Hi

I'm interested in getting a tube amp and was hoping someone here may have listened to a couple of the amps I'm considering. I basically got interested when I read some rave reviews about the great value of the Miniwatt S1, which has since been superseded by the N3.

As 2 of these amps are shipped directly from manufacturers I haven't been able to audition them myself. I have gone to a local stereo store and compared a Prima Luna Prologue One and the Cayin A-55TP and to my ears the Prima Luna sounded amazingly rich and superior to the Cayin.

Hank Jones

In the history of jazz, he was on hand for pretty much every major development.

What he must have heard!

Classy guy, too.

(I know May is "No Posting In The Jazz Forum Month" but what the heck.)

1) SC rules that sex offenders may continue to be held in jail after their terms expire...if they are deemed a sexual threat.

2) Life without parole in certain cases is unconstitutional for young offenders.

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They don't give all the details but I think I'm OK with both decisions.

I look forward to seeing who voted how.

This is a very impressive guy.
Anyone who says he can't conduct is making an indefensible statement.
DeFacto, he can conduct. He obviously has the technique and musical education to competently perform his job.

Whether one likes his interpretations and his conducting style is a different matter. It is certainly defensible to say one doesn't like his conducting.

However , many do like him , including orchestra members. Orch. players usually love to hate their conductor so that is impressive too :-)

Years ago, I used the Discwasher system to clean my vinyl on the turntable right before playing. Lately, I've been enjoying more vinyl and so I bought the new version of the Discwasher system. I've been using it but I recently read that the pad on the new version of the discwasher is not as good as the original version from years ago. Apparantly, from what I've read, the fibers don't have the directionality or strength to clean into the grooves as they did on the original.

JA publishes measurements of speaker performance with apparently good precision.

I am trying to recall if there have been any sets using different amplifiers or preamplifiers?

It would seem an obvious thing to do, but I don't recall any off the top of my head.

I'd be curious, everything else unchange and measured identically, what we might see?

Still, of course, also hoping for the same to be done with a new speaker and then again as it is broken in.

The April 29 edition of the Rolling Stone had a "State of Rock" feature with the "top 40 reasons to get excited about music."

Hi Fi featured prominently:

#5: More and more HD live concert recordings, including ease of access for hi rez recording by consumers.

Examples included Thom Yorke and Flea's concert in New York and Eddie Vedder's surprise collaboration with The Who in London.

Quality music and images that would never have been so well captured in the past.

#7: Improving concert sound quality.