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Jazz artists for late starter.
Oscar actually has one recording where he sings, believe it or not. Given your constraints you'd want to avoid that one. It blew my mind when I heard it, because he sounded like Nat King Cole. I guess Oscar figured that the world only needed one N... 
Jazz artists for late starter.
06-26-08: Oem said:"Your taste in jazz encompasses many different styles.If you seek out any artist that is no longer with us you cant go wrong"So you think he'll like Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ornette Coleman and Sun Ra??? I doubt it. I don't even... 
Vinyl or wait for the new stuff??
Chashmal, why would you say SACD is a joke? I'm finding that it meets and/or beats vinyl, depending on the engineering. For instance, all the SACD reissues of the classica RCA recordings of the 1950s are as good or superior to my "shaded dog" copi... 
dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra
There will be a Playback Designs web site, they've just focused on production of the product first. They're building production capacity right now and meeting current demand. Getting ahead with marketing is an easy mistake to make. The current str... 
Jazz artists for late starter.
Gawdbless said:"I just like the music, being a piano player, I really like and appreciate the way Bill Evans plays and the cd 'Trio 65' is excellent! a minor down side is the brushes, I love the snap of a stick hitting a snare drum. Brushes should... 
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I don't get your point Bar81. The ball is not hidden. Is not the VOSP line one of the very best??? Is selection of a particular model going to change your decsision as to whether to give it a listen or not? What if TEAC built a custom part, based ... 
Okay......best single box reference CD player
Well said Emigene.Dave 
A good DAC: AN kondo, dCS or EMM labs ?
Ok, now you're blowing my mind. I went to the Memory Player site and see that it has a 32-bit, tube DAC. The claim to fame of the MP, besides the 32-bit DAC, is that it reads the source disc into a large memory and re-reads as part of the error co... 
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VOSP is all they want to say, for now.Dave 
Jazz artists for late starter.
Remember, he doesn't like vocalists. (Hate to see someone miss so much good stuff, but...) 
A good DAC: AN kondo, dCS or EMM labs ?
Can you give a link to what you're considering as a "memory player"? 
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The transport is an Esoteric SACD/CD. Web site to come... ;-)Dave 
A good DAC: AN kondo, dCS or EMM labs ?
What do you mean by "memory player"? Is that a music server or a CD/SACD transport? If so, which one?You're listing high end, so I assume a hi-rez source. I'd focus on DACs with open architecture that can handle sampling rates up to DSD one-bit, 5... 
Jazz artists for late starter.
I could also add to this list, but I'm wondering what you liked the most out of your initial purchase. Knowing that I might be more specific to your tastes. (Yeah, I know, sadly, no vocals and no brushes). ;-)Dave 
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06-25-08: Bar81 said:"I think for 10K, there should be something in writing besides what's out there."Well, there will be printed writing. Playback Designs is only into the second month of a new product launch. Reviewers actually have in hand prod...