Daniel A Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 5 hours ago, jazzbo said: It can vary, but tubes generally are all they will be within 25 to 50 hours. Transformers, big capacitors, etc. take longer. I've been using Decware amps for about 26 years. They usually are "broken in" by 500 to 600 hours. That's about where I am with this new amp. Not my amp--I don't have a camera and don't do pictures--but this is generally what mine looks like, with that massive transformer and copper plated end caps it looks very nice. This one has the standard black endcaps on the transformer but shows the padauk wood base and ebony knobs that I have on mine. A beautiful amp. Absolutely wonderful. I'm running a couple of active tube-powered speakers. The tubes are hidden within the cabinets, but you can just about see them through the ventilation holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jazzbo Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Daniel A said: Absolutely wonderful. I'm running a couple of active tube-powered speakers. The tubes are hidden within the cabinets, but you can just about see them through the ventilation holes. Very nice looking indeed! Bet that's a great sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Donald Byrd “I’m Tryin’ to Get Home” Blue Note Japan SHM-CD This Byrd session doesn’t get much love but I dig it. The voices remind me of church in Philadelphia when I was a lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 This one was pretty much my introduction to both Dameron and Navarro when it came out in 1995: … may have to throw this one on as well, which came out the same year. Even though Mosaic’s 8-CD Lester set supersedes it, I’ve held on to it for sentimental reasons: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 28 minutes ago, ghost of miles said: This one was pretty much my introduction to both Dameron and Navarro when it came out in 1995: That's one of my absolute all-time favorite recordings. Listening: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 5 hours ago, ghost of miles said: 👍 👍 Now playing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Carlos Santana/Alice Coltrane “Illumination” SACD Beautiful sound for this crisp summer morning. Fall is coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 10 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Carlos Santana/Alice Coltrane “Illumination” SACD Beautiful sound for this crisp summer morning. Fall is coming! Have listened to that a few times in the last days too, lovely music. Autumn definitely in the London air too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Matthew Stevens "Pittsburg" Solo/overdubbed guitar album. Get the right volume and it sounds as if he's in your room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jazzbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Milt Jackson “Used to be Jackson” Solid Records Japan 2 cd set, disc 2 Milt jackson, Cedar Walton, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker Thoroughly modern Milt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Duke Ellington “Newport 1958” Columbia 2 cd set, disc 1 It was time for some Duke. I’d love to see an SACD of this set, never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rabshakeh Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Yusef Lateef – Hush 'N' Thunder Revisiting this one. It's not his best, really. Lateef seems barely present on his own record. Kenny Barron seems to have written almost everything. Lateef's solos just fade out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 13 hours ago, jazzbo said: Very nice looking indeed! Bet that's a great sound. Thanks! When I got these some years back, I stopped thinking about upgrading. Maybe they lack the crisp treble of the best modern speakers, but I am more than happy with the overall sound. Each speaker has a 10" downwards facing driver in a bass-reflex enclosure, a 8" midrange and four cones for the treble range. They were built some time between 1966 and 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) Cool. I have unconventional speakers as well, with an upward firing omni-directional driver, a forward firing midrange, a ribbon tweeter and a passive radiator at the bottom. Decware HR-1 Edited September 1, 2023 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Cool. I have unconventional speakers as well, with an upward firing omni-directional driver, a forward firing midrange, a ribbon tweeter and a passive radiator at the bottom. Decware HR-1 I'm really attracted by the looks of those. Good too see that omni-directional as a concept lives on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Robbie Williams – Swing When You're Winning Harry Nilsson – A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night A recent run of listening to Keith Jarrett and Anthony Braxton standards records, plus @Teasing the Korean 's recent post about Great American Songbook records has sent me on a popstars doing standards run. In the interests of science, mind. The Schmilsson's pretty good. Very much not a jazz album at all, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Steve Lacy, Yuji Takahashi, Takehisa Kosugi – Distant Voices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Marquis Hill “The Way We Play” Perhaps a few more vocals than I’d ultimately like but they are good vocals. Lots of bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Duckworth Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Actually just part of a Bobby Hackett Chronological Classics that contains this material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted September 1, 2023 Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 Baby Dodds Trio – Jazz A' La Creole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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