orpheus10

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Jazz for aficionados
Benny Green on trombone is an artist we've spent very little time on;            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiibn_Ulb00This is easy to listen to jazz;            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsgTzH-k2lISee what you can find that you like ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Since I saw her live on the weekends, I thought she sounded like Fontella Bass. 
Jazz for aficionados
Lot of great musicians out of St. Louis that I can't even find recordings for, and the recording quality is low for those that I can. Just because the band sounded good, they seemed to think that the recording would sound good also; ain't necessa... 
Jazz for aficionados
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9CxF7qxYqc      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uljur-ALJOU 
Jazz for aficionados
69 was a very good year; as a matter of fact it was the best Summer of my life, although I didn't know it at that time; one can never assess the present until it's past.Some of the very best musicians I've ever heard aren't famous, and that was th... 
Jazz for aficionados
I listen to beautiful music all day every day; all night every night; it keeps me blissfully ensconced in the past.I have 3 rigs; one in the main listening room, one in the basement, and one in the bedroom; they are all fed from the computer in th... 
Fully upgraded Rega P3 vs P8
Adam, once you make "all" of the upgrades, I suggest that you request a Planar 8 as a loaner that you can audition and compare to your completely modified P-3, which is no longer a P-3.Ask "musical direct" for a loaner. Of course you will pay shi... 
Fully upgraded Rega P3 vs P8
Adam, did you do this;    https://www.musicdirect.com/equipment/rega-24v-motor-upgrade-kit 
Fully upgraded Rega P3 vs P8
When I upgrade, it will be to the Rega Planar 10. I don't have a permanent space for a turntable, therefore I like the light weight of the Rega's; I can easily set them up and take them down. That's in addition to the sound of course. 
Fully upgraded Rega P3 vs P8
Tone arm wire gave the biggest improvement.  Wire oxidizes over a period of time and doesn't conduct electricity as well, although you can't tell it until you replace it and notice the new clarity.I wouldn't do it myself again, I would have it don... 
Fully upgraded Rega P3 vs P8
Adam, in addition to what you have, I have the "Incognito tonearm wire" that runs from cartridge through the tonearm to input with RCA plugs.I have a Grado Master cartridge, and presently, at this moment I'm grooving with some 6922 Telefunken tube... 
Jazz for aficionados
I would like to change the groove dramatically on this Holiday Weekend Sunday to a more pensive and introspective groove, and Lonnie Liston is the first artist I’ve selected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Liston_Smith https://www.youtube.co... 
Jazz for aficionados
https://www.alligator.com/artists/Koko-Taylor/index.cfm  
Jazz for aficionados
It seems that Gloria Lynne was popular at about the same time as Dakota;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMeLxh80zdE    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DwPn1wCxIE      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tgh5BOTCuM 
Jazz for aficionados
Dakota Staton was really hot in St. Louis when she was performing. I don't know but I would hope she was that hot in other places too.With George Shearing;    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpY_d7_mUaQ