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| Best father daughter dance song for wedding? Not Butterfly Kisses... Good Dad!Something a little more upbeat than usual:https://youtu.be/oE56g61mW44 | |
| How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog? +1 mikelavigne. Agree word for word, and NOT because I am “conditioned” or “biased” to the sound of vinyl. **** digital still cannot do the real world dynamics that analog can. and the soul of music is the dynamics. it’s the hard part. ****Real wo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Diane Schuur/“The Man I Love”:The band (orchestra) sounds professional enough and I don’t think there is anything particularly “wrong” with it except that the playing sounds somewhat hesitant and cautious. The reason for this is what IS wrong: cl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Pryso, not surprised that your local orchestra is pretty good. The quality of regional orchestras has improved a great deal over the last few decades. Better and better trained young players are coming out of schools and even the lower profile co... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Gershwin it is. Very good! “Rhapsody In Blue”. | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 I would love to hear your system, Halcro; and have no doubt that it sounds fantastic. If I am ever in your neck of the woods I’ll be sure to let you know.The issue of “superiority” is a tricky one, imo. For me, the respective sounds of, in this ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good to see you here, Charles. I love Sonny Stitt and I completely agree with you that he moves between the two horns effortlessly. To be clear, my comment about him was not meant to suggest that he didn’t, but as an example of the more general po... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/MOovZMSTCT8https://youtu.be/__mCuzz0IrYhttps://youtu.be/ctw9twCbzaE | |
| Jazz for aficionados Coltrane/Gitler/alto:First of all, Gitler is way off with his “facts”. Coltrane recorded on alto well before that Gene Ammons date (1958). He recorded on alto with Dizzy, among others, about a decade earlier. Moreover, he “switched” to tenor in 1... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 I tried, I really tried. I have made my feelings about the Decca known many times previously and I wanted to be sure that no bias crept into my assessment this time around. In previous comparisons I always felt that the Decca was a superior cartri... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Awesome Basie clips, Rok. “Cleanhead” sounds great; past his prime or not. Definitely someone who has gotten short shrift here.Glad you liked the “Caravan“ clips, nsp. I agree with your take on them. Pjw, I think you misunderstood what I wrote abo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Killjoy? All this time and I thought that’s what the k in rok2id stood for 😊.C’mon now, what exactly is inaccurate about what I wrote? It’s actually quite accurate. No need to get defensive about it; you like it, I don’t. Cheers. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Sure, for a reminder of how to not play the trumpet 😱.Play as loud as possible with an obnoxious tone and as high as possible (affectionately referred to by players as “screech trumpet” playing); and do it all to an overproduced disco beat. What’s... | |
| Crystal Gayle-EveAnna Manley Great lady; and a hoot! My main amplifiers, Manley 200/100 monos were EveAnna’s personal amps which I purchased from her at a NY audio show many moons ago. Great amps! Still have her handwritten biasing instructions on a memo card. She and her... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Excellent comments re the Sony/Palladian, Dover. Loved the Formula 1 analogy. We are hearing the same things even if described somewhat differently. Comments on the “three way” forthcoming; a little busy for a day or so. Regards to all. |