Number 6......

The system is just sounding amazing today. . . and I was starved to hear music today.

Number 5....

Nunber 4......

Just played CD #1 of 2 of this...now I'll move to the Cave to spin some Vinyl...

This 45 RPM ORG reissue from the last Vinyl Buy...

This is the last of 6 reissue LPs recently bought from Elusive Disc, a Music Matters 33 RPM Blue Note reissue...very nice.  It makes me want to find and play the Mosaic Box of Larry Young's Blue Note recordings which I bought and never listened to.  Mark.

This is a Speakers Corner reissue...

This Music Matters 45 RPM Blue Note reissue now...

Beginning my day with Coltrane.  I didn't realize until this morning, after looking at the booklet in this set, how many master takes are not included due to missing master tapes. I wish they had used the best available source rather than leaving important recordings off this set.  Anyway, I'm playing CD #2 which has mostly stuff from "Giant Steps" and a little from "Coltrane Jazz".  Mark.

Next, CD #5 of this Mosaic Live Basie set...

Lon, look at the booklet on the CD version of the Coltrane Atlantic Recordings.  The recordings are given in chronological order.  After each session a note is added stating what masters are missing from the set. For sessions covered by CD 2 there were 4 masters missing.  Now what I don't know is if the masters that ended up on the original LPs are missing or not since they don't tell us what masters were on the LPs and many of the tunes were recorded at more than one session.  All this music was recorded in less than two and a half years.  What I have is excellent....just wish I had it all...even the few tunes excluded because Coltrane didn't play on them. Mark.

PS...Lon,  it looks like I won't get the Denon player setup today.  I got a phone call from my Mom and it appears my day will be spent shopping and doing other odd jobs...oh well...

Lon,  wait a second...how come you didn't alert me to this concert?  When was it?  I may be able to catch it on line.

Well, as it turned out I didn't have to do the shopping and work that my Mom had planned for me.  She lives in one side of a duplex and rents the other side.  I was to go through the other side and see what light bulbs and other work needed to be done before a contractor could come in and make repairs prior to advertising for a new renter. It was no surprise when she called saying the old tenant had left in the night and had the utilities turned off.  She had just called all the utilities yesterday and was told that information could not be given about the account. Of course, now it is Sunday and she can not just have them transferred to her name from the tenant's name as she usually does.  The tenant was very secretive and when we went over last Saturday when he was supposed to be gone, we asked that we be allowed to examine the property for repairs that would have to be done, we were denied entry.  He told us we could do a walk through when he was ready to leave at which time he would turn over the keys and two garage door openers. Needless to say he hadn't paid any rent since August 1st.

Mom just called, she had gone through the house and there is a bunch of crap left, several doors kicked in, a kitchen cabinet door ripped off it's hinges, multiple burned out lights, damaged and non-working ceiling fans...and on and on...  I don't understand how people can be so irresponsible and do needless damage to other peoples property.

Oh well, at least I was able to set up the Denon player and I'm playing CDs in the Jolida and Denon.  So far I prefer the Jolida but I think the Denon is nearly brand new and needs some burn in.  It was spotless, the cord was obviously never unwrapped and used, the remote didn't have any fingerprints or marks on it...didn't even have batteries in it.  What kind of burn in time am I looking at, Lon?  The Jolida at this point is definitely a warmer player...yet very detailed...as detailed as the Denon, I think.  I have yet to play a SACD though.

This now...

OK. Well, to the best of my knowledge all the album tracks on the sets that are not alternates or unreleased orginally appeared on the original lps.

Rental properties are a real pain, and people who rent can be awful. Sorry!

As far as Denon breakin . . . I honestly think about 200 hours plus on Redbook and SACD each will get you a long way there, and after that it seasons still more. I love mine, though I don't see using it in the near future. . . a great transport in the machine and great as a DAC with other sources.

Lon, I honestly was hoping this player had been used...broken in...but it's pretty clear this is a new unit.  It is definitely a quality unit, the CD drawer mechanism is the best  I've ever seen.  The Jolida's is loud and clunky by comparison. At this point I've got to watch the volume with the Denon...it's a bit painful otherwise...pretty sharp/bright.  But even without break in I can tell it's a nice sounding player but at this point the Jolida has it beat in smoothness and musicality.  I'll never get 200 hours Redbook on it in the Cave.  I'll have to move it to the second system in a few weeks where it will see more use.  It was almost unbearable to be in the Cave and not spinning Vinyl. Is there a way to open the drawer of the Denon with the remote?

I'll watch the concert on my laptop.  What cord would I need to use the DAC in the Denon A 100?  Another option would be to hook up the Taboo to my laptop as I often do and listen with the Audeze LCD 2 cans.

Rental property...don't get me started...  Mark.

Played this Joni CD followed now by the Bill Evans...CD #2 with the Denon...sounds very nice...

My remote and the unit are fifty miles away in my climate controlled storage unit. . . I don't think you can eject a disc from the DCD-A100 using the remote. . . odd, but oh well.

That drive is a proprietary one developed by Denon, quite a work of art in comparison to off the shelf ones from Philips etc.

Can't you just leave a cd repeating in the unit for days? That'w what I've done to put hours onto them. I usually let a unit run a few days, turn it off a day, repeat a few times. The tonal balance will change for the better with hours.

I used to believe that coaxial digital was better than optical digital, but a well-made glass optical cable can even to my ears sound better than many coaxial ones. . . use whatever you have of the two into the "digital in."

So Lon, to be clear...just running the CD Player without anything else on will break it in.  Correct?  Mark.

Thanks Lon,  I just went into the Cave and started a CD in the Denon DCD A 100.  I find it odd that the complex remote does not have the function to open the drawer remotely but this is a very minor fault in a great product.  Mark.

And number 1, of course!
I'm not absolutely sure I would have voted this one number one, (it's possible) but it was probably THE prog album that got me started searching for more like it.

Some from the same list that I could not find the first time through.... #40

Number 39 from the list......

The SHM-CD
I love the Duke Pearson tune "Say You're Mine" that opens this one up.

I found this as a Japanese reissue lately and love it. The amazing Hermeto Pascoal plays piano and flute and does the arranging.

Number 34....