orpheus10

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Best REEL TO REEL blank tape?
Herman my friend, go to reel to reel on this forum and be enlightened. All things are foreign until you have experienced them. 
Best REEL TO REEL blank tape?
Dramapsycho, you are a man after my own heart. Reel to reel is superior to everything. With my 2 track Technics, the speakers even get bigger.Once you record that vinyl, it will sound better on playback than it did when you recorded it. Find "Reel... 
Best REEL TO REEL blank tape?
Quantegy 456 reel to reel with black backing is what I bought last, it's good. They will also tell you how to convert the bias instructions in your manual to their tape. 
All Amps Sound the Same....
Not all people hear well; when you combine those people with ones who don't listen well, and add folks who don't care about music; we are out numbered. Their "graphanolas" are just some kind of background noise. 
I Pick up a Radio Station when I am playing record
Someone has an over powered station near you. Call the FCC and report it. I bought a radio and threatened the guy when that happened to me. He was coming in on the tapedeck as well. 
Top 10 Jazz recordings ever
I posted on the wrong thread. I would agree with most of the others. 
Is no preamp the best preamp of all?
I'm late to this one. They are all good before you marry them. In re to preamps, "I don't think so". 
The Evolution of Modern Jazz
Here is something that's really different. This is Tuatara "Saturday Night Church"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KohpTKEKGmA 
Female Jazz Singers...new person/new releases...
While most of the vocalists mentioned are fantastic, only a few are new; Norah Jones is a vocalist that is both. Here are two selections by Norah.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKEuOO0lQPchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=mHff55AeEAQ 
Who was the best jazz guitarist ever?
Playpen the first two are for you, the last one is for mehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteKJQRXsnohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqn3PF_DcSg "Round Midnight" Wes Montgomery.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uU3HcuQKeM 
If you could bring back one great artist that has
After reading Rockadanny's post, I want Clifford Brown too. 
The Evolution of Modern Jazz
That was beautiful. Musicians and their music evolve from "that time" to "this time"; I heard violin from "Visions of The Emerald Green Beyond" and bass from "My Spanish Heart", however I failed to associate Al Di Meola with anything that preceded... 
Why do NOS Tubes sound better than new tubes?
That would explain why old movie soundtracks sound so much better than any other old audio. 
The Evolution of Modern Jazz
That music and video was straight out of the land of the pharaoh's, Ramses II, King Tut, and Cleopatra. It was the most seductive music and video I've seen and heard. Combined, the music and video transported me back to the time when the pyramids ... 
Why do NOS Tubes sound better than new tubes?
Before now, I never gave a hoot nor hang as to "why" NOS tubes sounded better. All of the post's have come up with some interesting points. Tpreaves stated that not all NOS tubes sound better. Not all NOS tubes were manufactured for "audiophiles"....