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Jazz for aficionados
You suspect wrong . 
Why is modern pop music today so terrible?
Jimmie Lunceford  Big Band Best swing band ever ! 
14 Year Old Female Drummer
True love  corrects the beloved . With words if needed . 
We've owned B&W speakers since late 80's
In Germany the Insurance companies must pay full replacement on everyloss by law . They are allowed no more than 5% yearly profit , still no shortage of them . Must be something in the water . 
Thiel Owners
jafant, Unlike us ,"socialist" Sweden refused to bail out anyone in the 2008 melt-down, not Saab, not Volvo not the biggest bank in Sweden.No public debt for private losses . 
Classical fans, I need advice
sevs, Bernstein said a lot of things, he liked to hear himself talk .bomarc, +1 on the Hilary Hahn Bach. If you haven’t heard Rachel Barton Pine do Bach she’s a nice midway between the Hahn and Bell poles . 
Classical fans, I need advice
sevs, I have no take on "The Rest is Noise" because I never heard of it.Re, Mahler ,after 60 years of listening to Classical my take is my time is better spent with Brahms or Bruckner.That said, his "Das Lied von der Erde" is one of my favorite pi... 
Classical fans, I need advice
+ 1 There is no better start than the NPR Guide to "Building A Classical CD Collection" by Ted Libbey .You might not believe it now, but if you really fall in love with Western Civilizations  greatest artistic achievement the sound will become sec... 
Audio Art cables
Yes, Rob told me when I got the DH labs the Shadows were better.After I got a Shadow it was not just better but far better and the DH labs are quite good ,Rob said he tends to not say that because  he sounds like he's just trying to sell people up... 
Audio Art cables
Yes, I am . the IC3 SE with Shadows is FAR better than the Classic .Big step up from IC3se with DH connectors much less the classic .I own 3 ICse with shadows , his entry level power cord is excellent .The IC5se are very good , IMO as good as any ... 
Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs
Right,  the Son is one of the sweetest amps ever made ! 
Why is modern pop music today so terrible?
One of the truest old sayings is" The Good is the Enemy of the Best !"If you settle for good it inevitability becomes fair which over time degenerates to bad Bach is Best . 
KEF Blade 2 as replacement for Reference 107/2
Bass on rock is often just a loud bump between 120 to 180 Hz. 
Jazz for aficionados
Bennett has the hold he has on us because he is an authentic human being and people instinctively  respond to that.Perhaps that was amplified by the fact most of his peers were phonies . 
Do female audiophiles exist
tgun5, what you say is largely spot-on .However the two groups are not mutually exclusive .Many of this forum are both even though it's only .0000001 of Americans .