Kenny Clarke "Telefunken Blues" Savoy/Denon cd

Albare "Beyond Belief" AIFI cd

Some Les Paul slinging jazz feels just right right now.



Interesting defect on this cd: in the seventh track there is a series of tones for about two seconds that sound like someone's incoming smart phone call alert, LOUD.

Warm again. I could get used to this!

Starting off with disc IX of "The Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings of Louis Armstrong & The All-Stars"

https://www.mosaicrecords.com/louis-armstrong-live-recordings-with-the-all-stars...

Thought I would share a recent Dynagrid Jr. experience I just went through.
I have been using  the DGR with a Taboo amp and they have been an excellent pairing. The pair sounded great for many days with the DGR adding more of everything.  The last several nights I struggled with them listening to music.  The upper mids and highs were overstated, vocals were overshadowed and recessed.  Certain instruments were very difficult to listen to with some bright sibilance being present.  What has happened?  I tried swapping different input and power tubes, adjusting the Zrock3 gain EQ, disconnecting tweeters, adding resistors on the tweeter and none of these changes resolved the issue.  The tubes changes did help some but not in any significant way.  Removing the DGR and using a regular rectifier it sounded good again but not great?  Then last night I discovered that the Lucid switch on the Taboo had accidentally been switched on.  Once the Lucid was switched off with the DGR everything improved. Lesson learned and issue resolved…whewwwww and Duh!  :

I've spent the last few evenings listening to my new Isobaric speakers and am starting to get a handle on them.
First of all they are power hungry.
My 80 wpc Angela-Gilbert Yeung plays them well, my Torii surprisingly plays them well also.
The Torii's 25 watts are what the cattle guys I grew up with called "Heavy on the hoof". It punches all four woofers hard!
My ZKIT 60 plays them well, but without much headroom left in them.
My Ampapa el cheapo amp, with 120 watts, just ain't got the umph to push them at all. Sometimes you "gets whats you pays for."

I think that the reason that they are so amp sensitive is because they like, no, need to be pushed hard to sound really good. Like 90+db. Right on the edge of being too loud for even me.
Played at more sane levels they are OK, but loud makes them come alive.
The bass really shines at higher levels, so controlled.
The full range drivers that most of the signal are routed through are really pleasant to listen to. I bet that after the drivers and the crossover break in they will be even better.

So as of right now I'm going to say that these speakers are a success. I might in the future explore these waters again, there are some sonic plusses that I am intrigued by in this build.

I might try some different crossover stuff to see if I can get them to be a little more palatable at lower volumes. Perhaps some different bass drivers are needed.
But that is in the future, hopefully I have more chances to try "stuff" out.

You all have a great day!

First listen on my reference system after being out in Texas all last week for natural disaster training.  My B&W PX7se headphones were great for the active noise reduction capabilities on the plane, and can stream in Hi Res through its app.  

Tonight I’m streaming through Roon this live radio station out of Paris that plays orchestral movie soundtracks.  I have to say that the music selection was really good, and overall was a great listen.

"Kenny Clarke Meets The Detroit Jazzmen" Savoy/Denon cd

AKA "Jazzmen from Detoit"

Recorded on April 30 & May 9, 1956, in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke

I saw a hint from Ricky Riccardi that there would be a 50th Anniversary release of the epic "Ambassador Satch" and I broke out this set to investigate what had been released . . . and decided it was time to play this set again, so I'll sprinkle it into my rotation.

Starting off with disc VII

https://www.mosaicrecords.com/louis-armstrong-live-recordings-with-the-all-stars...

Lon wrote on Yesterday at 16:58:42:
On to complete a re-listen, disc 2. This is a cool release.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_from_India

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