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I like him. I like the emotion he conveys, I like the shakiness of some of his work because it gives it a depth, and I like the songs he chose more than some of the others' song choices. To each their own.

Many many more!

Hey I don't want to be around the big boys, I definitely dislike their style and smell a lot of the time. I didn't say he PIONEERED it Mike, quit putting words in my mouth. For all I know George Shearing's grandpa pioneered smooth jazz. But I do strongly feel he influenced a large part of the smooth jazz of the nineties. If you listen to smooth jazz (you can't help it sometimes) there are changes within what gets released and marketed through the decades.

Hey, Al I personally also feel that Miles Davis was an influence, a considerable one, on smooth jazz. . . that eighties band prefigured a lot of stuff by Najee and others . . well there you go, it's my theory.

Yes Mark . . . those 1960 or so Captain Atom stories by Ditko were some of the first comic books I smuggled in to my house at age five and six, and got me started on comics (when Stan Lee started changing the world in 1962 and 1963 with his comics I was an addict. . . still clandestinely because I WAS NOT ALLOWED COMICS til a few years later). Ditko just had this thing up through about 1966 . . . he was a master. I just purchased off ebay "Action Heroes Archives Volume One"--a DC hardback that reprints all the Captain Atom from 1960-1 and most of the 1966 return of the character. . . all Ditko on glossy paper.

Beautiful bitchiness!

2046 is a very interesting film. . . I savored a slow viewing over the course of a week. I really enjoy it. Today I ordered a copy of the new remastered "In the Mood for Love". . . .

I had a girlfriend/live in partner end of the seventies/early eighties who was very into them. I heard their lps and saw them in concert. I miss her sometimes.

Yes, there are some new titles reissued on cd. I'm staying away for now!

ARGH! That was the sentence I wanted to avoid!

Hey, they cut off part of my review! I have this set from many years back. . . I believe it is numbered, but the number won't mean anything in regards to what the number may be now.

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I think you could afford the basic Zen amp, and the Parker 95 speakers that are designed to mate with them and get really good reviews from owners of the combo, and a fairly decent SACD or universal player to start off an excellent system (with the Decware amps you don't need a preamp for cd, they have adjustable gain pots on the amps' inputs). Decware Zen "C" Amp Parker 95 speakers There are users of Decware in the UK that maybe you could talk to, audition with? Look within this forum if interested: Decware Forum One of these, David Williams, posts here occasionally.

I don't want to read the review. I know what would happen. I'd get the FEVER to buy the damned set!

Yes Wolff, it has gotten good pr from owners. And I haven't heard a circuit from Steve Deckert that doesn't bring great sounding music home to poppa!

I really dig Tiny's drumming on the live sides, and Horace's early piano appearances on the studio sides. I need to dig these out again too, great stuff!

Okay, I'll be like a broken record and recommend my favorite audio products: https://athena.safe-order.net/decware/catalog.htm

Here's hoping by some miracle she gets some of these out!

Both of those have been mentioned in this thread, but bear mentioning again! I'm listening to "Four in One" by Sphere right now.

Personally, Dan, Carrie doesn't do ANYTHING for me. She's good, but she doesn't spark me at all. It's not a reaction against country, even when not doing country she fails to "reach" ME. But she has, I'm pretty sure, plenty of fans. SoulStream, yeah, Scott does have some interesting vibrato stuff going on. . . . I like how emotional he is. I'm an emotional guy as well. I can relate. Chris, I'm just not that fond of rockers overall. . . . I'd rather NOT see one win the competition. Hey, I'd have liked to see that cat that did Moody's Mood for Love go right to the top!

I knew so many Bos and wannabe Bos in this music scene here that I think HE'S generic and he doesn't float my boat. He's competent. . . but boring. I think Vonzell is a bit on the generic side but I think she's the best singer there and I think she has a personality and stance I'd rather see validated by a win as idol than any of the others. . . . That's just me.

I'm not making predictions like that. . . this thing doesn't go the way I figure it would, so I'm just riding it out watching what happens. I like Vonzell and I'm rooting for her. I like Scott too. . . . Not sure why, just do. Dislike the others big time.