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| Jazz for aficionados Too hip for the room! :-) | |
| Jazz for aficionados He wrote many good tunes. His best known is "Nuages" which O-10 posted a link to above; it's been recorded by many jazz greats. "Minor Blues" is another one, as is "Belleville". If this ain't jazz:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nS2ylPAUxzAWhat do yo... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics I will let the more technologically astute (Atmasphere) explain the reasons why, but one of the most eye-opening and educational experiences for me happened about twenty years ago. I bought my first pair of Stax F-81 electrostatics (known to be a ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Learsfool, agree about that record. Fantastic! | |
| Jazz for aficionados Yes, THAT Greenspan. In Leonard Garment's (attorney and top advisor to Nixon during Watergate) biography "Crazy Rhythm: From Brooklyn And Jazz To Nixon's White House, Watergate, And Beyond", there is a very funny picture of a big band; in the reed... | |
| Jazz for aficionados “She really liked younger men. Sometimes we would take off our clothes and listen to jazz.”~ Alan Greenspan on Ayn RandRok, in case you didn't know, Alan Greenspan was a jazz tenor player.“The worst part of Ms. Rand's parties was Mr. Greenspan run... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Bravo! | |
| Are you an Audiophile? I am an audiophile; and proud of it! I love music even more, however; and there is no equipment so bad that it can destroy so much of the music to make it not worth listening to. | |
| Jazz for aficionados NOT scatting in the usual sense, but check this out. First you have to listen to the original, followed by the vocal version:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RPfFhfSuUZ4http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ASFCs4IUolIBiggest surprise for me was George Benson.... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Chris, thanks for Bruce's comments. It all makes complete sense, however my question is still not answered. I suppose its academic, but as a point of interest, I fail to see how air would NOT escape regardless of pressure. Air (like water) under a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Not much that can be said that hasn't been said many times over about, probably, the greatest composition of the 20th century. In order to (slowly) bring things back to the subject this thread (and possibly change Rok's opinion of this composer) t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados We have a winner. The latest recipient of the "Labotomy Award" is Acman3. Congratulations! | |
| Jazz for aficionados This is the second installment of the "Labotomy Award" contest. The title says it all; and, no, I don't think that this is an example of "bullshit".....maybe.Can you name the composition that is quoted in this performance? As usual, being the gent... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Shame indeed, thanks for your impressions. | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners Been thinking about the "air escaping" issue. Seems to me that what has not been made clear enough is that there will be air escaping no matter what the pressure is. While it is obviously true that an air bearing will be optimized for a specific p... |