stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| Acoustic Zen Matrix reference II IC @audphile1 Very curious. You run tube monoblocs and a tube pre-amp yet do not find the A. Copper too warm yet with my SS Hegel H390, the A. Copper cast a deep gloom over the music. The rest of my system , while tipped to the warm side of neutral... | |
| Acoustic Zen Matrix reference II IC Nevermind -- I forgot I'd asked about this same topic last year! Aging Brain Syndrome strikes again! | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions @jolywins "Improvisation is the heart and soul of Jazz music". Amen, brother! | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions @clearthinker So, you mean: Jazz absent the improvisational; aspect? That ain't Jazz! | |
| Flexible room treatment material??? OK. Thanks.to all. The consensus seems to be "an ordinary quilt/tapestry/rug". @kota1 I was thinking of the front face of the hearth, rather than the top. | |
| Distinctly Digital Forever? Another Aqua fan, here... | |
| Good-sounding audio components? I try to buy from sellers who offer a return policy so I can hear gear in my system, in my room. I got burned very early, basing purchases on showroom demos and vowed to never make that mistake again. That being said, there will be circumstanc... | |
| Passion, or ..... Precision? @markprice Reading your post makes me grateful to not have to make this choice (most of the time, at least). However, the fact that you value passion more highly enables you to still enjoy listening. That is something worthy of gratitude as w... | |
| Wayne Shorter Has passed @wsrrsw Up to that point, I'd been strictly a Rock listener but I found "JuJu" and "Night Dreamer" quite accessible, due to Shorter’s highly melodic themes. I very much doubt the transition would’ve been as easy, had I chosen a Don Cherry, Andr... | |
| Wayne Shorter RIP 3/2 One of my favorite tenor players and composers and a giant in both spheres. In fact, his Blue Note and Davis Quintet recordings would be my choice for "desert island" Jazz discs. | |
| Wayne Shorter Has passed His Blue Notes and the Second Great Quintet recordings are some of my very favorite music, period. "Juju" was the first Jazz LP I bought. I had no idea how it sounded-- I bought it for the cover art. When the needle dropped, I was not disappoint... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @jollytinker "It’s a work of art (no?) about aging and losing touch. About existential darkness creeping in as you get closer to some reckoning". I can’t argue with the above. But for me, the power lies in the lyrics, song structures and the m... | |
| What to listen for? @ghdprentice "It completely depends on what you are after. For me, it is the musical / emotional experience" Same here. @simonmoon "So, it may not be about hearing the chair squeak itself, but what that sort of detail tells you about the th... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @tylermunns "I consider the sound of Time Out of Mind to be the best part of the album". And I consider the best parts to be the compositions and the musicianship. It would appear we approach music-listening from profoundly different persp... | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @bdp24 "I don’t know what Lanois had in mind, but he clearly got carried away, taking it too far" +1 |