stuartk
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| I’m confused. Please explain. I own a very nice hand-built acoustic guitar. It's a gorgeous sounding instrument. When I listen to my modest system, do I compare its presentation of acoustic guitars to the"live" sound of my Boucher? No. Never. Being emotionally and physica... | |
| Don't do anything! I've gotten used cables from The Cable Company's lending library and subsequently opted to buy new ones. It always takes awhile for the new ones to sound like the used ones and the sound can change quite dramatically along the way, depending upon ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Perhaps what I was thinking about was, for lack of a better word, "attitude". He's always struck me as being pretty down-to-earth and unassuming -- there's not a lot of ego or "edge" on display. He doesn't need to brag -- his playi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Do you think there's a particularly Midwestern sensibility discernible in his music? I ask, having only lived on the coasts. BTW, I was in the audience at J. Mitchell's Santa Barbara County Bowl that was released as "Shadows and Ligh... | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? Seriously, though, I see the value of GOAT questions not so much as a ranking mechanism, which can get a bit too masturbatory for me, but rather as a way of learning from colleagues about great new resources. I agree and suggest a more effectiv... | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? @larryi That's like Monsanto suing farmers when genetically modified seeds are, unbeknownst to them, transported onto their property and germinate. There's no ceiling when it comes to human greed and I expect AI will merely provide more tools f... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @jafant Have you heard this one?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_BlsY9Xg8&list=PL6O6K_7sr3qFkcg6jYcIOqpwL81b29F28 It doesn’t really sound like Jazz to me (although these are clearly Jazz musicians) but it’s an enjoyable listen. @curiou... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Grant Green "Feelin' The Spirit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6eECeRBaY8&list=OLAK5uy_mwBHOA6diRZcCU9toTUeKQhKTTQxnaM9c&index=2 | |
| @member referral not working anymore I emailed Tammy and she confirmed she's experiencing the same issue. | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? Technology may not be the enemy, if considered within a vacuum. However, it’s uses and impacts are all too often determined by aspects of human nature whose benefit to humanity as a whole is, in my view, questionable at best.Furthermore, we live ... | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? As Frank Zappa once said...sort of..."It's not a pushup contest." +1 ... and yet, for many, these "best of" competitions appear to be irresistible. | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Thanks for your observations. Jazz and other acoustic genres constitute a major share of my listening. However, for me, choosing a speaker primarily due to its presentation of vocals is too limiting. I need more of an all-rounder. | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? I'd rather listen to Petrucciani, Evans, Hancock, Corea, Barron, etc. | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Thanks for the ongoing comments. I'm now less inclined to regard these brands as the right direction for me. | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? The Maxima floorstander actually takes up less room than either bookshelf on stands, yet puts out a room-shaking low C which is 32.7 Hz. And hands down, the most beautiful speaker I have ever seen! Congratulations -- I'd love to hear those ! |