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| Aimy Winehouse -- who knows her? You're right on the money Cutocycle. The "Back to Black" CD seems to have been deliberately engineered to have somebody's lame idea of a grainy, peaky retro sound that is very grating. I picked up an EP containing remixes of "Back to Black" and "I... | |
| Aimy Winehouse -- who knows her? She is a complete package, perhaps too complete in some respects. She is a brilliant, highly skilled and charismatic singer, but clearly has personal demons that are likely to kill her, and, or her career way too soon. Her phrasing, intonation and... | |
| Why do headphones sound so good... I believe that it is much easier to reproduce life-like dynamics with phones than with speakers, probably for the reason oft stated above, that there is less air to move. Some experts believe that it is the gulf between the dynamics of live versus... | |
| Stax soul jag Sfar, What a concert that must have been!!! Although removed by decades, I witnessed a similar case of the tune-up band eclipsing the marquis act in a Soul context. I went to see Alicia Keys just after her second record dropped and she had John Le... | |
| Stax soul jag Love the stuff. Stevie Wonder may be my absolute favorite but the whole genre stokes my burners. Recently picked up a 45 rpm EP of the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". Whoah!!!..chicken skin music for sure. | |
| anyone care to comment re: WP-8? Just like every iteration of WP, or any speaker for that matter, you'll either like them or you won't. That being said, there are few designs of ANYTHING that have received more careful consideration than these loudspeakers. Should it be surprisin... | |
| The most romantic jazz ballads, nocturn or blues "Ming" - World Saxophone Quartet from the "Revue" album - sublimely beautiful ballad. Written by David Murray in honor of his beautiful wife. "Naima" - John Coltrane Quartet from "Giant Steps" - Another sublimely gorgeous love ballad, in this c... | |
| How many pair of speakers do you own? Six pairs in six systems:1. Clements 103D at work. w/Technics 25 wpc receiver (early 1980s vintage), Sony CD/SACD 5 CD changer, Mac laptop w/iTunes. Other than a somewhat aggressive treble that can turn digital cymbals a bit spitty, this is a rema... | |
| Sophia 2 against a wall, with Meridian processor? You NEED to speak to Wilson. I'm not a dealer so I do not have an enormous amount of experience with this, but I have played around with my own WP7s and they sound nasty when they get too close to the wall in back of them. The congestion, peakines... | |
| dissapointing audiophile recording Over the years I have fallen prey to many recordings that deliver less than inspiring music with stellar sonics. I agree with others that this happens most frequently with the Jazz and pop offerings from audiophile record companies. This supports ... | |
| What equipment do you most regret parting with?? I had three of the four Nakamichi 600 series components; the tapedeck, tuner/preamp, and power amp. The tuner/preamp was especially sweet because it had one of the best sounding tuners I've ever come across. The act of tuning in a staion was a par... | |
| First song to "Blow You Away"... When I was a kid I was obsessed with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. I must have made my mother play that Lp until you could see through it. My recollection is that it was by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy. I also saw the original Santana b... | |
| Under Appreciated Jazz Piano Players Horace Tapscott, the exceptionally fine, post-Bop player from LA that managed to avoid wider reknown despite chops, soul, and advanced compositional ability second to none. | |
| Help with Jazz BeBop I'm assuming that an avid Jazz fan would have many of the usual chestnuts from Miles, Coltrane, Ella, Sarah, Duke, Count, etc. Therefore, something somewhat obscure but great might be in order. I suggest "Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam" by the late LA ... | |
| Something for Everyone in Super High Fidelity My experience suggests that it is easiest to demonstrate the greater emotional pull of recorded music rendered on a superior playback system if the person already loves the music they will be hearing. To that end I always suggest that visitors bri... |