coltrane1
Responses from coltrane1
| Buying Used Speakers Every speaker I’ve purchased the past 35 years has been used. Never had a problem and purchased much more expensive speakers than my budget could afford because I bought them used. I didn’t have $10k, what they sold for new, but I had 3k, and the ... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? I’ve been in audio for 60 years, and haven’t corrected a room yet. | |
| Am I right for this forum? If you have to ask, no. | |
| Jazz for aficionados If you’re a Miles buff check out the Miles Davis Chronicles, an 8 cd set of his remastered Prestige recordings. 8 cd’s playing with Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, etc., a who’s who of young jazz players from 1951 to 1956. Highly recomme... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Anything from 1955 to 1967. That’s a lifetime of jazz at your fingertips. Yes, that excludes B*tches Brew. Purposely. Miles went off the deep end. But I don’t have to. Anything Miles from ‘55 to ‘66, that’s a lifetime achievement, and having the a... | |
| Axpona 2024 who is going and why? No. I don’t need to fly somewhere to listen to Martin Logan’s. They’re in my family room. Nor do I need to fly somewhere simply to hear the latest and the greatest. It’s called zen. Breathe in, breathe out, contentment. But have a good time. | |
| Going Tubing I’d suggest going all in on tube, or stay away. That’s what I did. And I’m glad I did. I’ve not owned a solid state amp or preamp in well over 24 years. If you’re hesitant, expect results that are lacking. You’ve got to be committed. All in. Or no... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama What happened to subjectivity? | |
| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? I plug my amps into Monster power conditioners that help with power outages, which is commonplace where I live. No hum. And thankfully I’ve never had gear affected by power surges. | |
| Planar Speakers and Diffusors I use a wool blanket over my 65” as well. I’ve been a Martin Logan user since 1979, and still using them. | |
| Kind of Blue There’s a reason it’s the number 1 jazz selling album of all time. It’s that popular, and a personal favorite that I’ve owned too many versions over the years. My favorites were the 180 gram and 200 gram releases on major vinyl release companies. | |
| Are You a Swifty? All I know is she’ll never sing like Whitney or Aretha. But then again no one can! | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change Yep, you’re absolutely where I was 25 years ago. I’ve only stopped swapping gear because of retirement, and having to be more frugal with my spending habits. At least I’m honest. | |
| How does a preamp die from sitting unused for a few months? C’mon guys, it’s an Inspire preamp built by Dennis Had, in his retirement. I’ve owned 2 and still use one. If it ever failed to power up I’d do the simple thing; Box it up and ship it back to Dennis for inspection and or repair. Dennis, could perh... | |
| Records and CDs Someone listens to new music? Gulp! I’m stuck in the 60’s, 70’s. And for jazz the 50’s was a hot time with everlasting hits. In fact the biggest selling jazz album of all time is from 1958. So it’s records always for me! |