stuartk
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| Sad News-- Nancy Griffith Has Passed "Our kinda artist, ay Stuart?---Eric"Most definitely! | |
| Sad News-- Nancy Griffith Has Passed Since someone is bound to correct me-- it's actually "Nanci". | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? This appears to be one of those divisive issues that cannot be resolved.Some of us prefer streaming and some of us prefer physical media. Why not just leave it at that? Arguing is not likely to change many minds. Frankly, the value of such thread... | |
| How many dealers do you use? @ronboco:I hear what you're saying but I regard "Listen Up" fondly. When I wanted to purchase a SimAudio transport and the closest N. CA dealer refused to provide an in-home trial, I called "Listen Up" and they agreed to ship me one. End results: ... | |
| How many dealers do you use? @oldaudiophile:"The more time I spend on forums like this, the more it amazes me how many audiophiles, apparently, make major moves or changes to their sound systems so frequently."Yes, and these same folks will insist to their graves that it's "a... | |
| Sonics? All Things Must Pass -50th Anniversary From the Fremer review: "The top end is incredibly dull. There’s no sparkle or air. Horns are dull, transients are dull, there is mid-bass bloat that casts a thick warmth over everything. You have to crank it way up to restore any life whatsoever ... | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? "But the problem I see is that, because everything is at hand, your listening changes too and you just jump around rather than listening to a CD/LP that often the artist put a ton of time into to create a musical arc. It’s instant gratification... | |
| Sonics? All Things Must Pass -50th Anniversary "The vocals are dry, and the album sounds smaller due to an attempt at 'de-Spectorization'." Interesting, given that Dhani said "de-spectorization" was not his intent. | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @oldaudiophile:Yes-- I'm quite pleased with the results. I have no plans to ever upgrade any of my components except possibly the speakers-- but that will be simply to move to the current model. I agree that it would be wonderful to have places wh... | |
| Is today’s contemporary music lacking? @artemus5: "Most of them are story tellers which goes well in some genre but is mostly wasted in R&R. A case in point is Led Zeppelin". There are plenty of R&R vocalists whose lyrics can be easily understood, and there are R&R v... | |
| Power cord choice? @rsjm80:You will get many, many responses but you will never know what's right for you and your system until you actually demo some cables. Use YOUR own ears! There are cable manufacturers that sell direct with risk-free home trials. Another opt... | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well "All competently-designed DACs will sound alike"".DACS come in many sonic flavors. . . some may not hear the differences,though. | |
| Is today’s contemporary music lacking? Is today's music lacking?Depends on your personal taste and your sources for music.I've viewed/read a good many interviews where songwriters point out the difficulty of coming up something that sounds fresh, at this point in history. This suggests... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @oldaudiophile: "I like to think I've acquired enough audiophile smarts over the years to be able to factor in variables like different sound rooms, different acoustics, source equipment, etc. I always make a point of controlling for as many of t... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @oldaudiophile:The more expensive the gear, the less likely I'd be to base a purchase on an in-store demo, with no chance of return. I would never lay down $2500, let alone $10,000 on any component that I could not first hear in my system, in my ... |