stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| 2025 Audio System Wish List Time! I’ve been using the onboard dac in my Hegel H390 after discovering my Aqua LaVoce was introducing fatigue. The Hegel’s AKM based dac sounds pretty good but I lost both detail and bass reach/definition in the process and would like to find a dac th... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw Clearly! | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato I like Beato but he's living in a bubble. There are excellent lyrics being written today. He focuses strictly on the most commercial, corporate music because, apparently, he has no interest in learning about what else is available. As a fellow ba... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw Well, like I said -- just my opinion. I'm no authority and it's not as if these categories have perfectly clear-cut boundaries ! | |
| Top 10 Live Albums @bassbuyer I don't know whether "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" or "Leon Live" have been mentioned, either... | |
| Experiences Selling Stuff On Audiogon? I've had no problems selling or buying with Audiogon or USAM. The latter is less complicated. I've had only positive experiences with TMR. | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw To my ears, at least, Timbuk 3 sound too far removed from Roots styles to be called Americana. Another example: the Stones clearly display Country and Blues influences but still, I wouldn’t call them Americana. Iron and Wine brings up th... | |
| Top 10 Live Albums @moto_man Wow -- lucky you! | |
| Puritan PSM156 recommendation @skads_187 FYI, this topic that has come up many times. I suggest you use the search feature. You will discover other, longer threads that compare various brands/models of power conditioners. | |
| Merry Christmas One and All Thanks, @bigtwin , Wishing you and everyone here the same! | |
| Jazz for aficionados @fastfreight Ah. OK. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Accessing music via streaming does look to be more affordable But the overwhelming impression I’ve gathered from perusing numerous threads over a good many years, is that achieving good sound ... | |
| Top 10 Live Albums @moto_man FYI, here's a video performance of one of the tunes from that first Shakti album, from the same era, this one live at Montreux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnW2g6qbbrA | |
| Jazz for aficionados @fastfreight I keep a pdf of my many many favorites and playlists, so I can reconstruct (or even purchase) this music if all goes to hell. That could be pretty expensive!. Are you aware of the cost of CDs at present? I’ve been shelling out... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @jafant Merry Christmas, JA! | |
| The need for variety and endless search for new details @mashif Another perspective is that "variety" = "novelty" and it applies to music and gear Yes; This is exactly what I was referring to. I guess it's a matter of finding a balance. I do continue to search out and discover new music I like, w... |