tkhill

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Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine
At the same time, the right music on my 'phone sounded wonderful on the balcony in Luang Prabang.  
Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine
Or this:   
Streaming Is To Audio What Red Plastic Cups Are To Wine
Streaming will never give you this.   
A most enigmatic guitar player
Burrell    
A most enigmatic guitar player
Quentin Warren: rhythm guitarist with Jimmy Smith. Only Freddie Green did it better. Grant Green: when clean, he was a genius.  
Need to downsize my system
I will happily store it for you in my smoke-free, child-free,pet free, climate controlled home here in Wilmington, N.C. For free. I am serious - I paid to store some serious amplification (BGW, Hafler) and speakers (JBL, Wharfedale, CSI) for 13 mo... 
Might be living overseas, electronics adaptability
Buy a decent quality voltage converter when you get there. They are heavy as hell to schlep around. This is what I did for 14 years in Asia.  
Share some under appreciated jazz album titles
As re: flute Let's not forget Frank Wess. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/arts/music/frank-wess-91-flutist-for-the-basie-band-dies.html  
ordering from China.....which Chinese Tube Integrated at 3k?
Consider this: https://www.musicalparadise.ca/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=66&product_id=55 Or any other of Garry Huang's remarkable products.  
What is your audio axiom?
"I love re-mastering really old material. All those guys wore ties to work." Rudy Van Gelder  
Please explain mono
The guys who recorded Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives & Sevens all wore ties to work and worked in mono. That's why their work sounds great nearly 100 years later.   
Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters
Absolutely wonderful! Thanks from Wilmington, NC. (the best place to live in CONUS).    
Any regrets in selling gear?
BGW 250C, McIntosh 275, Hafler DH 101  
Drinking Songs playlest... What am I missing?
Red necks, white socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer. Colorado Cool Aid. both by Johnny Paycheck    
Budget integrated amp?
Musical Paradise MP 301 MK 3. It has two line inputs, fairly low power (what are you driving?), sounds terrific, and could be put in a suitcase—a heavy suitcase. Convertible from 110 to 220 with a switch. Significantly less than $1000