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| Why Doesn't Contemporary Jazz Get Any Respect? Contemporary Jazz is an attitude, played by epigones and mostly, to someone who is intimately familiar with the "old stuff", its just plain stale and boring. Technical excellence is usually high, but an essential part is missing, probably disolved... | |
| Used high quality classical CDs ???? Sometimes on amazon, sometimes on ebay, it pays to be patient and why don't you post a wanted ad here ? | |
| Stradivari Drum Funny Marakanetz, no, behind my attempt to be funny is the "war" in the string section of the orchestra, with violinists thinking themselves better than viola players. Look into the internet under viola player jokes and you'll find out. Most unfair of c... | |
| Stradivari Drum Funny Marakanetz, I'm the friend of a violin virtuoso, so I know: Strad made VIOLAS for dumbs, the violin players were too smart for that and used to kick in his drums, whenever he tried to sell them a violin. | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Yes, especially with a tonno e cipolla pizza! | |
| Anyone heard the Acapella Campanile or Violin? Justacoder, I am glad you trust your own ears. That's all what counts. The holographic versus real comparison I used, was for a want of a better metaphor. In a sense, I found the sound too pristine to be true, but that's purely personal. Should yo... | |
| Anyone heard the Acapella Campanile or Violin? I am very familiar with the sound of them, Justacoder and Jonathan and they are indeed that good. Part of the secret of their soundstaging is their excellent ion tweeter, of which I own a pair. There is nothing better on the market today. The A-ca... | |
| Hall of Shame Well spoken Maxgain, wished it were true of the entire comunity. But there are bad eggs in every good basket! Glad you mention Bruce Brisson, who is a very serious researcher and whose cables are often badmouthed in these pages. Why not add pionee... | |
| Cough vigilante Frogman, how right you are, I remember the great Abdullah Ibrahim, at this time he still called himselfDollar Brand, getting livid with rage at the famous "Africana" Jazz Club here in Zurich, because the folks just chatted away. He was (rightly!!)... | |
| Cough vigilante Greg, its Bruckner who does this to me!!! (Except his chamber music, though) Cheers, | |
| Cough vigilante You're touching on an interesting phenomenon. Even in winter, sitting in a tram or bus, sitting in some waiting room or flying in a plane, you'll notice less coughing than even with small audiences in a musical event. I've often wondered why this ... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Nice simile, Clueless, but I'd rather say through a thin layer of jelly-pudding, especially on big orchestral music. | |
| Belt for Technics turntables Upstateaudio is right of course, but if it is not a DD, then you could try at www.ElexAtelier.com | |
| Replacing SP11 mK2 Having also had the Sp 11/2, like Rcprince I gave it up for the Jadis, on which I'm now st(r)uck. You will rarely find them used, to my ears Rcprince's proposals are excellent, but if you can find a CAT Ult. used, I'd also give it a try. | |
| Would using RCA to XLR conectors screw up sound? Chazzbo, not to worry, never heard the slightest difference on VERY resolving speakers. Happy listening! |