strateahed
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| Rythmik subwoofers? I too have spoken with Fritz a couple of times. Met him at the first California Audio Show. He's one of the most straightforward folks you'll meet in this hobby ... knowledgeable, generous, and friendly. Dave Fabrikant of Ascend Acoustics partners... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Found this nice 3 piece set of Dexter Gordon. Solid all the way 'roundhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woVHjtWaVoYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfmiRnPjLCAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVEA6dLRbOs | |
| Jazz for aficionados You know it @frogman . One of the few albums I got on vinyl and CD. | |
| Class D Audio Brand does not honor warranty---AVOID!! Crazyeddy ... +1 more | |
| I NEED AN AMP!! BUT WHAT?? HELP PLEASE!! Although I've never heard it, I'd go with the Odyssey Khartago with a budget of $1k ... for all the reasons stated earlier. If you check over at the audio circle dot com, you'll read about the Odyssey line garnering "best in show" against some fai... | |
| 6922 Tubes! Thanks for the suggestion @johnnyb53 , but it took a fair amount of trial and experimentation to settle on a combo that works for me. For TT set-up I'm using the AT150 cart with Audio Horizons TP 8.0 phono pre; and went through quite a few listeni... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jumping in real quick to give a big THANKS to all the regular contributors ... and especially @orpheus10 and @frogman for making me feel welcome. | |
| 6922 Tubes! I've had very good luck with Amperex Orange Globe 6DJ8's. IMHO close to Amperex 6922 PQ in sound quality, but a LOT more economical. In my system, while the Russian rocket logo 6N1P's were indeed very quiet, they're a bit sterile for my tastes. I ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Admittedly kinda late to the party, but wanted to weigh in on this. I understand completely what @frogman is getting at; and for the record, I would call what's in @orpheus10 's Hank Crawford youtube post some form of soul jazz. No doubt, Hank was... | |
| Looking for SACD player............ @jafant I believe Joseph is back to doing mods through the "Component Plus" division of Audio Horizons (audio-horizons dot com). Things kind of slowed down following the death of Victor Comerchero - his longtime friend and business partner. Victor... | |
| Looking for SACD player............ Yes, Dan does good work; and I agree with @samzx12 . Mods are not good investments if one is looking for a decent return on resale. I found that out when I went to resell my first TRL-modded CD player. Folks will not pay much above the stock resel... | |
| Let's see or discuss your desktop speakers! Audioengine A2's hooked to Nuforce DAC via Kimber USB to my desktop at work ... decent sounding combo. | |
| Please Recommend Audiophile Solo Piano Recordings Although a couple of these have already been mentioned, they're among my favorite solo piano recordings:Jazz: Bill Evans - "The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1" (on vinyl) probably my favorite for relaxing life-like piano+1 for Herbie Hancock, PianoMichel ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus10, I didn't know Toots played guitar until this morning ... riding in, listening to the local jazz station. They were featuring a cut from something he did in 1953 as George Shearing side man. BTW, vibe player in that group - Cal Tjader.Ma... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Orpheus10, thanks for the additional information and commentary. Always grateful for your contributions and insight. This thing called jazz needs folks who are real students of the art. And you are so right ... it has special meaning to play somet... |