learsfool
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| Jean-Luc Ponty I went to school with his daughters - his oldest, Clara, is a fine pianist, and has recorded a couple of albums, though they are more "new age" than jazz. Both she and her sister Eva are very beautiful women as well. Clara was based in New York fo... | |
| New tv? Bo, once the TV has been on for I believe it is 200 hours, you should have it professionally calibrated, unless you know how to do this yourself. I watched the guy do it, and could do it myself now. I could not believe the difference this made. Bu... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just noticed someone mentioned the tune "Angel Eyes" a couple of days ago. For all those who have not heard it, you MUST listen to Ella's rendition of this on her 40th Birthday Concert album, which was recorded live in Rome. Fantastic album, by th... | |
| New tv? I still think my Panasonic plasma beats anything else other than that Pioneer Kuro that I have ever seen. Nice to hear the Samsungs have improved. However, I think it is still true that Panasonic's customer service is considered FAR better than Sa... | |
| It's time for a new button on Audiogon I appreciate where Viridian's frustration with people who ignore what is said in ads; however, I think those same people will still ignore the presence of that button and send in a lowball offer anyway, so in the end, no, I don't think it would do... | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time Thanks for the clarification, Audiozen! To the subject of Mozart's piano concertos - one of the very underrated things about them is that they were actually used by him as laboratories of orchestration, particularly wind orchestration. His last sy... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, you open up a whole new discussion when you bring up film music. Definitely the most underrated aspect of film to the general audiences. Music has made the difference in so many great films. Some filmmakers even liked to have the music writte... | |
| Greatest Composers of All Time Audiozen, your statement in your first post today is incorrect. Wagner is the most written about figure in classical music, by miles. In fact, at one point, he was the third most written about figure in the Western world, behind only Christ and Na... | |
| Klipsch Cornwall III with Bryston 4B SST2 / BP17 ? I would strongly agree with Viridian and Mapman - this would be WAY more power than those speakers would ever need, and I would add that this would really be contrary to the design of the speaker to put that much power through it. I'm not saying y... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Wow, this thread has been much more interesting than I first thought it would be. I must strongly agree with Frogman's last post. I especially agree with "We live in a time when standards are being given less and less importance. It is much more i... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Frogman, you are killing me. Especially since I must admit that you are absolutely correct. But did you have to say it? :) | |
| Best overall Stravinski - Rites of Spring... I second Frogman's suggestion of the Stravinsky recording on Columbia. Also, another great one is Montreal's with Charles Dutoit conducting. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - to answer your questions about reverb in concert halls is not necessarily easy. What I assume they mean by those particular numbers is how long a chord, say the last chord of a big piece, will ring in the hall AFTER the musicians have act... | |
| Problem with Turntable leveling? There is also sometimes a natural pull, since there are magnets involved. It may not be enough to actually have a detrimental effect on your sound, it just depends - too many variables to make a guess. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, if you live in the middle of Texas, you wouldn't have to go too far. There is a little bit happening in both Austin and San Antonio, but there is better happening in the DFW area, and some in Houston as well. Try Googling jazz clubs in all of... |