lrsky
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| Gryphon vs. McIntosh Let's call it 'flabby' or 'loose'...yeah, I struggled with that.Not well damped would probably work too.Sorry...words escaped me.Those comparisons, inadequate vocabulary notwithstanding, should be fairly accurate for a numbskull like me.Larry | |
| Best tube preamp ever Amen, to cj...Bill and Lew make great preamps.MBL, VAC, Gryphon, Tenor, Lamb...all really good pre's too.Back in the day, my reference was, Premier 3 by CJ...wow.Larry | |
| B&W 805D2 or Magico Q1? Funny...and beware this could be a commercial.Back a few years ago, I took my LSA Standard Bookshelf design into a dealer who sold B&W...(which I find hopelessly colored) and did an A/B comparison.The patrons of the store were shocked...'shock... | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question Charles 1 dad,'You go to my head', from the Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz recordings...marvelous.Thank goodness all that beautiful work was captured.I could only wish that the great Winston Ma of First Impressions Music, would get hold of th... | |
| ANY SUGGESTIONS ON 'For want of a nail, the shoe was lost...' And so on.Larry | |
| Turntable speed accuracy No doubt repeating a point someone else has made.If the speed is off, the pitch is off, a cardinal sin for me.Interesting story which I shared years ago.I was in Chicago at the CES...circa 1984. I had lobbied Magnepan for their line a lot. A LOT, ... | |
| "Violinists blast holes in violin experiment" Halcro,Interesting point.I'd say that you're probably right...but only because it would seem to support conventional wisdom and not fly in the face of it.We've been told for years that the Strads were the Violin to own...anything that supported th... | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question Yes, and the one I mentioned is his whole (most anyway) collection.Charlie Parker is a freakishly good player, whose 'licks', 'phrasings' are still copied and emulated some 50 odd years later.You'd like my collection Orpheus10.Larry | |
| Gryphon vs. McIntosh As is the case with many things, it's hard to describe.Let's start with the obvious:It's very pleasant...and that's not a 'damning with faint praise' comment.Pleasant is good.The bass is a bit, 'rubbery' if that makes any sense...a bit lose with t... | |
| Best tube preamp ever Smoothjazz,Funny how one could own an MBL and then VAC...and think them comparable...how does MBL do what they do with solid state?Marvelous gear...and I totally agree with your VAC love...there's something simply musical about the VAC stuff...Kev... | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question Orpheus10,Cannonball is a little less (if any) bebop...and a little more, only stylistically, to my taste.His album with Nancy Wilson, is a treasure that I've turned tons of folks on to.His rendition of 'Can't Get Started' is another 'Gold Standar... | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question Orpheus10...Thanks for reading...wow...does it get any better than Clifford...When I hear some of the Alto players (I played and tried, operative word tried, to play like Charlie...) of that era, I'm amazed at the talent level...it was a Golden Er... | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question As an additional thought...while my first concert was Miles Davis...and it was wonderful...stylistically, I preferred and still prefer Clifford Brown to Miles...Clifford was wonderful...and depending on your personal tastes, you may like his work,... | |
| "Violinists blast holes in violin experiment" Thx Rodman99999.Nice to know someone is paying attention...my comments about the Chef's class apparently went unnoticed...To the original point...when I ran my own audio store...I worked for years to be able to do blind tests...I would always do a... | |
| Gryphon vs. McIntosh Roxy54,You must immediately surrender your 'audiophile crazy' card, asking a question like that.LarryGood listening, and LOL |