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| Sound Stage and Imaging Other suppliers of DIY kits: Troels Graveson Madisound CSS Rhythm audio Design | |
| Sound Stage and Imaging I love speakers who 'paint a big picture' (I am literally closing my eyes and trying to SEE a picture). Therefore I THINK I like to see IMAGING and BIG SOUND STAGE. And also like DYNAMICS. Being frugal (just not willing to spent audiophile level... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Easily my vote for the best jazz release of 2023, which has been a pretty strong year for those of us in search of new jazz. Ingrid Laubrock - The Last Quiet Place (2023) First of all, this woman has some pretty serious chops on sax. Second, her... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Universal Totem Orchestra - Mathematical Mother (2016) Seriously good Zeuhl "style" progressive music from Italy. Not quite as much jazz influence that most Zeuhl has. World class musicianship, some beautiful female vocals by Ana Torres Fraile,... | |
| Nowhere to hear speakers and amps anymore! Last time I was in San Francisco (about 4.5 years ago), visiting my fellow audiophile cousin, we spent a day going to several audiophile stores in the bay area. And it looks like they are still there. I see: Tone of Audio Music Lovers AudioVi... | |
| Female vocals I somewhat agree with the OP. When did it happen, that the use of the term, "female vocals" has almost become a genre in the audiophile world? I love female vocals, but it has become almost synonymous with a sort of 'not quite jazz', lightweight... | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. I can’t even come close to picking only 1 album; even 10 would be impossible. I listen to 3 major genres, and quite a few subgenres within each genre. And within each genre and subgenre, there is music that I rate just as highly as in any other c... | |
| BEST little know Jazz Album that you ever heard? @cundare2 The threshold issue here is: "What do you mean by ’jazz’ "? Ellington, Mahavishnu, Wynton, Alice Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Sun Ra, Sinatra? And are you including boots? But here’s my two bits: In the 1970s & 1980s, I collected a l... | |
| BEST little know Jazz Album that you ever heard? @tylermunns Thanks for the heads up. I will check the show out. Only some of my list I would consider avant-garde. Maybe "progressive" would be the best description for most of my list. I got to say, though, I am constantly surprised on how fe... | |
| Margules Audio Magenta SA 2 Speakers question I am a fan of the brand. All of their products seem to offer a lot of sound quality for the $$. I owned their phono stage for a while. It was the best under $1000 phono stage I’ve ever heard. But it would only do MM, and I decided to move to MC.... | |
| BEST little know Jazz Album that you ever heard? By the looks of the responses so far, it seems as if the majority of my collection would be "little known jazz albums". For me, jazz is a growing, living, evolving art form, and I am always seeking out musicians making new music. I don’t look at ... | |
| "I'm a believer" @kennymacc In all my personal experience in this great hobby of ours, IMHO, there is no other item in high end audio that fall under the "Rule of Diminishing Returns" like loudspeakers. I have to disagree. I don’t think that diminishing r... | |
| Upgraded X-over for Buchardt S400? I’ve upgraded so many crossovers and interal wiring over the years, I’ve lost track. I can’t remember a single time that the process did not yield appreciable improvement. I can really appreciate companies like Buchardt, where they are up front ... | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? So, so many, in several different genres and subgenres. Defends on my mood, for sure. Robert Fripp - While King Crimson is usually known for their somewhat angular, intense music, Fripp could compose some achingly beautiful songs, too. The Nigh... | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? So, so many, in several different genres and subgenres. Defends on my mood, for sure. Robert Fripp - While King Crimson is usually known for their somewhat angular, intense music, Fripp could compose some achingly beautiful songs, too. The Night... |