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Great Trumpet Players and Albums - recommendations
Arturo Sandoval is of a higher calibur than Hugh. You'll enjoy lots.My favorite Miles album is Amandla which is not gold standard. What's not standard is usually great.Lately been diggin' onto Roy Hargrove performances. He's simply brilliant.Anoth... 
Need suggestions on bookshelf speaker upgrades
position and room are the best friends of imaging. bookshelves have certain limitations, but some advantages as well.are you shelving your speakers or placing them on the stands? 
Need suggestions on bookshelf speaker upgrades
JBL 4912 is hard to beat at any price point. Restored ones will run in $6...700. 
Jazz Musician's Sonic Signature
Isn't that easier to mention ones who don't have any sonic signature?? 
Jazz Musician's Sonic Signature
I'll know in any band and in any poor sounding system for sure:John Scoffield,Adrean Belew,McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea,Bill Frisell,Ginger Baker,Jaco Pastorius,Miroslav Vitous, Nills Petter Molvaer,Chris Botti, Roy Hargrove,Dizzy Gillaspie,Bireli Lag... 
VTA adjustment for REGA
I have Michell with Technoarm and Michell VTA adjuster does much better job than just spacers giving you an ability to adjust at any height to fine-tune the sweet spot for your pickup. 
How do I hook uo headphones to my system?
you can dig out from your basement or garage an old receiver and use it as headphone amp connected to tape output of your receiver.You can also feed multiple inputs to use separate headphone amplification as well. 
Jazz on Downton Abbey
The point taken.The dixieland jazz is just like that. Everyone's playing their own piece chaotically based on simple 1...2 scale improvisation. Not the best quality music indeed. 
Rembering the 80s: College Rock
My list of favorites:Missing Persons,Skinny Puppy,Sisters of Mercy,Cocteau Twins,T.N.S.(UK),Talk Talk,Tears For Fears,Killing Joke,Television. 
The State of Jazz
Don_c55, before Roy Hargrove Miles Davis was incorporating HipHop into jazz 
The State of Jazz
This statement jazz ended in the late 60s and all any "jazz" artist can do is to replay what has already been created. is ENTIRELY WRONG. 
In response to 'Why not horns?'
Reviewers promote whatever brings money.HiFi, music, horns, ribbons, solid states or tubes have nothing to do with that. 
Best High Efficiency Bookshelf Speakers to buy
Vintage JBL 4912. Restored and serviced run in $800 ballpark. When I heard them with home-made 2a3 based amp (2wpc), it made me think that it's one of the best among high efficiency speakers not only for money and design. 
Fake RRP on cables. A Joke
Chinese manufacturers that sell identical or so called fake cables here or elsewhere via internet often claim that it's THEM who make cables and ship them over. Megapriced cables can therefore be purchased at small fraction of retail price bypassi... 
Compatibility of equipment when adding a dac?
I believe only DSD capable DACs can decode SACD...