frogman
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| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 A couple of additional facts re this wonderful recording which, as halcro points out, should be a must-own for audiophiles. If one is to own only one recording of Classical music this one is definitely one to consider as the one. The pedigree of t... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Palladian/Garrott/MR5:Not sure how one could quantify “how close” an inexpensive cartridge can come to the sound of the Palladian, but the Palladian is clearly in a different league than the other two.  It gives a much bigger dose of the natural t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Excellent!Well, as you know, the Artie Shaw Concerto puts certain demands on the soloist that most orchestral players seldom come across. Not too many great orchestral players can play that piece with a truly credible jazz feel. Â Zamora is a terri... | |
| What do you mean you “heard” the turntable **** At some point we just have to accept that something is good enough....****I completely agree, but that’s not really the issue here as I see it.**** ....or at least as good as we ever hear ****Thats a wide open question and the ability and sen... | |
| What do you mean you “heard” the turntable There is one aspect of any turntable based system’s sonic presentation that is primarily determined by and attributable to the turntable itself; and hence the reason that, yes, one can “hear” a turntable compared to another in the context of an un... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Right you are, pjw. Â Nice post.Fierce tenor playing:https://youtu.be/VNCX8zVuu-IThanks for the Ted Nash clip, acman3; one of the most talented players on the scene today. Â https://youtu.be/cOQ9A5MEV2IGreat Wayne Shorter clips, btw. Â Thanks to all.... | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Sorry to disappoint, halcro.  I promise some thoughts on all by the end of the weekend.  Best to all. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Speaking of removable arm boards and audiophile anxiety:My (now “hybrid”) TNT 6 came with an arm board drilled for a SME V.  I was having difficulty getting a blank or predrilled armboard for my ET2, so I went ahead and had VPI drill the SME V boa... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? Very happy 20 yrs + user of a linear tracker, the great ET2, here. First, while he has mentioned his thread, I think it should be stressed what a great resource ct0517’s thread is; not just for users of the ET2 to learn about proper setup and to g... | |
| Jazz for aficionados “probing, contemplative”.  I like that and I agree.  He has always been one of my very favorites; not only as a player, but also as a composer.  It’s always been fascinating to me how his style got more and more economical through the years even t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Interesting clip with the great Wayne Shorter and Wynton Marsalis’ JALC Orchestra in a tribute to the great musician.  Features arrangements by band members of many of Shorter’s compositions with some really interesting commentary by Wynton about ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of Borodin:https://youtu.be/_ABknBkbZS0https://youtu.be/oVQO2FdTJos | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 Harold, I don’t doubt it at all and as we all know system context is very important. Curious, have you tried the AT 150 that the 180 was compared to? I haven’t owned either one, but would consider purchasing the 150 if I can find one; I think it w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Yes, I have.  I played it years ago under Zdenek Macal; one of my favorite little known conductors.  Lovely symphony with, as you suggested, some nice clarinet writing.  Doesn’t get performed nearly often enough.  The opening to mvt.3 is particula... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As always, great to see the clarinet get some love. Thanks, nsp.When one puts the words clarinet and timbre in the same sentence it’s hard to not think of Jimmy Hamilton, Ellington’s beautiful clarinet player:https://youtu.be/soXccIs8FZQFeatured i... |