ru... | |
| Retail Buying - Reality Check It's becoming quite clear that the Internet does a much better job serving niche markets than bricks-and-mortar stores do. Sure, the local guy can theoretically provide more "service," but how much service do audiophiles need? Home theater design ... | |
| What is pink noise? Blueswan sounds about half-right. Pink noise has equal energy per octave. White noise has equal energy at all frequencies.One virtue of pink noise is that it's an easy way to test frequency response. It's much easier to hear differences in frequen... | |
| Best Clapton and Davis CD? You can't have just one Miles, but you should probably start with Kind of Blue. If that seems rather tame to you, go forward to the second quintet (Shorter/Hancock/Carter/Williams). My favorite is ESP. If Blue isn't traditional enough for you, go ... | |
| Can Cable get Damaged? It's highly unlikely that your I/C was at all affected by being tangled up. Current will flow in any pattern, so unless you've actually broken wires or loosened the connection in some other way, you've nothing to worry about. | |
| The Year of the Universal Player Absolutely not. The issue isn't hardware; it's software. When new releases start to come out regularly one or the other format, then I'll buy in. Not until. | |
| New Jazz Releases..What Do You Like? I'll second Moran; he's a facinating character. I tend to go for the classic stuff, however, so my favorite of the last year was Bill Charlap's take on Hoagy Carmichael, "Stardust." (Or maybe it was called "Skylark." I can never remember.) Include... | |
| How could High End audio be improved? I'd list three things, in no particular order:1) better recordings2) more attention to speaker/room interaction on the part of manufacturers3) better consumer education about the technical side of audio. | |
| High-quality MP3s not comparable to CD WAVs ?? Captain: Try this little test: Get a friend to play one or the other for you, and see if you can guess which one is playing. It's always easy to tell things apart when you know which one is playing. |