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| Name your favorite sax solo. +1 on Joshua Redman's tour de force solo on "St. Thomas" | |
| Name your favorite sax solo. Paul Gonsalves Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue from 'Ellington At Newport' (1956). 32 bar masterpiece that helped relaunch Ellington's career. Liner notes on the back album cover tell the story... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 The Kills "Blood Pressures"Yuck "Yuck"Cat's Eyes "Cats Eyes"My favorites...so far | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Jazz: Benny Green Trio "Source"Pop/Rock: The Kills "Blood Pressures"The Head & The Heart "Eponymous" | |
| Cartridge protractor- the best? Another thumbs up for Yip's MintLP arc protractor. | |
| Ideal SUT for Lyra Olympos cartridge? As always, Mosin's advice is wise! | |
| small companies making today's best products I can vouch for the fact the Jeffrey Jackson will customize to your taste and needs. I own one of his Kahn phono preamps which I ordered with mercury rectification and dedicated stereo and mono inputs. A truly exceptional audio component. Can't wa... | |
| What is your favorite tv theme song/composition? The Dating Game ("Spanish Flea")BonanzaRescue Me ("C'mon, C'mon")HR PufnstufThe Monkees Fat Albert | |
| small companies making today's best products Interesting thread to say the least!I've owned equipment built by larger manufacturers and expensive equipment built by one person operations. I've bought from dealers and I've bought direct. I've never bought from Audiogon but wouldn't rule it ou... | |
| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? I believe a good RCM makes sense if you have a large record collection or are a volume buyer of used vinyl. If you spend $2500 on an RCM and clean 2500 records, it's a $1 a record. The difference in sound quality is worth it. Your software is the ... | |
| Ortofon/Dynavector ? cartridge characteristics Dan,No offense taken. I forgot to add that I hope to hear the A90 in my system again after the new line stage arrives and reserve the right to completely change any opinion previously expressed on this thread ;-) | |
| Ortofon/Dynavector ? cartridge characteristics Dan,As I qualified, this was MY experience in MY system. I haven't reset up the XV1-s on with the Triplanar since adding a new phono stage. Might be fun when the matching line stage arrives ;-)Likewise, I am confident in what you are hearing. Our ... | |
| Ortofon/Dynavector ? cartridge characteristics I own a Triplanar arm and Dynavector XV1-s. In my system, I slightly prefer the A90 with the Triplanar. To my ear, there is a slight tendency to high frequency stridency with the Triplanar/XV1-s combination. (I have not heard this stridency with t... | |
| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? The 45 rpm Music Matters and Analogue Productions Blue Note reissues are sonically excellent. The packaging of the Music Matters is exceptional. IMO, they are worth the money and yes, it's worth it to get up twice as often. | |
| Entertainment for Tonight Benaroya is a great venue and the Watjean organ is amazing. Check out the Chihuly chandeliers in the entryways! Please update after the concert. |