marakanetz
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| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? Albert: Check out jount album Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman to listen some "smoothe jazz".I believe and probably you too that Pat isn't from that pop kitchen described on that tread. | |
| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? I'm on the contemporary jazz side too but not smooth -- sounds tooo sentimental and naive and share the thought with Bobalool. Miles Davis is one of my favorite jazz musicians came through several generations of jazz and his last albums don't soun... | |
| best budget hi-fi speakers for my specific system I doubt that you will be able to find Vandys 2c for the desirable price used. Becides, these speakers need heluva amp to drive them. You can get Vandersteen 1c used for that price(quite reasonable)I used to own 1c and they're perfect for budget hi... | |
| How do you buy music? I buy my records from Germany www.lpcd.de. I trust them and this is my first choice for records.Their records have only two conditions either mint or like-new. The average price+shipping is under $7 for each record.I like the pressing quality of g... | |
| analog newbie Das'a helluva tweak Decay!!! | |
| How Do You Decide What to Listen To? Right now I've got close to 1000 records and 150 CDs. With CDs everything is pretty simple but so simple is with vinyls as well.I've got the LP stand which is divided on equal 12x12x12" cubes. Each cube has either a particular artist or group with... | |
| Do cables really need "breaking in"? Theoretically Yes.It can happen that you won't have to break them in but that's rare.It can happen that you won't hear the difference between cables that had been running for 200...800 hours and brand new. A conductor's break-in process is to dire... | |
| analog newbie Natalie: I also use a vintage record care products with AR record cleaner/conditioner. From what I've learned it is necessary to clean out the dust first from record, than twist or clap the conditioning brush from the dust, than apply a smallish a... | |
| Which monitor speakers are the most detailed... I agree with you Shanej in what you've mentioned in particular:Totem Tabu or if you find for >3k Totem Mani and don't forget about the stands.They can through some flor-standing deep and tight bass with uniquely defined mids and musical highs. | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Always glad to hear from prog rock fans! | |
| Audiophiles - Your Favorite Food?? I certainly love Hibachi but for now I'm hungry and I'm going to get some Pizza Hut Meatball Supreme Sub(luv that stuff!) for my lunch. It's good that there is no Hibachi next to the place I work. That would shrink my income big time. When I'll ge... | |
| Cartridge Longevity? I will str0ngly suggest you not to demagnetize cartridges. The first thing you will do is demagnetize a magnet which plays important role in cartridge performance.Clean records only with professional fluid avoiding any rubbing alcohol, isoprophyl ... | |
| Best Rock Player... Jupiter?? I'm not a Cary fan, but I know that it's fast enough for any rock and also tooo revealing for the bad mastered digi-records. As to EMC-1 it's quite a bit more costly than Cary although excellent machine for hard rock and classical music at the sam... | |
| What's Your Favorite Party Music? To me personally? Ginger Baker - Airforce, Airforce2 albums make me party a lot along with Baker-Gurvitz Army albums too.Tom Waits -- Rain DogsGuesch Patti(France) -- Blonde.Red Hot Chilli Pepper -- Mother's Milk.Francois Hardy(France), Mireille M... | |
| cartridge for rega 25,Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 New Dynavector 20xh -- $520Benz Micro Glider 2 -- $550 if ordered from Hong Kong.Lyra Lydian Beta -- $700 if ordered from Hong Kong. |