Final Friday Listen
December 2024
Join us Friday December 27th from 6 - 8 PM for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of Allen Toussaint. Playing 2013 release Songbook from Rounder Records CD on the dCS Varèse reference digital system.
Songbook will be presented thru the brand new dCS Varèse feeding the Gryphon Diablo 333 integrated amplifier into a pair of Dynaudio Confidence 30 loudspeakers with Transparent cabling.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Ambrosian Pantry and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
Crescendo Fine Audio
6760 W 38th Ave
Wheat Ridge, Co. 80033
(303)444.4428
Past Events
November 2024
Friday November 29th from 6 - 8 PM for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of Ween. Spinning 2003 release Quebec from Sanctuary records.
Quebec will be spun on a Brinkmann Taurus turntable w/ a Hana Umami Red MC cartridge through an Audio Research Ref Phono 3SE preamp, Gryphon Essence preamp/amp combo and Wilson WATT/Puppy loudspeakers. Needle drop at 6:15.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Ambrosian Pantry and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
October 2024
Friday October 25th from 6 - 8 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of Low. Spinning 2021 release Hey What from Sub Pop records.
Hey What will be spun on a SME model 6 classic turntable w/ a Hana Umami Red powered by Gryphon Audio Essence pre-amp and Essence amplifier feeding a pair of Wilson Audio WATT/Puppy loudspeakers. Needle drop around 6:15.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Ambrosian Pantry and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
September 2024
Friday September 27th from 6 - 8 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of David Bowie. Spinning Hunky Dory ‘97 reissue from EMI.
Hunky Dory will be spun on a SME model 6 classic turntable w/ a Hana Umami Red powered by Octave V80SE integrated amp fed in to a pair of Dynaudio Contour Legacy loudspeakers. Needle drop around 6:15.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Ambrosian Pantry and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
August 2024
Friday August 30th from 6 - 8 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of David Byrne. Spinning Grown Backwards from Nonsuch Records.
Grown Backwards will be spun on a Luxman PD-151mkii turntable w/ a Hana Umami Blue powered by Gryphon Diablo 333 integrated amp fed in to a pair of Dynaudio Confidence 30 reference loudspeakers. Needle drop around 6:15.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Ambrosian Pantry and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
July 2024
Friday July 26th from 6 - 7 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of Gene Harris. Spinning Astral Signal (1974) from Blue Note Records.
Astral Signal will be spun on a Luxman PD-151mkii turntable w/ a Hana Umami Blue and powered through an Audio Research Ref 6 SE preamp feeding a pair of D’Agostino M400 MxV amplifiers into Wilson Audio WATT/Puppy loudspeakers.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Ambrosian Pantry and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
June 2024
Friday June 28th from 6 - 8 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of Tiera Whack. Spinning Whack World (2018) and World Wide Whack (2024) from Interscope records.
Whack World (2018) and World Wide Whack (2024) from Interscope will be spun on a Luxman PD-151mkii turntable w/ a Hana Umami Blue and powered through an Audio Research Ref 6 SE preamp feeding a Luxman M-10X amplifier into Wilson Audio WATT/Puppy loudspeakers.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Get Right Bakery and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
May 2024
Friday May 31st from 6 - 8 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of The Wood Brothers Loaded (2008) from Blue Note records and Live vol 1: Sky High and Live vol 2: Nail & Tooth(2012) from Southern Ground records.
The American roots trio includes Boulder born Chris and Oliver Wood as well percussionist Jano Rix. Chris Wood is the upright bassist and the W in the famous jazz fusion trio MMW (Medeski Martin Wood) based out of NYC. Oliver Wood founded a blues band called King Johnson out of Atlanta. The brothers re-united many years later to form the duo (eventually trio) and released their debut album Ways Not to Lose in 2006.
The albums will be featured through a Rega Planar 6 turntable equipped with an Ortofon 2mr Blue cartridge. System will be powered by a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum Dark tube integrated amp feeding a pair of Wilson Audio Tune Tot loudspeakers with Shunyata Alpha v2 NR cabling.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Get Right Bakery and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
April 2024
Friday April 26th from 6 - 8 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of James Carroll Booker III Classified (1982) and New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! (1983) from Rounder Records.
The albums will be featured through a Luxman PD-151 mkii turntable equipped with a Hana Umami Blue cartridge. System will be powered by an Octave V70 class A tube integrated amp feeding a pair of Wilson Audio Sabrina X loudspeakers with Transparent Super cabling and power conditioning.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Get Right Bakery and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
March 2024
Friday March 29th from 6 - 8 PM at Crescendo for a Final Friday Listen session featuring the music of Eugene McDaniels - Outlaw (1970) and Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse (1971) original Atlantic pressings. Outlaw needle drop at 6:15 and Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse at 7:00.
The album will be featured through an SME Model 15 turntable w/ S309 arm equipped with an Ortofon Quintet Bronze cartridge. System will be powered by a Chord Electronics Symphonic phono preamp, Audio Research Ref 6SE line stage preamp and Ref 160 stereo amplifier feeding a pair of Dynaudio Confidence 30 loudspeakers with Transparent Audio Reference cabling.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages from Get Right Bakery and Pizzeria Leopold will be served.
February 2024
Friday Feb 23rd from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Crescendo for an exploration of krautrock featuring Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972) original pressing.
We will feature the album through a Brinkmann Bardo turntable equipped with an Mutech Hyabusa cartridge. System will be powered by an Audio Research Ref 6SE preamp and Ref 160 stereo amplifier feeding a pair of Wilson Audio Sasha V loudspeakers. The source will be an original 1972 UK United Artist Records pressing.
RSVP is requested but not required. Complimentary food and beverages served.
January 2024
Friday January 26th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Crescendo Fine Audio for a Final Friday Listening session featuring The Smile’s - Wall of Eyes.
The Smile is a power trio featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood plus Sons of Kemet's Tom Skinner. The bands debut album A Light for Attracting Attention and subsequent concerts at The Mission Ballroom were fantastic. We anticipate their follow-up album Wall of Eyes to be equally exciting.
Crescendo will feature the album through an SME Model 6 Classic turntable equipped with a Hana ML MC cartridge. System will be powered by a Luxman L-590Z integrated amp feeding a pair Wilson Audio Sasha V loudspeakers.
Complimentary refreshments from Get Right’s bakery will be served. A limited number vinyl LP’s of The Smile - Wall of Eyes will be available for purchase for $25.