frogman

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Jazz for aficionados
**** My burden is great. **** Clearly! 😊 All I can say is WOW!    
Jazz for aficionados
**** Very creative, but with no relationship with the tune being played. **** No relationship?!!! Seriously? With respect, you are then not listening enough, or you don’t understand some basics. Starting with the fact that in a good bass solo, li... 
Jazz for aficionados
**** The instruments are just too limited. **** Needless to say, I don’t agree about the bass solo in Solar; I would not have posted it otherwise. That’s cool, we all have different sensibilities as concerns musical matters. Now…. The bass has r... 
Jazz for aficionados
The OP, that is.  
Jazz for aficionados
Got to admit it’s pretty eclectic to be into this as well:    
Jazz for aficionados
Another of the OP’s faves.  Just don’t tell him Miles was the leader of the date ☺️. I’m not prepared to assume he is gone.  I hope he’s not and would prefer to think that, no matter what and where, he’s lurking about.    
Jazz for aficionados
   
Jazz for aficionados
   
Jazz for aficionados
Outstanding! It is a relatively new thing in Jazz for bass players to rise, as improvisers, to the level of the great piano or horn players. Not a criticism, bass players’ role in Jazz is primarily as time keepers and so the players necessarily f... 
Spikes on tower speakers
Actually, it doesn’t matter if they have four as long as the cones are taller than the spikes, but do use only three cones of you decide to try this. The cones don’t have to be attached. The cones have flat upper surfaces, so the speakers simply r... 
Spikes on tower speakers
As some have stated, you want to have solid contact with the floor below; so, yes, the spikes have to pierce the carpet. I don’t believe that a wood platform, even slate (or other stone) on top of the carpet will be completely free of rocking even... 
Proof of improvements in audio system sound quality....
** i need someone to help explain how to make a less expensive system sound better, truthfully. with no lies at all. ** It is now legal in about half the country (USA).  
Proof of improvements in audio system sound quality....
As usual, one’s wife is right. She knew you were at the wrong audio store. Where is Mahgister, anyway? Anyone know? Miss him. MY bit of advice:  abandon the need for “proof”.  Trust your ears.  If you can’t hear differences in sound learn to list... 
Silver v Copper wire phono cable
@poorguy , 1.5 meter.    
Solving the "complex music problem"?
My feeling as well.  I may have opinions about pin point imaging, but frankly it is nowhere near the top of my list of prioritizes when listening.  Most of my listening is done outside the sweet spot.  I focus more on tonal issues and rhythmic coh...