Kevin Bresnahan

How do you "run 5 pairs"? Do you simply twist all 5 wires together and stick them into one terminal or do you run the + to speaker 1 and the - of speaker 1 to the + of speaker 2 etc? If you want to do a set-up like that right, you should look into a speaker switch box. It's been years since I looked into one, but Niles used to make a decent, inexpensive speaker box. If you're going to drive 5 parallel pairs of speakers out of an amp designed to drive 2, don't be surprised if it fries. If you've been doing that for 15 years with your NAD, it definitely makes sense to bring that amp into a service shop and get it fixed. It's a good one. The pairs of wires are twisted together. This was all professionally installed by Audio Emporium, THE high end audio store in the Milwaukee area. Peter, by capitalizing "THE", I assume you are implying that they are the best and wouldn't do something wrong. I would disagree. I bet if you read any amplifier owner's manual, it would not recommend this at all. Most amplfiers have been designed to drive a minimum of 4 Ohms. I would never do this. I should think that Audio Emporium should not have either. They should have recommended a speaker selector box. Maybe they didn't sell one so they ignored your problem?

How do you "run 5 pairs"? Do you simply twist all 5 wires together and stick them into one terminal or do you run the + to speaker 1 and the - of speaker 1 to the + of speaker 2 etc? If you want to do a set-up like that right, you should look into a speaker switch box. It's been years since I looked into one, but Niles used to make a decent, inexpensive speaker box. If you're going to drive 5 parallel pairs of speakers out of an amp designed to drive 2, don't be surprised if it fries. If you've been doing that for 15 years with your NAD, it definitely makes sense to bring that amp into a service shop and get it fixed. It's a good one.

Peter, I asked above but it's key to know if you plan to drive all of those speakers at the same time. The load all of those speakers would present is very low unless you have some of the wired in series and some in parallel. However, I have never been a fan of speakers connected in series. There is noise added by each speaker in the chain. Kevin

In the liner notes, I believe Shew talks about why he chose to do this record. I believe he says that he used to play in salsa bands in the New Mexico area and that he never lost his love of it. This is a really good CD. I believe it's been out of print for a long time so it may not be easy to find. FWIW, it's encoded with HDCD which may be part of the reason why it sounds so good. It's an audiophile recording. The brass is bright & edgy but not painfully harsh. If you play it back loud, it screams. I always crank this one up when I spin it, so obviously I don't spin it when the wife is home.

Two sides is correct. Belechick's side from a Boston Globe interview: http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patr..._on_2006_season Asked about the scene after the game, when it appeared he brushed off Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, Belichick said: "I talked to Tony [Dungy] after the game and congratulated him. Peyton, I didn't see, he kind of grabbed me, it all happened really fast. I saw Tony, I saw Adam [Vinatieri], wished him well. Saw [Dan] Klecko, wished him well. Ask any of them what happened after the game." As for the team's postgame celebration in San Diego that drew the wrath of Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson, Belichick said: "In San Diego, I honestly didn't see what happened. I had seen some clips after the game, but still don't know what happened. They show LaDainian coming in and Reche [Caldwell] is there, he pulls him in. I didn't see it. I still don't know what happened."

Another reason to go with a "vintage" amp. The aforementioned Sansui has both MC and MM phono stages. BTW it sold for $800 new in 1979. If you don't want to go vintage, Denon's and Outlaw's two-channel receivers have phono inputs. Peter, if you're considering vintage gear, why not just bring your old NAD into the shop for a tune up?

I've used Audacity (from www.download.com) for years. It's great and it's free. Chops up .wav or .mp3 files. I used it to make ring tones for my cell.

This Verizon FIOS screeeeeeeeeeeeeeams! They offered it to me to replace my DSL and at first I said no, because DSL was fast enough and the lowest-price FIOS plan was $20 more. Then, they offered a 5 Mbps down/2 Mbps up plan for $5 more than my DSL plan. Hey, $5 to eliminate the crappy audio on my landline telephones and increase my speed by 5X? Why not? Now if they'd only offer me FIOS-TV. I'd love to tell Comcrap to stick it. Kevin

An eBay seller who was "backordered"?? That's bogus. Was the seller caiman? An eBay seller should not be able to "sell" something not in his hands.

All at once? I hope you're using a good speaker box! The Polks alone would load your amp down with a 2.7 Ohm load. Add in the other two, and you're talking a 1.6 Ohm load (assuming all of the speakers are 8 Ohm). Most amps would burn out driving a 1.6 Ohm load. Assuming you have a good speaker selector box, if you're looking for good, two-channel receivers, try Denon, Onkyo or Outlaw Audio. The Outlaw Audio is a nice unit.

If you actually buy a Mosaic, buy the Johnny Hodges. Great, great set with lots of unissued material. You should appreciate more than the Bird set, especially since it doesn't have any 23 second tracks.

The one that sticks in my mind was Jimmy Smith's "Cool Blues". I read the Penguin review and I just had to have it. OOP! Ahh. I searched the used bins for several years and finally found a copy at some on-line shop in Florida. I paid almost $30, which I thought was a steal. It came in and I put it on. Good stuff. Nice Tina Brooks. When it was done, I thought to myself, "Hell, 'The Sermon' is better than this".

Some of the earlier CDs from Japan sound pretty good. Many are flat transfers of the master with no EQ and almost all of them were mastered at a much lower level than anything done later. In this list, I could see wanting to check out the old Impulse! CDs but those old Columbia/CBS/Sony Miles discs? Yuck. Older CBS masterings almost always sound harsh & tinny to me.

I've been meaning to get that one. I wouldn't wait too long. I think it's been oop for quite a few years now. It isn't hard to find now but it may start disappearing, especially if enough people reading this thread start looking for it.

I've always wondered about the Cleveland Browns records myself. Are they the Baltimore Ravens records now? Is Jim Brown the Baltimore Ravens legacy? If no, then why not? It's even weirder when you think, well the Baltimore Colts went to Indianapolis, and every year we read about whether the Colts will ever get anywhere without Unitas. Do the Indianpolis Colts still consider themselves the Baltimore Colts legacy or do the Baltimore Ravens get that honor?

I like all Genesis CDs, with a preference for the post-Gabriel stuff, particularly "Abacab" and "Genesis" (with "Mama"). However, I would love to see them with Gabriel as he left waaaaay before I became a fan. I've seen the three-man version in concert several times. The show didn't change a whole lot and I have no urge to go see it again over in Europe. If it had Gabriel? Well, that'd be new and I'd have to look into that.

One of Lew's latest CDs, which I think is available from his web site at Jazz Corner, is another one with Lew in a killer trio. I may like it just a bit more than "Black & Tan Fantasy". This thread just reminded me that I recently picked up an old LT trio LP and I've forgotten to spin it! I'll have to rectify that this weekend. BTW, that "Tenuki's Night Out" CD is a Japanse import, complete with obi (when I got one in). Quite a steal at $16. Kevin

Yeah, but if you buy them separately, and not in the box, you miss the extras disc. Besides, $175 is still way too much.

Wait for www.cdwow.com They will have the Japanese versions for way less than that, and yeah, I agree, screw $43.75 each!! hmv.co.jp alread has the box (at pre-order) for around $100 but wait. As the release nears, the prices drop like crazy. Be aware that the Japanese set is the only place to get NTSC (US standard) DVD video discs. The EU sets will have PAL DVD video discs. It makes no matter to me as I am only interested in the SACDs anyway, but even less matter - my Denon player will convert PAL to NTSC. Kevin

The SACD is wild! Not a pure quad mix, becuase there's some center channel content, but it does sound like ambient echo, so it might be derived from the quad. But, there is also a subwoofer channel, as my sub is pumpin' now. This is so cool. I forgot how fun this SACD is. My living room sounds alive right now. Up until now, I've pretty much stuck with the stereo sector of this SACD because the multi-channel is so different I didn't really dig it. But as I sit here, hearing all of this sound swirling around, it's pretty cool. When I stand in the middle of the 5.1 mix, Maupin's echo-effects are whacked. That's probably why I stuck with the stereo mix. But when I sit here on the edge of the living room and the "surround" sound is in front of me, each instrument has way more difinition and the room echo makes Maupin's sax sound like it does in stereo. I always lament that Greg pissed off so many people to the point where they threw SACD off of their plate. This stuff is great. Time to go switch back to stereo and reall rock the walls (can you all tell that the wife isn't home?). Kevin

Originally, this tour was going to reunite "Genesis", as in "Genesis with Peter Gabriel". If that had happened, I'd be there, come hell or high water. But the "Then They Were Three" Genesis?? They toured like 8-fucking-trillion days during the 80's & 90's. Why spend big bucks to see them? Use your money and pre-order the new multi-channel SACDs (and a cheap, as in less than $200 - think Oppo Digital DV-970HD, SACD player) and enjoy their music ad infinitum. BTW, if you decide to go the SACD route, buy the box set. It has an additional SACD of extras, including the elusive "Me & Virgil". These SACDs are going to break my CD budget for a few months. Gotta buy them from Japan. 5 discs for over $100... gah! But for a Genesis fan, it's a must. Kevin

I'll have to give a listen to the multi-channel SACD tonight to see if it's a quad mix. I didn't know that this was released on a quad LP. I thought this SACD was a new mix. Kevin

I am sure the still-living Mr. Bailey would love that.

No. I thought I was being blatantly un-serious. I used the "wiseass" symbol to show that I was being sacrcastic. I was hoping my sarcasm would make it clear that I don't agree with buying any of these labels' releases. Sarcasm just doesn't work on the Internet. It just doesn't.

While I agree that it would be wrong to buy the Mingus and Parker/Gillespie Uptown clones, I don't really see the problem with purchasing the Massey Hall or Horace. It's been over 50 years for both.' Guy Why differentiate the Mingus and Parker/Gillespie CDs? I think I know why - Chuck's here and considered a friend. But they're well beyond the 50 year EU term, so if that's the only criteria, buy 'em. I can see if people say, "I won't buy the Mingus and Parker/Gillespie CDs because I want Chuck Nessa's label to succeed." But if you think the 50 year rule is fine for Horace Silver and the Quintet, then it's fine for these as well. Why not screw Chuck's label out of some return on investment too?