bigtwin
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| When was the last time when serious new instrument was invented ? To answer the OP's question, if you discount synthesizers and other electronic devices, I would have to say it was the saxophone, invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s and was patented on 28 June 1846. A very ser... | |
| Jazz Hands @judsauce "Go pound sand"? Who pissed in your cereal? I thought my original post was fair. I complimented the album Heads. Your reaction to others who find Bob James a little too melliw is simply over the top. IMHO. Everyone knows he wrote ... | |
| Jazz Hands Well he's no Oscar Peterson but few are. | |
| Jazz Hands I own several LPs by Bob James and many more discs where he has contributed keyboard work. I have always found his playing to be very laid-back and often left me wanting more excitement (for lack of a better term) in his playing. Of his recordin... | |
| Great song by the Clash Well, if it's songs about doing wrong, and the consequences, I'm rather partial to J.R. | |
| Requesting opinions about 4 specific amplifiers Look for demo or 1 - 2 year old amps. You will bring those more expensive models into your budget. The "new car smell" is not worth paying 60% - 100% more than used. IMHO. | |
| Listening Room @acman3 What makes you think that isn't happening now? 🤣 | |
| Listening Room It's a journey. The final destination should have a dedicated listening room. IMHO. | |
| ADD or Audiophile? Whenever possible, I like to just close my eyes and listen. I find having my eyes closed helps to widen my perception of the soundscape. Having said that, the human mind likes to wander and really, we aren't in control of where it goes for the m... | |
| How often, and how, do you clean your stylus? https://www.amazon.ca/eMagTech-Turntable-Cleaning-Gramophone-Cartridge/dp/B0CRYN4GBY One of many on the market. Easy and effective. IMHO, using a record brush is a no no. Why do anything that could push surface contamination down into ... | |
| Surge protector @erik_squires Yes. As I read further, it appears that nothing gives protection in the event of an actual lightning strike. Storms in the area are best handled by unplugging your system. Cheers. | |
| Surge protector I see a lot of recommendations for whole house surge protectors, but most of the talk is directed at the Type 2 unit that is easily installed at the panel. My understanding is these units give you protection against a surge generated within the h... | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. Zappa - Freak Out (mind you I was in grade 7) Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways (at his age?) Joe Henderson - State of The Tenor vol 1 Abbey Road Sticky Fingers Chet Baker, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, and Philip Catherine - Crystal Bells | |
| Record player sounds out of tune and "wavy" I had a similar thing happening on a very good TT. Turned out the matt that came with the TT allowed the LP to occasionally slip and it would create a sound like the TT was slowing down a bit and then returning to the correct speed. I threw on a... | |
| New Fischer & Fischer Audio 670 Speakers : Made Out Of SLATE.. I always find it amusing when people post YouTube videos to demonstrate the sound of a speaker. They sound just as good as the speaker on my laptop! 🤣 |