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| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings If you like Gary Bartz, his album with Maisha, cut direct to disc and released in 2020 is a good playing thing- a band inspired by the older generation of players, they got Bartz-who was from the period- to join them. Sonically pretty nice and not... | |
| Audirvana Studio is hung up on "Loading First Track" Have you tried posting to the community forum at Audirvana? I find it more effective than emails and even if Damien doesn't weigh in, there are a number of knowledgeable users on that board that can help you.I sorted most of my problems with Studi... | |
| Sugden/Allnic or Luxman L-509X? I agree that spending money on a good phono stage may not be the best expenditure for now. The question then becomes a longer view look at what you hope to achieve; you learn that through listening, trials (hopefully few costly errors) and a budge... | |
| What are we going to do about Tele 12AU7 prices My usual rant is about people buying old desirable tubes as "NOS" that are used and pulled from other equipment. Nothing wrong with that, it’s cheaper to be sure, but you can run into issues sooner or later. Who knows how much life is in a tube th... | |
| Best phono stage for Lyra Etna SL cartridge? I thought the rule of thumb was X10 the internal impedance of the cartridge, but that isn't the only factor- I'd like to know what associated equipment you are using, since you can, by the choice of components, voice the system through the. cartri... | |
| Commander Cody Never heard the Commander live, but heard Bill Kirchen a million times, (well not quite) in NY, and here in Austin. His extended version of Hot Rod Lincoln is always a joy as is his playing trombone, among other instruments. If he was a guy in the... | |
| System building; a meditation @audiosatisficer said: "First, I don’t think one can put budget constraints to one side. They are the very first consideration, for the overwhelming majority of us, in system building."I agree that there are budget constraints even at astronomical... | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? Sorry but have not read all the intervening posts. Interesting jazz, to me, ranges from the bass viol part on side 2 of "Marchin' On" by the Heath Bros on Strata-East to hearing yet another rendition of "Patricia" by Art Pepper, with Cecil McBee, ... | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? My final settings are done by ear, using a couple of well-known (at least to me) records including the well known flying fish record about which there is an article for using that record to set VTA. There are other records as well: I first heard t... | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? Just like any other genre, it breaks down at a certain point. You could go into funk, or fusion, traditional or period, and within period (much respect to the players I mentioned above-- the people that made these recordings in many cases were the... | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? @edcyn- +1.Bill Hart | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? Nice post, @deadhead1000- I don't think anyone seriously thinks they can convince a person to like a certain type of music, and the added difficulty with jazz (not quite as much as a factor with rock during its heyday) is that jazz performers appe... | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? Not sure I am following your analogy. Are you saying smooth jazz is more like photo realism in painting? And that improvisational jazz is more like impressionism? I’m not sure I’m capable of answering that. I was not listening to jazz for years, d... | |
| Looking for marketing outlets for a large blues vinyl collection The guy that claims to be devoted to the blues is: [url]http://www.tefteller.com[/url). in terms of market, the other the guys is Record Mecca, that is not necesarily 78: https://recordmecca.com | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The earliest pressings of Love it to Death were on the Straight label (Zappa imprint) and have a very lively sound. Not so easy to find these in unmolested condition, but if you do a search you'll see some discussion of the album as a WLP with Ran... |