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  5. Kip Hanrahan

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    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    On 2/23/2024 at 7:08 PM, soulpope said:

    Probably it was different to hear these as new releases in the 80`s first, even more as the Classic Salsa releases started to drying out while top congueros like Nicky Marrero, Jerry Gonzalez, Daniel Ponce, Gene Golden, Milton Cardona got the call and didn`t hold back .... btw recording/mixing by John Fausty, who recorded tons of Salsa jewels ....

    Agreed. It was so nice to have a series of CDs which heavily featured percussionists.

  7. Post a pic

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    Pic from a surprise family meeting a week ago. We were invited by a  friend who had just moved to Lübeck, and my wife secretly arranged that my daughter showed up to congratulate me for my 70th birthday. My daughter in the center, where she belongs, with the two most important men in her life at her sides, me and her husband to be, her mother on the left and my wife on the right. She is blessed to have two mothers now. 

     

    Lübeck 2024-02-17 a.jpg

  19. Call for donations (aka sorry for the downtime)

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    19 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

    I'm a member of a football forum and they offer an annual subscription for people who don't want ads while they surf the forums. I think it's $20/year and they offer an option to automatically charge you credit card for you. I & many others choose this and that forum has never had to have any fundraisers. Just a thought...

     $ 20.00 is very reasonable. I could afford it.

  20. Billy Eckstine

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    13 hours ago, JSngry said:

    1953, with Wardell. Has Universal put this one out?

     

    This is from an MGMN session. No Universal CD release AFAIK. Why not get the Jasmine CD?

    https://www.discogs.com/release/11582130-Billy-Eckstine-All-Of-My-Life

    Seeems to be nice compilation. Don't have the time right now to check for overlaps with existing Unversal compilations.

    https://jasmine-records.co.uk/gb/easy-listening/2361-billy-eckstine-all-of-my-life.html

  22. Hearing aid a help?

    in Audio Talk

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    Ear wax check and removal once a year is covered by health care, as well as controlling the hearing aids. 

    I'm skeptical about cleaning my ear tubes in the shower, as contact of the ear drum with water is not recommended, ear way does not dissolve in water, and the same goes for cleaning agents of any kind. Mineral oil cannot be absorbed by the human body and I will let none of this contact any part of my body. (Vaseline would be the exception only if protecting the skin from anything after any damage would be advised.  

    Cleaning the hearing aids is another question. I try to do it, but is tricky and requires much care or you damage the intricate tiny  electronic parts. 

    Nothing like the real thing .....

    Thankd for posting the links about dementia. As I understand it, it is the restricted stimulation by reduced social contact and aural information, kind of a deprivation, that enhances demtial processes. Whether hearing aids can remedy that, is another question. But they are helpful, I would be the last to deny that. I use mine based on the situation. 

  23. Hearing aid a help?

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    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    My problem is, I can't afford 6.000 for a pait of hearing aids, and, even though they are tiny with sophisticated electronics, I think the price is somewhat high, if you consider what excellent hifi you can get for that money. I tried them and thought they didn't sound that much better than the health care covered basic models that still cost 1.500. Only inconvenience is the need for frequent battery change and oustide filters (my production of ear wax is quite high and triggered by the othoplasts in the ears.

  25. Hearing aid a help?

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    1 hour ago, Brad said:

    You wouldn’t have to do all that if you had hearing aids. In addition, not having hearing aids increases your chances for dementia. 

    Do you have a reliable source for this? That said, the sound may subjectively be better with an equalizer in hifi quality, as hearing aids are not build for this standard.

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