Post by foveaux on Jan 8, 2020 22:09:25 GMT 12
www.stereophile.com/content/bill-frisell-new-ideas-old-songs
Interview includes info on his own audio system and comment on vinyl and CD.
I enjoyed his retrospective comments on CD: "Oh man, we've been screwed. How did that happen?" and "Wow." I realized we'd really been had."
"Micallef: What's in your hi-fi?
Frisell: It's better than it used to be. Before, I had stuff from Goodwill. Now I have a decent separate amplifier, a Hafler Trans-Nova P3000 power amp that a friend in Boulder recommended, and a Hafler DH-110 preamplifier. I have a Yamaha KX-W202U cassette player and a Denon CDR-W1500 CD player. And I got really good speakers, a pair of ProAc Studio 100s. They're ones that we've always used for mixing for many years. They're small, but I've mixed all my records on those. And then I recently got a functioning Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct Drive turntable. This new record is coming out on vinyl.
Micallef: Do you prefer vinyl or CD?
Frisell: I remember when CD was new. I was with Paul Motian in Paris and we went to this store and they played us a CD and I thought, "Wow, this is incredible. There's no noise." Within a couple years, it was all CDs. I totally went for it. Then 10 years ago, I had this Deutsche Grammophon record of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale. I hadn't listened to a record in so long. I played this Stravinsky record almost as an afterthought. And immediately I was like, "Oh man, we've been screwed. How did that happen? Why does this record sound so good?" The sound of the vinyl sort of enveloped me. It sounded so much better. And even though it was scratched, I was like, "Wow." I realized we'd really been had.
The reality is I still miss the way we used to play records. I'm talking about 40–50 years ago when I used to sit around with my friends, and we'd put on a record and it was an event. We'd all gather around the stereo, put on the new Miles Davis record, and just flip out. It was special. It was a sacred time focused entirely on one side of the record, then we'd turn it over and do it again. These days for me to be able to have enough time to sit there and listen, it doesn't happen as often as it used to. I miss that."
Interview includes info on his own audio system and comment on vinyl and CD.
I enjoyed his retrospective comments on CD: "Oh man, we've been screwed. How did that happen?" and "Wow." I realized we'd really been had."
"Micallef: What's in your hi-fi?
Frisell: It's better than it used to be. Before, I had stuff from Goodwill. Now I have a decent separate amplifier, a Hafler Trans-Nova P3000 power amp that a friend in Boulder recommended, and a Hafler DH-110 preamplifier. I have a Yamaha KX-W202U cassette player and a Denon CDR-W1500 CD player. And I got really good speakers, a pair of ProAc Studio 100s. They're ones that we've always used for mixing for many years. They're small, but I've mixed all my records on those. And then I recently got a functioning Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct Drive turntable. This new record is coming out on vinyl.
Micallef: Do you prefer vinyl or CD?
Frisell: I remember when CD was new. I was with Paul Motian in Paris and we went to this store and they played us a CD and I thought, "Wow, this is incredible. There's no noise." Within a couple years, it was all CDs. I totally went for it. Then 10 years ago, I had this Deutsche Grammophon record of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale. I hadn't listened to a record in so long. I played this Stravinsky record almost as an afterthought. And immediately I was like, "Oh man, we've been screwed. How did that happen? Why does this record sound so good?" The sound of the vinyl sort of enveloped me. It sounded so much better. And even though it was scratched, I was like, "Wow." I realized we'd really been had.
The reality is I still miss the way we used to play records. I'm talking about 40–50 years ago when I used to sit around with my friends, and we'd put on a record and it was an event. We'd all gather around the stereo, put on the new Miles Davis record, and just flip out. It was special. It was a sacred time focused entirely on one side of the record, then we'd turn it over and do it again. These days for me to be able to have enough time to sit there and listen, it doesn't happen as often as it used to. I miss that."
"I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]
