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Whats playing on your system today?
Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson "Cherry"   
RIP David Lindley
He could play anything with strings… an incredible talent who will be sorely missed.  
Why Are We Breaking Our Brains?
If you are using the wine analogy, you should read up on The Judgment of Paris tasting in 1976. [T]he greatest underdog tale in wine history was about to unfold. Californian wines scored big with the judges and won in both the red and white cate... 
Tube rolling newbie- how to choose NOS tubes
+1 Brent Jesse  
What to listen for?
I often listen to jazz while working; I can't have lyrics playing when I am working on very technical stuff. I remember working while I had a live album on, recorded in a small club (I wish I remember which one). But at one point, I got annoyed at... 
Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000
My path so far has been from the built-in DAC in the Bluesound Node 2i, to the Schiit Modi Multibit, and now to the Denafrips Pontus II, which is in the price range you specified. I am sure I will get the itch to upgrade at some point, but right n... 
Worth upgrading my cables?
In order of importance for my system: speaker placement (free and uber-important) speaker isolation (own and like IsoAcoustics Gaia) speaker cables (own and like Morrow Audio)    
Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined?
@russ69 This is the last one; after this, ChatGPT will probably revoke my charter... Question: Write a review of the Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 speakers, in the style of John Blutarsky. ChatGPT's answer: Man, these Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 spea... 
Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined?
@gordon  As you expected, ChatGPT is pure prose-poetry: Question: Write a review of the Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 speakers, in the style of Charles Bukowski. ChatGPT’s answer: Listen, these Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 speakers, they ain’t for the... 
Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined?
@jasonbourne52 Yes, these are real ChatGPT outputs, even the style of JA. Maybe the writers can retire? Here’s your other one: Question: Write a review of the Tech Das Air Force 1 turntable, in the style of Michael Fremer. ChatGPT’s answer: The ... 
Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined?
I couldn’t resist one somewhat more realistic test (this could get addictive): Question: Write a review of the Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 speakers, in the style of John Atkinson. ChatGPT’s answer: The Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 speakers are a tr... 
Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined?
@srinisr ChatGPT has only been trained up to the year 2019, so I asked for a review of an older speaker, slightly tongue in cheek: My question: Write a review of the Bowers and Wilkins 801 D3 speakers, in the style of a carnival barker. ChatGP... 
David Crosby R.I.P.
Saw CSN at high and low points, and remember especially a ~2010-ish show (well post-transplant, as well as post SS vocal decline) at the Fillmore, where the band was super-tight and Crosby sounded like a 30-year old again...   RIP, David...  
Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice?
+1 for bigtwin Leonard Cohen  
Heist/ crime songs
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody