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I am not familiar with recent reissues, but, to some extent, all the Atlantic recordings of that time are "bright" compared to Prestige, Blue Note and others, and the extreme stereo separation is quite disturbing, often I play stereo as mono.

Bergenfield pressing. Bergenfield pressing.

Big for that set. Yes, I am listening to it now, it's a pity for the sound, definitely poor.

Japan New Jazz, deep groove.

Edit: I still think one ot the best, if not the best, of all Jarrett's records

Columbia, stereo.

Never owned iPods, I am not a commuter and I don't like earphones, I prefer the natural soundtrack of life: unknown people chatting, byrds singing and bus approching crosswalk, BUT I admit that since I got the iPhone I appreciate the ease of hundreds of records during my rare car driving. Motorbike driving with earphones is against my religion, I want to listen to the engine,

Traffic - Traffic - Island, mono

Traffic - Last Exit - Island, stereo.

I agree, now it sounds correct!

Daniel, loudspeakers should be placed accordingly to the room. And I doubt that a blind test for loudspeakers score the same of a test about speaker wires. Anyway at home I listened to components that I really wanted to buy: they were nice, more expensive and they were exactly what I thought they should be. But they sounds different to my expectations, so I didn't buy them. Overall if listen to music is a pleasure and as pleasure follow the psychological laws of pleasure perception, I can't really understand all the rage and the mocking against audio.

Well, I tried to hang my shirt on speaker wires and it doesn't work, so...

Yep, expecially loudspeakers can sound hugely different, even they cost exactly the same, technology can be so different, bass reflex, horn, electrostats, and the sound go accordingly.

Island, mono.

Transatlantic, mono.

The main problem is what one look for. A serious blind test could only guarantee that there is no difference among two different piece of equipment, but what about if there is a diffference? Is A better then B for what? More deep frequencies or better deep frequencies? Is A "truer" then B? etc. I have listened to enough components, (I don't compare interconnects and wires anymore, as I said above I change them when I need different ones, longer, shorter, balanced, unbalanced), to reach the conclusion that there is no truth and/or perfection. I had components I loved at first listening and after a while were boring and/or wearing to listen to, components that sounded marvellous in the shop and like caca in my home. I always test components at home in my sistem as long as I can. I mean I don't search the holy graal of hi fi, only a sistem I want listen to as soon I am at home back from work, a sistem that push me to pump up the volume, a good help for listening to music. And yes, possibly nice looking because is placed in sight in the living room and sturdy enough to work ten years without a problem and to bear the cat that love to sleep on the working amp.

I don't remember the other one but I at the end I bought a very long (6 meters) Audio Note copper wire with standard banana terminals, both sides. When I moved I replaced it with a very short (1,5 meter) Harmonix copper wire with banana terminal on speakers side and a speakon neutrik on other side, because was the plug of the amps.

Scott, actually I don't remember the brands: it happend twenty years ago, I change interconnects and wires only when I need, shorter or longer, when I moved the sistem or when I bought two mono amps.

Some times ago I made an experiment. After hooking up different wires at the same time, I played a mono cd and toggled with the balance control between left and right channel. They did sound different, not day and night, but clearly and audibly different even for my former girlfriend. I did the same with interconnects and again the difference, even more. The problem was that in this way I had only an vague impression of the general "signature": clear, dark, cold, warm, I used these words subjectively, without scientific claim. I couldn't say this is truer or better or whatever. Maybe I could say wich I liked more, maybe. Anyway I quickly dropped my experiments ages ago. I bought wires and interconnects on some requisites: the construction quality and the quality of connectors, I like heavy duty stuff, and mangeability, I have to hook up a speakers or an amplifiers, not to secure a boat during a storm.