This one is close to home for a JT Member, Marla Kleman. Rebecca Parris, Jazz Singer, Is Dead at 66 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/06/23/obituaries/23PARRIS-OBIT/merlin_20856181_8361f1df-2ae4-4c15-9d1c-3462d86c04fb-jumbo.jpg Rebecca Parris performing in 2007 at Birdland in New York with the b...

A Special Story: One of the most wonderful and amazing features of my latest Grado purchase was a recent phone call. I wanted to tell the Grado story (Lab Series arm & cartridge) which began with me when I was a teenager in high school in Anchorage. I dialed the Grado number and heard a male hu...

I also have 2 earlier Grado headphones (SR60 & SR80)), but my latest purchase is for one of their flagship models, and one I've lusted for for decades ... their Reference Series RS2e. Man, was I right! they weren't inexpensive, but a friend just bought a pair of OPPOs (n...

To answer the thread question ... Yes . As a young boy, I thought it was a negative concept. I thought it meant you were spoiled financially. Now I know that's erroneous. I embraced the concept of becoming an Audiophile by the age of 13, when I added a reel-to-reel tape deck along with my 1st s...

Even after she's gone, so to speak, Valerie Bishop continues to remind us why she meant so much to us. Her passion and involvement were clearly of benefit to the artists and everyone they "touched" with their soul.

Thank you, Valerie.

Happy Birthday ... http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/02/07/article-2553948-01EE08DE0000044D-2_634x463.jpg Dee Dee Bridgewater May 27, 1950 http://media.chicagomag.com//images/2010/0110/C0110_Chicagoans_Ramsey_Lewis.jpg?ver=1263843305 Ramsey Lewis May 27, 1935 https://ollilaasanen.files.wordpress....

Here is some very current news: Yesterday, I was able to fully leave our house and enjoy sitting in our front yard for the 1st time in over 5 months. My oxygen needs and overall pulmonary health had become too much to deal with over this time frame. Finally, my O2 saturation, strength and balance w...

Happy Birthday ... https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQECzEas-88EyXSy-ytHV2YJK_Bf8nxOE4j-bfdHJnqzyTX60sm6Q https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAcVi9pizFlS-agwiza1ZdKmJj8gSyu6FazfekP_TUKHVb3mkD7w http://img.src.ca/2016/03/29/635x357/160329_i4601_histo_miles_davi...