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porcy, I'd have to open the speakers to check the foam/rubber, then? I won't do that, of course, but I'm just curious...

I won't fall for that trap, no sir! Rest assured, most of my money still goes for CDs and that won't change too soon!

I'm sorry but I have no clue what your foam/rubber talk is about... maybe if it was in german... are you speaking of the soft parts that sort of mantle the actual speakers? They're of rubber. Anyway, I bought the speakers, someone where I got them said she had them in her flat for a month before they sold them and that they sounded good, and so do I think (I put on some Adderley Quintet, Aretha Franklin, What Is Is box, and now some early 50s Kenton).

yeah, they went online and googled for the website obvously and neatly-written put the real value on the package... which of course costs me 20 euro when it happens.... once they also kept a package back and asked me to sent in a copy of a non-bogus receipt before they would pass it on to me... took 2 months or so, in the end. that stuff is crazy, I hate all this protectionist behaviour here, but there's hardly a chance this is going to change in the next 10 years, politically.

It is for me, too, but I'm not sure about Paul... for someone who doesn't care to know about the entirety of Prez' late years, a session like "Laughing to Keep from Cryin'" can indeed be quite a mess, so... I'd first get all the other earlier material, for sure: Aladdin, Savoy, Basie Decca, more Basie (the 4CD box on Sony is great if only for the live material on the last disc, otherwise I'd still much welcome a complete one, but it's not going to happen, I'm afraid), the material with Billie Holiday, etc... and then once one's hooked get all of the Verve. I went the other way 'round (getting the Verve when I had almost no other Prez) and it wasn't that smart - I only started to appreciate and get hooked to most of the later part of the Verve material once I knew more of earlier Prez. But maybe that's just me...

yeah, but the swiss bastids have already checked the website to find out the real value, since the 5$ are obviously humbug! sent in my Roach order (adding the Tolliver and Wiley discs) last night. ouch!

Sad news. All of his I've heard is the OJC (I started a thread about that back when) and the tracks on the RCA Arrangers compilation - I'd definitely be in for a longer ride!

So for reasonably loud listening, indoor use, they should work alright, provided they don't sound like crap? I'll give them a try, they won't cost me more than a double disc set, so...

None of the JATP material is on the Verve box. What you're missing would mostly be available on VME discs, plus the very bad Paris date cheaply on Universal's "Jazz in Paris" series. Main thing you're missing, besides a few early dates, is the Pres & Teddy one.

I found this, I assume that contains all I need to know: SONY TA-F 220 Technische Daten: Super Legato Linear / Spontaneous Twin Drive Sinusausgangsleistung: 80 Watt je Kanal (4 Ohm), 70 Watt je Kanal (8 Ohm) Störspannungsabstand: 100 dB Klirrgrad: 0,03 % vergoldete Eingänge für CD, Tuner und Phono Cincheingänge: Phono (MM), CD, Video / Aux, Tuner, Tape 1, Tape 2 / DAT Cinchausgänge: Tape 1, Tape 2 / DAT 4 Lautsprecher anschließbar (4 – 16 Ohm) A, B, A+B, Off (Kopfhörer) Source-Direct Taste (direkte Verarbeitung der Klangsignale durch Umgehung der Klangregler) Regler für Balance, Höhen, Tiefen Loudness Taste getrennter Input- und Rec-Out-Selector: Wiedergabe und Aufnahme einer anderen Quelle möglich, direktes Überspielen von Tape 1 auf 2 und umgekehrt Vollmetallchassis Kopfhörerbuchse Abmessungen: 430 x 135 x 315 mm (Breite/Höhe/Tiefe) Gewicht: 8 kg

found this in an ebay description: 2x 90W Musik; 2x 70W Sinus what would that mean? that these speakers are too weak? would that be a problem if I don't crank the volume up too high?

could these here be ok? TECHNICS SB-CS6 http://cgi.ebay.de/TECHNICS-BOXEN-SB-CS6-3...1QQcmdZViewItem with front cover, for a bit less than 30 euro, used, off course...

Now the end of disc 4 with the "Trio Live" sessions - great! I prefer the sound of this trio over the Peacock/Motian one on "Trio '64", can't say why, but Israels/Bunker is one of my favourite Evans trios. The date with Getz is alright, but this is an instant where I could happily live without some of the bits included in the box. Elvin is interesting, though!

I assume you have the 2CD set on Savoy which collects the other Harden/Coltrane sessions? Terrific music, Harden is great! *********************** Discs 1-3 of the Evans Verve box (so far, hoping to continue for another few hours). Great stuff! I like "Empathy" very much, "Conversations with Myself" a bit less, but now "Trio '64" is again very nice! (I left out the McFarland for now)

you can also listen to Eric Dolphy if you want to listen to some idiot wearing sunglasses in a studio...

Terrific! It's a big band album of first order! Originally on Philips, not on Columbia, I think.

What's wrong with the LP? it doesn't fit Ship it to me. it's so big, it won't fit on a ship

All of that session is on the "'58 Miles feat. Stella by Starlight" CD. which is one of the old, usually rather bad-sounding, Sony/Legacy CDs with the blue frame, and which I never got...

nothing wrong with the LP, porcy, it's just that I'm a CD man (4 or 5 thousand, over 200 or less LPs) and I don't use my record player that often (in fact I still have it at my parents' house where I stay once a week only, but now with my new amplifier I might consider moving it finally...)

me, too!!!! shit, me too! this hurts my bank account badly!

almost 10 $ for a box with 10 empty jewel cases over here - pretty crazy, much more expensive than empty cdrs...

the oppressive regime of the bushists created a climate that led blue note to self-censorship, thusly repressing the release of an album titled "basra"... and of course I assume you're aware that many of the earlier bn rvgs were released before cc was introduced and never came out in cc versions.

What's great about the Miles/Trane set is to hear that 1958 date in its entirety - that version of "Love for Sale" is terrific!

You'll also need the Carnegie Hall concert - one of my favourites! Teo is smoking, Mobley is on all the way through, and the "Concierto de Aranjuez" is probably better than the studio version! I really don't get it why that album (or rather double disc set, nowadays) isn't regarded higher! Edited to add: I have all the Columbia boxes (plus "Someday", "Carnegie", "Blackhawk") and I like them quite some. True, they're not exactly comfortable to handle, but they include pretty good liners, usually (except for that one white-print-on-yellow page in the Silent Way box...)

I am not absolutely sure, but I think I might have seen Basra without cc. I'll stick with my TOCJ version, though, one of very few and one for which I paid way too much, but it was the only chance I had to get this fine album and I wouldn't miss that!