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| Duke Ellington CD Recommendations Duke Ellington is one of the great American composers, as well as jazz musicians and orchestra leaders. Duke began playing music professionally in Washington, DC, in 1917, and soon moved to New York where he led a group called "The Washingtonians"... | |
| World Music: Great Suggestions, please? Abstract7 has already mentioned the M-A Records label, and I agree the label offers some fine music which is also very well recorded. For more info, here's the Web link to their site: http://www.marecordings.com/Water Lily Acoustics, owned and ope... | |
| World Music: Great Suggestions, please? One of the first "world music" artists that I listened to some 15 years was a South American guitarist named Egberto Gismonti. He did several excellent albums which are still available on CD. | |
| Review: PWX power supply for Black Cube Sure wish Audiogon would add an "edit" feature for posts after they are made. In my first answer above, I typed the phrase "I missed a small amount of inner detail". I meant to say "I noticed a small amount of additional inner detail". Sorry -- so... | |
| Review: PWX power supply for Black Cube Hi, Slawney. I'll try to answer all of your questions, but must start with one of my own. What does the abbreviation "PC" stand for? Phone cartridge or power cable? I'm going to assume that you did not "personal computer" . Now to your questions:1... | |
| Another blues great passes... I've reached the dubious stage in life where I've been watching all of the great blues singers and jazz artists that I grew up listening to passing from the scene. On the one hand, it's sad, but how fortunate that we've lived in a time when their ... | |
| Highest B/B I've got to follow Sean's lead on this one. If you are serious that you only intend to use the amp to break in a pair of speakers, why not buy an Adcom 555? It's a decent amp, cranks out 200 wpc, and can be purchased used for around $300-350. | |
| Vinyl stores at Seattle? thanks I should also have included Tower Records on my list above. Tower is located on Mercer Street, near the Seattle Center. It carries a small selection of LP's -- but not enough to make a special trip unless you are also planning to shop for CD's. | |
| Differents composite and component? Hi, Yanomami: Composite video cables carry all 3 parts of the video signal that are needed for the color display. Component cables, however, have 3 cables that are bundled together, and each cable carries a separate signal. A good component cable ... | |
| Bryston Powerpac 250 Mono Amp Hi - I own Vandy 3A Sig's, and am using a 4B-ST as the main power amp. As I understand it, the new "250" is simply half of a 4B-ST. I am very pleased with the 4B-ST driving the Vandy's, but I have not heard the "250" yet. Given that the "250" is d... | |
| Playing back 78s? Where do I start? It's been a long time since I listened to any of the 78's that were in my mother's collection, but I used to use a Shure cartridge (M97?) that had a conical stylus that Shure made specifically for 78's. This cartridge/stylus combo wasn't very expe... | |
| Vinyl stores at Seattle? thanks I live in Seattle, and wish there were better) vinyl outlets here. Here's a partial list of stores that carry vinyl LP's (mostly used, but some new):1. Golden Oldies (which has 5 stores);2. 2nd Time Around (1 store in University District);3. Filip... | |
| Playing back 78s? Where do I start? Sugarbrie has pretty much said it all. I can only add that 78's SHOULD be played with a special, conical stylus, not a stereo stylus. There is also a special stylus that has a "V" cut in the end, so the stylus rides the ridge of the grooves, not t... | |
| Close your eyes and hear the music ? I'm with Dekay on this one. I believe that vision distracts from full aural concentration. I have a blind friend who lost his sight at age 20, and he says that his hearing is far more acute than when he was sighted. I love listening to music late ... | |
| Stereophile's refusal to review more low A warm welcome, Michael. It's gratifying to know that our little forum gets attention from one of the best reviewers in the business. One of your colleagues, Anthony Cordesman, is another reviewer who has garnered my respect over the years. I hope... |