stuartk
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| Mobile Fidelity 24k CDs @goofyfoot Yes; that out-of-pitch Dona singing is pretty awful. However, beginning around '76, I think (I could be mistaken) her singing was much more on key and I enjoy her contributions to the band, from that point on. "Personally, I’m excit... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister "rolling" is the integration of melody, rythms, harmonies, IMPROVISING playing micro tonal gestures in ONE single expressive event ... Ah, OK -- I think I get it, now. Thanks for the further explanation. When I listen to Evans, I... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @mahgister I see him in person when i was 20 years old...In quebec city... Lucky you! And my wife and I love Quebec -- especially the Charlevois region. As it happens, my Boucher acoustic guitar is built in the province. But "rolling" do... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players @soix I’d never dispute the advantage you cite! In fact, I’m finding it’s been harder and harder to find CDs I want to buy. This has in fact been going on for some time. But this is not for lack of trying! I spend a lot of time on spotify lookin... | |
| Mobile Fidelity 24k CDs @goofyfoot I should've said revealing instead of "bright". My mistake. I've only heard one pair of Quads and they certainly weren't bright or cold. I haven't heard that many systems, overall, and as it's happened, those that were significantly m... | |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". @bdp24 The Brown Album is a top 10 favorite of mine and "Lipstick Sunset" one of my favorite tracks off "Bring the Family". It's too bad that same group didn't click when they went into the studio to record "Slow Turning". Can you imagine how Co... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players @vonhelmholtz A bit over a year ago I decided to take the 4K I was going to spend on a top transport and upgrade my streamer/server and I’m very happy with the results. My music is on an internal Aurender SSD and backed up to a Synology Raid ne... | |
| Jazz for aficionados When its "roll" the reference is not only to the balancing movement of the player body, but to his ability to improvise a CONTINUOUSLY transformative rythm who do not swing but who rolls one beat into another new one without end... Elvin Jon... | |
| How serious are you? Some guys care about sports or big trucks or fancy guns. Those things mean nothing to me. I'm into music. Same here -- both listening and playing! | |
| How serious are you? I didn't have the interest or financial means to focus my capacity for obsession on audio until about 15 years ago, so I never got as far down the rabbit hole as I might've been, had circumstances been different. At this point, I'm approaching t... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @pjw81563 That’s a great C. Hawkins album. Chambers was a monster and remains undervalued, it seems to me. The D. Byrd is not really my thing. I prefer more melodic and harmonic content. Otherwise, my mind starts to wander. Maybe I just have ... | |
| Mobile Fidelity 24k CDs My MFSL Layla Ultradisc gold UDCD 585 is, according to Discogs, from 1993. You may laugh at this... I prefer the rhino remasters of both Workingman’s and A. Beauty to their recent MoFi hybrid counterparts. I also prefer the old MFSL Mars Hotel to... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @pjw81563 I'm familiar with the Brown/Roach band, both with S. Rollins and Harold Land. I'm not a huge Rollins fan but one I do like is "Plus Four" with Brown. I listened to that track from "The Peacemaker" and enjoyed it. Too bad it’s so expe... | |
| Mobile Fidelity 24k CDs @goofyfoot Yes. Agreed. I'm by no means one of those guys who asserts that "original CD releases are always the best". This is apparently "gospel" for some, here. Personally, I've had extremely variable results. Sometimes the originals sound be... | |
| Mobile Fidelity 24k CDs @ghdprentice Thought it might be helpful for OP to talk to you, but it would appear he is wedded to his Rega CDP. @goofyfoot In my experience, it is exactly the mix and mastering of MoFi releases that is so inconsistent and at times, worse t... |