asvjerry
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| ??? Listening Levels & Musical Styles ??? @jastralfu ...amusing that R&R took longer for the Gem to pontificate on...😏 Replete with bullet points.....*L* Loud 'round here will depend on who's about and time of day, selection of what and how as an adjunct to a 'daily driving sonic el... | |
| What's Up With All The Clickbait Thread Titles @fastfreight +1 ;) Anything that helps one maintain some semblance of sanity of late, especially of late, even if only for a laugh.... Regular maintenance of one's sense of humor unless in the midst of a deadly-serious technical issue ought to k... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? A like, no lie... Dire Straits & M. Knopfler afterwards until distracted yet again.... Once posted the lyrics elsewhere to another Post/posteraddict of Industrial Disease. He’d not heard it (how?!), asked if I’d wrote it. Thanked him for the ... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? *sigh* But....this reminds me of an 'interesting' time in this life that I revisit now 'n again.... Big Eyed Beans From Venus ...and will continue to... ;) But on Saturday ( 84 deg. ..damn! 😍 ) I'll channel this at My Local Demo. I'm not Iris... | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? The only times I wear gloves is when it's wood (not mine....Lumber....) or the 10' pole I carry around Here. 😏 John Harvey Kellog....wade into this morass.... and there's a whole lot of it... ;) Other times...heavy, oily, caustic... I'm fond of ... | |
| Re; Dynamics, Class D vs tubes… YRWV....sorry. *G* The Chicago show is coming up....perhaps time for an audio exposition expedition? Put together a dongle within it the sort of detail you'd want to have. If a vendor won't play it between demos, then you'd rather not have thei... | |
| Re; Dynamics, Class D vs tubes… @daytrader , your last sentence is a worthwhile venture and costs nothing for now... ;) You've indicated rather particular desires, worth the time to spend to satisfy..... Unless there exists a specific event in mind you've the desire to indulge... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening @faustuss We All need to get ’out’ more....;) I have to be ’in the mood’ to engage ’The Ritual’, but there’s competitors for my attention, nimble as it may be or easily distracted.... Cassettes that still play that which marked an era passed..... | |
| Need some advice: Found some Audio Equipment Quick drill about, imho: Sell as a set, some bits could draw... ;) | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening @paqua123 ...get ready to put an ’alter-native’ into that pipe after the ’intro post’ to this corner of the ’Gon-verse’, because it’s just been elevated into some sort of ’priesthood’, and who knows What they’ll want to sacrifice...... ...they’ll... | |
| How to find local audiophiles For as much as a 'live music' area that Asheville can be, 'philes seem to stay in their burrows 'round here...a ...but when your b&m is Best Buy (....well, occasionally...😏 ) or Guitar Center ( for the really obscure...), not surprising I gue... | |
| Did I Expect too much? Actually, a concierge audiophile manufacturer deserves a higher profit margin. This is because of a smaller market for what's presented, be it electronic or speakers. It's why Macintosh has survived where the path is jammed with 'the rest' on it... | |
| Buy or stay with? @albertballew I vote with the ’get a sub...or 2’ if you must have that foot pedal itch cured. The CV’s don’t have it in them. Any practical suggestions, gentlemen? ;) As for social media...like the song, ’act naturally’....👍 ;) | |
| Do sound characteristics matter when moving from midfi to hifi? Personal experience is to begin with a 'practical' Integrated as the 1st course; a receiver if you must. Try to use it to listen to as many types of speakers you accept as better than your current.... Consider used as means of stretching the bu... | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? I can believe there exist among us the 'suprahearers'....while the rest of us laborious on. Fortunately, I'm not one nor care to be. Being able to discriminate that well in an urban environ would make one's head hurt. Mho, though... @tablejocke... |