As I'm always looking for new (to me) music, and fusion and jazz are my current place to explore, I did order "Sonny Rollins - Saxaphone Colossus" that starcycle listed. While on Amazon, I came across this interesting list of jazz guitarists and sax player albums: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/3JEJWBFOSZ6ZJ/102-7394366-4271303?%5Fencoding=UTF8

I got 5 or 6 CDs in flight, so I'll probably try one or two of the CDs listed next order cycle.

larry

As I'm always looking for new (to me) music, and fusion and jazz are my current place to explore, I did order "Sonny Rollins - Saxaphone Colossus" that starcycle listed. While on Amazon, I came across this interesting list of jazz guitarists and sax player albums: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/3JEJWBFOSZ6ZJ/102-7394366-4271303?%5Fencoding=UTF8



i'm sure you'll like the sonny rollins. that album is an absolute must-have classic, like "kind of blue." midnight blue is also great, and anything with kenny burrell is pretty much a winner. especially be on the lookout for jazz guitar players teamed up with jimmy smith -- burrell, wes montgomery, etc. or even with milt jackson the vibraphonist guy. grant green is excellent, too (solid, matador) and his "funk" period (windjammer, ain't it funky, etc.) is really infectious stuff. :cool:

When I am not using my Mp3 player w/o the fruit, thank you.
6 disc in-dash is sweet but some of these discs need to be scratched...
Jay-Z - the black album
The Wiggles (my son will simmer down to the sounds of these silly geese)
Mike Jones - Who is Mike Jones
Dayne Cook
some other crappy hip hop mix CD I made back in the kaza days.

Just got Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, it is a double album. As of now Jupiter is my favorite of the two.

I don't know if it's available, but "Splendid" by Coryell and Philip Catherine is a real good one, also. Yesterday "Electic" with Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey and Lenny White arrived and I listened to it. WOW! It's a Chesky production CD and it sounds awesome. They do a "Black Dog" cover which is interesting and "Born Under a Bad Sign".

larry

mariani - s/t
electromagnets - s/t
eric johnson - tones
eric johnson - ah via musicom
eric johnson - venus isle
eric johnson - seven worlds
eric johson - live in texas (boot)
eric johnson & alien love child on hob (my rip, boot)


i've been on an ej kick since i went through a box of vhs tapes and found a few ej performances on pbs that i authored to dvd for posterity. i was lucky enough to see ej in small clubs in the early to mid 70s doing hendrix covers and was fortunate to see the electromagnets. of all his small stage performances (a lot as he was jamming throughout texas at this time) and larger venues through time, the one that stands out is seeing him at a local college playing solo in the coffe house. there were about 10 of us eating pizza and drinking pitchers, no one else there....ej playing acoustic sets with 10 friends in an intimate setting....priceless.

For anyone who might be interested -

Circuit City has all of their CD's which are normally priced between $10.99 and $13.99 on sale today and tomorrow (5/28 & 5/29) for only $9.77 each (limit 3 per title per customer).

For anyone who might be interested -

Circuit City has all of their CD's which are normally priced between $10.99 and $13.99 on sale today and tomorrow (5/28 & 5/29) for only $9.77 each (limit 3 per title per customer).

Man, that's a lot of numbers to remember! :)

Man, that's a lot of numbers to remember! :)Oh well. I just wanted to be thorough and include all the details, so no one got any surprises when/if they went there.

Sonny Rollins - "Saxaphone Colossus" Excellent!
David Cross - "Closer Than Skin" Not as good as "Exiles", but decent for fans of KC.
Grand Funk Railroad - "On Time" Remaster
Grand Funk Railroad - "Grank Funk" Remaster
Pink Floyd - "Meddle" MFSL UltraDisc

Well, I'm "down" for a bit. A tube went and I have no spare for it. :(

larry

I mostly listen to Music in the car but when I'm at Home and not listening to xm-satilite I listen to.

Rush- All different ones
Jazz- David Benoit- Pat Metaney- Chris Botti- And many other Artist.
Classic Rock- Yes-ELO-Alan Parsons-Jimi Hendricks- And Many others.

Sonny Rollins - "Saxaphone Colossus" Excellent!
David Cross - "Closer Than Skin" Not as good as "Exiles", but decent for fans of KC.
Grand Funk Railroad - "On Time" Remaster
Grand Funk Railroad - "Grank Funk" Remaster
Pink Floyd - "Meddle" MFSL UltraDisc

Well, I'm "down" for a bit. A tube went and I have no spare for it. :(

larry

I also have the GFR-GF remastered by pastmasters import. Killer bass.

Sonny Rollins - "Saxaphone Colossus" Excellent!
David Cross - "Closer Than Skin" Not as good as "Exiles", but decent for fans of KC.
Grand Funk Railroad - "On Time" Remaster
Grand Funk Railroad - "Grank Funk" Remaster
Pink Floyd - "Meddle" MFSL UltraDisc

Well, I'm "down" for a bit. A tube went and I have no spare for it. :(

larryI'm almost afraid to ask what one of those tubes cost these days (seeing what a niche item they are now).

I was eyeing those Grand Funk remasters in a store last week. There's definitely a couple I wouldn't mind having.

Tubes aren't expensive unless you have to have "new" ones from the 50's or 60's. Just like everything else, the ones they don't make anymore are always better (supposedly). :)

The only GF I really care about are the 1st three studio albums and the 1st two live albums. The remasters sound very good.

larry

thanks PooperScooper for alerting me to the gf remasters. have them on order to (finally) replace well worn vinyl :rolleyes:

Some CDs seemed like they would never come to the US years ago. I have 5 or 6 that I had to get from Japan. Now they've since been remastered and readily available. Just in case: Captain Beyond (first two CDs), Caravan CDs, Grank Funk Railroad CDs, and I just noticed - and ordered - Buggles, "Age of Plastic". Early ELP has also been remastered. Tarkus was a big win. Roxy Music in HDCD, too.

larry

Got the ELP G Hits remastered and it sucks,to bad.

I took advantage of the Circuit City $9.97 yesterday to pick up:

Massive Attack - Collection;
Neil Young - Living with War; and
The Beatles - Past Masters Volume II

All good stuff, no suprises.

Back on the air!! :)

The Buggles - "Age of Plastic" (remaster) WOW!! What an improvement over the original, hissy, CD I have. A couple previously unrecorded extra tracks too.

larry

New Pearl Jam is most excellent.

I've been playing the Walk the Line Soundtrack lately... Some catchy tunes.

Jimmy Witherspoon "The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues" DVD-A.
Bad Haggis with Ruben Blades "Span" DVD-A.

Chris

Some new arrivals:

Ben Allison: "Peace Pipe" Pretty good. Too "worldy" for me with kora
Ben Allison and Medicine Wheel: "Riding the Nuclear Tiger" Excellent
Hatfield and the North: "The Rotter's Club" Adding to my older prog collection.
John Scofield: "Blue Matter"
Tribal Tech: "Face First" These guys kick butt. Excellent fusion.

larry

XTC - Upsy Daisy Assortment

Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory

Roxy Music - Manifesto

Fu Manchu

Pearl Jam's latest self-titled CD has been getting a lot of play from me. They haven't sounded better.

A friend turned me on to the Dropkick Murphys last week. The Warrior's Code cd is getting almost constant play lately. Gotta love those bagpipes.

I had GNR's Appetite for Destruction in the player today.

XTC - Upsy Daisy Assortment

Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory

Roxy Music - Manifesto


Wow! I've listened to all three of those in recent weeks. Great minds :D

Willie Nelson- You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker

Wow! I've listened to all three of those in recent weeks. Great minds :D
Make sure you pick up the GG 35year anniversary discs. They're a marked improvement. Also, be sure to grab the 2 concert DVDs.

larry

Make sure you pick up the GG 35year anniversary discs. They're a marked improvement. Also, be sure to grab the 2 concert DVDs.

larry
I've been meaning to get the 35th Ann. disks for a while now. I do have the Giant On The Box DVD set and it's great. Replaces most of my old boots (but not all *lol*)

24KT Gold remastered Bad Co.
25th Anniversary Ed Band on the Run
Both sound very nice.

Big Country - Big Country
Big Country - The Seer
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Depeche Mode - Violator (DTS)
Pantera - Trendkill

Right now...for me its:
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

the double RHCP album is awesome, there are about 16 solid songs on this album!

Keane - Under the Iron Sea

Guster - Ganging Up on the Sun (The track Ruby Falls reminds me of what Pink Floyd might sound like if they were still makin' music today with a modern twist...)

Tunnels: Live - The Art of Living Dangerously - Percy Jones from Brand X - can't mistake his bass

Tunnels: Natural Selection

Hellborg, Buckethead, Shrieve: Octave of the Holy Innocents - a unique sound with acoustic 4-string bass (not upright), acoustic guitar and drums

Planet X: Moonbabies

Trio Beyond (Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings, John Scofield): Saudades - a tribute to Tony Williams

Alan Holdsworth: The Sixteen Men of Tain

Nomo: Newtones - this CD is awesome! World/African beat underneath a great jazzy horn section (and woodwinds and other stuff). If this CD doesn't get your toe tappin', you're dead. :)

larry

Cool, a Tunnels fan! I got to play a show with them a few years back and hung out with Marc Wagnon a little. He's a great guy. They were terrific. Percy is a monster bass player. John Goodsall showed up and played guitar on a couple songs. He was pretty out of it, unfortunately. His girlfriend was walking around with a huge live lizard in her purse. pretty weird stuff *lol*

I was lucky enough to see Brand X many years ago in Philly in a tiny club. We were bummed that Phil wasn't on drums, but the drummer that came was awesome. IIRC it was a young Kenwood Dennard(?).

Pick up Nomo's CD is you get a chance and let me know what ya think.

larry

First time I heard Brand X, I thought it was Zappa's band. I think I'll put some on tonight.

Listened to this weekend--
Cat Stevens-- Teaser and the Firecat
The Beatles-- Abbey Road and Rubber Soul
The Cure-- Three Imaginary Boys and Pornography
John Coltrane-- Giant Steps
Siouxsie and the Banshees-- Tinderbox
Richard Hell and the Voidoids-- Blank Generation
Miles Davis-- 58 Sessions

Lately,
Janis Joplins greatest hits
The best of Kansas
Men at Work, Buisness as usual
The Cars, Candy O
The Police, Reggatta de blanc
Jimmy barnes, soul deep

Last night, I put on Born to Run when I got home, then went on a bit of a Joy Division kick-- First Closer, then Peel Sessions, followed by Unknown Pleasures, during which, my wife said, "could you play something a little more depressing?" So I put on Nick Drake's Pink Moon.

Drive By Truckers
System of a Down - Hypnotize
Jimmy Buffett - You Had to be There
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Tenacious D

Between Sirius and ipod I don't listen to CD's alot anymore but those have been in my car recently.

Los Lonely Boys - Sacred
Jimmy Buffettt - Live At Fenway Park
J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out

Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Cure
The Strokes

I love them all :)

Mercyful Fate: Don't Break The Oath and also Melissa

Black Sabbath: Vol.4, Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Yes: Close to the Edge, Relayer

Wille Nelson - 16 Greatest Hits
BlueMan Group - Complex
Johnny Cash - American V
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live
Magnolia - Soundtrack

Geez, I may not even need to listen to CD's if this keeps up -

I've got Sirius - Deep Cuts on in the background. They just got done playing "Fly on a Windshield", and now they're playing "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"!

I've had Ane Brun: A Temporary Dive in my cd player a lot lately. If you're into folk music type stuff, very pleasant and a beautiful voice. Very nice all around.

Lennex - For the Sake of Simplicity

Since Tuesday......

Gov't Mule - High and Mighty

New Pornographers. Great alterna-pop "super group".

Tool - 10,000 Days

Steve Millers G Hits

In my truck I am currently rotating through my Pink Floyd shine on box set.

John Coltrane-- A Love Supreme
Gershwin-- An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue
Charlie Parker-- some miscellaneous collection, the name of which I forget-- something like "The Essential Bird"
The Beatles-- Abbey Road
John Klemmer-- Waterfalls

Papa Grows Funk -- Live at the Leaf
Adam Nitti -- Evidence

larry

John Coltrane-- A Love Supreme
Gershwin-- An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue
Charlie Parker-- some miscellaneous collection, the name of which I forget-- something like "The Essential Bird"
The Beatles-- Abbey Road
John Klemmer-- WaterfallsWaterfalls - Klemmer.....now that would be a great, welcome blast from the past. That's one of those albums that I "should" have, but for some reason, just never got.

What I would really love to listen to right now are my old Jean-Luc Ponty albums. (Damn - I've got to get that turntable fixed!)

Poi Dog Pondering / In Seed Comes Fruit

Turned-on, tripped-out, world-soul music. Truly an extraordinary album. This band has really evolved over the years and this, their latest offering, is by far their finest album IMO. Reportedly they put on one helluva live show too.

Waterfalls - Klemmer.....now that would be a great, welcome blast from the past. That's one of those albums that I "should" have, but for some reason, just never got.

What I would really love to listen to right now are my old Jean-Luc Ponty albums. (Damn - I've got to get that turntable fixed!)
Of course whenever I pull that album out, I feel like putting on a smoking jacket and drinking cognac.

Jean-Luc Ponty-- hmm, I think I'll pull out some Jerry Goodman tonight.

Geez, I may not even need to listen to CD's if this keeps up -

I've got Sirius - Deep Cuts on in the background. They just got done playing "Fly on a Windshield", and now they're playing "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"!Right now they're playing 'Pentagramspinn" by Steve Hillage!

And I even heard "Just the Same" by Gentle Giant recently.

(The D.J. just said, "When was the last time you heard Steve Hillage on the radio, huh?")

Tracy Chapman - "Collection"
Bjork - "Post"

Chris

Beck's new album
Gorillaz Demon Days
Best of REM - dvda
Kraftwerk - min max sacd
Depeche Mode 101 - sacd

mastodon - blood mountain
tool - 10,000 days

CD player?? I bought an iPod. :D

Recent playlists:

Big Elf- Closer to Doom
10cc- Original Soundtrack, How Dare You
Godley And Creme- Consequences
Missing Persons- Spring Session M

Beck's new album
Gorillaz Demon Days
Best of REM - dvda
Kraftwerk - min max sacd
Depeche Mode 101 - sacd I can only imagine how Kraftwerk sounds in multi-channel surround.

I might have to go back to one of my old habits to sufficiently extract everything possible from that experience. ;)

Doors,LA Women Gold DCC

My Chemical Romance: 3 Cheers..., Audioslave: Revelations, Metallica: St.Anger

5 - CD changer
Alanis Morisette 1st and 2nd albums - revisiting my adolecence
Fleetwood Mac, best of - Can never get tired of fleetwood mac!
The police, best of - Drinking games at the weekend (don't ask!lol)
LL cool J, loungin' single - Foud this little diamond in a harity shop, again, trip down memery lane

ludacris - release therapy

im honestly a bit disappointed in it

Recent playlist:

Arcade Fire- Funeral
Sonic Youth- Rather Ripped
Thom Yorke- Eraser
BBKing/Clapton- Ridin' with the King DVD-A
Chilli Peppers- Stadium Arcadium
Judas Priest- Unleashed in the East
Pearl Jam- their new album forget the title
Tragically Hip- Fully Completely

Blind Faith,MFSL
Hotel California,DCC{by the way,its FS}

World Container- The Tragically Hip
A Blessing and Curse- Drive By Truckers
Yell Fire- Micheal Franti & Spearhead
Colorblind- Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Magic Potion-The Black Keys

Screaming Tribesman - "Bones + Flowers"

I love this one and had never heard of it before picking it up as a lark. It must have been a flop, but it is just straight forward pop/rock. The album cover looks like heavy rock or gothic but it isn't.

Chris

Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine

Chris Isaak - "The Best Of". I bought the CD/DVD set. I love this compilation.

Chris

I've been listening to Philip Glass: Pianoworks

and also My Morning Jacket: Okonokos, it's a two-disc live album, and it's really great.

CCR,Willy and the poor boys,SACD,mastered by Steve Hoffman and boy does it sound great.
MFSL,Edgar Winter,They only come out at night,SACD. Very nice.

Bat Out of Hell -Meat Loaf.

I saw a Classic Album show on VH-1 about this and got the urge to own it on something I could still play, my 8 track player doesn't work any more.:)

Kansas - Kansas
Kansas - Masque
Peter Gabriel - So (SACD)
Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (SACD)
Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters Club
Yes - Close to the Edge
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth

larry

i've been in an introspective mood lately:

steve howe-skyline

shouldn't be pigeonholed as new age or ambient, w/ good flowing lines this intrumental release has touches of jazz, rock and latin. a great technical recording worth repeated listenings at one sitting.

eddie jobson-theme of secrets

you know of his work with zappa, roxy, uk, tull. playing the synclavier, he will transport you to other worlds.

tim weisberg-listen to the city

a '75 release that's oop, i recently digitized this lp. i forgot just how good this recording is. perhaps a precursor to "restive" type music, this is a relaxing concept album of one day in the big city. "listen to the city" is the highlight and a staple in his 70s concerts (of which i was fortunate to attend a few ).

mike oldfield-platinum collection

need i say more?

Weird you would bring up Theme Of Secrets. I was talking about that album tonight and lamenting that I don't own it and probably can't get it either. Will have to look around a bit... though I still prefer the Green album, secrets has some really pretty stuff on it.

a saucerful of Floyd:

while not cds, i recently loaded up my mp3 player with The Doctor's radio show podcasts and have had a case of "Brain Damage" for better than a week. this wonderful show is a themed collection of booted and hard-to-find commercial material. for those Floyd fans unaware of its existence, follow the link:

http://braindamage.libsyn.com/

i can no longer find a working link to Dark Side of The Moon - The Doctored "remix" - v2.0 - a well mixed alternative version of the original and worth a listen for those who know the album note for note. a side note: Easy Star All-Stars' Dub Side of the Moon shows up regularly in the cd tray. who needs a reggae version of DSOTM you ask? you do! is the reply. this quote for a review says it all: "dub's psychedelic mysticism is a perfectly good match for Pink Floyd's mannered weirdness." right they are.

I've been listening to some new stuff:

The Roots: Game Theory

Johann Johannson:ibm 1401, a user´s manual

I just loaded up today at the store:

Angels and Airwaves - we don't need to whisper
My Chemical Romance - the black parade ...same producer as green day american idiot
Deftones- saturday night wrist ...rocks
AFI - december underground
Coldplay - X&Y
The Killers - Hot fuss

mew, cat empire, hellogoodbye, tiesto, evanescence, coldplay

FLOGGING MOLLY - 'Whiskey On A Sunday'

MITCH HEDBURG - 'Mitch All Together'

AMORPHIS - 'Chapters'

JOE SATRIANI - 'Is There Love In Space?'

ERIC CLAPTON - 'Back Home'

Gentle Giant - "Free Hand" (35th Anniversary Remaster)

Steely Dan - "Citizen" (Boxed Set)

"The Byrds Play Dylan", the version with 20 songs.

Chris

The Doors - s/t from "The Doors Perception" box set. Remastered CDs and new DVD-As from original master tapes. The sound on the CD and DVD-A of this album is excellent. The box set is a must for any Doors fan. DVD-As have surround mixes and videos too.

larry

Glen Phillips - "Winter pays for Summer"
Pete Yorn - "NightCrawler"

Gentle Giant - "Interview" & "The Missing Piece" (35th Anniversary Remasters)

Steve Hackett - "Defector" (import - remastered)

Gentle Giant - "The Power & the Glory" (35th Anniversary Remaster)

(Larry - you're right - these are fantastic. It's great to clearly be able to hear every instrument clearly - especially with G.G. - there's just so much to hear! And it's great to finally be able to understand every word Derek and Ray Shulman are singing! Especially on my Sonus Faber's - they're designed to showcase the vocals, and along with the remastering, they do it superbly!)

There's 2 excellent DVDs too. I don't recall if you have them. "Giant on the Box" and "GG at the GG" (I think).

The Doors: Perception - all the DVD-As. Excellent recordings.
Kaiser Chiefs: Employment

larry

Sir George Martin (and son Giles) had access to the full Beatles catalog and remixed classics into this brilliant release. officially Love is a soundtrack for the cirque du soleil but also is a must-buy for all Beatles fans. there's a treasure hunt for snippets of tunes interspersed,overlayed and mended into the tracks: "Piggies" here, "Savoy Truffle" there and a "Hey Bulldog" riff over there. my personal fave is the progression of John's demo to the first two versions the band did on "Strawberry Fields Forever".

my media room is unfortunately in pieces right now so i haven't been able to play the included dvd-a version which i understand is infintely better than the cd, but have been enjoying the cd in both of my two channel rooms (am listening to "A Day in the Life" as i type this).

highly recommended!

There's 2 excellent DVDs too. I don't recall if you have them. "Giant on the Box" and "GG at the GG" (I think).larryNo, I don't. But I saw 2 of their DVD's at a record store recently, and I'll assume those were them. I was planning on grabbing them the next time I'm there. I was buying 3 CD's that day and I didn't want to spend more just then. I'm sure I'll enjoy them, as I really like the live bonus tracks on the CD's.

Amazing band. I can believe the story that Steve Walsh tells that when he saw them live, his jaw was sitting on the floor through the whole concert :cool: .

Steely Dan - Aja
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Air - Moon Safari
The Who - Next
Underworld - Live Everything Everything

Shins - Wincing the Night Away (amazing!)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still
Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Norah Jones - new album
Babel Soundtrack
UA - Ametora

Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
Gentle Giant - Three Friends (Japanese remaster)
Pink Floyd - Soundtrack for the movie More
Yes - Drama
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade - Purple Onion
Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frogs - Live Frogs: Set 1


larry

Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Boss Hog - Boss Hog
Superdrag - Regretfully Yours
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
The Killers - Sam's Town
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better

FLOGGING MOLLY - 'Whiskey On A Sunday'

SIGUR ROS - '( )'

AMORPHIS - 'Eclipse'

IN FLAMES - 'Reroute To Remain'

SONIC YOUTH - 'Dirty' (deluxe edition)

RADIOHEAD - 'OK Computer'

Rusted Root
zebra
foghat
suzanne vega

ELP - Tarkus (again) picked up the Rhino remaster
Steve Hackett (et. al.) - Watcher of the Skies, Genesis Revisited : Forgot I had this CD. Excellent!
Patrick Moraz - Human Interface
Alice Cooper - Easy Action
Hatfield and the North - s/t

larry

Wow people still listening to Easy Action. I aint spun that in years. wife hates cooper. If you have Easy Action did you also pick up Pretties For You?

I have "Pretties for You" on vinyl, don't remember if I ever picked it up on CD. Don't think so - I probably should. :)

larry

well that makes you a true cooper fan. :) I dont see many cooper fans and i really didnt expect to see one on this site.
its good not to be alone in the universe. lol

I can only imagine how Kraftwerk sounds in multi-channel surround.

I might have to go back to one of my old habits to sufficiently extract everything possible from that experience. ;)

ping.. ping.. ping poo cha chuck a ping... (something like that)

well that makes you a true cooper fan. :) I dont see many cooper fans and i really didnt expect to see one on this site.
its good not to be alone in the universe. lol
I wouldn't consider myself a "true" Cooper fan. I only really like the stuff up to "School's Out".

larry

I wouldn't consider myself a "true" Cooper fan. I only really like the stuff up to "School's Out".

larry
What, not "Billion Dollar Babies"?? Blasphemy :D :D Everything by the original band was great.

^^^ Maybe a couple songs. :)

larry

We Are Pilots by Shiny Toy Guns

What, not "Billion Dollar Babies"?? Blasphemy :D :D Everything by the original band was great.

if you want an interesting listen you need to check out DaDa. Oh yeah make sure to listen to it in the dark when you are alone one evening.

I wouldn't consider myself a "true" Cooper fan. I only really like the stuff up to "School's Out".

larry

Tis a shame. yes it is. :(
But your still a cooper fan. and thats good enough for me. :)

Tis a shame. yes it is. :(
But your still a cooper fan. and thats good enough for me. :) I think around the time School's Out was released (and hearing the single 1 billion dollar times) I was moving more into prog rock - GG, Genesis, King Crimson, etc. AC wasn't "cool" anymore. Although, in high school, a band I was in did a complete cover of the Love it to Death show. :) I also caught Alice's hat at the end of a "Killer" concert I saw.

larry

Oh yeah the dreaded "Schools Out". Its so overplayed its not funny. I once tried to get a radio station to play "I never cry" a very good balad on Goes to Hell but they wouldnt. Was the concert "Killer" or was it just that good? lol awesome about the hat. After a concert he put on in maine (which was great of course) he was staying at a local hotel and who should work there? My freinds mom. She met him and got his autograph for the both of us. I didnt get to meet him though. :( According to her he is a real nice guy. That kind of took away from the Alice Cooper image i had of him. lol

The concert was the "Killer" tour. Hangman's stand and all. They put on a good show. His only problem was beer back then and I guess he was a happy drunk. You never heard bad things about him. And now that he's sober he does charity stuff and such. Wiki has a good write up about him and the band. Also, I have a DVD of them in concert, I think around the Billion Dollar Baby time frame. I didn't think it was as good as when I saw the Killer show. Although by then they were problaby getting pretty burnt out. My favorite concert of them was the Love It To Death show.

larry

I just thought of something. Should this thread be made a sticky? Doesn't matter to me on way or other cause I know the thread exists and find it before posting. Others may not know - not they would look at the stickies, who does? :)

larry

Clutch - Robot Hive: Exodus
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Spirit Caravan - Jug Fulla Sun
and
The Sword - Age of Winters

are all getting lots and lots of time in the 'ol cd player lately.

I just thought of something. Should this thread be made a sticky? Doesn't matter to me on way or other cause I know the thread exists and find it before posting. Others may not know - not they would look at the stickies, who does? :)

larrySure, why not? :)

this thread is always on the first or second page so to me it doesnt matter if its a sticky.

Now Playing...
cover of a rolling stone - Dr. hook

i got a freaky ole lady... :)

disc 2

joe walsh - the confessor.

Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall DVD

Great sound!

Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall DVD

Great sound!
I'll second that vote. I just picked this up yesterday. Make sure you get the version with the DVD/High Rez disc included. Not only is this a great Neil Young performance (I am a long time fan and actually saw him do a similar show about 9 months before this recording playing as the 'opening act' for CSN&Y), but the audio quality is simply excellent. Then when you throw in the fact this was originally recorded 26 years ago it really is amazing. It makes me wonder what the recording processes were for this disc, including the original master tapes, through the A/D conversion up to the final product. The equipment and engineers involved in all this were certainly top notch all the way. If anyone stumbles on an article about the recording process(es) for this disc please post it.

The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Sufjan Stevens - Illinioise
Editors - The Back Room
The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics 5.1 DVD-A

I saw Alice Cooper at Wembley (sp?) near London in the summer of 1972. I was really going to see the opener, Roxy Music, which had just formed and still had Brian Eno in the band. Both bands were quite good.

I had an 8-track tape of the show Cooper had done at the old Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, recorded off the air, as it was broadcast live (those were the days). It had great sound, and I had listened to it over and over in the car before going to England. The show I saw was virtually identical, song for song, almost note for note.

P.S. I too am listening to Arcade Fire's Neon Bible. At first I thought it not as good as Funeral, but now I'm not so sure.

Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall DVD

Great sound!

he always looks like he is in such pain when he sings.

Now playing... ZZ top

i got a girl who lives up the hill... she wont do it but her sister will...

guitar on this cd is just awesome.
stevie ray vaughn - texas flood

Johnny Cash - American V (need I say More?)
Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom (Mike Patton at his best and worst)
Michael Hedges - Torched (A guitar genius)
Journey - Greatest Hits Live (best Wheel In The Sky version EVER!!!)

ELP,The Atlantic Years.

Frank Zappa - Trance-Fusion
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts I,II,III
Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That Onstage Anymore Vol 1. (vols 2-6) coming up
The Beatles - Love DVD-A

larry

The Beatles - Love DVD-A

larry
Hey, that won't play in your cd player!! :p :D

Oddly, I've been thinking about picking up "Joe's Garage" in the last couple days. It's like an omen *lol*

There's a million Zappa albums and I thought I'd catch up some. And, I just live the live stuff, especially with Flo and Eddie.

larry

he always looks like he is in such pain when he sings.

He's nothing compared to Joe Cocker. That guy looks absolutely tormented when he sings. :p

Currently playing The Beatles "White Album". Actually playing the record (one of those big flat black things with a long groove on each side) and recording it to the computation device.

Koko Taylor-- Royal Blue
The Vaughn Brothers-- Family Style
Frank Zappa-- Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
Miles Davis-- Ascenseur Pour L’echafaud
Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
Röyksopp-- Melody A.M.

Ancient Shadows by Priscilla Hernandez & Gold Star by Peter Buffett

Clutch - Robot Hive: Exodus
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Spirit Caravan - Jug Fulla Sun
and
The Sword - Age of Winters

are all getting lots and lots of time in the 'ol cd player lately.


Have you (or anyone) heard the new Clutch album yet?

Spock's Beard - V
Spock's Beard - Snow


larry

hey - tommie bolin

Touchtone Terrorists. I'm a big Junkyard Willie fan and find it relaxing to listen to enraged people swearing at each other.

^^^^ They are great! I can't believe how worked up some people can get on the phone. I also like Jim Florentine phone calls, too. :)

larry

I enjoy Florentine's work also, he's innovative as well I believe.

The Touchtone Terrorists stuff is IMO like a breath of fresh air. The guy is a revelation.

I don't shop for audio gear at this point, as my system is OK, but their stuff would be great to take in to stores with an appointment for gear auditions.

Spock's Beard - V
Spock's Beard - Snow


larryI took the train to downtown Chicago Friday to spend the whole afternoon looking through the CD's at Virgin Superstore.

I saw a few S.B. CD's, but I'm not familiar enough with their stuff to know how much I'd truly like it and which CD to get first.

Any advice?

Anyhow, I was hoping to come away with more, harder to find stuff, but I did get:

"Voyage of the Acolyte" and "Spectral Mornings" (both remastered), by Steve Hackett, and

"Camel: A Compact Compilation", by Camel (on Rhino).

They all sound great - even on my Sony HX900 DVD recorder (which is all I've got hooked up right now, since I recently bought a new plasma and don't have the room for all of my audio components in the stand - but I'm workin' on it), The Camel selection is surprisingly good, and is truly the best stuff from their 4 best, consecutive LP's (Mirage, Moonmadness, The Snow Goose & Rain Dances). I've really missed listening to their LP's, and this should hold me over nicely 'till I get my turntable up and running again.

Spock's Beard are pretty good. Snow is a 2 CD "themed" work. It's ok, but it's no Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. :) V is better. Except for a few songs I heard on XM it's I've only listened to these discs once. Nowadays, just about all the "new to me" music that I end up buying I hear on XM radio, either on Beyond Jazz (fusion) or XM Music Lab which is, believe it or not, only available via the internet.

Voyage of the Acolyte is an oldie, but goodie.

larry

He's nothing compared to Joe Cocker. That guy looks absolutely tormented when he sings. :p

Currently playing The Beatles "White Album". Actually playing the record (one of those big flat black things with a long groove on each side) and recording it to the computation device.

never seen joe sing but i can say he sounds like he is in pain when he sings. lol

spinning some Motley Crue... Shout. Shout. Shout... Shout at the devil!

We had family in the house over the weekend. A quote from Saturday night while picking music in my bar-- "You have Slade?!"

(mostly chosen by guests)
Slade-- Wall of Hits
Cheap Trick-- Heaven Tonight
Jimi Hendrix-- Axis: Bold as Love (with Stevie Ray Vaughn's version of Little Wing after Jimi's)
Koko Taylor-- Old School
Bruce Springsteen-- Born to Run
Maria Muldaur-- Meet Me Where They Play The Blues
Parliament-- Mothership Connection
Donald Fagen-- The Nightfly

We were about to break into my Grateful Dead collection, but then the wives decided we needed to watch a movie. But us men got to choose the movie-- Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Time for a Bump...

spinning
Billy Squire - Emotions in Motion
Foreigner - 4 & Records
Night Ranger - 7 wishes & Midnight Madness


from cassette burning it to computer. my latest project.
I forgot just how much i love 'It Keeps You Rockin' - Billy Squire its just awesome! Im beginning to remember why we need 200watts per channel! lol. Party Mode rules!

billy cobham - crosswinds
bloomfield/kooper/stills - super session
ernie isley - high wire
van morrison - his band and the street choir
jon butcher (axis) - best of
mason ruffner - gypsy blood

The new Machinehead "The Blackening" is an awesome metal album.

Summers here so in goes every Jimmy Buffett CD I own!

The new Machinehead "The Blackening" is an awesome metal album.
"The Blackening"??? BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA... he-he... seriously, what is it really called??

Oh wait, I get it- it's a concept about a really dark radical metal dude and his satanic Cajun catfish recipe, right??? :D :D

Summers here so in goes every Jimmy Buffett CD I own!Shoot.

Why don't you just get Sirius radio and leave their "Margaritaville" channel on all day?

They play him to death on there.

Shoot.

Why don't you just get Sirius radio and leave their "Margaritaville" channel on all day?

They play him to death on there.
Got Sirius for the cars.

1) REM: MURMUR

Classic. Timeless. Like good wine, gets better with age.

2) Gil shaham, Sibelius Violin concerto:

Deep robust sound. Undaunting approach...

3) Shostakovic symphony #5:

Powerful. Listen to the last movement...

Great to test your audio system...

"The Blackening"??? BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA... he-he... seriously, what is it really called??

Oh wait, I get it- it's a concept about a really dark radical metal dude and his satanic Cajun catfish recipe, right??? :D :D


You're right, they deserve to be ridiculed for an album title like that - if it's metal, it must be juvenile fluff.
Actually, it's a surprise I even bought this CD, since I usually base all my musical decisions on album titles.
They really should follow the lead of some of the prog bands out there - they really know how to come up with deep, intellectual, thought provoking, non-pompous titles.

Wow, way to take it personally! I like metal fine, and I'm sure it's a good album- I actually am really looking forward to hearing it. But that title does in fact merit much ridicule- as do most prog titles, in spades. So if you want to get me back feel free to pick on pretty much any Emerson, Lake and Palmer title :D

Wow, way to take it personally! I like metal fine, and I'm sure it's a good album- I actually am really looking forward to hearing it. But that title does in fact merit much ridicule- as do most prog titles, in spades. So if you want to get me back feel free to pick on pretty much any Emerson, Lake and Palmer title :D

I guess I'm overly sensitive to anything that I perceive as metal bashing, especially if I think it perpetuates the "metalheads are knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers" stereotype. Sorry for jumping down your throat.
When it really comes down to it, there are tons of laughable album titles in every genre of music.

It's my bad too- I wasn't careful enough to make it clear I was picking on it playfully. Progheads and metalheads need to stick together! (Not prog-metal heads though- those guys can go screw themselves. And again I'm just kidding :D :D)

a Texican week (or so) :

opie hendrix-smashed hits
arc angels-s/t
antone's young guitar slingers-Texas blues evolution
shake russell/dana cooper-songs on the radio ...way oop lp (saw shake fri. nite)
los lonely boys-s/t
electro magnets (eric johnson)-s/t
eric johnson-ah via musicom
flaco jiminez-squeeze box king
augie meyers-western head music ...oop lp
jerry jeff walker-viva terlingua
asleep at the wheel-Texas gold ... (bump bounce boogie!)

Went to Home Entertainment show saturday in NY, some rooms had Fiona Apple playing. Can anyone recommend some good cd's from her and others along that line?

Dungen - Tio Bitar
This just came out today, and I love it on first listen. It's just the sort of retro rock I've been craving - Hendrix-inspired psychedelia, Jethro Tull style prog influences, and just really well put together songs. It doesn't sound stale at all, partly from the influences of Scandinavian folk, and partly because the lyrics are in Swedish so you can't tell how ridiculous they might be, heh. This is multi-instrumentalist Gustav Ejstes' fourth album, and he's just in his mid-20s. I like this even better than his acclaimed Ta Det Lugnt (2004), and expect more great things from him.

Colour Haze * Tempel (Elektrohasch GER) 06
Nice fuzzy sound, lots and lots of endless, repetitive riffing, need more/better songs, yet it continues to grow on me.

Priestess * Hello Master (Ace Fu) 06
Another young (Canadian) band finding their voice -- rocks hard, pretty varied fare between atmospheric numbers and hard and fast.

Sahg * Sahg 1 (Candlelight) 06
Awesome Norwegian doom rock. Sludgy, Sabbathy goodness.

Witchcraft * Firewood (Candlelight) 05
This is what stoked my appetite for more Sabbath-inspired doom/stoner rock. Since they hadn't come out with a new one yet, I sought out the others listed above, along with Wolfmother, The Sword, High On Fire, the Melvins, Nebula.

Peter Gabriel - 3 Melting Face 79
I had 2, Security and So and only liked a couple songs from each. Don't know why it took me so long to get this, it's pretty awesome. The paranoia and production reminds me of Bowie's Scary Monsters.

Sonic Youth * Daydream Nation 88
One of my favorite albums ever, I was listening to it while reading the new 33-1/3 series pocket sized books about it. A triple CD reissue comes out June 10, and in July Sonic Youth are performing it live in Chicago, and probably elsewhere. I highly recommend it -- the show I saw in fall of '88 was life-changing.

Dinosaur Jr. * Bug 88
Dinosaur were a big influence on Sonic Youth during Daydream Nation. Their first three albums were reissued in '05 and the band reunited. I saw them twice that year, at Metro and Lollapalooza. Not quite as loud as when I saw them in the 80s, but that's probably a good thing.

Fastnbulbous, i really like the links in your sig!

Govt. Mule, "The Deepest End". The combo CD/DVD concert discs just seems to be working back in to my rotation about every 3-4 months. It is a great show and the DVD is pretty amazing as well. Highly Recommended.

Just picked up 'Back to Black' by Amy Winehouse today on a whim. Loving it after a few listens.

Django Reinhardt - Best Of
Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse - A Tribute To Mahavishnu Orchestra
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Herb Alpert & Jeff Lorber Group - Montreaux 1996
Marcus Miller - The Sun Don't Lie
Joe Bonamassa - A New Day Yesterday

Eluvium: Copia
Bill Withers: Just as I am

Neko Case. Followed by more Neko Case. And then...more Neko.
Furnace Room Lullaby, Blacklisted, and The Tigers Have Spoken are three of the best cd's I've ever heard.

John Wesley Live at Katie Fitzgeralds and Nancy Wilson Live at Mc Cabe's Guitar Shop ( both unplugged sets )

Porcupine Tree ' Fear of a Blank Planet ' , Kenny Wayne Shepherd ' 10 days out ' CD ( +Dvd) , and Al Green Greatest Hits :)

~M~

Kraftwerk - Computer World
Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
Stomu Yomashta - Complete Go Sessions

larry

A little bump for this thread.

I can't get the new "Grady" cd out of my player - A Cup of Cold Poison.
Fuzz-Driven Texas Blues at it's finest. Their website has a small sample:


http://www.shadygrady.net/index.htm

I have been listening to Rumours a lot lately, and my wife is apparently obsessed with 'The Magic Numbers' as that is all she wants to listen to.

Placebo: Meds.

Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue" DualDisc. Wish I had the SACD instead, but this is a good Dolby Digital 5.1 disc.

Chris

jaco pastorius - essential
the byrds - sweetheart of the rodeo
al dimeola - elegant gypsy
steve hillage - live herald
supertramp - even in the quietest moments

Corinne Bailey Rae - sweet beautiful music.

al dimeola - elegant gypsy
steve hillage - live herald"Live Herald" - Funny you should mention it, as that album has been on my mind a lot lately. I always have an incredible yearning to listen to it everytime I hear something by Gong on Sirius' Deep Tracks. It's one of my favorite live albums. Actually have two copies of it in storage. If I ever get it out and get my TT fixed, you can be sure it'll be the first thing I put on.

"Elegant Gypsy" is another great one I miss listening to. Classic Fusion.

Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

It's a good year to be a prog rock/metal fan.

I dug up all my Faith No More after playing The Darkness on the 360.
Thr Real Thing
Introduce Yourself (no Patton)
Angel Dust
Album of the Year
King for Day Fool for a Lifetime
Who Cares A Lot 2 CD set

Currently researching Patton's more recent work.

I love Angel Dust.. one of my fav albums...

Been listening to Static X "Start a War"........ It hasn't left my cd player in about a month....

Flash - self titled
Morphine - The Night

larry

I dug up all my Faith No More after playing The Darkness on the 360.
Thr Real Thing
Introduce Yourself (no Patton)
Angel Dust
Album of the Year
King for Day Fool for a Lifetime
Who Cares A Lot 2 CD set

Currently researching Patton's more recent work.


Faith no more was a great band and The real thing is a classic. Too bad it sound like crap. :(

Mary Chapin Carpenter - "time*love*sex", Multichannel SACD.

Chris

Flash - self titled.I have the LP. Great record. (I even have the original, edited 45 of "Small Beginnings" from when it first came out, still in perfect condition!)

Would be nice to get it on CD if it's remastered.

Have you heard the new, boxed Genesis set, which include the CD's of "Trick" through "Abacab" yet? I was just wondering your opinion of the sound quality if you did (even though I wouldn't expect you to particularly be much of a fan of any post-Gabriel Genesis, knowing what I do know of your tastes). It's supposed to be remastered so that Collins' vocals are more upfront and you can hear the separate instruments more. They say to keep the last remasters, because they are truer to the albums, but that these are worth having for the difference. They are supposed to be "louder" and brighter, though, so they might not appeal to every fan.

Have you heard the new, boxed Genesis set, which include the CD's of "Trick" through "Abacab" yet? I was just wondering your opinion of the sound quality if you did (even though I wouldn't expect you to particularly be much of a fan of any post-Gabriel Genesis, knowing what I do know of your tastes). It's supposed to be remastered so that Collins' vocals are more upfront and you can hear the separate instruments more. They say to keep the last remasters, because they are truer to the albums, but that these are worth having for the difference. They are supposed to be "louder" and brighter, though, so they might not appeal to every fan.

This was copied from Steve hoffman forum; http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=115775


As a recording engineer it's been incredibly frustrating for me to see how many people find the Genesis remixes not only acceptable but superior to the originals. I wondered how much manipulation it would take for me to make the original mixes sound as harsh and compressed as the remixes.

I took the first track from ...And Then There Were Three... (original Atlantic CD) and ran it through some EQs and compressors and digital limiter while A/Bing it with the remix.

Here are my final EQ settings:

+15dB @ 7.5 kHz shelving
+9.5dB @ 16 kHz
+9dB @ 1.5 kHz
+7.5dB @ 250 Hz
+4dB @ 50Hz

But it still wasn't quite harsh enough so I patched in a second EQ:

+7.5dB @ 3 kHz
+ 10dB @ 125 Hz

Then I hooked up my SSL compressor (the same one Nick used) and did 4dB of gain reduction @ 10:1 (the highest ratio it has). Still wasn't enough so I hooked up my Pendulum 6386 Vari-Mu compressor and did another 4dB of compression.

Now I was beginning to hear some similarities between the two. I also ran it through a digital peak limiter taking off another 2dB and we have a match. The kick drum and vocals are louder on the remix but the rest is pretty similar.

Here's the order of what you're listening to... Original Atlantic CD unaltered, the Remix and then the original Atlantic CD pummeled with EQ, compression and limiting.

Take a listen to the clip and let everyone know how much you still love the remixes

http://home.comcast.net/~captaincasual/01_Genesis_Compare.mp3 :eek:

Yikes. I guess that kills that idea.

No wonder they're marked down to half price.

(I actually thought the original CD sounded the best, by far.)

I bought 2 of the SACDs - TOTT and ATTWT. NIN74's post pretty much sums it up. The SACDs sound quite bad. I'm not holding much hope for the Gabriel years discs.

larry

I thought I'd revive this old thread since somebody created a new thread for essentially the same thing. Flowing from the last posts I'm (as others are) eagerly waiting the Genesis '70-'75 SACD set. Maybe we'll get lucky this time. :)

I haven't done much "new" music buying/listening lately since I've been spending most of my free time in the garage. From what I can remember the last "new" (to me) music I bought was The Kaiser Chiefs' "Employment" and Elbow's "The Seldom Seen Kid".

larry

(John Williams) "War of the Worlds" a few days ago excellent sounding what’s more, I liked the precession instruments beating away in the mix. I played the CD in Dolby stereo and the monaural matrix surrounds very exciting with the fullest uniform envelopment. Brought CD on the same day the film opened.

http://img.tesco.com/pi/entertainment/CD/LB/646235_CD_L_B.jpghttp://img.tesco.com/pi/entertainment/CD/LF/646235_CD_L_F.jpg

I just got a copy of this Phenomenal album "Red Right Return". I love this artist, and 'If i were you' is my favorite. i think in the alt rock scene they are the most promising & upcoming names. They are offering their song "If I Were You"
as a free download on their website. i am listening to the same song right now, you can also check out this amazing song, sample is available at:
http://www.janusmusic.com/sample/if_i_were_you.mp3

Lily Allen - Alright, Still (EXPLICIT LYRICS, of course)

Meddle - Pink Floyd

I bought 2 of the SACDs - TOTT and ATTWT. NIN74's post pretty much sums it up. The SACDs sound quite bad. I'm not holding much hope for the Gabriel years discs.

larryWell, things turned out quite nice. The 1970-1975 SACD boxset turned out quite well. I was worth the wait. Excellent old videos included also.

larry

Wish they'd go back and re-do that first set, because I would also like that one.

Definitely will be getting the new one, though.

The 70-75 set was the only one I cared about and thankfully it was done quite well.

larry

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out

Resurrecting this thread because I remembered about it, and, because I've had Marcy Playground's latest one, "Leaving Wonderland in a Fit of Rage" in my CD player for a couple of weeks which is unusual for me. One of those CD's where I like every song.

Anyone else with some new stuff for this thread?

Cary

Most recent things I've bought are remasters of Thomas Dolby's Golden Age of Wireless and The Flat Earth. The former has a DVD included of his band performing in the 80's. It was quite interesting for me to see his stuff played lived - not all keyboards. You also have to check out some of the percussion used - played with a toy hammer. I also picked up his Astronauts and Heretics CD - newer stuff (90s?). But the best is his somewhat recent The Sole Inhabitant CD/DVD set. He plays live at Berklee School of Music in Boston. The CD is one of best quality live recordings I've ever heard. The DVD is a video of the performance. If you like Thomas Dolby, it doesn't get any better.

larry

Elvis- 30 #1 Hits

Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits

Johnny Cash - 16 Biggest Hits

Van Halen - Best of Both Worlds 1 & 2 (though I really only listen to the stuff with DLR minus a Sammy tunes)

Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien

Weird Al - Running with Scissors

It's probably been said somewhere in the previous 444 posts, but....
"What's a CD Player?"

It's a large box with a drawer that plays music in a better-sounding form than just about anything else out there these days.

We who still give a crap about the sound quality of our music actually still prefer to use them.

What he said....I prefer listening to music played on a cd player.

I missed the boat but just pushed Rush 2112 into the ears and should have had a helmet on, because now I have to pick all the pieces of my blown mind up.

re: CD players

Here's an interesting paper on high performance (i.e. low jitter) USB hardware used in some newer DACs. The common USB hardware used in many extrenal DACs is inexpensive and prone to high jitter levels. http://www.ayre.com/PDF/Ayre_USB_DAC_White_Paper.pdf

I wouldn't mind trying the Ayre QB-9 or something similar. However, I don't really feel like ripping all my CDs and having to deal with a PC in my audio room. :)

larry

Larry - have you seen this?:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1173524

(For more information, the original thread is linked to in the first post.)

I'd have jumped all over it myself by now, as I've been looking like something like that for a long time, but I don't know if I could live with that undefeatable "gap song separation" thing.

David Mead: The Luxury of Time
David Mead: Mine and Yours
The Tubes: Completion Backward Principal
Alan Parsons Project: I Robot
Alan Parsons Project: Pyramid
Alan Parsons Project: Eve
The Cars: Heartbeat City (Audio Fidelity HDCD Gold Edition)

Grateful Dead: Dicks Picks Vol 1

Have not listened to this in YEARS and threw it in last week and it has not left my player since. The "Here Comes Sunshine" is absolutely incredible and the rest of the show is very good as well, but that opening HCS.......:eek: Jerry is a mad man in this version!