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| Jazz for aficionados Listened to this today. Wonderful and very elegant playing. With the exception of "Lover Man", not an album of standards, but of blues originals. His playing may be more to your liking, Schubert.https://youtu.be/TuVqhA9fpOE | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Before you attribute any perceived changes to the raised board make sure that you first make the comparison with the VTA EXACTLY the same as it was before you raised it. What made your initial impression positive? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Interesting and beautiful; very poetic. Thanks. That trio was the rhythm section for the great Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. The Village Vanguard in NYC was (and still is) their home base. That would have to have been sometime around 1975. V... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thought or another one, Schubert. Can't think of a more "sparse" piano player than Monk. Unique player with a quirky time feel and overall approach which may or may not appeal to you, Genius, imo.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6H6DjPBFOo | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, A couple that come immediately to mind:The must have box set: Art Tatum "The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fj7Ny6lx5wOne of my favorite piano players and one who doesn’t get enough attention: Hank Jones... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Beautiful clips, O-10; thanks. That Art Blakey clip is particularly beautiful. Lee Morgan sounds amazing and even though he doesn't solo, Benny Golson's accompanying lines are a model of tastefulness. Has anyone seen the new documentary movie... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Harry, got your introductory pm. Re damping between the boards:While I agree with John in principle (I am not a fan of Sorbothane), I would, as with all this stuff, let your ears be the final judge. As I see it, because of the way that both boards... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Or, "Audio Storage Wars". I’m sure I am not alone and God knows what else I have in that cabinet. Rules: we get to look over (from a distance) at the audiophile’s room and system and then bid, without looking inside, on the "Miscellaneous old stuf... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Well, I guess my wife is right; I really am a pack-rat. All this talk about arm boards for the HW19 got me thinking and looking in my "equipment graveyard" cabinet where I keep all sorts of stuff not needed nor used for many years in some cases. I... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great clips! Gorgeous Brookmeyer/Scofield.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo30HzzUt3k | |
| Jazz for aficionados By far? Tough customer! 😉 Hard to compare Dorsey to Hampton or JJ; different eras and totally different styles. Slide was also a great aranger as that arrangement for trombones shows. I don’t think anyone can touch Watrous for sheer vistuosity or ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Probably the most famous trombone feature ever. Smooth!:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cKQc-cbAvdQAmazing!:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8nd-Hb63O1UThe more the merrier:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq-OJT9GtO0My favorite:https://m.youtube.com/wat... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Harry, I don’t know if you have the thicker arm board that VPI made for the HW19 Mark IV to address the very issue you are having. If you don’t, they may be able to make one up for you. When I purchased the thicker platter for my HW19 years ago an... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners What started me thinking about the issue of how much to (not) torque down on bolts/screws was when I realized that I had inadvertently compressed and deformed one of my wands’ "head shell" to the point that the cartridge would no longer be "parall... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris, I wish I could give you a more interesting 😉 description of how I remove tonearm cartridge leads from a cartridge, but my method is exactly like yours. Only thing I would add is that the tiniest amount of Deoxit helps keep the connection lu... |