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| Name the most recent album that has shaped your musical world Riverside, any of their albums. Polish rock band out of this world. | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes Caravan- in the land of grey and pinkRobert Wyatt- Rock bottomMagma- self titledMcDonald and Giles- self titledKevin Ayers- WhatevershebringswesingCream- Disraely gearsEdgar Broughton band- self titledPete Brown and Piblokto- Thousand on a raftLov... | |
| Transparent cables Recalibration prices out of this world This is why so many music lovers are turned off by the audiophile world. So many ways to take advantage of them! | |
| phono preamp < $500 Double down on Puffin, may be perfect for your application. | |
| Analog vs digital? It's like saying who cares about books, I can read them all online with e books. Doing away with book cases, how great is that!An empty house with just a few electronics around. Count me out of that future. Long live vinyl! | |
| What should be my next speaker - the never ending question Ascend acoustic Sierra towers with raal ribbons and dual Rythmick F12 subs. Match made in heaven for under $ 5,000. | |
| Analog vs digital? Once you take the time to appreciate the look and feel of a vinyl sleeve with the large pics and album info, you can't go digital. Music on any medium is more than just sound. Analog on vinyl is the full package. CDs are half way ok, count me out ... | |
| Floor standing or Large bookshelf recommendations - 2.0 channel setup Why so few people know about Ascend Acoustics speakers is kind of sad. They do not advertise but you would be sadly missing out in not researching their products. Their Sierra towers out perform speakers at twice their price. Prices are set up to... | |
| Your favorite 'concept' album Almost forgot the one regarded as the first concept album until I spinned it earlier.Pretty ThingsS.F. Sorrows (1968)Still sounds great today! | |
| Your favorite 'concept' album Amused to death is a recording technology marvel. Nobody makes sound come way outside of the speakers location better than Roger.However overall Zappa has better sound imaging throughout the entire spectrum. Dire Straits and Supertramp are not bad... | |
| Your favorite 'concept' album Ocean by Eloy.The Alchemist by Home.History of Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg.Also Joe's garage and Babbacombe Lee listed above are pretty awesome audiophile quality recordings. | |
| Amazon Ships Records in Plastic Now Amazon for vinyl is the last place I would shop. True about poor packaging plus they ship those records with the resealable sleeve covers as new but often have numerous scratches from having been used. | |
| Keith Jarrett on the importance of audio sound quality Thanks for sharing. Great read. Glad to see attempting to reach audio nirvana isn't any simpler for Jarrett than any of us. | |
| Best room treatment Bottom line I ended up with different brands, and they all work together just as well as a single brand. And that way you get more and maybe better options. | |
| Best room treatment From my own experience, I started out with GIK. Some of their recommendations were spot on, like bass traps in each corner but I opted for the limiter versions (doesn't absorb anything over 500 hz) which I don't regret at all. However their recomm... |