Heard 'Kind of Blue' in an amazing demo in 2004,
was utterly fascinated, bought the record and at home: nothing.
I didn't get a thing, had no idea how this could have been the fascinating music I had heard.
Thought it was the LP12, bought another deck.
It was not the LP12.
Got different speakers and realized that those would work absolutely stunning with other amps, but not Naim.
Heard amazing jazztunes through 30€ s/h speakers with an ExposureX
and then my active Naim Isobarik didn't get it done,,not even almost.
Dropped the Isobariks, moved out the Naim,
got a good pre-power combi for the new speakers..
And now it all works.
I'm mostly in the 50-60 years and prefer piano to the following organ time.
I don't yet get Miles 'Bitches Brew' yet & would even say I don't like it,
but maybe that's a matter of time, no idea.
Billie Holiday...no chance I got even a HINT of what the people were getting so excited about with my Linn speakers via my Naim setup. (I will not say all Naim/ Linn bc I did not have all.)
No clue...a puzzle, and a boring one on top of that.
The Kan is said to do voices good,
but here I'm tempted to say 'good' is not good enough,
only a phantastic mid-treble combination reveals he special magic in the voice that makes Holiday, or, say Sarah Vaughan.
Strangly or sadly..even an old tube radio does it better..than my old HiFi setup.
It is mental training, getting used to, too for a good part.
But I learned that certain hifi components can make your progress considerably harder, depending on what you use.
And some- in my case- denied me access rightout in total to certain artists.
That's quite indiviual, if your mind is musically more talented you may get things easier while I don't.
Due this, while Linn once said 'start with a good deck',
I am often tempted to think: Start with a good speaker' today.
Find good matching amps and the rest is relatively peanuts.
I hear less hifi and more music now then ever before.
A recording doesn't have to be top, can be mono, be like one old microphone on stage and go...but the swing of the band is coming over
in light openness, and not like under some pressure as before.
My faves: Miles Davis in Somethin' else, then Kind of Blue
Kenny Burrell/ Midnight Blue
Monk is always great, & the perfect Jazz collection from Columbia is a real bank
vfm beyond unreal.
I consider Coltrane not easy to understand, don't break your head if you don't get that straight..
I get it a tiny bit so I can listen and enjoy occationally, but is far from my dearest music yet, despite I know he's good.
ps1: I got the perfect Miles Davis connection, it's great.
ps2: Miles red trumpet is rediculous..
