frogman
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| tube amps and electrostatics I can't dispute your technical assertions, but I can tell you unequivocally that the electrostats driven by good tube amps that I have heard (my own Stax, Quads/Jadis, Quads/Quicksilver, Soundlab/CJ, and others) have ALL sounded more natural in th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks! But, I have always been on the same train. I think the difference is that you took the EXPRESS; I took the LOCAL. ;-) | |
| tube amps and electrostatics I couldn't agree more. I base that strictly on what my ears tell me whenever I hear electrostatics. What I hear is that the transparency of electrostats lays bare ss amps' tendency to sound leaner and less dimensional than tube amps with a resulti... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The story that Diz told was that at his wife's birthday celebration a couple of dancers fell on his horn and bent it. He played it that night anyway, bent and all, and in spite of the fact that it was now harder to play he liked the sound. He then... | |
| Jazz for aficionados You guys crack me up. Glad you recognized the intended humor in posting that clip. Actually, I prefer your clip, O-10. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ok,http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rCp3qGzkxig | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Slaw, sounds like your Jun-air's moisture reservoir doubles as a pressure check valve. Seems to me the answer is to keep the pressure at just below "maximum". My homemade surge tank uses a check valve that I cannibalized from the Airtech (with Wis... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Lloydelee, I completely agree about the Macallan 18 vs the 25. I have been saying the same thing for some time and gotten frowns from some friends. I have always felt the 18 is THE ONE.Recently received a gift of Macallan "cask-strength". No indic... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I have not heard (seen) the Abbado/Berlin, but I have not heard anything by Abbado that I have not liked; he is brilliant.Two others to consider if the music is of top priority: Karajan/Berlin. There is something about Karajan's treatment of Beeth... | |
| PSB or stick with vintage ADS I would be careful about giving up on your ADS speakers. They are very good sounding, and while its true that there are very good sounding current offerings in this price range, I would be surprised if you are able to accomplish much more than a s... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Thanks for the links, Chris. Very nice! Great to hear the Gliere; love that piece. I couldn't find artist info on the site. Is it there? | |
| Budget LOMC preamp recommendations needed Nice to see you posting again, Nandric. Greg7 I would take Nandric's recommendation very seriously. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Welcome, Justin. Ah, Charlie Mariano! One of my very favorite alto players. Here he is on one of my very favorite records:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJ75vcmVKY&feature=plpp&p=ALGLx1orRGw4W8XHYz9KFo_OtzUPthUNch | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Is it that, they can't get what's in their head to come out of the instrument****Exactly. They don't feel they have the technical mastery of their instrument (yet) to express the musical concepts that they "hear" in their heads; to translate t... | |
| Budget LOMC preamp recommendations needed The Jolida is amazing for the money, but while "laid back" means different things to different sets of ears, that is not how I would describe its sound. Compared to my EAR phono stage I found it to be VERY energetic and aggressive sounding. In tha... |