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Offline pumpkinman

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10785 on: April 17, 2018, 03:17:24 PM »


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10786 on: April 17, 2018, 08:17:28 PM »
Ben Webster/Tete Montoliu Trio: Gentile Ben


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10787 on: April 20, 2018, 08:42:33 AM »
Wynton & Ellis Marsalis: Joe Cool's Blues

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10788 on: April 20, 2018, 08:54:34 AM »


My favorite string quartet album. This is what got me into hifi in 2005, close to as good as it gets, imo...   :-P

Found it in the on line library catalog. Should be in by the end of the week.  :thumb:

You are right Rich, this one is a keeper.  8)
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10789 on: April 20, 2018, 06:51:39 PM »
You are right Rich, this one is a keeper.  8)

Glad you like it Tom!

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10790 on: April 20, 2018, 06:59:48 PM »
Whistle Stop
Per my notes, Rich sent it to me, THANKS RICH!

Great album, just pulled out my Acoustic Sounds 45 RPM Pressing.  :drool:

Showoff!  :-P  But you got me to listen to it on Tidal MQA 24/192  :thumb:

You're welcome Gene. I thought you'd like that. Some of KDs best post bop work, imo.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10791 on: April 21, 2018, 08:12:24 AM »


Tromboner from Maria Schneider Orchestra, the best I've ever heard. Faster than Curtis Fuller and a lot more to say. Better tone than Frank Rosolino. Higher range than Al Grey. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and catch a freight train in his teeth.

Great modern harmony arrangements, real jazz. Audiophile quality recording.

Also older Quartet CD: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000981A3O

Both are on Tidal.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10792 on: April 21, 2018, 09:27:43 AM »


This is the first truly hi-rez album of Clifford Brown that I have seen. On Tidal, MQA 24/96.

And it actually sounds like a real high res mastering! Lots of trumpet tone texture that I've never heard before, including on my original 70s pressed LPs of these tracks. Dynamic range is dramatically better than my vinyl. That's nice to have with Art Blakey on drums, and Brownie on trumpet! The remastered bass is not excessive, it is informed and respectful of the bebop genre. This is an excellent mastering job.

This recording has Brownie just back from Europe with Lionel Hampton Big Band. He is a new star in America due to the release of Art Blakey "Night at Birdland" while he was away. No Larue, no Max. This recording has his friend Gigi Gryce just like his Paris sextet recording, but it takes it up a notch with Blakey and a premier NY rhythm section. Rouse would later become Monk's front man.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10793 on: April 21, 2018, 09:33:56 AM »


Several of these Kenny Dorham hit albums are on Tidal MQA 192k.

Afro Cuban
Whistle Stop
Trompetta Toccata
Una Mas

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10794 on: April 21, 2018, 09:40:34 AM »
Whistle Stop
Per my notes, Rich sent it to me, THANKS RICH!

Great album, just pulled out my Acoustic Sounds 45 RPM Pressing.  :drool:

Showoff!  :-P  But you got me to listen to it on Tidal MQA 24/192  :thumb:

You're welcome Gene. I thought you'd like that. Some of KDs best post bop work, imo.

Hey Rich,,
It appears you are still enjoying MQA. I may give it another try on Tidal.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10795 on: April 21, 2018, 11:44:47 AM »
Yeah the true, high sample rate MQAs are usually very good.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10796 on: April 22, 2018, 07:35:32 AM »
Whistle Stop
Per my notes, Rich sent it to me, THANKS RICH!

Great album, just pulled out my Acoustic Sounds 45 RPM Pressing.  :drool:

Showoff!  :-P  But you got me to listen to it on Tidal MQA 24/192  :thumb:

You're welcome Gene. I thought you'd like that. Some of KDs best post bop work, imo.

Rich, what DAC are you using to get the MQA decoded all the way out to 24/192?

I am using the Bluesound Node to decode the MQA files which since it is using software MQA decoding puts out a Max resoulution of 24/96, which is very good in and of itself. To get anything higher than that I would need to pass the raw MQA file directly to a DAC with built in hardware MQA circuitry.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10797 on: April 22, 2018, 07:37:34 AM »
John Martyn: Solid Air

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A recommendation from the P-Man.   :thumb:
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10798 on: April 22, 2018, 04:08:55 PM »


The Rolling Stones • Hot Rocks 1964-1971......disc 1
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #10799 on: April 22, 2018, 08:33:31 PM »
Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium - The Concert

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