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That's a bit too strong to be true, so I guess Swinging Swede is fooling us

David Murray & Milford Graves - Real Deal

Hi wesbed The K1000's don't isolate at all, they are as loud as very small speakers with the bass level turned down. The earpieces can be turned outside and fixed in that position, so that they don't touch the ears. This is a view from the back with the headphones fully open: Here are some reviews: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio...03/akgk1000.htm http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/akg/k1000_1.html http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread....&threadid=37865 http://headwize2.powerpill.org/ubb/showpag...7&fdays=&stime= http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?forum=general&n=269486 http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue9/akg1000.htm http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread....=&threadid=2590 http://headwize2.powerpill.org/ubb/showpag...fdays=2&stime=0

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By MICHAEL McDONOUGH The Associated Press 3/31/2004, 4:33 a.m. ET http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/business/in...30743243920.xml LONDON (AP) ? Music company EMI Group PLC said Wednesday it will slash staffing by 20 percent in its recorded music division, largely because it is ceasing manufacturing CDs and DVDs in the United States and Europe. In addition to cutting 1,500 jobs, EMI also said it planned to trim its global artist roster by 20 percent, largely by dropping "niche and underperforming artists" mainly in continental Europe. The London-based company will shut plants making CDs and DVDs in Jacksonville, Ill. and Uden in the Netherlands, and outsource its manufacturing in Europe and the United States. That will result in about 900 jobs being cut. EMI said the decisions were part of a "continuing drive to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in the changing global music marketplace." The company didn't specify where the other 600 job cuts were being made. It expected the cuts to yield savings of $91.5 million a year. EMI said sales for the year ending March 31, 2004 were close to the previous year's level, and added it would publish its annual results on May 24. In the year to March 31, 2003, EMI recorded sales of 2.17 billion pounds, down 11.1 percent from the year before. "In the financial year just ending, we have outperformed the industry on the most important measures," EMI chairman Eric Nicoli said. "In recorded music, we have enjoyed market share gains, with sales for the full year close to last year's level." In the Netherlands, CD and DVD manufacturing will be outsourced to MediaMotion and staff at EMI's Uden plant will be transferred to the same company. In the United States, Cinram International Inc. will make CDs and DVDs for EMI companies currently supplied by the Jacksonville plant. EMI said staff at the Illinois facility had been given notice of the job cuts. EMI is maintaining its joint-venture manufacturing facilities in Japan and Australia, and a small facility in Canada. The company also said that in several smaller countries it was consolidating its marketing through a single department. It will merge several smaller labels: the new age label Higher Octave was being combined with Narada, while the Christian music labels Sparrow and Forefront were being merged. ---------------------- dropping "niche and underperforming artists"? Will Blue Note keep Norah and Wynton and drop all the others?

I just got a used AKG K1000 ($250 instead of $700 new), which are dynamic "earspeakers" that need to be connected to an amplifier of at least 2x5W. Manufacturer page http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue9/akg1000.htm http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio...03/akgk1000.htm Because nothing touches the ears and the headphones are very light, they are extremely comfortable (that was my top priority, my ears tended to sweat under the Sennheiser). I'm currently using them with a Rotel power amp but have ordered a NOrh SE9 tube amp ($400), which has been recommended by many users for these headphones. The sound is very different from the Sennheiser HD580. The Senn's are laid back, warm and full but also veiled in the treble. The AKG's are rather lean sounding, with excellent impulse response and very precise imaging.

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My sincere condolences, David.

I have a jazz record fetish too

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Has someone heard the new RVG of Sonny Rollins "Newk's time"? I received it today and thought there was something wrong with my ears or my hifi set, because the stereo balance was leaning heavily to the left channel. A brief switch to a mono CD and I was reassured that both were ok and that the fault was with the new remastering. The saxophone, piano and bass come out of the middle and the drums are spread between the middle and the left channel. There is nothing on the right channel to balance this, so the whole sound is coming from the left half of the speaker basis. The old McMaster version was balanced normally in this respect. Apart from that, the new remastering is much more dynamic, especially on the drums, but is also a bit on the bright side (cymbals).

Yes. That must have been very shortly before his death. Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)

The Sonny Clark sounds very good indeed. Steve Hoffman always gets the best out of the master tapes. Despite the great line-up, I passed on the Turrentine disc because I found the music to be too uniform and mainstream. Good playing, but nothing memorable really. The stereo mix is said to be rather extreme, with instruments panned hard to both channels and nothing in the middle. I've only heard a mono CD of that session.

They are very hard to find in Europe. I would order them in the US, where they cost $14-16. However many shops currently list them as being out of stock. CD Universe has the Turrentine disc, Amazon.com the Sonny Clark. The Dorham SACD has not yet been released as far as I know. Here is a list of all the Audio Fidelity SACD titles (mostly pop): http://www.sa-cd.net/alltitles/52

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Impressive pictures from Tchernobyl, 18 years after the nuclear disaster: http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/ Reminds me of Tarkovsky's movie "Stalker"

I don't have any recommendations for a specific printer, just some general advice. 15 pages a day is already enough to be aware of the cost of replacement catridges. Many companies offer very cheap (even subsidized) printers which cost less than $80, but charge a lot on cartridges ($30). You should at least get an inkjet printer which has separate B/W and color cartridges, so you can replace them seperately. Check the websites of PC magazines for buying guides and reviews.

Brownie surely knows this better, as I'm not a native french speaker. In classical music, the french word "création" means first public interpretation of a composition. So the "lieu de création" is the city or hall where the first concert took place. I don't know what "diffusion" exactly means in this context, but broadcast could indeed be it. But more generally, those terms could also mean places where music is created and played publicly.

There's got to be a better name for those strips. What are they called in Japan?

I'm off to a classical concert in my city right now. Schuman's piano concerto and Mahler's 5th symphony. I've seen Gary Burton and Makoto Ozone in the same concert hall five days ago.

No, it is a live session from "Europe 1957/58" (booklet), recorded in stereo. From the applause, it seems to have been recorded at a large concert hall.

I have this LRC disc (a japan import CD from 1986, manufactured by Denon). The sound is very good. The total time is 55 min, split equally between the Monk and Roach sessions. I can trade or sell it ($10) if you are interested.

Thanks for the information. This is a good complement to the recent MPS reissues by Koller, Pauer, Dauner etc. German/austrian jazz at it's best. Detailed information and soundclips (2 minutes for every track) are available here: http://www.sonarkollektiv.de/releases/SK019CD/ The same label also released "Forum 60", a compilation of jazz recordings from the east german Amiga label, and a Polish jazz sampler.

http://www.truebluemusic.com/store/ship.html Mosaic charges $12 (surface mail, "6-10 weeks") or $23 (airmail, "3-5 weeks") for international shipments. $23 is twice what other US stores like CD Universe charge for airmailing a few CDs. I remember that when I ordered Mosaic sets through surface mail two years ago they arrived in Europe within 3 weeks. Is that still the case? The shipping duration True Blue indicates seems much to long also for airmail. My orders from other stores usually arrive within 2-3 weeks.

Violinists' fury at 'pay fiddle' Violinists in a German orchestra are suing for a pay rise on the grounds that they play many more notes per concert than their colleagues. BBC Online - March 24, 2004 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3564071.stm The 16 violinists at the Beethoven Orchestra in Bonn say they work much harder than their fellow musicians. But orchestra director Laurentius Bonitz said it was unreasonable to compare playing a musical instrument to other jobs. Mr Bonitz said the claim, which goes to court in May, was "ridiculous". The violinists say they should receive an extra £60 per rehearsal or performance from their employer, the city of Bonn, to reflect the "extra notes" they have to read and play. They also claim that a collective bargaining agreement that gives bonuses to soloists is unjust. Leading roles German musicians earn basic monthly wages of up to £4,100, about twice as much as their British counterparts, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper. The musicians deny being pedantic. "We could have calculated the surcharge per semi-quaver, but we chose to take an easier course," one violinist said. But Mr Bonitz argued that it was soloists and musicians in other leading roles, such as the orchestra's two oboe players, who should receive a pay rise. "Maybe it's an interesting legal question but musically, it's very clear to everyone," he said.