stuartk
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| Jay's "Ugly Truth" video @mahgister Upgrading really my actual system will cost me too much from 700 bucks to at least 10,000.. I’m in a similar situation. To meaningfully upgrade my system I’d have to spend more than I can afford. Good thing I’m happy with it, as is... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @pjw81563 your quoted description of that album can be applied to a lot of the ECM releases. Some like that dull "mood music" I for one can't stand it. The above wasn't exactly a detailed description of what you like/don't like, so I'm confus... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I forgot Kenny Wheeler! | |
| Jazz for aficionados @pjw81563 While I'll never qualify as an ECM fan boy, I do enjoy a select few releases on that label. It's not all on the side of the spectrum you describe. For example check out albums by Dave Holland and those by Jack DeJohnette, if you are c... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @ho249 There are three releases by this group listed in the Penguin Guide and all are highly rated with the one titled "Free Fall" receiving the highest possible "crown" rating. I'd actually never listened to them, before. I like the sound as... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As someone once said "Just because the Blues is simple doesn’t mean it’s easy". Amen to that. The simplicity of the structure places an enormous weight on the skill of the improvisor. And by skill, I mean not only technique but the ability to tell... | |
| Jay's "Ugly Truth" video @mahgister Call this an "error" caused by a slight OCD in audio.... The same obsession that guided me through one year full time acoustic experiments ... Yes. The same faculty can serve a discriminative or obsessive function, as is true with... | |
| Jazz for aficionados That "haunting" quality could also be attributed to the soulfulness of his playing! | |
| Jay's "Ugly Truth" video @pindac Again each individual will have to be honest with themselves on the harm a obsessional and uncontrolled spending regime is having on their security and mental health. Exactly. You hit the nail on the head in a few well chosen words. I... | |
| Jay's "Ugly Truth" video @hilde45 Excellent point. Ironically, this is often used as a warning, as in "don't buy X -- it'll just sound different, not better". | |
| Jay's "Ugly Truth" video While I agree with @bigtwin and @mfili35 that if one has a tendency towards OCD, any hobby can bring this out, I don’t agree that every hobby emphasizes "upgrading" or "taking things to the nth degree" to the same extent as audio. Furthermore, i... | |
| Jay's "Ugly Truth" video @rsf507 , @cleeds With all due respect, aversion to Jay’s personality is not the point. I’ve never found him appealing. Nevertheless, I think the topic he raises is a worthwhile one. For certain personality types, the pursuit of the "Absolute S... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Enjoy ! | |
| The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded. @bdp24 Some songs improved with age, others become diminished (no musical pun intended). Improved? Don't you mean augmented? ;o) | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim If you haven’t yet heard his first Blue Note "Night Dreamer", why not begin there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mJS8HXbYn4&list=OLAK5uy_mAu9NiVToftZRqogZrSMeqo_FN3v5-hu0 Or for something completely different: https://www.y... |