frogman
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| VPI Traveler ****I asked Jack if it's work the tweak to install the board. He told me to save my money and put it into vinyl or Bearpaw Feet. ****++++The Traveler, and the Classic 1 now have an additional circuit board in them that does essentially what the SD... | |
| what is my system's weakest link? I have a different take on this. The "weakest link" is the Project tt. The biggest "problem" is the Thiel/Brio combo. The Brio is a nice integrated and while you mention wanting a new pre, what will you do about a power amp? The C28 is a good vint... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well, it's pretty obvious to me; the winner is the live ensemble. First of all, the recording is slightly softer in volume so that will affect our perception. The recording sounds slightly muted in the highs, and has less rhythmic "verve". No brai... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, fascinating account of your trip to Haiti. This is an interesting essay that addresses, and corroborates, some of your points:http://www.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kiroku/asm_normal/abstracts/pdf/21-2/45-54.pdf | |
| Jazz for aficionados I should also have added the fact that in the USA, slaves had fewer rights (legal marriage, for instance) than slaves in other countries; consequently, they lost their connection to the past more readily. | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Nothing is being merged****Of course it is. The depiction of "voodoo music" in a Hollywood film like "Black Orpheus" is no more accurate than the depiction of nightclubs in films. I would go so far as to say that the way nightclubs were depict... | |
| Jazz for aficionados BTW, to be clear, I suspect you and I share the same feelings about internationalization. What I said poorly in my last post was that the music we love is the result of internationalization and all it's influences, creating a uniquely American mix. | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****efforts to internationalize 'MY' music****Why is that a bad thing? America is the epitome of internationalization; no? Re the music, you might find this interesting reading:http://books.google.com/books?id=ulLJUDmptFMC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA3... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****The most important and significant thing said so far, is that there is no African, in African-American music. It is unquely American. This includes Jazz.****Personally, I would word it slightly differently. There IS African in American music; ... | |
| Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners ****As we all know there are two parts to optimization of the ET 2.0, 2.5. 1) Arm setup 2) Air delivery When the thread started I ranked the importance of the two as far as sonic upgrades went 1) 40%, 2) 60% based on my private experience.****Comp... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** I want to trace African music from slavery to the present, beginning with music from Brazil.****So far, I don't think we have dug deeply enough, and skipped a few rungs on the ladder. It all began with something like this:http://m.youtube.com... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** I want to trace African music from slavery to the present, beginning with music from Brazil.****So far, I don't think we have dug deeply enough, and skipped a few rungs on the ladder. It all began with something like this:http://m.youtube.com... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Man, I can't keep up,with you guys! Re nightclubs/movie sets:http://flavorwire.com/362558/ | |
| Objective vs. Placebo relating to system changes No matter how much discussing, arguing, theorizing or amount of skepticism, some truths will always be truths:- wether because of natural ability, or training and willingness to be open-minded, not every listener will posses the same level of hear... | |
| Jazz for aficionados “It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line.” - Duke Ellington... |