Quote: Originally Posted by slick btw, whats redbook? i've heard that term a lot and have no clue what it is. It's nothing more than regular CD playback, as opposed to SACD or DVD-A. Given the lack of DVD-A discs, I would still advise you go for the best redbook playback you...

I've never heard the Rotel RDV-1050 DVD player, but I do have the RCD-1072 and I love it. I also have the Philips 963SA, and the Rotel is a pretty large step up from that player. The bass is tighter on the Rotel, while overall detail and spaciousness is very much improved. The only downside is...

Quote: Originally Posted by arnett I have a question to current or former JF users: The manual states that the phones should not actually touch your ears. I don't see how that's possible given the design of the phone. Even with my glasses holding them open a bit, they still touch...

Quote: Originally Posted by Stoner Yeah, they should include a pair of these when you buy tai-bo video. They would, except they stopped making them 20 years ago. . . .

Quote: Originally Posted by pp312 One problem though: you absolutely can't wear glasses with them. That alone would have doomed them with me. Really? I've never had a problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by Snake Glad you found happiness, using just the right amp. Enjoy. Ditto--it may have taken a bit of work, but as you've found these phones are well worth the effort. Quote: Nevermind the looks, the music is what counts! Amen.

Quote: Originally Posted by arnett So I’m hesitant to give the Jecklin Float Model 1my recommendation here.[/IMG] Not me. I have the Model 2's, and while they too can be described as dark, the sound is completely natural. The mids are where these phones shine, but they also have a...

Quote: Originally posted by damitamit anyone guess what headphones the chap on the front page of WKCR is wearing? Sony V6s? V7056?... They look like V6's to me. "Blue Train" is on right now. . .

Easy--"My Aim Is True." I bought it as a Stiff Records import in a Times Square Store (remember that?) well before it was released in the USA. I also remember seeing him at one of his first shows in the USA, at the Bottom Line in NYC, the week he played on "Saturday Night Live" in 1977. I waited...

They're not doing it in chronological order, per se. They're working from the front to the back, and then the back to the front. For example, last night at 4:00 they started the chronology from the end, which means February 1967. They went to midnight, ending with one of my favorites, "Live in...

If you're in the greater New York City area, WKCR-FM, the radio station of Columbia University at 89.9 FM, recently began (this past Thursday) a two-week John Coltrane festival. They're playing Trane 24 hours a day, everything he ever recorded, until Thursday evening, March 25. They're playing...

Quote: Other Ellington albums on Columbia/Legacy CDs that are already on store shelves include Ellington At Newport - 1956 (Complete) (C2K 64932), First Time! - The Count Meets The Duke (CK 65571 CD, CS 65571 SACD), Black, Brown & Beige (CK 65566), Such Sweet Thunder (CK 65568), and...

Where's Bal Masque? Has it been announced? I picked up an interesing one the other day--it's a 40-CD (yes, 40) set called "The Duke, The Complete Works From 1924-1947 on History. Who knows the source of these recordings, but I've listened to a couple of the CDs and the transfers aren't bad at...

I read the same article this morning, and it doesn't surprise me, given that they've been poorly run in the States for years. Both their marketing and distribution were poor, they let others capitalize on their inventions, and they focused too much on the low end with Maganavox. It would be hard...

I second WKCR, 89.9 FM. Adventurous, both for Classical and Jazz. Their Jazz "Birthday Broadcasts" for Ellington, Coltrane, Pops, etc., are second to none. Last week, they finished with the week-long (and annual) Bach festival. As of September 12, they started broadcasting at 4 Times Square, so...