frogman
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| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? Good post, phusis. I agree with what you wrote, but I think you misunderstand my point. Headroom is great and I’m sure that in many cases it is a key contributor to the sense of “aliveness” of the system. However, I’ve heard heard plenty of sy... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? Well, I guess that makes two of us. I have no idea what your comments have to do with mine. More specifically, why the argument? In a sense, we are saying the same thing. That is, that it is not maximum volume that expresses dynamic realism. I ela... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great to read so many mentions and praise of Wayne Shorter. One of the true giants of this music and my favorite post-1960, or so, Jazz composer. As a player, one of the most notable aspects of his playing was how his improvisations became more ... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? It is not ultimate dynamic range that matters most. Instead, what gives reproduced music its sense of aliveness (dynamic realism) is HOW the equipment handles the dynamic swings of the music. What is the point of being able to achieve concert hall... | |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". For me, not even the great JS Bach can spoil, or even diminish, the greatness of Mozart, Scriabin, Janacek, Shubert and others. Seems to me that it is pointless and counterproductive to compare and judge as “greater”, for instance, Miles vs Armstr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk, just about any Jackie McLean recording is an example of his tendency to play very sharp. I’m in no way suggesting that this is a deal breaker for me, nor that it should be for anyone else. It is just that I personally find it annoying... | |
| What is turntable “liveliness”. All the @lewm has written is spot on. Or, at least, I agree with. I wholeheartedly agree with his comment that absolute speed accuracy, while very nice to have, is not essential. Speed “constancy” is. I would take it a step further and sugge... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hello fellow Jazz aficionados. All is well and thank you for your concern. It’s been an insanely busy time work wise and while I have not posted I have followed the thread more than casually. On the subject of tenor players. For whatever it may b... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Beautiful and poignant story. Thanks for sharing. Fathers Day just a few days away. One of the most elegant piano players to ever play this music: https://youtu.be/G_67hUmjgVY | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings Not sure how or why you arrived at that conclusion. As I see it, there’s been lots of love for Strauss expressed here. Some reservations expressed in some cases? Sure, including by yourself. Unconditional love? I save that for my children 😊. If yo... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @tylermunns, You’re welcome. You under estimate what would be required to achieve this. Not at all very simple, nor small. The acoustical forces and subsequent design considerations that would come into play would be considerable. Even if possibl... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @tylermunns, it’s too great a change in pitch for the note to note relationship of a given instrument to remain accurate. When a wind instrument is tuned, say in preparation for a performance, the player (as I explained previously) can essentially... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? A point of clarification: The eagle-eyed who read the article that I posted above will notice that there is a reference in it about the way that the pitch of a tuning fork lowers as its temperature rises. This may seem to contradict what I wrote... | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? @zgas-music, in answer to your question, note the reference to Gardiner’s recording in the “End Notes” of the article above. | |
| Why 432hz Tuning? Interesting reading. It should be noted that while it is true that tuning lower than A440 has been used through musical history, there is no indication that actual A432 was used; and certainly not as a “standard”. https://www.mozartpiano.com/arti... |