whatjd
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| How do you buy music? Hey Tim,I consider myself lucky in my music selections. Starting in the 1970's at a hi-fi shop in Iowa City..I began making my "software" purchasing choices based on what I heard and learned to like on Great FM stations and live performances. And ... | |
| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? As a P.S. to my above...I bought a nice "mini" system for my youngest son for his bedroom on his birthday in late November.(like I had for my oldest son when he was 7..now a Jazz trumpet player is 3 bands). As an addition to his musical birthday h... | |
| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? Perhaps there is a difference between late-night FM "Smooth" Jazz and Contemporary Jazz? My oldest son grew up listining to Miles, Baker, Desmond...and Johnny Hartman. Now, he helps me to enjoy Kevin Mahogany, Terence Blanchard and more.For my son... | |
| I've become a Steely Dan junky . . . . . One of my best friends has been a Steely Dan fan since the '70's. Send me an email..and I'll give you his email address. | |
| Warm, smooth cd with good bass under 1700 used ok A few years ago I went through a few too many CD players, ML39, ARC CD-2, Sony 7es, and a few seperate transport/DAC combos.....and I still like the sound of the Classe CDP-1 best. | |
| Best tube pre-amp with remote vol. control Conrad Johnson ART. | |
| How Do You Decide What to Listen To? I listen to what I like. However, for more than 30 years I have used "great" FM stations to expand and define my........likes!~.. This may be a bit off track, but unless you live in an extremely remote area,..a great FM tuner is still the way to d... | |
| Cartridge Longevity? My BluePoint was the same. In the end result..nothing special...over-rated mail order type "stuff". Ever wonder why you don't see the BluePoint in retail stores?Buy at high-fi shops you can walk into.It's great the response that analog/turntable r... | |
| GNP Loudspeakers, anyone familiar with them? Well.....I've been into the high-end since the early 70's, and had DQ-10's, Maggie 20,..etc. I was at a friends home recently(he used to be a rep. for several high-end companies) and we were listening to some FM Jazz through his system with GNP sp... | |
| High End Components - How long do they last? I have found the life of state-of-the-art components is longer than a state-of-the-art mate.......and less costly.Did some sports car racing at one time..and the(yes..less than politically correct) joke of the time went:"what's the difference betw... | |
| Modified equipment... Agree with Chelillingworth, it all depends on the success and reputation of the mod. For over 20 years modified DQ-10 Dahlquists(mirror-imaged, updated crossovers..etc)have been of more value than stock. It all depends on how well received the aft... | |
| Dean Martin The Capitol re-release of his early '50's Christmas albumsounds quite good...likely recorded with tube electronics.Most of what was recorded in the '70's sounds very poor. | |
| Wireworld Eclipse interconnects I had used both the Wireworld Eclipse III and the Gold Eclipse III. Liked them both, the Gold version was superbin the mid-band(female voices, etc.) Since I have gone on to the interconnects from Innersound,sonically excellent..and a major value. | |
| Stacked/Double Advents..a modern version? Thanks for the input Al. I have been a Maggie fan since the early 70's when I worked at an audio store that sold them and Advents..among other things. How do you feel the double MMG,s compare to the 1.6?Best, Jim | |
| Turntable Upgrade in Grundig Console Hi,Sounds like it would work. Interesting to hear that you are doing this update on the Grundig. I am into modern furniture and design from the 1930's on, and have thought about getting an older, great looking, console unit that I just like the lo... |