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| Why does rock concert sound suck? @hartf36 I saw the Stones on that same ’81 tour in Dallas and I was very let down by the poor performance... it was not a strong show. Later in ’88 or 89 I saw them on the Steel Wheels tour in Cleveland, and that was a great show, and the sound... | |
| What was the last CD you bought (Name, and year issued)? I buy a lot of my CDs from thriftstores these days ... hey, for a buck or two I can find and try some stuff that I wouldn’t have perhaps thought of or sprung for otherwise. Recently I picked up my first ever Celine Dion CD...!!! Falling Into You.... | |
| Joni Mitchell remasters on the way @dpop another +1 A remaster definitely does not automatically mean "better." Some remasters though are good... I like what Jimmy Page did w Zep remasters, but that's JIMMY PAGE at the wheel. The Mothership compilation sounds excellent. I h... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? Another thing that might be interesting to this thread is that I was browsing around on YouTube and there was an episode (I don't recall, it may have been the "Audiophiliac" guy) in which a gathering of "audiophiles" was in a home, I believe in Ne... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? @dpop The speakers that the Mixing Engineer used might not be nearly as good as yours, if you've selected yours carefully, first of all... especially for a home. The studio monitors are designed, first of all, for the studio. Unless you get th... | |
| Why does rock concert sound suck? I've been to some excellent sounding concerts... and a lot that suck when it comes to sound. The great sounding ones though teach you how rock should sound ... through your speakers! Likewise, a live orchestral performance is the real thing...... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Neil Diamond: Stones old album, and short but sweet... don't knock it til you've heard it | |
| What Gear is Universally Adored? Well, I guess "universally admired" is a rather relative term, because many of the items I’m seeing listed are not admired by me because I haven’t even heard of them let alone actually HEARD them... though other people are free to admire them, of... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear @wmbray123 Thumbs up on Astral Weeks. Much better album overall than Moondance. | |
| NAD M23 Stereo Amplifier: Best Amp Ever Bench Tested?!? I don't have bat ears either... and I still like the sound of my 1986 Integra Tx-88 receiver, and love the sound of my little $600 Marantz nr1200 receiver, and ... I'd bet the NAD is far from junk... maybe it ain't to one's taste, but it ain't j... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear one more, just one: has a raw "spooky" quality >> Buddy Holly: From The Original Master Tapes | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear and I violated the question, which asked for one album. Well, thanks, everybody, for the list... just mining this list is going to be a lot of fun. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Not really sure what qualifies as "obscure," as it is a relative term... but if you've only heard Springsteen's BTR and later albums, you're missing his best, imo: The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle. Or, when was the last time you ... | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? Epi 100 loudspeakers. $140/pair on sale, in 1978 or 9. ("gold ring" tweeter iteration) Although now updated with Human Speakers parts, even before the update for the past 40 years I have struggled to find speakers that I like better. | |
| Tuner - FM over the air - suggestions @dpop thank you for your insights, and I think I can trust your Teac suggestion which I appreciate. I can't wait to try it out when I get back to Pasadena. |