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Reviewer's Bio
Jules L. Coleman
Jules Coleman was born in Brooklyn, New York, received his B.A. from Brooklyn College, his Ph.D in Philosophy from Rockefeller University, and his M.S.L. from Yale Law School where he has taught since 1985. He is the Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of Philosophy. He is also academic advisor to the President and Provost of New York University.
Jules' early interests were in sports and comedy. His father was a minor league baseball player who died of a rare form of cancer. Jules became a pitcher who unfortunately to his father's chagrin peaked as a little leaguer. His great uncle was Henny Youngman. Jules realized early on that he couldn't make it as a professional in either capacity — something that Woody Allen took special pains to impress upon him — and so turned his attention to rock and roll. He has not looked back since.
Unfortunately, the world looked less kindly on his playing and he soon found himself pursuing an academic career. His love of music led to an interest in high end audio which has lasted for the past 30 years and has sustained him through the usual twists and turns of a professional career in the academy. His greatest pleasure in academic life comes from co-authoring an essay on law and literature with his son, Jesse, who is himself pursuing a PhD in English Literature.
Jules has not given up on the guitar though others, including his wife Mimsie, wish he had. He continues to play the blues with considerably more enthusiasm than talent. Even if he doesn't play blues at a professional level, he has managed to pick up a few choice electric guitars, thanks largely to his childhood friend, Matt Umanov (who determines the quality of a guitar by balancing it on his head — something that still seems to work even as he loses his hair). Jules's current favorites include a 1972 Fender Thinline, a 1967 Gibson 330 and a 1960 Strat. He has his eyes of a 1952 Telecaster — as does his son and chief beneficiary of these purchases, Jeremy, who along with his sister, Laura, anchor New York's 'Murder Mystery.' Jeremy and Laura both sing. Jeremy handles the guitars and Laura the drums: that's Jeremy on the left! and Laura in the middle. The bass player Adam has had his hand removed once the protective father noticed it on his daughter's leg. Adam is currently having difficulty playing in time. In addition to finishing college at NYU and pounding out the beat for Murder Mystery, Laura is a professional tap dancer with the Peggy Spina troupe in New York City.
At Enjoy the Music.com™ Jules will report on exotic high end gear and write pop music and blues record reviews. He favors tubes and turntables. The audio reviewer who has had the greatest influence on him is Jean Hiraga. His dream is to own a system built around either big Klangfilm speakers or the famous Western Electric speaker. Until then, he is living very happily with two reference systems: one in New York and the other in Connecticut, which houses his main system.
It consists in the Shindo-Garrard 301 TT with Shindo arm and modified SPU Classic; a Revox 226S CD player; Shindo Catherine preamplifier; Shindo WE 300B Ltd. monoblock amplifier; DeVore Silverback Reference Loudspeakers; two Harmonic Resolutions System M1-R equipment racks; Mr. T power conditioner; Stealth Indra interconnects and Auditorium 23 speaker cable.
The New York system is currently a Revox 226S CD player; Well Tempered TT (not yet set up) with Shiraz cartridge; Shindo Monbrison preamplifier, Montille amplifier; SoloVox open baffle speakers; Audience Au24 and Stealth Indra interconnect, Auditorium 23 speaker cable.
Jules owns back-up gear including Cr Development Artemis monoblock amps, Aronov LS 9000 preamplifier, three pairs of Tannoy loudspeakers in different cabinets: one housing 10" Gold Monitors, another 10" Reds, and a third 15" Golds. Various and sundry interconnects, cables and resonance control and tuning devices.
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