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| Most amusing album or song titles I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) from Redneck Girlfriend's album Blood Sweat and Beers | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow, MFSL. My first disappointment that I recall in terms of sound quality of one of their releases. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tom Petty - Highway Companion | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hendrix - Band of GypsiesWhy is it so hard to get brand new vinyl that's flat? I think I may need to invest in a flattener. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw Of course! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I've been listening to Pandora for a long time too. I think since I got my first Oppo blu-ray player.We don't want anything happening to slaw! Streaming is just a gateway to help me know what vinyl to pick up next :) | |
| TEAC NT-505 impossible connecting to WiFi router o such LAN: help me please? We may be seeing a recall soon at this rate... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @uberwaltz I listen to Pandora's techno station while I'm working out on my elliptical trainer. I can tell it's not Qobuz quality, but it doesn't make me want to rip my ears off my head. | |
| Audio reviews: too many analogies, never simple, but most of all, never clear. There's actually an art to writing. It's lost on many who are used to text speak, don't read books, and are otherwise conditioned to expect "instant information" (and instant gratification) by YouTube, Google, etc. Whether that's "good" or "bad"... | |
| Another streaming newbie A couple of things. Qobuz dropped the rate for their "Studio" subscription (which allows you to stream their hi-res files) to $14.99 / month. Tidal is still $19.99 for the "Hi-Fi" subscription, which lets you stream MQA. Some MQA files sound "d... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Checking out some of this week's new hi-res releases on Qobuz.Caribou - SuddenlyWaxahatchee - Saint Cloud | |
| streaming source My short and sweet description (or opinion if you wish) of Tidal vs Qobuz rests on a couple of things. Tidal seems to be focused on a younger audience. Think hip-hop, pop, rap, etc. It's owned by Jay-Z. Qobuz seems to appeal to a more mature ... | |
| Question on streaming, ripping etal...... I rip CDs to my network as I buy them or listen to older ones that I have. I'm not going to go back and rip a bunch of CDs that I might never even listen to again. | |
| The Harbeth phenomenon There's often a difference between list price and what you can negotiate with a dealer. I didn't pay $8K for my Super HL5 Plus. | |
| MHDT dac...and which streamer/server? @musicmann1 I'm really happy with the Vincent. Besides the ARC, I have a Peachtree Audio Nova 300 and had a Heed Elixir for a while and have also owned Peachtree Grand Integrated X1 and a Krell KAV-300i. The Krell was my initiation into integrat... |