stuartk
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| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim I’m a big fan of Chick Corea’s acoustic and Fender Rhodes playing, but as is also the case with Herbie Hancock, I do not enjoy his synth recordings. It’s not Corea -- it’s the instrument, which I’ve never warmed to, overall. There ar... | |
| ARE AUDIOPHILES OVERLY SENSITIVE BY NATURE?FEELINGS AND OPINIONS? I think you’ll encounter this is any field of endeavor. it’s a very human weakness. More often than not, what I've found is that "true experts" have little to prove and therefore tend not to behave in this way. Of course, there are always excepti... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Joey D. + Pat Martino + J. Scofield, Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2c6-Uo4KI | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister Tastes differ. Why apologize? Not sure this qualifies as Jazz but there’s nothing to be gained through nitpicking. Personally, if I’m going to listen to the likes of "Ballad of a Thin Man", I’d rather listen to Dylan’s original vers... | |
| Is there miracles in audio experience ? @cleeds Speaking of his early work, Dylan has said "I don’t know who wrote those songs", implying he, in effect, channeled but did not actually create, them. I can’t say whether he’d describe this as a major or minor miracle or indeed, any kin... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister I cannot stop listening music... You must be doing something right with your embedding! And this one is no less good : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh6JpSt9Yko&list=PLBJenJIJrq0zaurEPd-ssmOXR43HyQx6J Smulyan is very g... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @ho249 I had the good fortune to hear Gary Smulyan live with the Dave Holland big band a few years ago. He had maybe 4 solos during the show, all well done. I also heard him with Holland. He plays on the live Holland Octet’s "Pathways" which ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Sent PM, so as to not distract from this thread's focus on Jazz... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim What I’ve read consistently is that the H390 is warmer. This would disincline me from moving up but perhaps you’d find the 590 more appealing. Jay from Jay’s Inagi recently reviewed the H600 and described its tonality as midway betwe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim That video confused me. In my experience, moving from a 150 watts @ 8 ohm Wells Majestic integrated to a 250 watts @ 8 ohm Hegel H390 impacted more than the system’s ability to play loud. In fact, when I first hooked up the Hegel, I... | |
| Loki Max analog improvement @wolf_garcia Thanks so much for taking the time to provide more detail. I was trying to convince myself I didn’t need one but that's become a lot harder! | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! @polkalover I liken it to cd players or the more pretentious cd transport argument. There is nothing inherently "pretentious" about choosing separate transport and DAC over a CDP. For many of us,the former route is a superior choice due to w... | |
| Loki Max analog improvement A quick Google search reveals that "poultry noggin'" knobs are also available in silver or even (gasp) gold... I'm still waiting for someone who switched from a Loki or Lokius to Loki Max to comment on any differences in terms of sound, rather th... | |
| HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO? @mahgister And changing the goal post by upgrades is not so easy as purchasing new electronic design as plug and play as many thought here ... I think it’s a safe bet that most of us here understand that changing components often results in h... | |
| HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO? @idcabinfever The journey is increasingly expensive and at some point most of us learn to like where we are. Nice to know I’m not the only one for whom this is true. ;o) |