Steve, I'm happy to say the ZMA is quickly getting back up to the sound I heard during Decfest.

I know it's cliche, but I've played these albums above many, many times before, and they all sounded *new* to me like they were modern remasters!

So yeah, deep, dynamic music like Alice was listenable on the Zen, in fact it was quite luscious - but now it's driving and full of texture that was only suggested with the smaller amp and the MG944.

Listening to a couple tracks off this one then going to bed.

Tonight was a great night for music listening, but I'm yawning more than listening at this point.

Doing a lot more listening in prep for my Z(ma) day.


young american primitive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAFJ0Eix1rY

DJ Food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL4eDvMaJyI

It's Immaterial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypadKraAb1s

Pat benatar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nNNvB3KFFI

Lon,  I've listened to that  Jarrett solo concert and the other that comes in the set, at least twice since I began spinning LPs again the last month or so. In fact I've spun all the late 70's and early 80s solo concerts on Vinyl that I can find in my disorganized and boxed collection.  I still haven't found the massive "Sun Bear Concerts" yet.

I started the morning with a LP chosen at random from this set...LP #5...very nice.  Mark.

I love that Commodore stuff Mark, as I think I may have mentioned. I'll look into getting some of the Mosaic lps one of these days, I'm quite happy with my cd and cdr versions (and the non-Mosaic lps I have, though those are hit and miss, a few are fake stereo [Italian] which I loathe with a passion). Right now I don't want to spend megabucks and haven't seen deals like that which you did.

Moving response to ZMA thread since I feel it's more useful to future generations there than buried here in the What's Spinning thread.  

Mark, the Taboo is an SET, if it weren't it would have four output tubes. . . . So you've GOT it!

So I already have a SET...good to know.  When the HR-1s arrive I'll move the Taboo and Souls to the Den where I spend many days with CNBC on.  That way I can inject a little music into my trading with the sound off on CNBC...might improve my results...hehe.

This LP now...I like this one better than "Stone Flower"...Mark.

I'm pretty sure I have Tide but haven't found it yet.  It might be in a box in the POD that's been baking in the Texas sun in my driveway  for 2 1/2 years.  That can't be too good for Vinyl. Have to leave now.  Until Later,  Mark.

12"singlle 33 3rd

ARGH. I know that Texsas sun really well. . . . Not good at all.

   

Quick meter check, 3 dials same 4th (replacement tube) tad over.
Put a pair of socks in rear bass ports of ML`s to stop bass pressure
sucking ear drums in and out.

K.Crimson "Larks tongues in aspic" ( they seemed to go with paganish album titles) It`s a beautiful album.

Marky,
     The volume control will also work! He He!
Save your socks. I'm rolling tubes today to keep my ears from bleeding yep haven't found the volume control myself today.

Hey folks,

I don't really post in this section very much (if ever) but I frequent it quite a bit to see what you all are listening to. Well Lon posted sometime last year about an amazing "Jazz Harpist" (as she's known) named Dorothy Ashby and I was like "A Jazz Harpist??" I mean, I know of Alice Coltrane but that was it (and I don't really know A. Coltrane's catalog quite yet). But something about this Dorothy Ashby really intrigued me so...googled her and found out that she'd played with TONS of great artist like Stevie Wonder, Diane Warwick etc etc.....I ordered a CD of hers from amazon. Along with a bunch of others...as I tend to buy from there in bulk maybe twice a year. And then her disk called "Afro Harping" sat in my CD shelf after it arrived, until I was ready to take it in. That was maybe a year ago?

Well, the time came a couple of days ago to give it a listen and.........OH. MY. This disk is like "WHOA"....she was WAY ahead of her time...i mean, I can't even think of anyone else out now who is doing anything she was doing on this particular disk I have. As soon as it starts its like BAM! Big drums, rim shots that snap...percussion slapping away on either the right of left channel...DEEP electric bass that GROOVES.....hit hat ticking away steadily and......that wonderful harp front and center! It's Jazzy, but also has elements of world music, funk. There's some strings on some tracks (I love strings). It's just some awesome stuff that contains slower and uptempo songs.

The music is spectacular. The sound (for you audiophiles haha) is TOP NOTCH. On my little Trapezium desktop speakers I can literally follow every aspect of the sound I want (there is really great depth and texture to the sound).....or just sit back and take it all in. If I was demoing these speakers for a possible sale...and it was the potential buyers cup of tea music wise? I'd play this disk. It sounds great at low levels...though raising the volume is proving to be addictive because I just wanna swim in the music. All this ranting and raving is because I'm having an emotional connection with this disk and I'm SO happy when that can happen. Because, as most of you know by now, that's not always the case....no matter what kind of gear your using. But when the SOUND and the actual MUSIC itself is of this caliber.....I'm rarely happier. I almost fell off my seat, bopping along to the music hahaha..



Lon, thanks SO SO MUCH for mentioning this amazing artist! And thank you all for continuing to contribute to what I feel is the most valuable thread in these here Decware forums. Keep the suggestions coming! And maybe I'll start posting a bit more about what I'm listening to if I can.......it's always something that makes me happy and can maybe make someone else happy if they don't know the artist.

Oh and lastly......if ANY of what I wrote about "Afro Harping" by Dorothy Ashby sounds appealing to you. Just buy it. Here's a link:

http://www.amazon.com/Afro-Harping-Dorothy-Ashby/dp/B00008LKG0

Really......I really can't see how you'd be sorry! If it sounds this good on my Traps, then you guys with larger speakers (Decware or otherwise) will really have some sound to "sink into"

Wow! I'm so glad you liked that disc! Yes, Dorothy was an outstanding player with her feet in many fields of music.

Please DO let us know what you've been listening to.

Marky,
     I wonder how much the weather has to do with it. I know what your talking about at times. I don't have any really large woofers or subs to deal with though. The music today seems a bit bassy and thought a slight amount muddy hence all of the tube rolling going on here today. Settled on the 6DJ8 in the input side and cryoed 6922 in the output side in the CSP3. Cleared and tightened things up a bit.

Lindsay Lohan



A change of pace

When I listen to some music in a while this CD from the Mono Miles box will be first...

I received all but the Ellington Columbia Box I had ordered from Germany's Amazon in the mail yesterday...it was on my porch when I arrived home about 8:30pm.  The box looked crushed, all four sides had split seams through which I could literally stick my hand inside...it looked like an elephant had sat on it.  The box was about 4x larger than needed and crumpled paper rather than surrounding the CDs only reduced the size of the interior so the CD boxes were in one outside corner, able to rattle around.  Surprisingly the only damage was that the cardboard box that holds the CD LP replicas of the Davis box was crushed...torn on the bottom and dented on top and sides.  But despite this, all CDs inside were unharmed...so I guess they won't receive a complaint.  I will limit my comment to the current Bitching and move on with the Music...hehe. The Tubes are warming.  I can't wait to see how this sounds with the Audeze Cans. Mark.

PS...I have things setup with both amps on...Torii and Taboo...with volumes adjusted so I can go back and forth from headphone to speaker listening... I haven't listened to this album in probably 10 years since I purchased the CD reissue in the 2000's. The treble on speakers is a bit much even with the treble control at it's lowest level on the Torii MK IV.  Headphones are much better in this regard.  The Music...glorious!  Mark.

PSS...turned off the Torii...this will be an Audeze Can affair only.  Next up will be some Sarah Vaughn...Stay Tuned.

Lon, the Ellington set was actually sent prior to these...should come soon. In regards to the treble on Miles...yes, you are right...the LP reissue of "Milestones" that I have spun a couple times recently, also has the "hot" treble.  More bothersome than the trumpet is the cymbals...Philly Joe Jones could get pretty busy on the the first two Quintet albums for Columbia...can't remember about the rest with Jimmy Cobb...we'll see.

This one is on now with Clifford Brown, from the 4 CD box set "Divine:  The Jazz Albums  1954-1958"...I'm not sure if any remastering occurred but it sounds great.  Mark.
 
http://www.allmusic.com/album/divine-the-jazz-albums-1954-1958-mw0002457185
http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Albums-1954-1958-Sarah-Vaughan/dp/B00AO7HPS4

Good Morning!

 

Back in the time this country was Great!


Great CD!

Pretty sure it's new masteing Mark, several of the previous reissues I have of this I don't think were reissued by Reeves. He has been doing the mastering of most of the Hip-O Select jazz box sets for Verve.

I have purchased the Parker, the Holiday, the Ella, the Nat Cole, the Peterson, the Getz, all the Coltrane, the two Armstrongs, the Wes and the Hollywood Bowl.

I might get the Dinah one of these days, I have all the box sets put out in the nineties though. And I haven't gotten the Brown because I have Japanese mini-lps of almost all titles that I think sound fantastic, as well as the early complete box.

Have an hour at home. Listening to this.



While I play along on my "Bolt" replica guitar through this beautiful amp that I really should use more often (photo is from the sales floor when I bought it)