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| Digital Connundrum - Levinson? Audio Aero? Art, if you want to email me offline, I'd be glad to share some of my digital auditioning experiences of the past three months. | |
| Ayre CX-7 vs. Meridian G08 ? Denf, I have just replaced my 588 with a new Capitole after a series of auditions which included the G08. Based on Sue Kraft's review of the G series in TAS I expected the G08 to be substantially better than my 588. It wasn't. It was, like my 588,... | |
| Guitar Solos Buchanan, "Roy's Blues" from Live Stock. | |
| Reimyo DAP-777 compared to Audio Aero Prima DAC. Earlier this year (in the January edition, I believe) 6 moons ran a review of the Prima DAC, comparing it to Zanden's DAC. The conclusion the reviewer arrived at was that the Zanden was minutely superior to the Prima but at about twice the cost. T... | |
| Reviews of the year/Lugs Update/Jazz Ben, want to thank you for all the effort you've made to bring us your opinions, reflections and enthusiasm of musical releases of which I might not have been aware. | |
| Any vets among the Audiophiles here? Riggerlt, when you get back to the rock, say hello to Schofield Bks for me. Is Chee Hing's(?) still in Wahiawa? Watchyer topknot. | |
| Verity Pars.Encore vs Kharma Ce 1.0 Krjr, what were you driving your Parsifals with? Lamms or your Plinius? I've owned Parsifals for five years and I would not describe the sound that they produce as dark or closed in, but everything is system dependent, just as everything is deriva... | |
| Jazz Guitar Another contemporary artist is Anthony Wilson. Also, for Latin Jazz check out Compay Segundo and Eliades Ochoa. | |
| Ayre CX-7 vs. Meridian G08 ? Chinanico, it's too bad the G08 didn't work out for you. Hopefully, Meridian will get its act together re this issue (and since others have mentioned similar or dissimilar problems we have to hope that Stuart and Boothroyd are aware of these compl... | |
| Blue Note Jazz Recordings Check out Red Trumpet. This site has a dedicated Blue Note/RVG section. | |
| Digital sources best with Hydra 8's analog outlets Interesting. Thanks, I'll give it a shot. | |
| Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players Outstanding, Duane. For one, I'll check out Vandermark's Design in Time, and I'm not at all familiar with Papasoff. Thanks for the recommendations. | |
| Any information on the new Ayre C5xe player? SRP is $6K and I expect there won't be much room for negotiation if this platform is popular. I can't tell you how good the redbook playback will become, having auditioned a new player in my system. But I can tell you that, with less than a 100 ho... | |
| Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players Great stuff! Of these lesser knowns, which are seminal recordings? Don't relist more than a half dozen with titles for the rest of us to check out... Here are a few more sax fiends with a recommended title:Jimmy Giuffre - FusionBuddy Tate - Texas ... | |
| Favorite Lesser Known Sax Players Here's some more...Benny GolsonNorris TurneyPlas JohnsonOrnette ColemanCurtis AmyHarry Allen |