rok2id
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| Jazz for aficionados I have three systems in one rack. I have three Marantz CD players. One cost 350, one 500 and one SACD at 900 dollars. I also have a Onkyo SACD player at 369, and an Oppo SACD player at 500.I have all this connected to three amps. I play each ’syst... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The truth shall make you free.https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/ten-biggest-lies-audio/ Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados When you consider what happens to the sound wave once it leaves the musical instrument, the question becomes, what are you trying to recreate?None, of it sounds ’live’, and none of it sounds like what went into the mics / mixing boards, so, what i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Audiophile:a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction.(webster).Music has nothing to do with it. CD players are just too simple. Insert disc, hear music. Minimum involvement. Nothing to ’fiddle’ with.On a Steve Guttenberg ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today’s Listen:Sonny Stitt -- THE LAST SESSIONS VOLS ONE AND TWOExcellent notes and booklet. "Drummer Kenny Clarke is reported to have said that "If there had never been a Bird there would have been a Sonny Stitt." And then there is the story abo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Legitimate:4 : conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards WebsterCheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados Diane Schuur:Very good singer, however, all her albums suffer from the same thing, non-Jazz cover art / photo. It does not draw you in the way the Blue Note / Impulse covers do.Nice clip.CheersBtw, there is no such thing as a 'legtimate' drug add... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** It's an honor to participate on a jazz thread with such astute aficionados.*****Can't stop laughing. I will be smiling all day. Thanks OP.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados ***** Is there a consensus on recordings by Rudy Van Gelder?*****I will defer to the more audiophile leaning aficionados on this question. I am somewhat of an anti-audiophile person, and I always, if given the option, will purchase the van Geld... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Today's Listen:Ahmad Jamal -- THE ESSENCENotes: "Liner Notes Are Boring. One of the best pieces ever done liner-notes-wise was done by Delfayo Marsalis -- "Brilliant.""This music represents some of the things I have heard and continue to hea... | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** Monk and Miles got into it about something, and Monk walked.***Although Monk is listed on the front cover of the album, his name is not among the player personnel on the back of the album. Silver is listed as the only piano player.Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados I'm sort of partial to this by Morgan. But like most anything he plays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qusTbkgRKtQ Cheers | |
| Jazz for aficionados From my virtual thread, THE GOOD STUFF.Loud is best.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRi6yhqmuxU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdPGDBZdXuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8kpmiOUfjk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJjjfFo5VIc Che... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Enough of this depressing talk about drugs. Jazz is about these people and from this place. Enjoy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MVmC55T5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSeXzeQK7pk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSNsgpmH2rQ ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTijrDIU-m4 CheersBtw, I served in the Army, in Korea, with a member of Monk’s family. Dead ringer for the man himself. |