larryi
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| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? There are various compilations of the "Best of Blue Note." This is one of the best ways to get into jazz--all of the selections are important pieces, accessible, yet much more than easy listening pablum. You can then branch out based on which of... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? I bought the original Proprius release of "Jazz at the Pawnshop." I listened to it once and have never played it again. The recording IS VERY GOOD and captures the feel of a live club sound. But the style (sort of European swing) and performanc... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? The suggestion to get a guidebook on jazz recordings is the way to go. A book like the All Music Guide to Jazz not only lists most of the major artists and their recordings, it has a decent rating of each recording so you can sample the best. T... | |
| Tom petty record misprint I don't know of any miss-pressings that had a high collector value. The only error I know of that increased the value of a record slightly are copies with the wrong track listing on the jacket of "Kind of Blue." This was restricted to the earlie... | |
| What is the advantage of being able to select the MONO button? You don’t “need” a mono button to play mono records. Whether or not playing a mono record using information from the sum of two identical channels vs. just one channel is a different matter (I have no idea). You need to sum two stereo channels t... | |
| Is the Rockport Avior II an Endgame Speaker? The pair I heard, and in that particular setup, did not have excessive bass. It did a very good job with imaging and was reasonably smooth and detailed. It does deliver quite the level of warmth and sense of "weight" I prefer, nor the dynamics a... | |
| What is the advantage of being able to select the MONO button? The mono button does what the Y connector does to sum left and right. You can then use the amp to feed identical summed signal to the two speakers of a stereo system or use one channel to feed a single speaker. But, as I opined above, summing wi... | |
| Single driver speakers without the pitfalls? The best I’ve heard of true single-driver systems are made by Charney Audio and Songer Audio. The Charney systems I heard employed a Voxativ full range driver and the other employed AER drivers. I liked both, but preferred the AER drivers. Both... | |
| What is the advantage of being able to select the MONO button? Ideally, one would listen to records mixed and mastered as mono recordings on a mono setup and stereo recordings on a stereo set up. Listening to mono recordings through two speakers of a stereo setup can sound very good too. When listening to ... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? Unless we are talking about really bad equipment or extremely lossy formats, there is no difference in the musical detail presented in playback. Can anyone point out a specific bit of information in a particular place in a recording that cannot a... | |
| Amplification of classical soloists in concert performances ? It is fairy common for classical performances to employ amplification. When Strathmore opened in North Bethesda (Washington D.C. suburb), I went to a special presentation where they actually showcased their high tech sound system and demonstrated... | |
| Replace the Capacitors in my Sonus Faber speakers ? The capacitors are probably still fine in your speakers. Capacitors would be easy to replace, and someone may so do to use better caps to improve the sound or preempt future concerns about them going bad. You can easily do the work yourself, so ... | |
| speaker list / web site This is a terrific list of speaker/brands. I suggest adding the following brands which I have heard and liked what they offered: Bayz Audio Cinnamon Audio Songer Audio Voxativ PureAudioProject | |
| Are Lampizator DACs uniquely analog sounding? They are quite a bit more analogue sounding than most DACs, but that does not make them unique. Audio Note DACs deliver a similar kind of sound. | |
| Looking to move to a Tube Integrated setup There is MUCH more variability in the sound of tube gear than there is between high end solid state gear. For my particular taste, there are many high-powered tube amps that I don't like--many sound hard and brittle and less "pleasant" than most ... |