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| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Why should I buy oxygen free copper (ofc) cable?https://youtu.be/Ms-wqCFaghs'Won't improve your sound quality', but good enough for the LHC? Now you tell me. Ah well, at least it's better for heat and oxidation. | |
| What are your notes and thoughts on The Beatles White Album Giles Martin remaster? The Esher demos, never before so clear, are the highlight of the whole set, but the regular album is pretty good too. Seems to sound similar in tone, but a bit less compressed than Giles’ previous effort with Sgt Pepper 2017.I’d say it sounds slig... | |
| Break in blues Break-in is a real phenomena. It can happen when you encounter anything for the first time, amplifiers, loudspeakers, cables, people, places, food, new films, albums etc. Of course it is totally a 100% perception acclimatising issue inside your he... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? @french_fries, yes it's all a question of taste. I'd rather the smooth sound of Ella or Diana rather than the squeal of Billie or the histrionics of Aretha.That's not to say both Fitzgerald and Krall don't occasionally stray into territories I fin... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years Relativity which has held up amazingly well so far despite the most rigorous testing may one day get partially refuted. But that won't make it snake oil. Nor if the same happens to Quantum mechanics. Science is an actual discipline without which w... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? Diana Krall, along with Michael Buble is amongst the best of our generation. You can take that whichever way you want, but I think at her best she is awesome.Besides, which Hi-Fi show would be complete without the following classic.https://youtu.b... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Shane McGowan is certainly one candidate for the greatest lyricist the UK has produced, but another songwriter, his one-time friend Elvis Costello (also of Irish descent like Morrissey too), has probably has put down more clever couplets and phras... | |
| linn sondek tt The Linn LP12, or if you prefer, the endlessly modified/exploited Thorens TD150/ Ariston RD11, is perhaps the second greatest marketing success in audio history (ahead of Bose, behind Monster?!).Apart from heavy handed tactics and legal triumphs, ... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? Once you get to a certain level you can only go sideways, trading one quality for another.The real trick is to know what you line best and what you dislike most. I love purity of tone the most and find coarse treble painful. So 8 years later I'm s... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? @ibmjunkman, his timing was near perfect, but as they say accidents will happen, or perhaps it was a brilliant mistake and he’s ended up really mystified in possession of all this useless beauty.Maybe she now thinks he’s the imposter with the mout... | |
| Video Interview with Paolo Tezzon, the man behind the sound of Sonus faber Great interview highlighting the balancing act all loudspeaker designers face, with fairly candid opinions thrown in.The changing from silk to metal dome tweeters and then back again was interesting. Paolo also generously acknowledges quite a few ... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? Considering her husband's recent health issues..Of course, the show must always go on, but we're all human beings. | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) @steve59 yes you have to carefully read between the lines for implied criticism. It might prove to be beyond your tolerance.No such thing as a perfect review, you never see one. Besides this month’s flavours of the month will soon become also-ran... | |
| Dylan Yes, the man's a living legend. Perhaps the greatest one left still operating near the peak of his powers. How long has he walked with one foot in this world and the other in myth?I can't think of anyone else I'd make more of an effort to go and s... | |
| Your Favorite Holiday Album Yes, Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas is more or less perfect for this time of year.As for something more modern Michael Buble’s Christmas goes down well in this household. Doesn’t disgrace himself in comparison to the standards, and exc... |