HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SYSTEM IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS
I am serious. I work VERY hard to have the best system I can. I have made many upgrades and am more than happy with my equipment. I stream 100% of the time, mostly form Qobuz. My digital front end is highly optimized. But when I want my system to sound AMAZING?
I play Mark Knopfler or my favorite Dire Straits. Seriously. It is recorded so exceptionally well, and seems to have harmonics which just please the ear and soul. I often think it sounds a bit 'tube like', as my system is all solid state. There are just no offending sounds, and never sibilance. I could list songs, but it would be easier to just list the one not to play ('Money for Nothing').
fastfreight,
So agree w u on Dire Straits. I “discovered” them in the late 90’s thx to Absolute Sound. I use the later tracks on Brothers In Arms for my evaluations. Also, Famous Blue Raincoat by Jennifer Warnes. I consider Knopfler a bit of a mixture of Santana and Clapton. Love the riffs he puts in. My system is made up of an ARC SP-9 MkIII, Leach mono SuperAmps, Genesis IM-8300 speakers, NAD CD, SOTA Sapphire w ET-2 tone arm and Sumiko Celebration Pearwood. |
@dwcda yep, in fact, i was just talking like Knopfler and Cash in the shower a half hour ago (no aptitude required). Here are some bros who can actually sing. The recordings may not be "audiophile" enough for the gon crew, but, nevertheless, it is the voices of these type of bros that the lasses fall for. Lasses are not attracted to talkers (unless they get rich). Poppy Bros George Michael - Father Figure Michael Bolton - Said i loved you but i lied
Rocky Bros Geoff Tate (Queensryche) - Silent Lucidity Geoff Tate (Queensryche) - Della Brown David Coverdale (Whitesnake) - Is this love David Coverdale - Sailing Ships Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) - Tears of a Dragon etc, etc, etc
and my personal favorite bro, of course (might be a very complicated voice for some of y’all)
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