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  1. Sunny Murray in Luxembourg

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by Claude

    Thanks for posting this, Flurin. I had heard the news about the release yesterday and wondered what the movie would be about, since the concert was mostly a disaster not worth documenting.

    Unlike the first announcement before the concert (posted above), which talks about filming the travelling, rehearsals and the "grand finale" concert, the promo text focuses on the interviews. Maybe they just used some of the best bits.

    http://www.ptd.lu/dvd_stn.htm

  3. Times are hard for Mosaic

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    Even if it was them, this doesn't necessarily mean that they are in trouble.

    Acoustic Sounds, the store that runs the Analogue Productions label, regularly sells their (and other label's) test pressings.

    These are considered collector's items and are sold with a 50 or 100% premium compared to the regular price.

    http://store.acousticsounds.com/c/107/Vinyl_Test_Pressing

    Acoustic Sounds has been doing that all the time, and not only during these hard times.

  6. Complete Miles Davis - 70CD + DVD

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    This strikes me as something of an exercise in packaging; from the comments above, not a very successful one.

    The main advantage of this box is to get all the albums for a great price, so it's ideal for someone who doesn't own a lot of Miles CDs yet and knows he will want a lot more. I would have loved to see such a box in the early 90's :)

    IMHO they should have split this box up among the acoustic and electric bands. There are still a lot of Miles fans who don't like his 70's and later stuff, or who don't want all of it.

  11. Linn Stops Making CD Players

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by Claude

    This "news" has been falsely reported everywhere. Linn continues to make players that play CDs, but these will be universal players that also play DVDs, Blu-ray, SACD.

    No "ditching of small disc players". It's just the CD-only players are being abandonned.

    I think more manufacturers in the middle and upper price range will make this move, and DVD-only players will also disappear, to be replaced by Blu-ray players.

    Neither evolution means the end of CD or DVD playback.

  12. Forthcoming ECM releases

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Although I prefer the sound of the LPs for the 70's and early 80's ECM recordings, I think that the CD mastering has been well done as from the beginning (1985 or 86), so that there is no need to remaster them.

    The only CD that I have been disappointed with is Chick Corea's "ARC". The LP sounds so much better, something must have gone wrong for the CD mastering (maybe the original tapes were missing).

  13. New Blue Note SACDs

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    I'm still waiting on my copy of Page One to ship from CDPacific.com that I ordered in the first week of August!

    The info by CD Pacific is outdated, the releases have been delayed multiple times. As they have have been in stock at Acoustic sounds for only a couple of days, that means that they will become available from other sellers only in a couple of weeks. That's how it was with the previous discs.

    I'm also waiting for them to become available at CD Pacific. Buying from Acoustic Sounds is twice as expensive, given their exorbitant international shipping rates.

  15. Coleman Hawkins "dali"(stash 538)

    in Discography

    Posted · Edited by Claude

    I have the 4 video tracks from Brussels, 1962 on VHS from Shanachie Home Video, called "Tenor Legends: Coleman Hawkins and Dexter Gordon". (It adds 2 1970 tracks from 1969 or 1970 by Dexter Gordon in Copenhagen). These are 4 of my favorite Coleman Hawkins tracks, even with (or perhaps because of) the unusual sidemen. The unaccompanied sax solo is titled "For Adolphe Sax" instead of "Dali" on my version. Someone posted these to YouTube, about 6 months ago, but they seem to have been pulled.

    My VHS rip (30 minutes long, a french TV broadcast from the early 1990s) is still available on Dailymotion (I'm not the uploader):

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1c3z_coleman-hawkins_music

  16. Anyone here ever purchase a Tunerless DVD recorder???

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    DVD recorders are a dying breed. With the end of analog TV, it makes more sense to put the recording device into the receiver (cable or satellite reception). At the same time, it's no longer possible to connect multiple tuners to one antenna (tuner in TV plus tuner in recorder), because the splitting technology is more sophisticted with digital TV.

    That's why many cable or satellite receivers now have a built in hard drive, or a USB connection for recording onto an external hard drive.

    If you need the recording on DVD, you can use your PC to convert it to DVD format and burn it onto a disc.

  17. Listening to Digital Media Vs. LPs

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    And one more:

    I still haven't figured out if I can actually run my LP rips 24/96 through a setup like that (I think so)?

    Claude, do you have an answer to that (for people like me who are dumb and blind)?

    :)

    This depends on the ability of the DAC to accept 24/96 PCM signal on it's digital inputs. Even with current DACs, there are often limitations.

    Strangely, the manual on the Musical Fidelity website does not contain detailed specs concerning the inputs, but I found this:

    The Musical Fidelity V-DAC is limited to 16bit at 44.1 and 48khz via USB.

    Your MacBook will have an optical output but this is "hidden" within the headphone socket. You'll need a Mini-TOSLink to TOSLink cable. Various companies make these including Chord and Supra. If I may, I would suggest you try Sevenoaks in Nottingham who have always been friendly along with being helpful / knowledgable (only relationship with them is as a happy customer).

    If you need any further help feel free to drop me a line.

    Eloise

    PS In reply to Pierre's comment: the V-DAC is (as far as I know) limited to 24/96 on it's inputs though it does upsampler to 24/192.

    http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/...ie-questions-UK

    If that is correct, you'll only be able to play 24/96 files with full resolution over the optical cable connection.

    There are very few USB DACs that will do 24/96 on the USB input. Benchmark, Wavelength and Empirical are the ones that come to mind.

    http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/...DAC-Information

  18. Listening to Digital Media Vs. LPs

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by Claude

    I also use my PC a lot for music listening (lossless files). The stock SPDIF digital output from the onboard audio chip is connected to a high end DAC (Electrocompaniet). The Foobar2000 player allows for bit-perfect playback, by circumvening the Windows sound mixer.

    A lossless CD rip on the PC hard drive sounds exactly the original CD, when played through the same DAC.

    To switch tracks from my listening seat, I either use a PC remote or my laptop (desktop sharing over the network).

    It's especially convenient with CD box sets, where you can keep playlists to play sessions individually, with or without alternates, etc. It also allows to compensate bad mastering, with EQ, phase inversion, etc, something that is no longer possible with purist audio equipment.

  20. Removing skunk smell from a cat?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted · Edited by Claude

    Our two furry friends are happy and healthy cats who never smell like any of the outside critters which inhabit the tree lined creek area next to our house.

    I've always had cats who spent a lot of time outside (every night, except when it's freezing), and none of them ever smelled bad, up to a very advanced age.

    If a cat smells bad, it's because it does not wash itself, and this can have several reasons: Seperated too young from it's mother, sickness, age.

    I'm not talking about an accident like the encounter with a skunk of course.

  21. What are you doing with your records?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    The demand for LPs has increased a lot in the recent 5 years, so it's a good time to sell. I see more and more second hand music stores open vinyl sections.

    The value of a used record can vary between nearly 0 and over $100, depending on the content, the condition and the rarity, so it's worth going through the collection (with the help of a knowledgible collector) and pick those LPs which can be sold seperately for a substantive price (over 5, 10 or 20 dollar, depending on your time and wish to maximise the revenue) and sell them seperately on Ebay.

    The rest can be sold in bulk in thematic packages of 5 to 10 LPs, if you are certain the condition is VG or better.

    Don't try to sell records in questionable condition to a collector unless he has the possibility to check them out himself, because you will only get trouble, for very little gain. Better sell them (for a very low price) to a second hand store, or give them for free.

  23. Need a new amp

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    Any experience with any of the following, all recommended to me at Stereo Exchange?

    T+A (German brand with unfortunate name)

    They are highly regarded in Germany, but I found the TA1530 (3000€) to sound too cold and uninvolving.

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