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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 22:23:39 +0100
From: Jim Katz <JimKatz@JohnAbbott.qc.ca>
Subject: Re: CB Listening (speaker choice.)
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comSpeaker choice was always my delicious hobby, even when not able to buy
anything really decent. By the time I was 13 I was an expert - haunting
Radio Shack (which then sold quality components.) I would go to the stores
with my own test record, E. Power Biggs' Bach Favorites on the organ in the
Busch-Reisinger Museum. I also used all that daydream time in school
designing the ultimate enclosures for my dream systems. They always started
with something like: "Mount six Bozak 15" woofers in each room-sized
cabinet...."
My first really good system sported a pair of EV Sentry 4 speakers.
What were they, about 200lbs or so each in weight. I was always
disappointed because while they sounded great very loud, I never had a
place big enough to crank them up.
Most recently (though this is going back a few years) I wanted to see what
was the state of the art, and sought out a Mackintosh dealer with a
listening room. He sat me down in front of his best system, put on
something orchestral, and I was amazed. I actually cried, it was so good.
Not loud, but perfect presence, definition, and an elegant transparent
sound. Every bit of every element of the recording was just....there! No
effort, just...there. I don't remember the exact speaker model, just that
the price was $85,000 in unfinished cabinets. At least it was per pair.Jim
Jim Katz,DSB
(Distant Second Bassoon)
I Medici di McGill
Physician Orchestra
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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From: Fmmck@aol.com
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 22:45:02 EST
Subject: Re: Saxiphone
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comIn a message dated 11/5/99 8:36:44 PM, lande@erols.com writes:
<< Of course, the idea that there even is such a thing as right spelling dates to 1800s
and (maybe) Danial Webster. According to some folks, I don't even
spell my last name right. >>Jim-
A friend of mine was researching his genealogy, when he came across one
particular will. It seems that the family name was spelled three different
ways in the same document!Fred
---------------------------------------------------------From: "David Neubauer" <dnmagic@earthlink.net>
Subject:
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 01:06:27 -0800
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com
> A *great* disc. I've also sometimes taken a tape I made while taking
> electronic music at Pomona College in the '70s (I minored in music at
> Pomona while getting my degree from Harvey Mudd College). I made one
> track with guitar, clarinet, and two channels of ARP synthesizer (all
> we had were four channels). One of the synth channels was descant,
> the other *very* deep bass. I'll have to see if I can still find
> that, perhaps upload a clip. Assuming it isn't more embarrassing
> than I remember...Grant, do you remember reading about Bebe Barron, one of the pioneers
of electronic music? She and her (then) husband Louis did the first
electronic film score, "Forbidden Planet" for MGM?David Neubauer
www.dnmagic.com---------------------------------------------------------
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 08:52:47 -0800
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Re: electronic music
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>Grant, do you remember reading about Bebe Barron, one of the pioneers
>of electronic music? She and her (then) husband Louis did the first
>electronic film score, "Forbidden Planet" for MGM?Doesn't ring a bell here. I'm not sure if that's because its been 20+
years, or if its because the prof (John Steele Ritter) wasn't interested in
"conventional" uses of electronic music. He was far more interested in
doing things with synths and tape that were completely different from
conventional instruments: he'd take Subotnik over Tomita any day.
Interesting, for a guy who would take off for a couple of weeks to
accompany Jean-Pierre Rampal on the harpsichord...Grant
_______________________________________________________
Grant D. Green gdgreen@contrabass.com
http://www.contrabass.com/
Filling in on sarrusophone
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---------------------------------------------------------From: JolivetDVM@aol.com
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:43:07 EST
Subject: Re: CD Review
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comWhen I bought my contra in 1998 it was about $13,000, but since he knows
me he gave me the 1997 price as I had told him the year before I would buy an
instrument. The new contras I think are about $15,000 but they have an
advanced mechanism as developed by Arlen Fast of the NY Phil. Anyone
interested should contact Arthur as he is the US distributor and has a contra
right now for sale. Michel Jolivet
---------------------------------------------------------From: "Spencer Parks" <ilylamp@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: CD Review
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 13:08:27 PST
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>From: JolivetDVM@aol.com
>Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com
>To: gdgreen@contrabass.com, contrabass@mail.contrabass.com
>Subject: Re: CD Review
>Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 13:43:07 EST
>
> When I bought my contra in 1998 it was about $13,000, but since he knows
>me he gave me the 1997 price as I had told him the year before I would buy an
>instrument. The new contras I think are about $15,000 but they have an
>advanced mechanism as developed by Arlen Fast of the NY Phil. Anyone
>interested should contact Arthur as he is the US distributor and has a contra
>right now for sale. Michel Jolivet
>----------------------
>end contrabass list
>I assume you're talking about a contrabassoon, but there are other "contras"
out there. Next time be more specific.______________________________________________________
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