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| What is a cost effective way to level match, for comparing different hifi components? @tomic601 ,"OP strict level matching is essential.""As you probably already know, the ear brain likes louder and louder is just chasing your tail from a qualitative perspective, unless you can level match."A couple of excellent and informative pos... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @jdane,"Tacitus (I think) says the Germanic tribes used to make decisions: (1) at night when they were all sh*t-faced, and (2) in the morning when they were sober. They only followed their own counsel if the decision was the same in both cases."Th... | |
| Putting it to bed @testpilot ,"If he really wants to put in to bed and go out on a high, get Peter Gabriel on board."Or even better, let Gabriel ’put it to bed’ whilst giving himself some time to contemplate his 3 failed marriages and the wisdom of tying the knot w... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? As of September 2021 is there a more appropriate lyric than this one?Bob Marley - Natural MysticThere's a natural mystic blowing through the air If you listen carefully now you will hear This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last ... | |
| Help me decide on first turntable purchase You don't like the Technics or the Rega, dare I say the 2 most obvious choices?That's unfortunate.I wouldn't rule out Clearaudio either. It's simply unthinkable that an established company like that would risk their reputation by using poor qualit... | |
| Does listening to music increase your IQ? @mastering92,"Much of our intellect is skin deep- that is, genetic. The rest is shaped by our external environment/life experiences."That old perennial beloved Sociology question. Man is made not born. Discuss.I remember it well.What about Darwin’... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio @arcticdeth,"I have a box of old demo tapes I traded with several buddies from the U.K., including Shane Embry from Napalm death, whom I met through trading addresses from metal maniacs, metal edge, and hit parader magazines in the 80’s and 90’... | |
| Linn Sondek LP-12 tonearm recommendations? @mwh777 ,"The Ittok is known for having a "lively or energetic" upper mid rrange"I totally agree. On some albums that might be a good thing but then again on others, maybe not so much.It’s not a big issue and might not even be apparent for a good ... | |
| Linn Sondek LP-12 tonearm recommendations? Ah, the dreaded LP12 bottomless money pit strikes again!An awful lot depends upon the spec of your LP12, but the Ekos or Naim Aro have long been the recommended suggestions, but they are quite different in presentation. I have heard both and to m... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers @three_easy_payments,"Isolation below speakers works from my experience...but it greatly varies from speaker to speaker and from room to room."Can’t argue with that.In my experience, isolation makes considerably less difference with concrete floor... | |
| Should a high end system be flexible, or demanding? @douglas_schroeder "The hard limitations of the genres of speakers and components becomes clear as day when many systems are built and assessed using a wide variety of musical genres."Agreed. I was happy listening to my collection of largely 60s/7... | |
| Should a high end system be flexible, or demanding? According to professor James Morrison, it might mean that we want everything and we don't want to have to wait for it. | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? I started off with a BSR turntable and then foolishly got rid of a Garrard deck my dad gave me to ’upgrade’ to the well reviewed Rega 3. Eventually I upgraded again to the even better reviewed Linn LP12 - and that particular headache inducing dec... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio @mikekollar,"That is exactly right; case in point for me. Never really listened or cared much for Steely Dan. For decades,was just sort of ehh, catchy tune, whats next. But now..... holy crap, these recordings are unbelievable. love Steely Dan. Ye... | |
| Bad recordings and high end audio I received the same response from both stores which was “all Led Zeppelin recordings are horrible” The 2014 remasters are...ok.The Barry Diament remasters from the 90s are pretty good but sadly Barry didn’t get to do Led Zep IV.The rest aren’t wor... |