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| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Chuck Mangione’s first album “The Chuck Mangione Quartet”. It was recorded about 1970 and the only place I found it was on Amazon and it came from Germany. Great old album. Chuck sitting on a metal chair facing left with his flugelhorn on his lips. | |
| 55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey I agree with you and have a Sony 55” as my main visual media. It’s in a room along with an amp/receiver, a center speaker, and a pair of studio speakers. I sit about 10’ from the tv and 8-9 feet from the speakers. It is not a completely immersive ... | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings Hubert Laws “ The San Francisco Concert” If you like dissonance in Jazz then Miles Davis “ Call It Anything” Sadao Watanabe live from Budokan “How’s Everything” | |
| RIP Jeff Beck Haven’t heard “Truth “ or “Blow by Blow” in years but have enjoyed “Jeff”, “You Had It Coming”, and “Guitar Shop”. He will be missed… | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System I’ve heard Wilson Watt Puppies that made you think the singer was in the same room with you. They were paired with a Nagra preamp and a Mark Levinson power amp. Many years ago but still remember the incredible detail. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Well it depends on what type of music you’re into. I listen to a lot of jazz and a fair amount of rock. For an obscure jazz album try “ The Chuck Mangione Quartet”, it’s his first album and a very mellow. It’s not available on cd and Amazon can or... | |
| Lexicon MC-1; DC-1 Power supplies Mouser discontinued the DC 1 power supply production. If anybody needs a replacement board, it can be had from www.pyramid-audio.com It was $70 plus shipping. If anyone is looking for a Lexicon power supply, I would check there first. |