stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype @niodari Of course, amplifier and speakers have a greater effect. I would have to hear a demonstration of what you consider to be "more or less similar fashion". For me, tonality and musicality are first and foremost and in terms of these fact... | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype @niodari After a quite long time experience with DACs of different categories and prices I’m convinced that they make minor changes in overall sound reproduction and quality. I suggest all of them use similar kind the conversion methods, wherea... | |
| Your Favorite Ravel Solo Piano Recordings @chayro OK. I'll look into it. Thanks ! | |
| Big Jazz Band Music with Great Sound Maybe John Fedchock? | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype @tweak1 If there is a "scam", it's this idea that only the chip matters. | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw I’ve only heard "Hollywood Town Hall"... at least, I think that’s the right title. | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? @2psyop You might benefit from buying the All Music Jazz Guide: https://www.amazon.com/All-Music-Guide-Jazz-Definitive/dp/087930717X It provides a useful overview and goes into various movements/styles as well as listing and reviewing tons of ... | |
| Your Favorite Ravel Solo Piano Recordings @newbee , @jmera Thank you both so much for your suggestions. I shall explore ! | |
| George Kaye @unreceivedogma I'd never heard of him but if he played with N. Brignola, he must've been an excellent player. Reading the article, I get the sense he was a not only a multi-talented individual but a person who who touched those he met in memora... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim From what I’ve read, the idea that heroin could improve one’s playing was largely based upon a seemingly "mythological" interpretation of the life of Charlie Parker. By the way, "Celebrating Bird" by Gary Giddins is an excellent bio... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Ah, OK. No vinyl? I guess you're not a "serious" audiophile, then! ;o) Yes; my best friend was a very talented artist who eventually OD'd on meth. He'd started out smoking pot, like so many of us in the early 70's for whom exper... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Yes. Heroin, I believe.... Don't know if this is of interest to you: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/leo-parker-rollin-with-leo-blue-note-tone-poet-reissue/ | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Oh yeah -- that's a good one ! | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw Very talented guitarist, singer and songwriter (probably) best known in "jam band" circles but "Fade Away Diamond Time" sounds like 70’s Southern CA Country-Rock, a style that, of course, heavily influenced Alt. Country. Casal played in th... | |
| My Denafrips Aries 15th has too much mid -bass, anybody else?? @barfbag It’s very easy to get seduced by reviews and assume that what others swoon over will do the same for you. In fact, this happened to me, recently, with a much more expensive DAC. However, I intentionally purchased it from a seller who of... |