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| Windham Hill an audiophile label? @Justlisten - I'd love to have more details about the studio at the house in Belmont. Not everything was recorded at the Music Annex. Different Fur, Mobius Recording in San Francisco were used. Shadowfax recorded in LA, two albums were recorded in... | |
| Windham Hill an audiophile label? Yes, Mark Isham is one of my favorites, particularly Tibet. I also love his work for David Sylvian on Brilliant Trees and Alchemy. Of course, he's also gone on to become a first-rate film composer and scorer. | |
| Windham Hill an audiophile label? Some great responses.Listening to all of the releases again has made me appreciate the music anew. Most of the albums sound great, and I've found all but one or two very worthy musically. I've found that listening on vinyl and turning up the volum... | |
| A holiday message for all you jazzbo's Thanks, Chazzbo -- I just gave $5 -- not much, but if everyone here did it, it would really add up! | |
| Best Blu-Ray for 7.1 Analog Here are the details from a recent email I got from Oppo: Thank you for signing up to receive information about our upcoming OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player. We appreciate your interest, and would like to update you on the current development stat... | |
| Quality of amps in bridged mono ? Running Bel Canto 200.2's in bridged mono driving Martin Logan SL3's. They are phenomenal. | |
| Apple TV Much has been written about Apple TV. -- Google it. I will say that it is an excellent transport, both from usability and from sound quality -- I gave up my Theta David for it. The David sounded as good, but the transport was noisy. Apply TV is de... | |
| Dead Can Dance on SACD Has anyone heard an early copy? I love their music, and the later CD and vinyl pressings are generally excellent-- hard to know if it's worth reinvesting for SACD.... Pitch in if you've heard some. | |
| The Definition of An Audiophile An audiophile is someone who will sit and listen to an album or two for just the music. It's a simple definition, covers my interest in music from my first humble rig as a kid to my kilobucks system now, and really. How many people do this? Very f... | |
| AppleTV to external DAC? First, let me say that I'm using the toslink and it sounds great. I I am using a Transparent Audio glass toslink cable,which may or may not help, but overall, you should try the toslink before dismissing it out of hand. That being said, there are ... | |
| new female vocalist-Melody Gardot Um, and one of the songs is the free song of the week on iTunes this week. Pretty good. | |
| an amp without "electronic" sound For me it was also the Bel Canto Evo 200.2's (running monoblock to power my ML SL3's, but I think similar can definitely be said of the BAT VK amps. | |
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| ? about oppo By the way, you can get a refurbished 980 direct from Oppo for only $135.00. They even offer the 30-day money back guarantee. Also, if you're in the Bay Area, you can pick it up in their Sunnyvale offices. When I got mine they told me that they we... | |
| best artists in the last 15 years I'll take exception to your slam on Diana Krall. I loved the music first. In fact, I take some pride that while I was searching for my first pair of high-end speakers in LA back in 1997 or so, more often than not when I'd play the Diana Krall the ... |