Ron S

Another enthusiastic for this set--one of my favorites.

Agree on both. For live Wes, you should also get "Full House". Right up there with Paris (which I've been pushing here), and also has Johnny Griffin.

Well, you spent $71.82 for 9 CDs, when you could have picked up 12 CDs for $71.76, or 20 CDs for $79.60, or 30 CDs for $89.40. But leaving your financial choice aside , you picked a very nice selection. Actually Ron, when it was all said and done the total including shipping came to $62.32. Believe me, I would have loved to have bought 20 or even better 30. The problem would be explaining it to the wife when she saw me hauling in the loot. Hmmmmmm . . . that doesn't seem to add up, if 9 or fewer CDs are $7.98 each. But I certainly understand the wife situation. BOY, do I understand!

Well, you spent $71.82 for 9 CDs, when you could have picked up 12 CDs for $71.76, or 20 CDs for $79.60, or 30 CDs for $89.40. But leaving your financial choice aside , you picked a very nice selection.

Speaker cable can be a tough nut because speakers, cables, and amps sometimes interact in unpredictable ways. Shooting from the hip, though, I recommend Kimber 4TC. It's a true audiophile cable ($6-$7 foot?) but it's not highly capacitive and reacts fairly neutrally with a wide range of speakers and amps. Not the ultimate in transparency but you'd probably have to spend more to do audibly better. And if you were going to spend more, you need very good and specific advice with regard to interactivity. Audio Advisor carries these--more than twice as much as the AudioQuest Type 4. Audio Advisor has pretty good telephone customer service--you should give them a call and get their input.

Now see, that's what I'm talking about, learning something new. I never knew that kazoos had reeds. Puts everything in a new perspective! Chuck must be talking about the high-end models used by the pros, unlike those tissue paper toys we had as kids. Compare and contrast:

For speaker cables, you may want to try Audio Advisor. They're in Grand Rapids, MI--home of Randy Marsh, so you know they've GOTTA be good--and are one of the, if not THE, biggest internet retailers of high-end audio equipment and accessories. I've ordered several things from them over the years, and have always had good luck. In fact, I bought a pair of their AudioQuest Type 4 Speaker Cables with "No Frills" Packaging (they terminate them to your specs at the store), and they seem to be an excellent value.

Thanks for posting about this! Just placed some individual orders for some Selects I've been meaning to pick up. At $34.95 with free shipping, this deal is really hard to pass up.

Indeed, Fantasy's late-80's/early-90's mastering is generally pretty hard to beat. Not that it hasn't been done, but the sound of Fantasy CDs from that era is definitely not inferior, and shouldn't be condemned out-of-hand, IMHO.

We thought he was with you.

...and I'm just the man for the job! . . . a 'bone-head.

That's funny--when you guys are at our house, we don't eat.

Jim's cheese steak:

Rick's is part of the Oliveri cheese steak dynasty, founded by the legendary Pat.

He's like, REAL gone! :eye: As soon as I posted that, I just knew some wise-ass would come along and make that kind of joke.

Elvin's GONE.

GONE.

Erik--livin' life on the razor's edge! (i.e., cuttin' it close)

You're referring to Leslie's cooking?

What??? You don't put me in the LOVE category?

I have also. My Charlie Christian CDs were gunked up right out of the box. What an incredibly stupid design.

I believe so, but don't hold me accountable if it doesn't.

Really? That's great! Did you have the same problem? When I first got the box, there was foam gunk on all of the discs, and 1 or 2 of them wouldn't play. I insisted that they replace all 4 of them, which they did. When you call the 800 number, they'll take all your information, and then send you a prepaid mailing label. You'll mail them the discs only (not the box or booklet), and they'll send you 4 brand-new discs.

Call Sony customer service at the 800 number in the back of the booklet that came with the set. Sony will replace the discs. They did it for me.

I got it. I like it.