stuartk
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| 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 ! | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator III vs. the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D4? I doubt I'll ever be able to afford the Maximas and even if I could, their weight would hardly be practical but I'd love to hear them. | |
| How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound? @curiousjim ...try to keep music in my life as much as I can, because IT makes me happy! Exactly. It's the music ! | |
| Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To I can count the number of recordings that I’ve "learned" to appreciate on the fingers of one hand. It’s extremely rare that revisiting music I didn’t enjoy the first time changes my mind. As to The Band, the brown album is one of my all time favo... |