stewie
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| BI-AMPING In-line attenuators, as JMCGrogan suggests, will probably work fine. I happen to have volume pots on my ss amp that peform the same function, and that allows me to bi-amp a 170wpc ss amp with 60w tube monoblocks. Lovely sound, with the added benef... | |
| Jolida components: Seems to be many for sale ? I've owned a Jolida tubed cd-player for about a decade now, averaging two hours of use a day. Great sound w/o a single problem. The all-steel remote is still the most dangerous weapon in my house. | |
| how much of a difference should equipment make? With due respect to Sgordon1, Walker Audio peddles among other things, a "Reference Record Clamp" made of no more than $10 worth of brass and $5 worth of lathe-work, for $1750, a "Talisman Magnetic Optimizer" for $275, and vibration pads and point... | |
| how much of a difference should equipment make? What RLwainwright said: "We have a winner!! Differences between speakers are *huge* compared to that found in good-quality, well-constructed equipment and cabling. You are much better served by improving the following:1) Speakers2) Speaker/room in... | |
| R. Majewski sent me his latest album. Sublime. Yes, I wish it were more widely distributed as well. I've been a big Bobo Stenson fan for about a decade now, and as you may know, he doesn't do--or hasn't recently recorded--a lot of standards. But honestly, I've never heard anyone play them bett... | |
| Ravi Shankar passes. Back in 2005 or 6, the wife and I got two, free, last minute tickets to Ravi Shankar's concert in Portland. His daughter Anoushka was with him. Though we had a couple of cds, we weren't exactly fans--we hadn't even thought about going to the conce... | |
| Why no as many post about music vs equipment...... Where the male of the species is concerned (and I'm one, so I know of what I speak), if there's equipment--metal, wood, electricity, etc--there's obsession. We're like crows. Something flashes and we go toward it. We'll deny it and claim that it's... | |
| I wrote Robert Majewski about his recording . . . Albert Porter listed the links in the thread I started called "Holy Smoke. Robert Majewski, Bobo Stensen"In the meantime, Majewski's webpage is here, and there's a contact link on the page.http://robertmajewski.eu/ | |
| Music that everyone else loves but you just don't My test is: have I ever bought an album? If so, do I continue to listen to it? On that score, your list coincides with mine. I would add Sinatra to that list (Tony Bennett is NOT I repeat NOT on the list) and the blues as a genre. | |
| Melody Gardot "The Absence" I thought her first two albums were superb, and the second of the two--My One and Only Thrill--one of the best albums I've ever heard. I can't think of a singer, male or female, whose song writing and singing reach such a high level. And then ther... | |
| Bourbon and rock n roll Woodford Reserve, Bulleit are my favorites. | |
| Help Me Name a New Band Soda, Seven, and Jerkstore. | |
| Help Me Name a New Band Bawdy Planet | |
| Favourite ECM Titles Charles Lloyd, "The Call." With Billy Hart, Bobo Stenson, and Anders Jormin, this album is, for my money, at the top of Lloyd's recordings. You hear a lot about Lloyd's new group, which includes Jason Moran, but I've never heard him better than on... | |
| Brad Mehldau I can't yet hear it myself. I've tried, but for whatever reason, Mehldau doesn't hit me where I live. |