rok2id
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| What is Jazz? MapmanThanks for your comments. I did watch the Video you sent and also one by the same group entitled 'meet me halfway. My impressions are:Very nice video images, pleasant enough music, the vocals expressed nice seniments. A little too political ... | |
| What is Jazz? "Unfortunately, the reality is Jazz is percieved as an 'old' music that's best days happened decades ago. Not only here, I've even found this mindset on jazzsites!"You mean just like classical music? Show me the 'new' mozart, bach... the 'new' Min... | |
| What is Jazz? I am not sure it can be defined in a definitive sense.A musicologist would talk about the historical roots. Southern black music... spirituals, blues, gospel etc... And that would be very informative and very true. The great French Jazz violinist ... | |
| Your Worst Audio Breakdown The answer to avoiding failures appears to be, go Lo-Fi. | |
| Best Jazz pianist I would like to add the following, since they were on my playlist today:1. Les McCann(piano) & Eddie Harris (tenor sax) - 'Swiss Movement'One of the all time great Jazz performances!! Every track a winner!! I wore out two LPs. Now have it on t... | |
| digital vs vinyl thoughts "I don't want to hear this garbage anymore on this forum. No person with good hearing will prefer digital as it is today. Case closed."Bill 2.0: Do we have the right of appeal? | |
| digital vs vinyl thoughts Back in the day, the mid-80s I think, I remember reading a report in an audio publication about a turntable that used a laser beam instead of a cartridge. It was conventinal in appearance, platter, tone arm, the usual setup, but it read vinyl LPs ... | |
| digital vs vinyl thoughts Vinyl can be good, so can digital, but neither can hold a candle to Elcaset.IMO - IMO - IMO | |
| what are your favorite movie soundtracks. Lawrence of ArabiaBridge on the River KwaiDoctor ZhivagoHigh NoonMy favorites.Peace | |
| Best Sounding CD / SACD player under 15K Are there CD Players that retail for $15,000 ?? Good Lord. Even the gurus at Stereophile could not find anything negative to say about the Marantz SA8001, and it sold for $900. They also tested the Marantz CD 5004 and praised it, $349, of course w... | |
| Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists? Orpheus10:Don't wanna beat a dead horse, but this is an example of what I was talking about earlier. It's a review from the All Music Jazz Guide, speaking of a german group that could not play, 'inventing' something, they could play, and calling i... | |
| Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists? Orpheus10:Have you ever ordered any CDs from mosaic? Talk about the sound quality.Thanks | |
| the meaning of the word "better" I agree, I was mainly thinking digital. You are correct about the analog and tube stuff. We in audio can appreciate the older stuff, but the society as a whole probably sees analog and tubes as ancient 'back in the old days' stuff. My overall thou... | |
| Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists? Orpheus10:Floating my boat todayGrazing in the Grass : The best of Hugh MasekelaThis is a great review of his music. (I always liked masekela, I played flugel horn in concert band.)The very best of Grappelli & Menuhin - nice easy listening, do... | |
| Please help me understand Unsound, you have spoiled everything by introducing reasoned, well thought out common sense.Maybe the machines can 'hear' all there is to hear. They hear everything the human sense of hearing detects. maybe the key is, how the brain interpets and ... |