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| Music Reference RM9 and Preamp Experiences I have been using an RM200 in conjunction with Wilson WP7s for quite some time and have heard this combination with three different preamps in my own system, and a couple of other preamps in a few other systems.The first few combinations I heard w... | |
| Confessions I've found that nothing clears out a room faster than Albert Ayler's "Live in Greenwich Village" LP. My wife runs screaming from the room when this one goes on. I have had few takers but that doesn't dampen my love for this music one bit. | |
| Modern day female jazz recommendations Judy Wexler is a wonderful singer. Excellent phrasing and great intonation coupled to real interpretive skill. Great taste in music too. Wonderful collaborator in pianist Jeff Collela who is also a great arranger. Latest CD, "Dreams and Shadows" i... | |
| How Many Turntables Have You Owned BSR 4800 w/ceramic cartridgeBIC 940 w/Shure M91ED cartridgePhilips 312 w/Signet TK7 cartridgeAriston RD11S w/SME arm, and various cartridges -Linn Basik arm and various cartridgesPink Triangle w/Syrinx PU-2 arm and Accuphase AC1VPI HW19w/Syr... | |
| In Whose Ears Do You Trust Most? I trust my body, not just my ears. If the feet are tapping, butt is shaking, and head is bobbing all is well. My ears alone are susceptible to sound effects and all sorts of musically irrelevant stuff that never fool the rest of me. | |
| Clements audio speakers? I bought a pair of Clements 103D speakers for a small system that I play daily in my laboratory. The system is set up on shelves against the long wall of a very large room that is subdivided by shelving and equipment but no walls. It is connected ... | |
| Do You Allow Anyone Else To Operate Your Rig? No one would even think of using it, but that is because every member of the family has at least one system of their own to use in additon to the home theater system that is for everyone's enjoyment. The home theater system has a CD changer that w... | |
| Best Louis Armstrong LP to Start With? I love the Ella & Louis LPs and Satchmo Plays King Oliver but if its Louis' best music you are after you need to get the Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings from the beginning of his career. These are not audiophile fair, but they are musically ... | |
| the cheapest amp to drive watt/puppy 7 I've driven my WP7s with a Music Reference RM200 for five years and it is an excellent match. The 100 or so watts that it produces is enough to rock out with in my modest listening space, but it is equally good with opera, orchestral, jazz and blu... | |
| The 5 Jazz Recordings You Would Take With You... World Saxophone Quartet - RevueClifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet - on EmarcySarah Vaughan - No Count SarahThelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - at Carnegie HallBatacumbele - Live at the University of Puerto Rico | |
| Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster long Great post! My entry is a recording by Ella Fitzgerald commemorating her 40th birthday at a concert in Rome. While there are several moments of sublime beauty captured on this disc (an LP), the moment that comes to mind is several bars in "Stompin... | |
| 'they blew'em off the stage' John Legend thoroughly outperformed Alicia Keys at a performance at the Kodak Theater in LA several years back. | |
| Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 5.1 or.. The Sophias are easier to drive, a little less difficult to place and feature a more recent manifestation of the Wilson sound (i.e. greater vibrancy of tone with, perhaps, a bit less leading edge impact). They would be my preference. | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Albertporter,I took the shrinkwrap off this one two weeks ago but I can't be sure when I got it. It probably entered my collection as one of hundreds of LPs I bought when the Tower Records at 4th and Broadway (RIP) in Manhattan unloaded all of the... | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Sal Mosca Music, an LP from 1980 featuring the pianist, Sal Mosca, a protege of Lennie Tristano's really has me transfixed. He explores the rhythmic and harmonic underpinnings of familiar standards in a way that transforms them but strangely compl... |