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| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks for the comments. I had forgotten that the ET1's counterweight arrangement was not decoupled. While I can't speak to why the reviewers that I mentioned considered the weightier bass of the 1 to be "superior", I do agree with Dover that, bas... | |
| wbt low mass RCA upgrade Agree. And further makes the point that, if at all possible, ELIMINATION of the RCA' s (hardwiring) can be a major upgrade. The gains from which can offset any downsides to using less than premium cable if one doesn't want to destroy our existing ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners I remember very clearly that one of the things that reviewers seemed to agree on when comparing the newly released ET2 to the ET1 was the more powerful and more extended bass performance of the ET1. This was described as the one area where the ori... | |
| Micro SX-8000 II or SZ-1 Love the moniker,11flat6. | |
| Jazz for aficionados You may find this interesting. One of the icons of the saxophone world plays and talks to young musicians about being a jazz player, the music, the study; and gives insights into his personal life including being married to Charlie Parker's widow.... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just in case my very short comment's meaning wasn't clear, just wanted to congratulate you for being able to identify Morgan. Which relates to some of my earlier comments re players' clear and identifiable personalities; some have it, some don't. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****"That sounds like Lee Morgan", now back to that singing sax which brings out this tune as well as any vocalist"********I discovered this was "Star Eyes" off my Mosaic LP compilation, Mosaic MR4-106, The Complete Blue Note Recordings of The Tin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool, how true, and I know that scenario well. More and more I show up to a freelance job where, first of all, I look around and ask myself "who are all these people?" (young!!; or perhaps more accurately: I'm getting old!!). There are are so... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, that John McLaughlin/L Shankar clip was fantastic; I loved it. Talk about two players being locked into each other musically; and clearly enjoying it. Thanks for sharing. This is McLaughlin with another favorite guitarist Paco De Lucia:http:... | |
| Is a tube phono better than ss? Just want to add an observation that is related Atmasphere's comment about surface noise. Perhaps we are talking about the same thing, but I would describe it this way (and acknowledging the dangers in generalizing):To my ears, LP surface noise he... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool, great comments and we have no fundamental disagreement. I love the Picasso/Stravinsky comment; perfect! Don't mean to go round in circles re Wynton; no question that he is an amazing musician. I think the difference of opinion is really... | |
| Jazz for aficionados And BTW, that solo is a model of telling a story in a clear, logical, and concise way. Just a few bars, no excess, and gives a clear sense of direction; we KNOW he's going somewhere without knowing exactly where. It can stand on its own as a melod... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, very good advise, and I do accept Rok as he is; that is why I am still here and continue to interact with him. I would only add that the same should apply to all. Rok, "retractions" cannot be demanded. I am not sure what exactly you want me ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados A quick follow up to my comments re Wynton's jazz playing, albeit a very personal one subject to one's interpretation and usage of words: he often causes me to think (feel): WOW! Seldom, to say: AAH! (as in: aah! I get it, I hear what you're tryin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool, thank you for you comments. I completely agree with everything you have said, and I don't think my comments said otherwise. Remember we were not talking about what Wynton "does for jazz"; I made my feelings clear calling him a great emb... |