simonmoon
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| Best Classical Labels for Sound Back in the 70's, Nonesuch released a series of recordings called, "Spectrum: New American Music", specifically to highlight classical music of the time. There were recordings by: Elliott Carter, Stephan Wolpe, Charles Wuorinen, Donald Martino, ... | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound I'll preface this with stating, that I tend to listen almost exclusively to post WWII music, up through the present era, so my recommendations will be from labels that record and release such music. BIS is consistently good. Reference Recor... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Will be totally unknown here, but I saw the progressive band, Corima, at 2020 Arts here in LA on 2/27. This is a band influenced by the French band, Magma. Which is the more avant-garde side of prog. They haven't played together in 5-ish years,... | |
| The "young people' music thread - Artists younger than 40 years old I’m an old guy, but I love loads of musicians younger than 40. As long as music meets the criteria I love, almost nothing else matters to me. That criteria being (no particular order): very high levels of musicianship, musical complexity, deep a... | |
| This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity? PS there are a few ss amps that cater to the low power market, but most systems fit into the above 2 categories. I'll also add that there is another emerging category--the high power tube amp aimed at the 90dB sensitiveity speakers. While not b... | |
| Do you listen to your music with your eyes open or closed or a combination of both? Usually opened, in a slightly darkened room. For me, nothing really changes as far as imaging and soundstage, whether my eyes are opened or not. Also, my ability to become fully engaged in the music does not change. | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? In 2000, at the House of Blues on Sunset Blvd, I saw Porcupine Tree open for the French band, Magma. As much as I love P-Tree, they couldn't hold a candle to Magma. Magma was so intense, the musicianship was at such an extreme level, the way th... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? I saw the amazing prog band, Renaissance, open for an even more amazing prog band, Gentle Giant at the Shrine Auditorium here in LA. This was in 1976. Annie Haslam’s 5 octave voice, with near perfect intonation, power and emotion, was always an a... | |
| Spiritual/soul jazz from early 70s and later. I love to see some recent entries in the spiritual jazz subgenre mentioned above! Muriel Grossmann, and Kamasi Washington are great modern successors. For more contemporary spiritual jazz, also check out: Nat Birchall Shabaka and the Ancestors... | |
| Did you ever hear of Karl Jenkins? Love his jazz-rock work with Soft Machine, and Nucleus. He also did some work with Mike Oldfield that I like. Don't like his classical music at all. It is way too tonal, and influenced by pre 20th century classical music for my tastes. My tas... | |
| What speaker has the best tweeter? I have never heard anything better than a plasma tweeter. It’s hard to beat a speaker diaphragm that has no mass. Lansche Audio uses them to great effect, as does Acapella Audio Arts in the horns. My current speakers use an Aurum Cantus AST2560... | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. My just recently completed Curt Campbell and Jim Holtz designed, "Bordeaux" speakers sound better in all ways with no tow in. The in room response is flatter, and they image and create a huge soundstage best with no tow in. There are ac... | |
| Axiom to remember @rvpiano It’s not how the music shows off your sound system, but how your system shows off the music. I see a couple of problems with this "axiom". First of all, the 2 ways of listening to one’s system are not mutually exclusive. For ... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. As a long time builder of high end DIY speakers, using high quality parts, good engineering practices, and hours of listening with a panel of several people to "voice them". I can state pretty confidently, that the modifications and upgrades Dann... | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. I can't immediately which ones, but there are speakers on the market with rising high frequencies, that are too bright when toed in, but sound great when toed out. The slight loss of high frequencies due to horizontal off axis response, compensa... |