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| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? Well if haunted means something bad, I submit these:(1) Ballard of Holis Brown, a Dylan song. The one that gives me the creeps is the version by The Neville Brothers.On the CD 'Yellow Moon'.(2) Eleaner Rigby. Esp by Ray Charles.I cannot listen to ... | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever Orpheus10:Excellent explanation. Even I could understand it. Sure makes a body appreciate CDs even more. :)Cheers | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever "This is a high fidelity recording. For best results observe the R.I.A.A. high frequency roll-off characteristic with a 500 cycle crossover."This was printed on the fold out of a Max Roach CD. The CD fold out was a copy of the liner notes from the... | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever Today's playlist:Sir Roland Hanna - Duke Ellington Piano Solos. Good recording and good piano playing, but a little too much interpertation of Duke's music. It can't get any better than Duke wrote it. Didn't grab me.Gene Harris -- In His Hands Not... | |
| Lay away purchase It is obvious he cannot afford the item. Move on, unless this is the only possible chance you will ever have to sell.Cheers | |
| Cured of upgraditis? A sure fire way is to purchase components with burn-in or break-in times that exceed your remaining life expectancy. Then there would be no logic in 'upgrading'. I give this advice free of charge.Cheers | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever Orpheus10:She should have fired the guy in charge of Photos / cover art. On almost all her lp/cd covers, she looks as if she is undergoing torture. Also ordered Donald Byrd: CAT WALK. Will report. Today's playlist included Coltrane - My Favorite T... | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever Orpheus10 & Rockadanny:I Just clicked 'Place Order' on:The Winners -- If Orpheus swears by it, that's good enough for me.The Most -- I didn't know OP was on board.Pick Yourself Up -- includes Sweet Georgia Brown, with 'sweets' on board, how co... | |
| Best classical SACDs out there Not as easy to meet your criteria as one would think. A lot of good sound with subpar performances. And great performances with subpar sound. This last thing is esp true of the 'living stereo' stuff. Be careful with them.Listed below, are some SAC... | |
| Gone are the days of the great audition. Everyone has made valid points. It seems as if a perfect storm has formed and there is enough blame to go around as to the cause. Greed and hubris are the main culprits. And this applies to the customers and the sellers /makers. I would add this.I... | |
| Audio Equipment... the word Cool... and Life The Coolest people on the planet are the Astrophysicists! IQs off the chart and all have a great sense of humor. And quite a few hot babes. I could listen to them talk forever.Cheers | |
| Top 10 Jazz recordings ever Rockadanny:Thanks for the reply. I thought it would be too good to be true. I'll take them off my save for later list.Cheers | |
| What country still has music? Schubert:I purchased my first real audio system from the audio club in Weisbaden. Sansui,PE,Wharfedale. You were surrounded by great audio clubs. Mainz and Rhein-Main etc.. I was stationed in Hanau and had to travel to see all the audio goodies.Ch... | |
| Another audio dealer bites the dust "I guess the Best buys of the world are the audio future. How sad!"Best Buy does not carry enough AUDIO equipment, regardless of quality, to even be considered an audio store. And all the busniess mags I read say their days are numbered as well. O... | |
| Donald Byrd What makes his passing even more depressing / discouraging, is the fact that he will not be replaced. Soon they will all be gone. Same for all the other genres, save Classical. Thank God for the CD.Cheers |