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| Higher end value cables Update RE: Virtue Audio cables.My Nirvana speaker cables are now broken in- well over 100 hours. I am extremely pleased.My Nirvana interconnects have about 50 hours on them and have become noticeably better. At first, they sounded a bit "veiled" c... | |
| Jazz for aficionados For me, one of the challenges, but great joys of living longer, is the increasing number of layers my mind and spirit accrues, and learning to process all that information.What was then becomes what is now. There's a cliche- one foot in the past a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados A very fun, and in my opinion underrated (by some) album which I remember because my wild and crazy N.Y.C. "bohemian" aunt on my Mom’s side hung out with these guys "back in the day," brought me a copy of the newly-pressed, Soul featuring Coleman ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Attempts at determining "The Best" are doomed by the constraints of one’s reality. It’s a fool’s errand.If something is "undiscovered" it is precisely that. | |
| Jazz for aficionados I don’t think that the comments of amateur sociologists or historians add anything of value to this thread. Jazz and its history is complicated enough. First, and always foremost, is the music. | |
| Jazz for aficionados This thread has gotten me into flashback time travel. A high school kid falling asleep with a transistor radio under his pillow listening to Symphony Sid. Jumpin' with my boy Sid in the City....Among many greats Sid introduced me to was Olatunj... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I just remembered something else from that era. A tune called "York's Sauna" which was recorded by the Don Scaletta Trio.The song was getting decent airplay and I heard it performed live not by The Scaletta Trio, but by another group at one of th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @frogman "Oh, I get it! West Adams, LA; not Adam(s) West (Batman). You heard Roland Kirk in 1965. Good for you. I’m jealous; never had that privilege. Amazing player."Circa 1963-1965 there were a few large theaters in South Central LA, which o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @frogman "Rahsaan Roland Kirk, one of the great geniuses of the music."Adams West. LA circa 1965. This college boy gets a serious dose of the real deal. Those mofos would play long into the AM. College boy was never the same. Fortunately. | |
| Vacuum tube suppliers Jim McShane has been a very reliable source for me. His customer service is impeccable. I've also purchased tubes from Andy and Brent. They both have high quality tubes and great customer service as well.I've learned that paying a bit more ins... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @ghosthouse :+1 - I’ve got playlists for both. :) . There are so many knockout trios coming out of Europe and elsewhere.Also especially taken with Eri:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbTWbnnmuQgThis guy from Finland, Joona Toivanen can make my day... | |
| Jazz for aficionados E.S.Thttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KXq6RJ0PASo sad Esbjorn died so young. | |
| PMC 24 and Canalis Cambria two way floorstanders; What is the advantage to this design?: Sunny,Here are my final thoughts:There's nothing "problematic" about Magnepans unless you object to their physical appearance, and expect the kind of bass that a 3-way dynamic speaker might provide. There's a lot of plain bunk on the internets ab... | |
| Earworms Foooken "Bye Bye Miss American Pie..." The ultimate, most insidious earworm for me.I no longer lust for any hot rod Chevy, even that '55 that Harrison rocked.I'd rather deal with Ludvig's 9th or some tunes offa KInd of Blue...And so forth and so... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I'm streaming Huston Person and Ron Carter as I type. "Now's the Time/Something In Common"Love it. |