Jim Alfredson

The only difference between a B3 and C3 is cosmetic. That said, there is usually quite a difference between ALL Hammonds as far as timbre is concerned, even within the same model. Each one sounds a bit different based on who EQ'd the preamp (different technicians at the Hammond factory had different ideas about EQ), who set up the tone generator, who chose the tubes, etc.

Yeah, hi-res would be cool, too. And yes, we're still doing a physical disc. I just need to figure out the software end of it (shopping cart, download area, etc.) Fun!

See, that's the thing. When CDs first came out, what were vinyl albums generally selling at? (I ask this as a honest question). I know CDs were a lot more expensive and the industry kept saying, "Hey, that's because it's new... the price will go down..." and it never did, really. So now we're at another turning point for audio media and people are pricing it at generally the same level, even though the physical nature of it has been taken completely out of the equation. Sure, you still have to have the infrastructure to sell it, which includes servers, harddrives, backups, high-speed T3 lines or whatever they are using these days, etc. But it seems to me an entire album of mp3s should be $4 to $5 instead of $10 to $12. What are you paying for? I've already decided that the next organissimo record will be available via download on our site, both in mp3 format (for around $5) and a lossless format like FLAC or even just zipped wav files (for maybe $6). I just have to figure out the software end of it.

Looks like a beauty. What is the serial number? You can gauge the age by that. Why are you putting the TrekII preamp in it?

He's shamed.

I did not realize it was higher sample rates. That is cool. I still think it should be $0.99. It doesn't take any more work to encode something at 320kbps than it does 128kbps.

Hmm... kind of a cool idea but... why $1.20? Why not $0.99 like iTunes, which is the standard these days, ain't it?

Big Al... come down from the ledge. It's only basketball!

Mavs are soft.

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Get the molded earplugs. Trust me.

Depends on who's reffing the game. During last year's playoffs against Detroit, Ben Wallace took many elbows to the face that were never called, unlike this year's series against Chicago.

Heat = Worst. Champion. Team. Ever.

The Bulls can beat the Pistons. I don't think they will, though.

One of the most common misconceptions among jazz musicians (and listeners for that matter) is to gauge certain types of music by complexity and then infer one as more sophisticated than another by that gauge. It's a fool's game. I don't think Lou was really a pioneer of merging r&b with jazz. Ray Charles was doing that back in the mid-50s, Louis Prima and Charles Brown even before him. It had been going on a long time. Lou felt the winds of change and acted accordingly so he could continue to make a buck.

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I like how Stern was weaseling his way out of the tough questions tonight.

Chicago could win the series against the Pistons. But I do not think they will. It will probably go to 6 or 7 games. The Heat are done.

Bruce, you should get some molded earplugs from your local audiologist. They are fantastic and attenuate all frequencies equally, so everything sounds natural, just softer. I loved my pair but I lost them at the Detroit Jazz Festival last year. I need to get another pair myself. They are about $140 usually. Worth their weight in gold.

Chester Thompson has some videos up on the Keyboard Magazine TV website: www.keyboardmag.tv. Click on ---> Lessons ---> How To Play and then look for the vids prefaced by CT: In a few he's playing the XK System, although the audio is kinda whack.

Man... again, I am so torn. It is really good to see Miami getting their ass handed to them, but I was hoping this series would continue a little longer so the Pistons could rest and face a weary Chicago in the second round. But it's sooooo good seeing the Heat lose. Oh yeah!

Although a dumb move, I can understand why Baron Davis was upset. The first tech he got was completely unwarranted. The second one was dumb and Josh Howard repeatedly did more over-reacting to foul calls (without any techs) than what Baron did. That said, the Warriors shot themselves in the foot last night.

I do not know of any other solo records by Chester Thompson (the organist) besides Powerhouse. The current organist in ToP, Roger Smith, is a bad dude as well.

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Well, the other contradiction is that if every CD-ROM and CD player uses error correction and can't function properly without it, then how do you even import audio from a CD-ROM into iTunes with that box unchecked? It seems like it wouldn't work at all. I think J Larsen is correct and that button is for Apple's own hardware error correction.