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| Help us build our playlist for our next show in November! Goodbye Porkpie Hat from Three or Four Shades of Blue with Philip Catherine and Larry Cornell on guitar. Alabama from Jack DeJohnette’s In Movement with Ravi Coltrane on sax. both tracks are the definition of realism. | |
| Does the Audio press ever excite you anymore? Don’t read them much anymore, but I have always enjoyed HIFi+ for the wonderful smells of the fresh ink. You don’t get that much anymore. They also use a better grade paper. | |
| What was your first record? Songs of Leonard Cohen. In 1968 I found the album in a record store. I “hid” in among the classical albums til I could return the next day with money. I think it was $3.99. At the time I had a turntable but had not finished building my Heathkit re... | |
| Inexpensive streaming amplifier I helped a friend set up a Cambridge Evo 75 with Focal Chora bookshelf speakers and I liked it so much I bought one (the Cambridge) for my tv set up and to stream Qobuz. Solid and reliable. Full disclosure: I run a Cambridge 851N with my main syst... | |
| Ahmad Jamal passes. Loved his music, there always little surprises. His 2008 “It’s Magic” is one my go to files for the car. Miles just roll on by. RIP. | |
| Heading to London - Hifi Store/Record Shop Recommendations? Haven’t been since Covid hit but Honest Jon’s Records in Portobello Road and Ray’s Jazz at Foyles bookstore in Charing Cross. | |
| Wayne Shorter RIP 3/2 I was driving around yesterday morning listening to Radio Jazz FM from Poland—they were playing weather Report — the Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 as a tribute to Wayne. Well done. | |
| Recs for small footprint integrated amp (<= 14 inches W) min 30 WRMS Son in law has a Rega Brio and it sounds great and has a solid build quality about it. I like it. | |
| Tune of the Day Sonny Stitt, Hairy. From Night Letter. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Guillaume Tourniaire, Orchestra Victoria: Elan—Ballet Music from Operas by Saint-Saens. SACD, Melba Records, 2011. | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? My main system (CDs, ripped files and streaming) about $15K, including $2K for cables. A second system (streaming only) about $4500 including $500 for cables. | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey Interesting thread. What do I wish I had known sooner? 1. You need power to know what’s going on. When I started using 200 watt + amps, things got easier to understand. 2. Cables and tweaks do matter, but not all the time. I remember getting som... | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? Agree on the Morrow cables. I’ve gone from level three to level four and five and have heard improvements at each increase. That said, I think your biggest bang would come from power cable upgrades for your source and preamp. Off topic but the i... | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? My system is on a concrete slab floor with a fairly thick carpet/pad. My components are in a massive salamander cabinet with source components on IsoAcoustic pucks and my preamp and monoblocks on maple plinths. My speakers, Dali Mentor 6s, were on... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? KD Lang Rosanne Cash Mary Chapin Carpenter |