simonmoon
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| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Several reasons. I still like physical media. Living in LA, there are quite a few brick and mortar stores selling used CD's. And since I love a lot of obscure, avant-garde, progressive music, browsing Amoeba's, Counterpoint's, CD Trader's used... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? It might help to know some of your favorite genres, and artists within those genres, you currently listen to. For example: a friend of mine, who is a hard rock/metal fan, wanted to explore some jazz, and wanted some recommendations. So, since he... | |
| Top 10 Live Albums My problem is, since I listen to 3 main genres (prog, jazz and classical, and subgenres within each), I have more than 10 favorite live albums in my top 10. Here my favorite prog live recordings: Yes - Yessongs Genesis - Seconds Out Univers Ze... | |
| Music to let Your System Shine I could list dozens! I’ll start off with almost any recording from the ECM jazz label. This includes their 70’s vinyl releases, and their CD releases as well. Famous mostly for Keith Jarrett live solo piano recordings, but so much of their catal... | |
| For fans of John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra You may be interested in the band, Aurora Clara from Madrid Spain. They certainly not trying to hide their influences, but the do it so well. They even have Jerry Goodman guest on several of their albums. This is from 2019, from their debut alb... | |
| For fans of John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra HUGE fan here! Saw them with original lineup at the The Santa Monica Civic here in Los Angeles in 1972. And again in 1974. Saw them again with the MKII lineup in 1975. I saw The One Truth Band at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1979. I sa... | |
| The HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL Thread Continued I am a pretty big fan of certain subgenres of metal. But I don't like them specifically because they are metal bands, but because they appeal to the attributes that I love in the music I listen to. Those attributes I love in music are (no parti... | |
| Weak link Count me as another that who will emphasize room treatment. Adding room treatment to my current system, delayed other upgrades for a long time, since it improved my existing system. | |
| What is the preferred cartrige mm or mc and why I have been through more cartridges than I can remember: MM, MC, MI, and I keep coming back to MC. For my ears, MC has better detail, better attack/decay, creates a bigger better defined soundstage, better defined images within that soundstage. ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Unsuk Chin - Violin concerto No. 1 (2001) Could be the best violin concerto of the 21st century, so far. Contemporary, yet still quite approachable. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Ingrid Laubrock - The Last Quiet Place (2023) The best jazz recording of 2023! Progressive, complex, great interplay and playing by all musicians. Sextet with Mazz Swift (violin), Tomeka Reid (cello), Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek... | |
| What are your top 10 records Are you looing for top 10 lists for LP’s that are musically the best, or sonically the best? Sometimes the 2 attributes overlap. But it is often the case, that recordings that are musically the best are not sonically top 10 material. From a pure... | |
| New In 2024 Here’s a couple of new discoveries for me. As with my earlier posts, all new music composed and recorded in 2024. Here’s some more new and notable new music from 2024. Greco Bastián - With a Little Hell from MORE friends / Bastian is Mexican... | |
| ???YOUR Personal Favorite???Why??? I think the BØRRESEN Z1 are pretty impressive. Huge, detailed, layered soundstage. Amazing attack/decay. Natural timber. $12,000.00 | |
| Best music in 2024 @pinwa Thank you for your thoughtful posts here. Lots of great, off the beaten track music to discover in your lists. Thanks for the shoutout! Here's some more new and notable new music from 2024. Greco Bastián - With a Little Hell fro... |