jay_carlson
Responses from jay_carlson
| Coltrane. Can we talk? NYjazzcat,Hello friend. I'm not sure if you're a musician or not. If you are, and if you're a jazz musician, then you know, appreciate, and understand what are called "Coltrane changes", and maybe were testing me. And no, the last thing I'm about ... | |
| Coltrane. Can we talk? Frogman, Hi. I knew I'd have some rebuttals to deal with after I wrote that this morning... ;-) As for "parameters" that were "lacking"- (perhaps 'lacking' is even too harsh a word, maybe 'missing' is a better word in this case). In my sincerely v... | |
| Coltrane. Can we talk? Coltrane had a very advanced harmonic conception. Many other players are still catching up with his mastery of the 3 & 4 tonic systems. I would even go so far as to say he pushed Western music, harmonically, ahead a little, as other players ar... | |
| Joseph Audio RM 30 or Meadowlark Heron I mmmmmmmmmmmm, Meadowlarks. | |
| Top Ten Tube Amps of All Time? My vote, at least one of my ten votes, goes for the Cary sli 80 signature. It's the new integrated with all the previous add-on options included. It's got all the usual stuff we all rave about, incredible imaging, big tight bass, smooooooth clear ... | |
| Kestrals vs Shearwaters I agree with above. I've heard both, & I own the H.R. Shearwaters. The Kestrels do have a wider sounstage, while the Shearwater's higher 'detail' gives a more focussed location of instruments between the speakers, really a "holographic" effect... | |
| Cary 303 CD - Very Detailed - Fixes? Hi, I have H.R. Shearwaters and a Cary integrated sli80. The combination is wonderful. I would advise that you wait til you get the Shearwaters, then you've gotta let them break in for a LONG time, like 300-500 hours. But it's worth it. The highs ... | |
| Integrated Amps vs. Separates. it is somewhat of a grey area. Before I bought my Cary int., I was looking at used separates, ( BAT vk60, VAC pa100/100, VTL monoblocks, Music Reference RM200, and many other amps I've forgotten about, w/ possibly Blue Circle 21, VTL 2.5, BAT 3i, ... | |
| Integrated Amps vs. Separates. After much research, IMO, in the $3,000 price range, Integrated is definitely the way to go. Or else possibly used separates. My recent short list looked a LOT like Trelja's list above. I wound up getting a new Cary sli80 'signature'. There is no ... | |
| CD playback - 1 box or 2 I'm in almost the same boat. I've decided on around $1,000. I already have a Marantz cd63se, and I'm wondering if I should get a new all in one like the new Rega planet, or get a DAC like the Bel Canto or Van Alstine or others,... Hopefully I'll s... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Do I notice an ECM theme in this thread towards the end? Not surprising, I think my CD collection is probably 25% ECM, and it sure is achingly beautiful- from all the etherial jazzers, to the 'new series' gorgeous 20th c. orchestral composers- too... | |
| <2K amp for Shearwaters Hi, I just thought I'd let you know that I wound up getting a new Cary sli80. It was a long proccess, lots of research, but it was worth the work. Sounds beautiful. | |
| Best integrated amp for Sonus Concerto The new Cary sli80. give it a listen. 80w ultralinear/ 40w triode. It should be on your short list, retail ~$2.8K | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Bartok string 4et #1, any John Abercrombie ballad, David Gilmour solos from Pink Floyd albums. Hows that for variety, me in a nutshell, very moving stuff IMO. P.S. I like the term "achingly beautiful", very nice. | |
| Speakers: all-time worst Over the past several months I've spent a lot of time, research, and money upgrading my system. During this time, it was typical that the subject of audio would come up in conversation with friends and aquaintances. Well, one day I was invited to ... |