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| Pictures at an Exhibition If you’d like to hear a sonically spectacular version, Jean Guillou transcribed it for organ and it was recorded on the Dorian label. It will give your subs a workout. I love it. +1. "Gnomus" will tell you just how far your sub(s) REALLY go. 😉 | |
| I won the stressless lottery Does it get any better than two fingers of The Macallan 25, a Fuente Eye Of The Shark, and a Stressless to enjoy them in.......? Except maybe a pound of coke and a 500-pound Thai hooker? I think not. | |
| Question about suitable fuse metals The only fuse experimentations I've ever done are: When having to replace a fuse in my old (modded) Hafler DH220, I replaced the glass fuses with ceramic ones. Not audiophile fuses, just different material. I did, in fact, detect a slight dif... | |
| Music that has a hold of me beyond understanding I feel this way about J.S. Bach. | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? Can you recommend one for about $200 Plus calibration which I view as essential. Sorry for the delayed reply. I hope you see this, emergingsoul. I currently use a TSI/Quest Sound Examiner SE-402IS. I have a Quest QC-10 calibrator for it. My... | |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Lots of people like the music of Mozart, yet Glenn Gould famously did not. J.S. Bach spoiled him for just about all other composers.😉 For I as well. Me, too. I've long told this story about J.S. Bach: When the Voyager spacecraft was launched ... | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? Industrial hygienist here, very versed in the OSHA standards. 1. For a phone app, try the NIOSH app. Clearly not as good as a top shelf sound meter, but one we use if we don't have our "good" equipment with us just to screen sound levels. Phon... | |
| Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Ruins the Song ‘Money’! Russia was provoked by NATO influence. Nonsense. That may be part of Putin's official excuse, but he's an imperialist who compares himself to Peter the Great. His true aim is to re-claim what he views as "Russian lands" and re-draw the Russia... | |
| Air conditioning for audiophiles. What about a portable, stand-up type that is windowless? They simply exhaust through a window. With this type of unit you can use it elsewhere if needed. Like, say, a bedroom. | |
| Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome? WAF??? WTF! Agreed. I was going to reply that WAF can certainly be overcome - with the right "W". Then I read lemonhaze's comment and decided there was no need because......super. 😉 | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions Gene Harris Quartet (anything) Kenny Baron Woody Shaw Frank Morgan ("Mood Indigo" is quite good) Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto (anything) If you want to get more Metheny-esque, there's always the "world fusion ensemble" Shadowfax, You might find m... | |
| Ultimate test of bass - Lana del Rey's A&W Try Jean Victor Arthur Guillou's pipe organ arrangement of "Gnomus" from Mussorgsky’s "Pictures At An Exhibition" if you want to test out the bass on your system. | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? For a good spatial example, "Kind Of Blue" exhibits excellent soundstage depth (and width). It's very easy to pick out the instruments' three dimensional placements. | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? Kevin Godley/Lol Creme's "Consequences". Love/hate. | |
| Subwoofer Choice +1 for looking at Rythmik. Several years ago I went with the servo-controlled, sealed F12G with the paper driver for the speed/musicality components listed above. It marries seamlessly with my Magnepan MMGs when dialed in properly. I think anyo... |