zaikesman
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| What is/are your the most favourite composer s ? Swklein, thank you for pointing out that the question did not stipulate "classical" - something I overlooked after reading through the posts before mine. Although I myself do make the distinction between composition and soloing (Parker, Reinhart),... | |
| Saddended by the death of Maurice Gibb Linkster: The remaining brothers have already vowed to carry on as The Bee Gees, FWIW. | |
| can i use my headphones to judge IC neutrality? Viggen, what I interpreted the poster to be saying was that they wanted some sort of benchmark to judge "neutrality" by. I assumed the way such a test would work (although it wouldn't actually succeed), would be to listen to the disk through the p... | |
| Unheralded Sideman Swingman, you are correct: The "sideman" distinction is all but meaningless when talking about jazz, where shifting collaborations and pick-up groups are not only the norm, but an essential component of the music's development. In jazz, regular gr... | |
| What is/are your the most favourite composer s ? In no particular order, and not complete: Bach (& sons), Vivaldi, Copeland, Stravinsky, Vaugh Williams, Ravel, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Gershwin, Debussy, R. Strauss...Really, I wish I knew much more than I do about 'classical' music. I'... | |
| Saddended by the death of Maurice Gibb Although I can appreciate the Bee Gee's accomplishment with Saturday Night Fever, that is ultimately not my type of music (but I'll listen to it when it comes on the radio). All the Bee Gee's records I own (and that may just be everything they put... | |
| can i use my headphones to judge IC neutrality? No, there are too many factors involved, as you put it. You don't actually say where these interconnects are destined to be placed in the system, but I guess I can assume it's in between the CDP and the preamp/integrated/receiver/processor/whateve... | |
| What are the best live acts? Tweakgeek, speaking of Otis Clay, did you catch the TV news feature (can't remember if was network or cable) last week about the resurrected career of Howard Tate? | |
| Joe Strummer RIP Tweak, I think if you carefully reread my post (particularly the fourth paragraph), you will find that I have taken what are saying above into account. No semantical misunderstandings here, although I freely admit that while I also appreciate in t... | |
| Silverline?Thiels? Audio Physic?: Need guidance Unsound, I had always assumed the same thing, but as Drubin hipped me to, and Jazzdude confirms here, the 2.3 turns out to have had a relatively short run by Thiel standards. All of which makes me very curious for what's in store with the 3-series... | |
| What are the best live acts? Re The Stones: I am of the opinion that their live shows for the past close to 20 years now have been prefunctory money-extracting operations of the most hollow sort. Pay your hundreds, see the legends. True, they do empty professionalism as well ... | |
| Good cartridge for CJ PV10 and Michell Gyro SE You're OK on cart output voltage here with anything over about 1mv, but 1.5mv and above would be preferrable for a decent S/N ratio. So all your candidates would work, but sorry, I can't give you recommendations among them. | |
| Silverline?Thiels? Audio Physic?: Need guidance I don't know about the Silverlines being "better" than the other fine speakers you mention, but I will add that Thiel will shortly be releasing the new CS2.4 to replace the 2.3. | |
| loading question I own the Glider M2 with the .8mv output, and while I don't know if the internal resistance is actually the same as your Ruby H, I found anything below about 200 ohms to choke off the sound (I settled at just below 400 ohms, but that is highly dep... | |
| The Flaming Lips are Go Manifesto Oh well, The Lips did not do their own set after all, and I didn't much care for the Beck stuff, or The Lips as his band. For anybody who tuned in and is now wondering what exactly the hell I'm on about here, rest assured that the Austin City Limi... |