tomcy6
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| James Taylor I’m glad James didn’t go the full orchestra route. | |
| Your experience with great Jazz guitar CD/SACD discs. Mark Whitfield and Russell Malone. Both are pretty much straight-ahead melodic players. As with most jazz musicians, they both get more experimental as time goes on. You have to find where in their discography they agree with you. | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital There is a reason why everyone says their DACs sound analog and nobody says their turntables sound digital.Everyone doesn't say that though. | |
| Selling on Audiogon The merchant ID requirement for Paypal is for tax purposes, I believe. If you are a listener who sells a few pieces of gear each year, it shouldn't be a problem. If you sell a lot of gear, you may hear from the IRS.Getting a merchant ID is not d... | |
| Badly recorded albums needing upgrading For some people, yes. I think georgehifi from this forum picks his cds that way. Other people, including me, believe that there are other factors to consider. As the post from mitchagain states, often early cds, which have higher dynamic range num... | |
| Badly recorded albums needing upgrading Mike, Do searches for stuff like "best sounding" "worst sounding" in addition to specific titles over on the Hoffman site. It’s sometimes funny how fanatical some people over there are about the sound quality of various releases. I mean, they can ... | |
| Qobuz Studio Premier subscription available in USA & UK but not in rest of Europe There is an article in the March 2020 TAS about Qobuz. They talk about the origin of the name but not how to pronounce it. I pronounce it kuh BOOZE, which I got from another article somewhere.The TAS article is basically an overview. | |
| Badly recorded albums needing upgrading The best place to read about the quality of different releases of albums that I know of is the Steve Hoffman Music Forums. You'll have to search around to find the right threads and the conclusions will not always be unanimous, but that's where p... | |
| Got Vinyl and Qobuz cued up in Do-or-Die Comparo You can’t go wrong with Emmylou. Have you heard the bonus tracks on the recent reissue of The Ballad of Sally Rose? Demos of a few of the songs with Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton doing harmony vocals. Good stuff! | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Only if you want to invest a lot of time and money. If you're happy with what you're listening to now, you can make it better for a lot less money than what getting into vinyl would cost. | |
| Why Don't Local Audio Dealers Provide Tube Testing Services When They Sell Tube Gear? The testing suggested by bill_k would be necessary to sell NOS tubes for big bucks, but I think you're asking for less than that, i.e. to check your used tubes to see if they're still good and reasonably matched.It would be a nice service and if t... | |
| Audiophile Bass? I've read reviews that say they have tested them and they do indeed get into the mid to high 20Hz but there are no balls behind it. Maybe the effect your friends are looking for is when you have a small to medium room that you can close off comple... | |
| Audiophile Bass? Just about everything in live music is different from an audiophile home system. Can you imagine a jazz or rock group playing in your living room?I think that what we strive for in our systems is a natural sound, especially with voices, but except... | |
| Lyle Mays has passed away It is sad. It was called the Pat Metheny Group but Lyle was a very large part of its sound. | |
| Matching tubes Unfortunately, I think it is best to have your power tubes matched within reason. I'm sure the amp manufacturer or distributor would be happy to tell you for sure. If you know what the 300B you have measures, maybe someone could sell you a match... |