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| Recommend some Jazz to me Jim Hall (trio) LiveCrystal Silence--Gary Burton/Chick Corea (*no drums or bass)The Modern Jazz Quartet--any collection/anthologyTrio of Doom (Tony Williams, John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius)Dizzy's Big 4 (Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Mick... | |
| Eric Clapton reveals this week of his declining health When I think of his work I think mostly of what he did in the 60's, which is hard to touch--so many fine solos of the "wish I could've done that" variety. Derek & the Dominoes has its moments. After that the high points are Unplugged and Fro... | |
| exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical) No love here for Joan, Joni or Dusty? | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers "Clapton did all the lead guitar work on two tracks, "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Yer Blues"I'm fairly certain that "Yer Blues" has two lead guitar parts, neither of which was played by Eric Clapton. If you know otherwise, please cite the ... | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Which brings to mind the versatile Zak Starkey, son of Ringo, who has played with The Who and Oasis, among others. Vastly different styles and yet he's their go-to-guy. Supposedly both bands offered to make him a full member and he declined. | |
| What’s in your system today that you also had 10 years ago? Speakers (Dynaudio) and tuner (Denon/Japan). Tuner has been overhauled in the last few years but is essentially the same unit from the 80's. | |
| Dynaudio vs Harbeth vs ProAc When I upgraded my system years ago the two best speakers I heard were the Dynaudio Special 25 and ProAc Response SC-1. I did listen to some larger and more expensive rigs but those were the ones that hit me where I lived. I haven't yet had the ... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? John McLaughlin, Jimmy Herring and their bands--separately and then together (playing tunes from the Mahavishnu Orchestra songbook) at the Paramount Theater in Austin, 11/30/17. Supposedly it was Mclaughlin's farewell tour. He's still at the top... | |
| Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality? You simply have to try different things and see what you like. I have twice tried different Kimber cables and both times I preferred my Canare starquad cheapies to them. But that's my room, my rig and my ears. YMMV. | |
| Radio personalities KILT-AM, Houston: Russ Knight, The Weird Beard | |
| Musician vs. audiophile stargazer3, when I was in school something was tossed out to me that I have believed ever since: the method behind a composition matters not one bit. All that counts is whether or not the piece is good. | |
| Why does all new pop music sound the same? Musical inbreeding, encouraged by the industry which is convinced that there's a formula based on recent trends. But there's plenty of good off-mainstream stuff to hear if you do your homework and there's bound to be someone refreshing and good t... | |
| Recordings with incredible effects or imaging that we may not know about Moby Grape, intro to "Omaha" | |
| Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc? I put lead shot in my stands and filled the gaps with sand. | |
| Speaker distance It seems to me that the ideal distance between the speakers varies from one recording to another depending on the mix and the instrumentation. I notice with solo piano and with string quartets that no one setup satisfies every recording. So I ... |