dayglow
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| Whats playing on your system today? Slipknot-Iowa(CD) Candlemass-Death Magic Doom(Japanese CD) Both are extreme metal masterpieces of the 21st century! Candlemass is traditional doom metal where Iowa is more difficult to categorize. | |
| Some famous reviewers have atrocious listening rooms! Reviewers are just for entertainment purposes only and yes, many are not entertaining. Room acoustics has been the "hot" topic for several years now and an easy way to criticize other Audiophiles expensive systems. Is room acoustics important? Yes... | |
| What's up with lousy bass on classic rock recordings? @lowrider57 +1 Spot on! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steely Dan-Katy Lied(ABC Sunburst Label) Side B Dionne Warwick-Hot Live And Otherwise Side B Renee Rosnes-Beloved Of The Sky Side A SQ Audiophile Jethro Tull-Aqualung Side 1 Tony Bennett-Get Happy With The LPO Side 1 The Charlie Daniels Band-... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Slayer-Divine Intervention(CD)Last great Slayer recording? Johnny Gill-ST(CD) Smooth! Deana Carter-The Deana Carter Collection(CD) Mature Country Sarah Vaughan-"Crazy And Mixed Up"(JVC XRCD) Legendary An extra dose of digital jump starts Vinyl... | |
| Need advice on building a system from a mishmash of components! The 3 items worth keeping are the 2105 Mac amp the B&W 705 and the Pioneer tuner. These 3 items will keep a solid resale value. Then focus on getting the best sound per dollar. A late model Mac preamp will be a great improvement over both curr... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? @bdp24 +1 The religious aspect of Bach could keep some away. @larsman -1 What would make you think at 91 you would like jazz? To answer the OP’s question the recording and production quality of newer releases(past 10-15 years) especially on vi... | |
| Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald? Stan Rogers-"Northwest Passage". Only vocals are needed. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Phil Collins-No Jacket Required Side 1 Molly Hatchet-Double Trouble Live Side 4 Rene And Angela-Street Called Desire Side B Van Morrison & The Chieftains-Irish Heartbeat Side A Billy Squire-Emotions In Motion Side 1 SQ Audiophile Arnold B... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Daryl Hall John Oates-Change Of Season(CD) King Tee-The Triflin' Album(Japanese CD) LeAnn Rimes-ST(CD) IMO these are all 5 star recordings! With the recent threads about Hip/Hop and Country I thought I would spin a couple of my favorites. Yes, ... | |
| My opinion; @mapman My point was Hip/Hop or Rap is not the best music to be played on a highly resolving system due to the limitations in many of that genres recordings. This could be one of several reasons why Hip/Hop is avoided by some Audiophiles. Poorly ... | |
| My opinion; @mapman The biggest issue in HEA is the sound quality(SQ)of the recording. Hip/Hop or Rap in general is a poorly recorded genre of music with boosted mid/upper bass. To claim(a lot) of Audiophiles avoid Hip/Hop due to a systems bass limitation is... | |
| My opinion; @czarivey Criticizing other genres of music severely diminishes your credibility. @tylermunns This is an Audiophile site where sound quality is as important as the artist. Don't expect threads breaking down the great Lauryn Hill recording but ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Roy Clark-Family & Friends Side 2 Phil Collins-Face Value Side 1 SQ Audiophile Lamb Of God-Killadelphia Side 1 Lee Morgan-Caramba(Classic Repress) Side 1 Mary Travers-Circles Side 2 Grand Funk Railroad-E Pluribus Funk Side 1 Bucky & ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Branford Marsalis-I Heard You Twice The First Time(Cassette). Sets the stage for Thursday night vinyl. |