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 Melody Gardot's new album. Not as good as "My One and Only Thrill" or "Live in Paris", but still a very pleasant album for opening a bottle of wine and sliding into the weekend...
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Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
via Qobuz  I don't know how many dozens of times I have listened in the 70s and 80s to Joe Jackson, but it was very often. Especially his debut album was very fresh, and err.. sharp!  It's a pity that the sound is mediocre. And that's a euphemism. A brilliant, accomplished debut, Look Sharp! established Joe Jackson as part of that camp of angry, intelligent young new wavers (i.e., Elvis Costello, Graham Parker) who approached pop music with the sardonic attitude and tense, aggressive energy of punk. Not as indebted to pub rock as Parker and Costello, and much more lyrically straightforward than the latter, Jackson delivers a set of bristling, insanely catchy pop songs that seethe with energy and frustration. Several deal with the lack of thoughtful reflection in everyday life ("Sunday Papers," "Got the Time"), but many more concern the injuries and follies of romance. In the caustic yet charming witticisms of songs like the hit "Is She Really Going Out With Him?," "Happy Loving Couples," "Fools in Love," and "Pretty Girls," Jackson presents himself on the one hand as a man of integrity seeking genuine depth in love (and elsewhere), but leavens his stance with a wry, self-effacing humor, revealing his own vulnerability to loneliness and to purely physical attraction. Look Sharp! is the sound of a young man searching for substance in a superficial world -- and it also happens to rock like hell. © Steve Huey /TiVo
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No audiophile can ever really ignore the importance of bass. TT-Revox B791, A/V Receiver-Yamaha Aventage 2010, Blu-Ray- Sony 1000 Universal Player, Amplifier-Cinepro 3K6E Mkii, Fronts- Mirage M3si, Rear-Mirage OM-9, 5 other Mirage surrounds. Subwoofer- Stereo Integrity HST-18 inch w/ 85lb. magnet, 4 1/2 inches of travel.
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No audiophile can ever really ignore the importance of bass. TT-Revox B791, A/V Receiver-Yamaha Aventage 2010, Blu-Ray- Sony 1000 Universal Player, Amplifier-Cinepro 3K6E Mkii, Fronts- Mirage M3si, Rear-Mirage OM-9, 5 other Mirage surrounds. Subwoofer- Stereo Integrity HST-18 inch w/ 85lb. magnet, 4 1/2 inches of travel.
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No audiophile can ever really ignore the importance of bass. TT-Revox B791, A/V Receiver-Yamaha Aventage 2010, Blu-Ray- Sony 1000 Universal Player, Amplifier-Cinepro 3K6E Mkii, Fronts- Mirage M3si, Rear-Mirage OM-9, 5 other Mirage surrounds. Subwoofer- Stereo Integrity HST-18 inch w/ 85lb. magnet, 4 1/2 inches of travel.
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:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-10499555-1498708425-8993.jpeg.jpg) 45 RPM 2 LP set
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New release from Sound Liaison.
Space Master Silence. Bought it in 176Khz PCM. Really interesting! https://www.soundliaison.com/index.p...emastersilence 
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Plinius Hautonga amp, Monitor Audio PL200II speakers, CA 851N streamer, Pioneer PL15 
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