What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005

Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.

So, what are you listening to right now?

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by RiNo

With such a rack

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Sometimes i wonder: if i could only meet a woman that can listen to music.
Some women bikes, play football, drive racing cars, learn karate, speak like men, work as managers.
Why the hell they don't like music.
I wonder.

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

quote:
Originally posted by HR:
How about all the hitch'hikers you are picking up with your car?

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Huwge

quote:
How about all the hitch'hikers you are picking up with your car?

Haim,
I'm either going too fast or too wrapped up in the music. Have to say, the roads on which I drive don't appear to have many hitchhikers.
Huw

PS - currently listenig to SWMBO's electric toothbrush, precursor to bed.

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by kuma

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

XRCD?

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by kuma

quote:
Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
XRCD?

Nah.
I've lent it to a friend and never got it back.
And now I realise that it's discontinued!

You mean this one, right?

The rumor has it that the XRCD is losing a US distribution. Which means they need to be purchased directly from Japan.

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

quote:
Originally posted by kuma:

The rumor has it that the XRCD is losing a US distribution. Which means they need to be purchased directly from Japan.

Hi Kuma!
There's only one site, i've been able to find here in Italy, that sells XRCDs but the catalogue is full of "out of stock".
I think that the way is to get them direct from JVC.
They're bloody pricey, anyway.
I think that i'll try to get one or two, just for "collection".

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by sjust

After Solveig Slettahjell's Slow Motion Orchestra some Charles Mingus ("Works" - early and late pieces)

cheers
Stefan

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by northpole

"Burning in" a Hydra & the disc spinning at the moment is Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Cold Roses - double cd with some great & some not so great tracks.

Peter

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Think i'll go to sleep late.
Or early in the mornig.............

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

".....Wish i had a blue guitar
A blue guitar to play all night long
Singing songs of loss and love
Singing songs till morning comes".......

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by kuma

Gianluigi,

I've got most of the titles I like.
But I would like to replace the Castro-neves CD as well as Dave Grusin's 'Mountain Dance'.
The latter, apparently, was never for the US distribution and it costs about 50 $ direct from the HMV in Japan.

( that's a lot of $$ for a fregging CD given that I only like one tune out of this album )

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by kuma

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Here in Italy you get XRCDs for 30 euros which is not a price but a robbery.
I still do wonder why they keep on workin on new formats when they know they can't have a market.
The pity is that they sound quite well.

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by kuma

an XRCD isn't a new *format* perse.

It's just a careful QC manufacturing a CD is what I understand.

I used to get them in the US around 25$ or less and you know what? the quality also depending on the titles, too. Some are exceptional whilst some.. it's okey.

But over all, for a redbook, they are excellent.

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

quote:
Originally posted by kuma:
But over all, for a redbook, they are excellent.

That's the point.
I don't think i need DVDaudio, SACD, minidisc, Blue ray and so on and on.
I know that on redbook parameters they can work very well.
Maybe they think we're goin' to change player every 2/3 years..............
crazy!

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Guido Fawkes

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Last one.
I finished cigarettes!

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

quote:
Originally posted by ROTF:

mmmmmmmmmmm
Can't turn volume up!
But tomorrow morning.......................
hehehehehehheeh

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by nicnaim

quote:
Originally posted by hungryhalibut:
Kenny Burrell; Midnight Blue.

A wonderful record.

Nigel

Nigel,

Agreed. If you want any other Kenny Burrel sugestions let me know, I am a bit of a fan. Even before I met him after a gig at the Blue Note.

Currently

Regards

Nic

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by HR

For the first time.

Thank you, Gainluigi,

Haim

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by kuma

Valerie Carter: Just a Stone's Throw Away

Posted on: 06 May 2006 by kuma

Larry Carlton: Alone/ but Never Alone