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SF Jazz Collective at Palace of Fine Arts, SF. It was definitely a good show overall, with McCoy Tyner compositions and originals inspired by his work, but it was definitely not the best I have seen them. Joshua Redman and Bobby Hutcherson both "retired" from the group before last year, and were replaced by Joe Lovano and Stefon Harris. Dave Douglas came in on trumpet last year and Robin Eubanks replaced the better trombonist Andre Heyward this year. I missed them last year because oddly enough the SF Jazz Collective did not play as part of the SF Jazz Spring Season and instead played in Berkeley for some reason, so I don't know how the group was last year. This year the standouts were long-time members Renee Rosnes on piano, Eric Harland who is a monster on drums, and Dave Douglas on trumpet. Lovano was oddly and uncharacteristically subdued on tenor and Miguel Zenon is just not my favorite on alto. The Tyner tunes were all good, but Peresina and Four By Five were great. The original pieces by Rosnes, Harland and bassist Matt Penman were really nice, with Penman's Yup, We Did written on 11/05/08 was really nice. Overall a good but not great night that was not up to snuff for the Collective. It was their last night of a month-long tour, and although all of them kept saying they love each other and wanted to play more gigs they also seemed tired.

Pearl Jam -- Ten (Legacy Edition)

VPI Super Platter

^^^Creepy Lindsay Buckingham alert!^^^ SF Jazz Collective -- 2005

All yours? Such a tease!

We never liked her anyway, Reks. She's not right for you.

So, was this your first meet, Stretch? Sounds like it, or at least first big meet. Fun stuff, huh?

Awesome. I wonder if anyone has bailed on theirs...

What has happened to Justin? He doesn't deliver the goods to his customers but he sends a finalized unit to Nate so he can pimp it at the NYC meet! He oughta be ashamed! Psst, Nate, how does it sound? Hope you're having fun with Vicki's amp!

The word "discrete" does not appear in any of the marketing copy I have seen (and I just checked TTVJ, AudioCubes, and On A Higher Note, which is the importer).

Why is the use of opamps in that role a bad thing?

I'm pretty sure he's never heard one so his "fail" comment is based solely on design assumptions and technical "specs" and not on sound. That is a fail in my book.

Color me curious.

Fast worker!

A theme?

Thanks all! Depends on when you can get to town.

Have a fantastic day my robot brother! Celebrate or exterminate!

I sure hope those tweaks to JP's Stacker II happen quickly because I want to hear this damn thing!

The Decemberists -- Hazards of Love Maybe this will be my first really hi-rez needledrop when that gets going.

Todd said that he got Steven's amp back and one of the screws securing the RCA jacks was over-torqued. Once he loosened it, there was no problem and the cables went in and out just fine. He also said he could not hear any hiss or hum on the unit, which he has been using in his system, which I assume still has the Meridian 808.

My P-1 came with two power cords and two manuals as well.

I don't have iTunes at work to get the free download, but how is it? My wife was digging it. Bebo & Chucho Valdes -- Juntos Para Siempre

What a douche he is.

The Duet probably is good enough but it tops out at 96kHz and the 192kHz needledrop idea seems quite interesting. I know JP has recorded ours at 96 but I have heard them to compare with the 16/44 versions.

I know someone on HF said that was true but have you confirmed it?