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| Whats the weirdest concert you ever attended? I'm a huge Miles Davis fan, but the only time I heard him live was a real disappointment. It was in the 70's during his "Jack Johnson" / "In a Silent Way" days. His side men played for awhile before Miles limped out (his foot was in a caste). Then... | |
| MM cartridges +1 for the AT-150 MLX.IMHO it performs well on everything. | |
| Fuses that matter. @T_ramey - I tried out the SR Red and the AH Platinum in the same equipment (not a true A-B comparison OK). I found the SR Red to be great on inner detail retrieval, but a tad bright IMHO. The Synergistic folks were nice enough to give no question... | |
| Jazz for aficionados It was always a real treat to catch Bob Parlocha's show on my morning drive to the gym. Not only did he have vast knowledge of jazz, but we was also humble and teachable ... especially when it came to sharing music from young up-and-comers. Defini... | |
| some of the best speaker cables under $250 In the search for high-value (quality to cost) speaker cable, I auditioned all of these in my system: Audio Art, Morrow, Signal Cable, Blue Jeans, Anti-Cables, and Reality. With mostly 30-day trials, it literally took months of change-outs, compar... | |
| Big Bands of Today. @Zephyr24069, I wrote that incorrectly as it appears to refer to Mintzer. Gerald Wilson is the one who has passed. My apologies. | |
| Big Bands of Today. Heard Bob Mintzer at the San Jose Jazz Fest a couple of years ago ... good stuff. Also, though he left us recently, Gerald Wilson was still producing great music right up 'til the end. I'm listening to his "The Mini Waltz" right now. Wynton's Jazz... | |
| hi, i trying to to get my first system together One more option, if you don't want phono or plan on adding vinyl at any time ... pair the Odyssey amp with Odyssey Candela Tube preamp ($1,600 base). | |
| hi, i trying to to get my first system together Dangitt, Ill answer this as if the information would be used by a relative, close friend, neighbor, or my brother-in-law. In other words someone who Id have to see and hear about my recommendations well into the future. That said, Im looking ... | |
| New Music Direct Catalog I showed the $27k Avid turntable to my wife. She was not impressed, and said "no, that will not be your present for Christmas!" Oh well, nice catalog anyway. | |
| Best Cartridge for technics sl1200mk2 +1 for the AT150MLX. Started out with the Ortofon 2M Blue when I first got back into vinyl. The AT150MLX is a clear improvement. | |
| Happy Birthday Lee Morgan First heard Sidewinder on my brother's 4-track when I was in high school. Right then Lee Morgan became my favorite trumpet player. I also had the great fortune of seeing/hearing him live - in what was one of his last performances - at the L.A. Shr... | |
| Monitors that compete with quality floorstanders?? +1 for Fritz Rev7's. | |
| Have you found reliable online used vinyl vendors? I've had pretty good experience with Amazon. Also, to echo Zd545's comment, Amazon takes a lot of risk out the transaction. For consistency, Acoustic Sounds has been very good as well. They have good used vinyl which tends to be on the pricey side... | |
| What was your first 'hi-end' system? @Dpatterson, in the 70's I had almost the same system ... except TT (don't remember cart). That was some great sound! |