mikeweil

$ 20.00 is very reasonable. I could afford it.

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

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 wax 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 ..... Thanks 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.

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.

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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This afternoon, a Poll Winners CD reissue of Zoot Sims quartet session c/w the session on which he plays alto, tenor and baritone - very nice, and great rhythm section (John Williams, Nabil Totah, Gus Johnson).

The result is always that your perception of specific frequency ranges is impaired. Hearind aids simply amplify these, just as an equalizer does. Well, they are adjusted like an equalizer! BTW I read a report by some HiFi enthusiast who was extremely dissatisfied with listening to music even with the highest quality hearing aids, but solved the problem with an braodband equalizer that he adjusted to his needs. Only that this kind of thing is despised by hard core audiophiles ...

That sounds tempting!

Definitively looks like Warren Smith.

Looks very good!

Van Asperen's recordings of Louis Couperin and Johann Jakob Froberger on Aeolus are indeed the best one can buy right now of the music of these masters. Fantastic historic harpsichords, excellent playing and comments and perfect sound.

When I went to sleep last night, this was my choice: This morning, it was: Right now: Pierre Sprey recorded jazz the ultimate way.

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Listening to the samples reminds me of the reasons why I skipped this when it was released - I don't like her agogics. In Bach's music it is all there, you don't have to manipulate tone durations too much, which she does. Just let it flow. That's what his son Carl Philip Emanuel told us. For the Goldbergs I would recommend someone using a German type harpsichord, like Luca Guglielmi, Andreas Staier, Ottavio Dantone.

Do you know what harpsichord she plays on this CD? And what is the playing time?

Perfect imitation of Spanish guitar arpeggios on harpsichord!