frogman
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| Why is there so much separation between the professional audio and audiophile worlds? Remember the old “story” about putting ten (?) people in a straight line. Then, you whisper something in the ear of the first person and he whispers your comment into the ear of the second person who in turn whispers it to the third person and on ... | |
| A system for my college-bound daughter Honest question and no offense intended; been there. Does she want those; or, do you want them for her? | |
| The Weekend What the hell were you guys expecting anyway? It was a half time show! Having said that, I have to agree with audio2design (about The Weeknd, not the uncalled for accusation deserving an apology). I suppose my expectations were low and it was th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/CNKAv1aa9IAListen to the end:https://youtu.be/Jbs_-BobfOsBadass:https://youtu.be/hqb_QUsnKbghttps://youtu.be/23sah6aWk3A😊 :https://youtu.be/xAz_t2Ybvmchttps://youtu.be/ZgcOTFNzw9A” Personality is everything in art and poetry” - Go... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Funny, I don’t concern myself too much about ultimate sound quality unless I’m listening to LP’s or CD’s. Just me. To me, nothing comes close to the sound of my two turntable setups; the one in my main system, in particular. My CD players sound... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I saw Frank Morgan at the Village Vanguard in the mid 80’s (1985?). Fantastic performance. Beautiful player with one of my favorite alto sounds once heralded as “the new Bird”. Sad personal story, as Rok points out. After hearing that performa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://youtu.be/2FAG4Xy814U | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for the Geri Allen interview clip, pjw. Very good and accurate. She pays her musicians to rehearse (not all leaders do) because it is not only a sign of respect, it is the smart thing to do. If you rehearse a band then the players have n... | |
| String quartet or saxophone quartet? There really is no instrument that is any “better” than another for assessing truthfulness of timbre (within a given frequency range). It depends on just how intimately familiar one is with the sound of a particular instrument; and personal prefer... | |
| How does Donald Fagen do it? Yes, Fagen has great ears and knows what he wants. Nichols is an excellent engineer, but let’s not forget the role of the producer. Gary Katz produced many of their records including “Gaucho” as well as Fagen’s solo outing “The Nightfly”. You may ... | |
| String quartet or saxophone quartet? “Daniel Deffayet Quartet”, probably the greatest saxophone quartet ever:https://youtu.be/3Zu6uXNX0PIhttps://youtu.be/5WYUawPukaE“Prism”, probably the most prominent quartet today:https://youtu.be/7SsstJC4mEkhttps://youtu.be/z7gQ3fSOaIw | |
| Anyone have experience with the Tung Sol 7581a vs. EL34, KT66, KT88, 6L6 Thanks! | |
| Anyone have experience with the Tung Sol 7581a vs. EL34, KT66, KT88, 6L6 Noromance and all. Glad that I noticed this thread as it is time (again) to replace the power tubes (16!) in my Manley monoblocs and I am intrigued by your comments re the Tungsol 7581A. I have the discontinued Svetlana Winged C 6l6GC’s in them cu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Keegiam, truth is that a lot of things get repeated postings here. Good to revisit most of them. Now, eight or nine postings of the same xxxxxx....well........😊 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Geri Allen with Betty Carter. What a rhythm section! https://youtu.be/oD36b5lq_Vg |