frogman
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| Mozart-Clarinet Quintet The two makers mentioned use the Boehm (French) fingering system for their basset clarinets. To that list we can add Selmer, Backun and Stephen Fox. Modern makers using the German system include Wurlitzer and Leitner & Kraus. These makers make... | |
| Mozart-Clarinet Quintet ….. and who would would have thought that three centuries later it would get its own emoji? 📯 | |
| Jazz for aficionados | |
| Keys/Piano - Funkiest Solo | |
| Keys/Piano - Funkiest Solo | |
| Keys/Piano - Funkiest Solo | |
| Keys/Piano - Funkiest Solo | |
| Keys/Piano - Funkiest Solo | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement **** The idea that there can be a high rez system (def: revealing of the recording) that is not well-balanced is, if anything, a contradiction in terms. **** Wrong! Most audiophiles with systems that have aspirations of being truly “High End” (hi... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement Fantastic advice from Atmasphere re making one’s recordings “to know what’s right and what isn’t”. I would include and stress increased attendance to live performances. In that advice is the simple reality that there IS a “right”…..certainly wit... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Many great suggestions. Not mentioned: Shirley Horn “Here’s To Life” - Gorgeous recording. Arrangements by the great Johnny Mandel. Abbey Lincoln “You Gotta Pay The Band” - Bonus: Stan Getz as guest soloist. Phoebe Snow “Phoebe Snow”. Fantas... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement **** The sound of a high rez two channel system sounds nothing like live music**** Three possibilities: - The “high rez”’system is not assembled well; is not well balanced. - Recordings being played are not very good. - The listener is not fam... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement Understood and I appreciate your attitude in the face of disagreement. **** the live music thing alway struck me as kinda silly. **** I could not disagree more. To use your example and turn it around, are we to use studio recordings as a benchma... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement soix, thank you for the evenhanded response. The problem with comparisons to other gear as the basis for a review is twofold. First, to take that approach assumes that everyone, or even most, interested in the piece of gear being reviewed has he... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement The more things change, the more they stay the same. The bashing of audio reviewers by audiophiles who are themselves wannabe reviewers; it’s been sport as long as there have been audiophiles. Out of control egos who are so convinced that it is in... |