So you have only 4.875 friends now? 🤣 Sorry, had to say it before anyone else. Wishing you well.

Love the El Grupo! Gonna search for the CD.

Louvin Brothers and Levin Brothers, too.

The place I started working for in the early 80's used, and sold with the systems we made, PDP-11 computers. Boards for it were about 15 inches square, some wire-wrapped. The hard drives had 80MB capacity on a removable 15 inch platter. To change a disc, you'd start spinning it down and wait...

I forgot to state that I often play from local network storage. Thanks for mentioning it. Most often, I've got an internet radio station playing. Volumio claims to integrate Alexa devices, but that capability needs a subscription, last I knew. WiiM works with Amazon's components, although...

I have two WiiM Pros, both running off Ethernet. One is upstairs and would have great WiFi, but Ethernet was handy. In the basement, particularly the little alcove where my electronics workbench sits, WiFi is pretty weak. WiiM Pro wins over RasPi/Volumio for me because Volumio requires a...

I don't drink anything alcoholic, so I don't know who drinks what. OTOH, I've been here long enough to know if Ableza recommends or praises something, it's met some pretty high standards.

Just discovered Club d'Elf. Jazz? Fusion? Afro-psych? Haven't gotten very far into You Never Know, but they're high in my "Listen more. Buy." category.

Since it's 4/20, I'll drop these here for those of you who partake:

I first heard the album shortly after losing one of my parents, so it may have had deeper impact. I had to pause it a few times between start and end, then immediately started over and listened non-stop. The album is brooding, contemplative, questioning, yet I remember chuckling a few times at...

I think many artists have released something knowing their end was near. Leonard Cohen's You Want it Darker really shook me. I still haven't quite figured it out, either. It was the end of an era, or several eras in his case. That one hit me pretty hard, too. I passed on a chance to see...

I never followed him or bought his music, but his passing slammed me harder than any other artist before or since. My only explanation is that his music was always present in some way; always original and timeless.

My parents bought their batteries in bulk at Costco. When my wife and I had to take care of those devices, all were ruined by leakage. So we started buying Duracell and soon had the same problem. A little research told us Duracell made the Kirkland branded batteries. We've switched again to...

With Woody Allen as the master criminal. Wonderful parody of the Bond movies.

I strongly believe that manufacturers are aiming for the most aerodynamic shape to keep MPG high. That means all vehicles are gradually approaching the same shape.

Isn't that the automotive version? :laughing:

Welcome, Majuto. No one here will tell you how to modify your Jotunheim R. Please don't even try. Your best and safest bet will be finding a properly wired and rated external step-up transformer. It will be ugly. It will be expensive. OTOH, you, family, pets, and belongings won't be at...

Not these?

I run my Freya S into an Asgard 2 with the amp pot at max. This subject comes up fairly frequently and I don't remember Jason popping in to say it's a bad idea. Am I concerned about increased noise with the knob at max? Not at all. My guess is the first thing an audio signal encounters in...

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Welcome to the group. If you're new to jazz, I'll warn you that you'll hear something you can't stand and then something that makes you think, "Gotta get more of that." And there were times I'd look something up after work, and decide, "Nah, changed my mind."

My gateway to appreciating jazz was through a local radio station that plays a two hour show Monday through Friday in the afternoon. There is a different programmer each day and each specializes in different eras, styles, or sub-genres. Most of them are/were performers and/or instructors and...

Today is World Sleep Day. Every song on Carlos' Alomar's Dream Generator album is about sleep and it even brings up the subject of cats with Feline Lullaby (Sam's Song). This one's my favorite:

I've auditioned quite a bit of gear with this album and it's the very first thing I played through my brand new Modi Multibit in July 2016. I most remember being awed at how realistic the drummer's wood blocks sounded.