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| Advice on best upgrade path for a Mac Mini setup For anyone interested, I’ve been listening to ALAC files ripped to an external Seagate 2TB hard drive connected via USB cable to the Aries Mini. USB out from the Aries is to a VLink 192 USB/SPDIF converter (it does NOT up sample signal from the A... | |
| Cable for my Rythmik F12SE Sub Sounds like you are pretty well invested in Kimber...does that mean you've been happy with them? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hey O - Very pleased to hear about the Blue Note DVD. I just ordered it myself. 3 hours worth of music. If there are any performances on par with Herbie Hancock's/Cantaloupe Island, I'll be very pleased. I was very impressed with that performa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @inna - thanks for those links. Have listened to Jesse Cook's "Gravity" a bit. If you like him at all, do check out the Carles Benavent "Quartet"...a little more jazz inflected than Cook's stuff but shares the flamenco influence.Shawn Lane! Who ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados F - Enjoyed reading those Santana comments. What a gracious, humble person (at least based on that). I'll have to try and find out what the Zappa Dylan-parody is about. Didn't know about that.Hmm... soprano sax. That explains a few things. No... | |
| Cable for my Rythmik F12SE Sub Hello again bdp - I actually used some Romex initially (leftover standard 12 gauge stuff from in-wall house wiring for 20 amp service). I’m running the subs connected to the terminals of my speakers and positioned alongside each so I only need a s... | |
| Jazz for aficionados So, you got me reading about Herbie Hancock. Yeesh. Talk about prolific. Not to mention Wiki says he graduated from Grinnell College with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Music. Maybe the EE degree explains the cover of Headhunters a little. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks for sharing that bio., Frogman. You have my admiration. Thanks also for getting me to listen to the Herbie Hancock. I've known of Headhunters for years but never owned it or listened to it recently. '73 would have been junior year in co... | |
| Cable for my Rythmik F12SE Sub Thanks bdp. The link I provided to Spoutjack has some bass-friendly speaker cable suggestions for subwoofer applications. Kimber 8pr might be worth trying in my application. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman - While I could hear something reminiscent of Santata I didn't pick up on Evil Ways as the take off point much less pick up on the same key or the Gm - C chord vamp. I'm impressed. What's your background in music if you don't mind me ask... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I tend to agree with the parody assessment, Frogman - as well as your evaluation of Frank's vs Carlos' musicianship. But ultimately each has artistic merit. The possibility of homage never occurred to me until I read some of the comments. As par... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hello Inna - no need to apologize...you is what you is and you likes what you likes. Similar situation for me with Yngwie Malmsteen. Though I admire him (along with that other "shredder", Joe Satriani) for technical chops, that performance doesn’t... | |
| Cable for my Rythmik F12SE Sub Spoutjack - Try both ways and see what sounds best to you. There's no right or wrong about it in any absolute sense....just go with whatever gives you the best sound. I came across this old thread. Might be useful to you (this is what I was ask... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Frogman - I thought I understood your comment as applying to results of the last election. I might well have missed your actual point though (and that’s not to draw you out for elaboration!). Inna - I’ll be very interested if any of those suggesti... | |
| Cable for my Rythmik F12SE Sub Hi spoutjack - I didn't think bdp24 was making a recommendation for line level vs high level hookup as much as asking you which you were using (that being line level). I agree with you. My impression starting out with a pair of SVS subs was that... |