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| The music companies do something wrong Not to defend the record companies, whose treatment of artists is generally indefensible, but no one's forcing you to buy anything. If the price is too high, or you don't like the usage restrictions, walk away.Just remember that it's a free(-marke... | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience Try some old Ahmad Jamal--Cross Country Tour or Ahmad's Blues would be a good start. | |
| Keith Jarrett Recomendations No humming? Then how do you know it's Keith? | |
| Should i buy a cassette based on lab test's? For all we know, they may have tinkered with the formulas for those tapes in the intervening years, so I wouldn't put too much faith in those old tests. On the other hand, high frequency rolloff is a problem with cassettes, so a tape that's a bit ... | |
| What am I hearing??? Calanctus: Well, given that those posters all gave *different* explanations for time smear, which of them sounded convincing to you?Given that this is a problem with only some disks, the source of the problem is almost certainly the disks themselv... | |
| Keith Jarrett Recomendations Tough question unless you've listened to all of them (I certainly haven't), and even then different people tend to like different aspects of his art. Remember, this is a guy who can go from straight-ahead standards to free jazz. You should sample ... | |
| What am I hearing??? The most probable explanation is that you are listening to CDs originally recorded to analogue tape, and what you're hearing is the speed variation of that tape. Things it is definitely not:--non-concentric CDs--laser problems--"time-smearing" of ... | |
| Your favorite J.S. Bach 2nd Suite for Lute, transcribed for guitar by John Williams. | |
| Helping a friend put together a sub-$1000 system I wouldn't recommend that a non-audiophile buy anything with a tube in it. Nothing against tubes, but they're for dedicated hobbyists. Also, I know it's heresy around here, but don't rule out stereo receivers. An entry-level Denon receiver runs $2... | |
| What early 70's rock bands had violins? What's all this I hear about violins on television?Let's not forget John Cale, screeching away on his electric viola for the Velvet Underground. | |
| Speaker Wires on Carpet Stop worrying. Carpet doesn't affect the signal. | |
| Requesting jazz quartet CD suggestions "Go" and "Our Man in Paris" by Dexter Gordon would be my favorites. | |
| SACD - Dying already? Apparently the only SACDs that have sold in any numbers are the hybrids--e.g., the Stones--that get put in the regular CD bins and are bought mostly by people who've never heard of SACD. (And it looks like they never will.)SACD was a desperate sta... | |
| Making a PC into a digital CD Jukebox Squeezebox is so last-month. Check out Apple's Airport Express. | |
| what are gold cd's A gimmick, mostly. It's the same old Redbook. No they are not comparable to HDCD, unless they happen to be HDCD. And oxidation is a nonissue.Edesilva got it right--High-end producers use gold to signify their better products. But the disks aren't ... |