J.A.W.

USPS international rates have gone up by more than 100% recently, reason why U.S. Amazon Marketplace international rates have also gone up by more than 100%. When you're in Europe and order a CD from a U.S. Amazon Marketplace seller, you will be charged $14+ shipping - provided they do ship overseas.

The Ammons/Lewis CD-set occasionally turns up on eBay and usually goes for big bucks.

The Albert Ammons/Meade Lux Lewis Mosaic was also released as a 2CD-set.

Just read your edited post. I'll refrain from responding, as things only seem to get worse. Have a nice day.

That may be so, but these days I'm only giving my opinion on CDs I've heard when someone's asking people what they think of the sound quality. I'm no longer posting unasked opinions. And you're right, I don't have to read your posts, but I do because I find some of them interesting.

I've lost count of the times you've been telling us about the way you've twiddled your system to try and make things sound right to your ears. Don't get me wrong, of course you can do what you like with your gear, but it gets a bit boring to read about the same thing over and over again. I'm just being honest and trying not to be offensive, but that's how those posts come across as far as I'm concerned.

Well, you certainly gave me that impression more than once. Whatever makes you happy.

Yep, exactly what I've been trying to say. You can't restore what's been removed by twiddling your system, it simply isn't there anymore.

I'm glad you enjoy your current system, but it can't undo any compression that was added during remastering to make CDs louder and the resulting loss of dynamics, as for example on the Experience Hendrix CDs Kevin mentioned. I had some of those CDs and have to agree with him. Even some classical CDs suffer from this kind of manipulation, like for instance the Beethoven symphonies cycle by Emmanuel Krivine/la Chambre Philharmonique on the niche Naïve label. Mastering artefacts like that can't be undone by simply turning the volume down, what's lost (dynamics) is lost.I've heard all this before, and I didn't just give up. There are things that can be done. I can make the most of what dynamics are there, and there are more there than most think. And I can adjust the tonality to be more comfortable. And I can enjoy the recordings. (Maybe others can't, but I find I can). I can adjust gain on DAC/preamp, preamp and amp, I can roll tubes, and my power conditioning does an awful lot to lower noise floor and thus make what dynamics are there more noticeable. Power cords help the dynamics as well, and my cabling is neutral and revealing. I have treble reduction on both my speaker tweeters and my amp speaker output (outside the signal path) and can adjust the bias of the tubes for "relaxed" or more heft and dynamics. All this allows more productive flexibility than the purist approach I tried (and believed in) before. In short I found this sort of flexibility to be key to enjoying digital releases. I think if I didn't have the power conditioning, the ability to "ride the gain" and the ability to adjust tone I'd be as unhappy as others, but with this flexibility I truly can enjoy these releases. If others can't, I guess I understand, I just feel fortunate. Sorry, but I don't believe for a second that the dynamic range of a CD that's been reduced or even squashed can be restored. And if I'd have to do with my system some or all of what you describe to enjoy CDs, my listening pleasure would have been long gone. To each their own.

I'm glad you enjoy your current system, but it can't undo any compression that was added during remastering to make CDs louder and the resulting loss of dynamics, as for example on the Experience Hendrix CDs Kevin mentioned. I had some of those CDs and have to agree with him. Even some classical CDs suffer from this kind of manipulation, like for instance the Beethoven symphonies cycle by Emmanuel Krivine/la Chambre Philharmonique on the niche Naïve label. Mastering artefacts like that can't be undone by simply turning the volume down, what's lost (dynamics) is lost.

Take Grant Green's Nigeria, recently reissued in the BNLT 999 series and compare it to its portion of the Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark (SBM, 1997). Guitar on the left, Blakey's drums on the right. It now sounds like angels continuously kissing your ears left and right vying for your attention with its beautifully detailed airy sound. The music was always compelling to say the least, but now I just want to listen to that album over and over again on repeat. And it costs just ten bucks.I have the Mosaic Green/Clark set that came out in 1990 and it sounds good to me. I don't need the Japanese disc. Like many Ron McMaster Blue Note CD reissues from the 1980s and early 1990s the Mosaic CD sets he did in those years sound good to me. Don't like his Mosaics from the late 1990s onwards very much, though, which is why I'm thinking of getting the 2 Stanley Turrentine CDs in the Japanese LT series.

I'll probably get flamed for this here , but many Ron McMaster Blue Note CD reissues from the 1980s and early 1990s sound pretty good to me. His later work not so much, though; I avoid his remasters from the late 1990s onwards as much as possible.

Still available: The CD jewel case is not graded. Hank Mobley - Mobley's Message - Prestige VICJ-2071, with obi (20-bit K2 mastering; 1996); $18 condition of CD: M- Shipping and payment: $5 to Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States $3 to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom Please note that I do not ship to countries that are not listed here. Payment by PayPal only; no cash, checks or money orders. Questions? Feel free to PM me, but a PM with a question doesn't secure the item unless it’s explicitly reserved. An item that is not claimed within 24 hours of my reply will be sold to the next buyer. Please note: I won't be able to mail the disc until next week.

I wouldn't know how to break up quotes either. You've got a point there. [edit] Ubu's solution in the linked post for breaking up quotes seems to do the trick: press "quote", then press the button at the top left-hand corner and when you're done, just hit the button again and press "post" or, in case of an edit, "save changes" below.

Test, test, test... Works fine for me.

I'm currently using IE 10 with Windows 7. I used Firefox before, but after one of its updates was (automatically) installed it didn't properly display some sites anymore, which is why I switched back to IE.

I don't see the problem. After you've hit the "quote" button, the quote box appears and then you can post either above or below it - just make sure you don't post within the box.

There's already a thread here:

Careful, there are many RVG fans on this board He's 88 and, unless I missed something, I don't think he's mastering anything anymore.

According to Mike Weil Acrobat "is a reliable company in contact with several tape archives":

What do you mean "re-write everything"? I am sure you know about "copy and paste." And how do you "copy and paste" from a physical item like a book?

Always a problem when playing vinyl.

The Turrentine is gone. Still available: The CD jewel case is not graded. Hank Mobley - Mobley's Message - Prestige VICJ-2071, with obi (20-bit K2 mastering; 1996); $18 condition of CD: M- Shipping and payment: $5 to Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United States $3 to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom Please note that I do not ship to countries that are not listed here. Payment by PayPal only; no cash, checks or money orders. Questions? Feel free to PM me, but a PM with a question doesn't secure the item unless it’s explicitly reserved. An item that is not claimed within 24 hours of my reply will be sold to the next buyer. Please note: I won't be able to mail the disc until next week.

Replied by PM. Sale pending.

To sum up: it's not an album I'll be playing often. Your mileage may vary.