Tonight I was spinning East coasting (remastered) by Charles Mingus? Makes my whole damn house disappear. I think Wayne worked up some funny engineering in there, because I swear cuban cigar smoke and the essence of gin and tonic wafts out of those ports everytime I play the right recording. Like I'm in this club in 1950's New York. This disc isn't up to todays uber slick standards, but it's got that something... These speaks have atmosphere down.

Anyone care to comment on other recordings to Pi by. I could stand to get turned on to even more great music, or reminded of something orphaned to the bottom shelf long ago, how 'bout you? Any genre. Good, bad, or ugly. Might be cool if you say why you like it.

Thomas

G.

I don't have Pi's yet but I plan to build some to check out low powered SET or PP amp's in the future. I run a set of Newform 645's that I DIYed.
I also love the sound of some of the vintage jazz recordings.
A friend was over the other day and I put on an old Miles Davis CD -Cookin With the Miles Davis Quintet I think it's called. This is recorded in Mono and we were both impressed with the realism.
One of my personal fav's is Sinatra Live at the Sands recorded in the 60's. If you like big band sound try this one. The monologues are also an insight into the culture and values of the time.
Belefonte's 2 Carnegie Hall Live concerts from 1960. Lots of depth and size in the sound stage.
I also have that Getz Gilberto vol. 2 CD. I must go back and have another listen. I didn't think it was a very good performance when I first listened to it. Time for another listen.
Shirley Horn I love Paris- I really like this CD. It is another live recording.

Happy Listening
Brian Pugh

After:

All I have to play is "Saxophone Colossus" and frankly, my $200 SACD player stomps this totally re-built in today's dollars $1000 TT.

That said, the PI's in the corners were totally gone from the room on Reference Recordings CD of Russian Easter Overture.

On another note, is anyone out there fond of Plaid or Boards of Canada? (I don't think they are from Canada) If so, what else do you like on your Pi's?

Boards of Canada "Geogaddi" has such an intense palatte of texture. This is one disk that makes me scratch my head when people say electronica isn't music. I didn't know compression drivers could do that, was my first thought when I put this disk through the new Pi's. I can't believe how obviously compressed electrostats sound on good electronic material.

Thomas

G.

Thomas