edcyn
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| Favorite Beethoven Symphony Recordings Bruno Walter is always a good choice. I also like Eugen "Mammy" Jochum. What can I say? I love Zube's and the L.A. Phil's Seventh on London/Decca. | |
| How can music be sad? Music connects to that deeper part of your brain; the part of the brain that doesn't analyze but that simply reacts to primal stimuli. | |
| Do you, or did you, have Audiophile buddies that you shared music, gear, times with? I've only had one true audiophile buddy. It was the early 1980's. At the time I was scraping by, working the classical records section of a San Fernando Valley Tower Records, when a guy started regularly exploring what was pretty much my private... | |
| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? It's gotta be easier to have a couple walls packed with vinyl, a hard drive full of downloads and a subscription to Tidal or Qobuz than it might be to keep a closet (warehouse?) full of gear at the ready and suitably warmed up. Not to mention the... | |
| Name the most recent album that has shaped your musical world Fatma Said's "El Nour." On Qobuz. Just wonderful. | |
| Have you had any bad purchase experience(s) been with Audio websites and/or retailers? I've dealt with Music Direct, Audio Advisor and Upscale Audio, and their service has been flawless. Where situations have cropped up where I needed to speak to a live voice, they've never failed to solve my problems. It didn't hurt that the liv... | |
| Who am I supporting? I go to concerts whenever I can. | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes Records that turned my head around and opened new worlds.Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.Meet the Beatles.Peter, Paul & Mary, In the Wind.David Bowie, Aladdin Sane.Sex Pistols -- Never Mind the Bollocks.Kind of Blue.T... | |
| Bob Dylan sells his complete songwriting catalog! middlemass -- Bud Dolan. Wasn't he mentioned on the back cover of the Airplane's Volunteers elpee? | |
| Favorite Symphonies Quiz mayoradamwest -- Duel! Draw batons! Mozart sums up the entire universe in his late symphonies, the ones from 29 onwards. Grace, humanity & transcendent loveliness. The earlier ones may not all be quite as transcendent but they make up for ... | |
| What sends shivers down your spine when you play it on your system? I don't know about you guys, but the sheer number of misspellings on this website's posts is pretty shocking. I mean, owing to the amount of cash it takes to indulge in this hobby, this has to be a pretty educated, highfalutin' crowd. Then again... | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? tablejockey -- thanks for intoning Chuck Niles' name. I listened to his show obsessively. I lapse into a Chuck Niles imitation whenever the word "jazz" comes into my head. | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? Any love here for Audra McDonald or Wynton Marsalis? | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? True, the moniker Modern Jazz doesn't truly apply to a style that is over 60 years old, but the term is still okay by me. Just think of it like a category. Like Swing, Traditional, Ragtime, Hard Bop, Fusion... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? I just like my Prologue One integrated. Have had it for years, now. The piece melds perfectly with the rest of my components. Tubes last for a good long time. Troubles have been few and very far between. When I lived in L.A., I'd drag it to h... |