stuartk
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| How many of you are digital only systems? "In between all that however is this.... noise. How do you all handle it? Is there a meditation or something? Hypnosis? What is the secret?"Don't think there's any "secret". You hear noise. Others of us don't.Perhaps it has something to do with di... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? Are you missing something truly special by going all digital?Depends on who you ask!Everyone hears differently.There are obviously those who fervently believe analogue sounds superior, period. I'm willing to grant that's true. . . when its process... | |
| AAA vs DDD... "Digital recording and playback is like Kraft cheese versus artisanal cheese!"I'd suggest such assertions of "superiority" by those who worship at the shrine of analogue/vinyl are only likley to impress fellow cultists. . . I've heard very expensi... | |
| What kind of music do you like to hear the most? Jazz from 50's to present (mainly acoustic with a few exceptions). Newgrass/Americana from 70's to present. Singer-songwriter from 70's to present. Some Classic Rock and Jam BandElectric Blues from 60's to present. A bit of Country. | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days Single discs?Elvin Bishop "Raisin' Hell" Half of Marshall Tucker's double "Where We All Belong" "Viva Terlingua" by Jerry Jeff Walker"First Pull Up, Then Pull Down" by Hot Tuna"Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" by J. Airplane"Live" by Jean Luc Ponty... | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days @bdp24:RE: Dan Hicks, are you sure "Striking It Rich" is live?"Where's the Money" is live, for sure. | |
| Average Price Spent for Speakers Around 2006, I was very dissatisfied with the B&W P-series speakers I had and sought advice, here. Someone suggested I buy a "like new" pair of Silverline SR 17.5's listed on the 'Gon and for some reason, I took his advice. I didn't even check... | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days In no particular order...G. Dead: "Skull and Roses"G. Dead: "Europe 72" The live sides of the Allman's "Eat A Peach"Derek and the Dominos: "In Concert"Santana: "Lotus"Brian Auger: "Live Oblivion Volumes I, II"Joni Mitchell: "Miles of Aisles" Laura... | |
| Best music in 2021 @elison_lest:"Music trends change very quickly, so classical music is always a priority for me, classical music is timeless"Who told you you have to follow trends. . . or that the only choices are 1) Classical or 2) whatever's trendy at the moment? | |
| looking for a quality BNC female to RCA male adaptor You could order the Black Cat from The Cable Company and send it back if you didn't like it... | |
| Help with first cable upgrade. @shimanole:"While I do think the Sony is more of what I would describe as detailed, that detail turns out to be what I'm finding as bright, so maybe just more detailed in the upper realm. Not sure I'm even describing it correctly but the Toshiba w... | |
| New In 2021 Amy Helm: "What The Flood Leaves Behind" | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices "There's roughly a bazillion examples like that, but people don't know because the ones who are constantly running around predicting the end of the world are noisy and get all the press"You can take heart, millercarbon, that all those pesky doom a... | |
| Miles Dewey Davis Francis Taylor Davis might not have agreed that Miles the person was so "lovable". . . but then Miles claimed his mistreatment of her was solely due to his use of drugs and alcohol at the time.I guess the validity of that rationale will fly with s... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? Another vote for the Cable Company. I've found Steven great to work with-- incredibly patient, never pushy. I only buy what I can demo at home and it doesn't make sense to order 5 cables from 5 companies when I can order all 5 from The Cable Compa... |