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| "hard bop" jazz heads.... Here,a few personal favorites:--Sonny Rollins, Horn Culture,Don't Stop the Carnival--John Coltrane, Giant Steps,My Favorite Things--Art Blakey,A Night in Tunisia--Charles Mingus,Let My Children Hear Music,The Jazz Workshop Sessions(with Eric Dolphy) | |
| How's this for a dose of reality??? Ok,Sean,fair enough.I have no idea who said it. If no one gets it right and you have a lottery for the prize and I win,I want a slutty brunette with a three digit IQ,sort of a cross between Catherine Zeta Jones, Angelina Jolie, Winonna Ryder, Salm... | |
| The effects of corporate music Having nothing new to contribute to your points about corporate effect,I'd like to consider the end of the Cold War.As the most abstract art,music is the most difficult art to censor. A totalitarian government would rather have its free thinking,c... | |
| Best redbook CD playback system for $30k Since you ask what I would buy,I'd spend 10 and leave the other twenty in the bank because I believe the improvement I would gain for the last twenty would not equal the money spent. I do not presume to tell you what you should do or spend.Restric... | |
| What am I hearing??? Following the logic of using your headphones to isolate the problem,use a cd player you know is good and substitute it for your cd player to see if it your source or not. | |
| What are your most favorite violin concerti? JSB d minor for two violinsWAM number 4LvBnot necessarily in that order | |
| Guaranteed Reference System for $750 Good post. Everybody should play a musical instrument;we all find our levels.It's been my experience that if an instument is convenient,if someone plays it regularly,kids will ask you to learn to play it,without your having to bug them to take les... | |
| Your favorite J.S. Bach --fifth brandenburger--musical offering--d minor concerto for two violins--two part inventions(because of the sweat it cost me to learn to play a few of them) | |
| I Hardly Listen to Music Anymore Yeah,I get it. The best,most eloquent explanation(that I know of) of what you describe is by Aaron Copeland in "What to Listen For in Music"-a good read. He described listening to music on a musical plane,an expressive plane,and a musical plane-wi... | |
| "do it yourself" acoustics acoustic fabric wallpaper.......the wallpaper shop will have a sample book.......it's spouse friendly because it comes in many colors,solids and patterns.I can't spell diktionary | |
| Memories........What made you catch the Audio Bug? My father building Heathkits. At the time there was no vacine and the bug bit right into my bloodstream and stayed there. | |
| Whats the krell sound? The lowest note on a string bass has a fundamental pitch of about 40 cycles per second. At a live performance,the difference tones add an ambiance to the bass that is usually not present with recordings-even with a subwoofer.Difference tones? See ... | |
| Best tracks to "show off" your system Something I know my listening friends would like to listen to.When I'm listening critically for system strengths,being an imaging person,I choose something polyphonic or unaccompanied human voices. | |
| Question for all of you Glenn Gould fans ... Think about playing piano for a moment. By developing eye-hand coordination,an intelligent deaf mute could learn to play Bach. With practice,you can read the music and push the right keys;you can press the right keys and write down the music.Now,c... | |
| B&W exposed tweeter on top design.... Phasecorrect:The biro l-1 has an on top tweeter. More athttp://www.avahifi.com |