simonmoon
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| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? I listen to a lot of progressive and avant-garde music, so a huge part of my collection is by bands, musicians, composers that are not popular. Of course I listen to most of the better known prog bands: Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson, Steve Wils... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions As @petaluman said, check out much of the ECM catalog, past and current. While most of it will be more 'progressive' than the Magnus Ringblom Quartet, it will also be somewhat introspective in tone and mood, like the Magnus Ringblom Quartet. In ... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? @jdougs You are correct. I should not have made assumptions about you. I apologize for that. But, this place does often seem more about nostalgia, than about music. And I was letting my frustration over the pretty consistent chorus around here... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? @jrosemd I think that 99% of the music being recorded these days is crap - and my three sons, who are all. in their mid-30's - agree. They listen to the same music as me - Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, NRBQ, They Might Be Giants, Chicago, e... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? @tylermunns How do age-related neurological changes affect one’s propensity to seek out new music? One of the things most people lose as they age, is the search for, and love of novel experiences. This is due to some of the changes in aging... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? @jdougs As a 60 year old I listen to mostly jazz now which I only discovered 3-4 years ago. As for contemporary music, not so much. That’s a shame, those vintage jazz records don’t come cheap! 😂 With apologies, posts like this frustrate me... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? @bmontani I don’t find this to be true for me. I am constantly finding new music from all different time periods and genres. There are tons of new great artists but you do have to turn over some rocks. I find that having a streamer makes it very ... | |
| Ultimate test of bass - Lana del Rey's A&W With apologies to the OP, electronically created low frequencies are not, IMO, a good test of bass. Unless one's idea of a test of bass is constant very low frequencies. But since it is an artificially created sound, there is no way to 'test' if ... | |
| Some more modern jazz piano trios More... Ayumi TanakaTrio - Subaqueous Silence / Lots of space and atmosphere on this one. Bobo Stenson has several trio recordings on ECM, from the early 90's up through the present. All are quite good. Tord Gustavson also has several excellent... | |
| Some more modern jazz piano trios Hiromi - The Trio Project / Wirth Anthony Jackson on bass and Simon Philips on drums. 4 albums: Voice, Alive, Move, Spark Gonzalo Rubalcaba - The Trio / With Dennis Chambers on drums, Brian Bromberg on bass. Gonzalo Rubalcaba - The Skyline Trio ... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile @grislybutter I don’t think people generally who spend many 1000s a year on upgrades alone are the type concerned with thinking about the well being of strangers. But I could be wrong. When I read the comments on the post of how-do-you-stop-hou... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile Not this subject again! So frustrating to me. I am an unapologetic audiophile, yet I have none of the issues the OP mentions. I apologize in advance if anything I say sounds condescending, but the OP contains several flaws. First of all, it see... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? @stringreen tickets to a live performance That is a non sequitur. The OP did not ask for an experience to beat the Wilson’s, he asked for a less expensive speaker that rivals them. But I seriously doubt, that anyone who can afford speake... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? @oliver_reid I asked the power company to install Audiophile cabling all the way to my house., but they refused. If a $5k 2ft cable stuck on the end of power company + house wiring makes difference, there must a reason. A technical reason. B... | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align Almost any release on the ECM jazz/new music, label. From their earliest in the early 70’s, up through their current releases. Even with their studio recordings, there is a very real sense of real musicians, all playing at the same time, in the ... |