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| Jazz for aficionados The jazz world lost a couple more great artists. Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson left us last week, and today I learned that harmonica player Toots Thielemans passed away.Hutcherson was one of the very first jazz musicians I experienced in a live pe... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Sherod, after seeing your post this morning I emailed Joseph and he confirmed that Vic died of a heart attack Dec. 20, 2014. I too was unaware, as my last correspondence to Victor was earlier that same month. He was always helpful and easy to work... | |
| WARNING - USE UPS FOR SHIPPING RATHER THAN FEDEX Different strokes ... based on a couple of bad experiences years ago with FedEx, I won't use them and I specifically request shippers to use UPS when sending anything to me. | |
| Second audio system in your house? @vicweast I should have been more specific. The integrated is really a hybrid. Tubes in front of Class AB … versus all tube design. The tubes I rolled are small input tubes, unlike your power valves. At any rate, I replaced the stock Chinese 6N1’... | |
| Second audio system in your house? Thanks @vicweast ... much appreciated! | |
| Second audio system in your house? Forgot to mention the Audioquest Jitterbug USB filter in front of W3 adapter. Definitely improves streaming sound IMHO. | |
| Second audio system in your house? Yeah, I have a second system (bedroom) that gets regular use. After being unable to sell a modified Oppo 983, I took that and an old Outlaw subwoofer to build around. Added a low-cost (< $300) Yaqin Chinese tube integrated and small speakers, w... | |
| Paul Weitzel from Tube Research Labs This is indeed sad news. Paul was very generous with his knowledge and opinions about audio. My condolences go out to his brother Brian and the rest of their family. | |
| Radio stations for Jazz.... Been listening to KJAZZ Long Beach for years, but just switched to KNTU. I'm liking what's here so far. Will try some other suggestions as well. Thanks folks! | |
| Is it possible to be an audiophile and be happy with what you have I dunno. Went from constantly looking to tweak and upgrade to basically staying the same for the past couple of years or so ... mostly due to time/money constraints. Somewhere in the process I went from listening to my equipment to listening to mu... | |
| Donny Hathaway Thanks for the programming heads-up lynott. You can feel the emotion in his voice - especially on live recording. Like jesusa0 said ... pure genius. | |
| I am sick of Adele Sick of Adele? Well, as they say, everyone is entitled to their opinion.I’ve been very blessed and had the good fortune to experience live performances by Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Diane Reeves, Diana Krall, and Cassandra Wilson. So what? Each t... | |
| Evening Classical Music; listening for relaxation Mieczyslaw Horszowski: Piano SonatasA 90-year old Horszowski plays Chopin, Debussy and Beethoven piano solos beautifully. It is also very well recorded. | |
| Jazz for late night relaxation Bill Evans "Moon Beams" and "The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1"Miles Davis "Someday My Prince Will Come" Kenny Burrell "Round Midnight"Oscar Peterson "Jazz Round Midnight" Relax and enjoy ... | |
| What is your favourite Coltrane album ? If I could only have two, they would be Ballads and Coltrane with Johnny Hartman ... both on Impulse. Everything mentioned here is good stuff, and you can't go wrong with any of these suggestions. I have 'em all. One that is usually not in the con... |