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| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at any time I was in the throes of debate with myself, harmonically or melodically, I would turn to Billy Strayhorn. We would talk, an... | |
| use of ChatGPT for HIFI We knew you were a robot but decided not to tell you because robots have feelings too. | |
| Leave it on? I always keep my knives sheathed. Dangerous as they are I just can't bring myself to get rid of them. Know what I mean? | |
| What is your audio axiom? Waste not, want everything. | |
| Happiness is... I love the Japanese, but it may have been all those high dollar Toto's that put the nation into an intractable financial position since forever ago. | |
| Happiness is... Well, Uncle Wilbur "uncle" is a sinecure that requires no obligations. Uncles are supposed to be vaguely hanging out at the periphery of things and being inscrutable. That's how mine were. When they passed on everybody just sort of looked at each ... | |
| Happiness is... I just love this thread. Likening musicophilia to heart trouble is a very felicitous and amusing metaphor. | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? When the motor is purring, nothing else much matters. People quit talking and just listen. | |
| Real musicians don't need "awards." There is one James Taylor album I have always liked and often listen to as a "test" album - "October Road." It is mostly original material and showcases Taylor's voice and writing skills very handsomely, and the studio production is very good. Whe... | |
| Happiness is... In light of the fact that I am too old to have a surviving uncle I hereby adopt Uncle Wilber to fill that void. | |
| A principle guiding the wise audiophile life "So the five o'clock shadow and Adam's Apple didn't give it away? Not that hard to tell the difference between a rooster and a cat." This was the early 70's, and we were about 18 years old. No one was much thinking about Adam's Apples back in th... | |
| A principle guiding the wise audiophile life WORD | |
| Real musicians don't need "awards." Most musicians may not require awards, but most of them do require rewards, and that is often where the trouble starts. | |
| A principle guiding the wise audiophile life Audiophilia reminds me of dating or what I remember of it in my distant, puerile youth. I used to shell out more money than I had to wine and dine prospective girlfriends in college. There were always "performance" surprises both good and bad and ... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? "critical doesn't necessarily involve judgement." Correct: Critical |