sokogear
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| Kind of Blue Kind of Blue Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley (in my mind a Miles album-I keep it with his records) Coltrane - Ballads, Plays the Blues, Giant Steps Sonny - Way Out West, 4 Stan Getz - Stan meets Chet, Getz Giberto, Jazz Samba Milt Jacks... | |
| Turntable Isolation That's why Rega sells a wall shelf BTW. I got the project one which was way less expensive. | |
| Turntable Isolation Townshend does not solve the footfall problem, but eliminated vibrations and improved the sound incredibly. To solve the footfall problem (which interestingly enough, the Townshend platform created due to some wave interference), I had to put the ... | |
| At what point do you... Everything except my turntable and cartridge has been dealer demo or closeout. I like the peace of mind. My power line conditioner was also new (with a nice discount) since it wan't available with any savings used. I did buy a used phono stage f... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight How about a Plinius Hautonga (AB)? I think it's about $4-5K. I have it's predecessor, the 8200MKII for 19 years and it is a super reliable great sounding amp. The Hautonga is 30lbs and 200WPC into 8 ohms. Their bigger one, the Haito, is 56 lbs and... | |
| Throw it out! I sell any record I upgrade. I am not a "collector" who keeps 6 copies of the same title, I am a music enjoyer. Usually my previous copy is in great shape - I might replace it to get an audiophile reissue (or a special audiophile reissue in the ab... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love @stuartk - I guess I do miss your point. Penguin Jazz guide rates most very popular titles highly, and some I don't like because they are unlistenable to me (Love Supreme, Eric Dolphy, etc.) but they don't exactly overlap. I like what I like - alt... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love And BTW @stuartk, I would bet any "greatest jazz recording" would be highly rated by Penguin. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love My only point was that any jazz enthusiast ALMOST always is a fan of Kind of Blue. It is recognized as the most popular and accessible jazz album of all time to even the non-jazz listener. It is unique in the makeup of the band in all of Miles' re... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love BTW @stuartk - are you saying you don't own Kind of Blue? That certainly is post bop. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love Me too @stuartk (as far as my jazz preferences-tilted toward blues). I guess I was thinking progressive as jazz fusion or jazz funk, really 70's-80's stuff. @knock1 - I'm not talking about audiophile labeling at all. Not sure why you mentioned me... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love hey @stuartk - you like progressive jazz , which is what I initially liked when it was current when I was in college. My taste evolved when I got older and started listening to "real" jazz (Sirius' designation, not mine). I still mix some of the ... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love @knock1 - I guess I should have said if you don't like Kind of Blue, you don't enjoy listening to jazz. You are equating not liking it to disliking it. There is a difference. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love I listen to jazz probably 40% of the time (otherwise classic rock - only classical is that part of Days of Future Passed), mainly late fifties to mid 60's with a little progressive stuff in there from the 80's and beyond. Of course Coltrane is he... | |
| Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms BTW, I had a linear arm back in college on a Phase Linear 8000 that I thought was so cool. I assumed that was the best design since there is no anti-skate to worry about and the arm is perfectly tangential to the record groove at all points. I did... |