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| Jazz for aficionados How can any list of great jazz bassists not include Mingus?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7CoJEyiSfE | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE Ralph, sorry, I meant trying some means of gluing the stock rubber mat that would not be permanent. | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE Ralph, "we couldn't use the screws that hold the platter to the motor unless we drilled holes in the platter pad".What about something like rubber cement that makes a bond but can be peeled away? Rubber cement itself may not be best, I don't know... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus and others, for anyone without any Turrentine, or only one or two in their collection, here is a deal I found not long ago -https://www.ebay.com/i/371207533726?chn=ps&dispItem=1Then for another "sleeper" artist, here is a nice set from... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus, agreed. Our tastes seem to be mainly a combination of exposure and personality traits so they can be difficult to predict.In addition to jazz I listen to a wide variety of music, including classic rock, blues, Celtic, bluegrass/string ba... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus, thanks for listening to those cuts. I can't say I'm surprised that you couldn't "get into it". It took me more than 20 years myself to appreciate some of those performances. And I'll admit some of my more recent reactions are influence... | |
| 2017 ‘Keeper’ speakers under - $25K Jim, Janszen is an old company with a history back to the '60s. David Janszen's father developed advancements in electrostatic panel designs for his own company as well as others, such as the famous KLH Nine full range electrostatics. I became a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados + 2Later I found this example of Teagarden in a smaller group to show the point I made above. "St James Infirmary" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9udjEXDpAgAnd for a fun comparison, here's Big T with Satch and the All Stars, at the Town Hall C... | |
| Jazz for aficionados orpheus, you suggested I post some of dad's favorite music. As further introduction I'll relate that the first concert I attended was Armstrong with his All Stars sometime between 1950 and '52. I was VERY young and looking back overwhelmed (but ... | |
| 2017 ‘Keeper’ speakers under - $25K blindjim, assuming you are still considering more recommendations -Several brands/models fit your list, and many good ones have been suggested. But I believe the current Janszen models belong there too. As a long time hobbyist I've owned monitor... | |
| Impressions of PS Audio GCPH So nipplestiltskin, this simmered and bubbled for FIVE YEARS and finally boiled over? ;^)(I have no opinion about the GCPH either way as I never had one in my system.) | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re: Previnfrogman and others, as you may know, he recorded several albums based upon Broadway show tunes. As mentioned "My Fair Lady" was a top selling jazz album for a number of years. Besides that and WSS I have "Bells are Ringing" and "Lt'l A... | |
| Jazz for aficionados frogman, you're welcome, and thanks for the additional comments. You conveyed many of my own impressions, including a little preference for Peterson's emotion, while still appreciating Previn's approach.Also orpheus, I'll come back to listing rec... | |
| Jazz for aficionados "factors that determine the music we like" Absolutely o.My dad played in a dance band in the '30s and retained a love for music of that era, mainly Louis Armstrong. He had lots of records so I heard that growing up in the late '40s and '50s (yes... | |
| Need advice about upgrading speakers ( it might be the last one i own). sunnyjim, you may have checked a different speaker. The Janszen models are hybrids with electrostatic mid-tweeters and dynamic woofers. Check their site at the link I provided.And while not frequent, used ones have turned up a few times. |