frogman
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| Disappearing Jazz? **** Jazz is not disappearing. It is progressing. **** Exactly! Although, I might change “progressing” to “evolving”. Whether it is progress or not can be very subjective. Jazz WILL evolve as this is the nature of the “beast”. It always builds on... | |
| Disappearing Jazz? As has been stated, Jazz is alive and well. Now, I think part of what may be shaping your sense of the state of and availability of Jazz is shown by your reference to “traditional Jazz”. What exactly is that? There is a tremendous amount of Jazz ... | |
| The character of analog and digital Charles, yeah, you’re probably right; a little (?) hyperbolic of me. I suppose that feeling that there is a “problem” at hand is not necessarily getting bent out of shape. Maybe it’s me that gets bent out of shape at the frequent complaining ab... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hadn’t planned on mentioning the cover art, but now that you mention the topic… Great cover art. Like that of your post, with a vibe very in keeping with the vibe of the music. I love this record. I post it a fraction of the times I listen to it... | |
| VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5 arm Question/Suggestions May seem self serving you say “welcome back”, Miller ……but, welcome back. | |
| The character of analog and digital The answer is simple, be confident in your perceptions. One’s perception can be one’s truth. Why should it bother anyone that someone else may have a different perception of what truth is? Good grief, we’re talking about audio, not world hunger. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The saxophone was invented in 1846. Pretty primitive. Appropriate media 😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Soprano trombone, sometimes called slide trumpet. Nice tenor player! Is this it? No wonder it sounds like Sanborn! The tenor player on the live version you posted plays Sanborn’s solo in the intro of this studio album version literally note for ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Is that Sanborn? **** I can see why you may have thought so, but you’re right, no it’s not. First, it’s a tenor, not alto; Sanborn never plays tenor. However, its all Sanborn in style. Sanborn developed a style that gave birth to count... | |
| VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5 arm Question/Suggestions I respectfully have to disagree (sort of) with markd51’s assessment of the benefits of using an SDS, or similar, motor controller. While it may be true that a tt motor controller may not increase the quantity of bass it will certainly increase th... | |
| The character of analog and digital Argument? Difference of opinion perhaps, but no argument. Let’s not look for one where there isn’t one. Having said that: **** Therefore it becomes very difficult to make generalizations on which categorically sounds better. **** You did bring u... | |
| The character of analog and digital I completely agree that both formats are capable of excellent sound and I do agree that the topic gets old…. for a variety of reasons. However, preferring one over the other, or simply recognizing the differences, and they do exist, does not mean ... | |
| The character of analog and digital No. I was not one of those “golden ears”….whatever that may mean other than the sarcasm you imbue into the term. I was not there so can’t speak to any of it. I am, however, someone whose ears spend several hours each and every day listening to and... | |
| The character of analog and digital A lot of opinions and theorizing when the answer is found in the OP’s original post itself. No mention of the obvious: **** First of all it’s very difficult to speak of analog in general. Records vary widely (indeed wildly) in sonic character an... | |
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