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| groovin organ based soul & jazz Here's a few of the better jazz organists that you might check out:1. Jimmy Smith2. Jack McDuff3. Don Patterson4. Jimmy McGriff5. Shirley Scott6. Larry Young7. John Patton8. Joey DeFrancesco9. Larry Goldings10. John Medeski11. Lonnie SmithYou migh... | |
| How much LF info on LPs? I'm not sure where audiophiles got the impression that LP's don't contain low frequencies, but Twl's comment is on the money. I have some LP recordings of pipe organs which have frequencies that reach as low as my pair of Vandy 2Wq's can reproduce... | |
| Suggestions for my first turntable Matt:The good news is that you have a LOT of very good choices today for a starter turntable system, while the "bad" news is that you actually have to choose one of them.If you look through the Audiogon archives, you will find a number of threads ... | |
| Opinions on Adcom 5802 and 5500 amps Many of the people who post here on A-gon have owned Adcom amps at one time or another. I've owned 5 different Adcom power amps since the late 1980's, including the 5500/5503, but I have not owned the 5802. I also sold Adcom products in the early ... | |
| Looking for recommendations to use Rives Audio ... Rives Audio is owned and operated by one of the long-time Audiogon "regulars", and I have always found his comments to be technically sound and helpful. I recently purchased the "Rives Audio Test CD", which is used to test your room acoustics to s... | |
| How to demag. tape heads with bulk eraser Breadman: the advice already given is on the money. Since you may be considering the purchase of a head demagnetizer, I want to mention that I have a used professional demag unit, the "Han-D-Mag", made by R.B. Annis, available for sale. This model... | |
| Suggestions for a three channel amp Using a price point as your main criteria may result in your overlooking some good candidates. Among the 3-channel amps that you might consider are:Lower-priced: Adcom GFA 5503; Rotel RB-993 (there is a used unit for sale right now on A-gon) Mid-p... | |
| Speaker advice: $1200 budget The Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures are well within your budget, and if you are willing to spend another $100-200, you could get a used pair of Vandersteen 3A's (which could be upgraded at some future point to the 3A Signatures). Given your stated list... | |
| Best Sax Jazz Pbb:Your mention of "The Sound of Jazz" is very interesting -- you are one of the very few people I have encountered that knows of this recording done by Leonard Bernstein, done as part of the "Omnibus" TV series in the mid-1950's. I have used thi... | |
| Home brew vinyl & stylus cleaning fluids? I have been making a home-brew cleaning fluid for 25+ years that is comprised of a gallon of distilled water (less 1 pint to allow space for the next ingredient), 1 pint of 99% pure isopropyl alcohol (available in some drug stores), and a few drop... | |
| Unsettled and considering changing stuff Hi, Jeff:You aren't terribly specific about why you are dissatisfied with the sound of your system, other than having a need to "scratch the audio itch" (which all of us understand). Your system, overall, is excellent, so it would be useful to try... | |
| Speakers for Bryston 4B-SST I have found the Bryston 4B-ST to mate very nicely with my Vandersteen 3A Signatures, and the new 4B-SST should be even better. | |
| How many weeks of income did your sys. cost? The essential theme of this post has been raised, in one way or another, a number of times over the past two years, and I find myself thinking that it takes a lot of temerity and a considerable lack of good taste to repeatedly ask this question. M... | |
| Dave Holland's LPs Do you literally mean his analog LP's, or are you asking for recommendations regarding his recordings? If the latter, I'll be glad to give you a list of some of his best work. | |
| Laser Life? Most small lasers of the type used in A/V equipment are rated in terms of hours of use -- as an example, 5000 hours. That figure, however, is at best a SWAG, since the laser may fail sooner or substantially later. The lifespan of the laser can ber... |