edcyn
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| Do I hurt my ears by listening to music at... I don't know if the general medical consensus has changed since the 1970's, but back then it was said that 80 db was fine, 90 db was pushing it, and 100 db was a sure ticket to rock star deafness. | |
| Qobuz vs idagio vs primaphonic I can't remember why I ended up going with Primephonic instead of Idagio, but I'm extremely happy with my Primephonic subscription. A classical buff's paradise except for one important exception -- I don't think they have a single complete opera. ... | |
| Opinion: of the Hi-Res streaming services out there, which do you use and why? misstl-- For me, the multi-thread tendency here can be traced to the wacky way Audiogon presents itself on-screen...at least via my Microsoft Laptop. Compared to the other website/chat rooms I frequent, this website is just plain difficult to navi... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music jpwarren -- I love going to classical concerts. Of course, when I lived in SoCal it was so much easier to do. No matter what the venue, I knew every parking place that was both nearby and easy to escape from when the concert wrapped up. Had my ... | |
| Albums you played endlessly growing up Meet The Beatles. Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man. Rolling Stones' Aftermath. Sir Adrian Boult conducting Tchaikovsky's Symphony #5. 101 Strings Play the Blues. Beethoven's Ninth conducted by Ernest Ansermet. If I had been born a little later, the l... | |
| Opinion: of the Hi-Res streaming services out there, which do you use and why? The existence of Qobuz and Primephonic make me one very happy audio-fool. Ah yes, the 21st Century is good for something. | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music rshack -- I listened to K-Mozart, KMZT(?) regularly when I lived in L.A. Thanks for bringing it up! I can't be sure of any of this stuff, but here's what I think I remember -- It was actually on AM! Rich Capparella, KUSC's longtime former morni... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music Everybody here has good suggestions. And yes, Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin or Vienna Philharmonic is a good bet for a first stab to find a performance of a particular work. Leonard Bernstein might even be a better bet. Or any conductor/pe... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Everything I have now beats out what I've had before. The only possible exception would be that my Koetsu Black Gold Line did have lovelier tone than my current Lyra Delos. The thing is, the Koetsu was unable to track some of my records, especial... | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? larsman -- my faulty memory tells me it was Light My Fire that was the first rock/pop hit that pushed rock songs beyond AM radio's Three-and-a-half minute limit. So what happened was that AM radio stations would play a version of the tune that ch... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Since I never seem to see any Acoustic Zen cable comments on this website I figure my Satori speaker cables are so outdated they're laughable. They're also much too fat to adhere to this year's (or was it last year's?) directive that skinny speak... | |
| What does Hi-Fi Even Mean anymore? Hey. I just like switching on the steereo, sitting in my easy chair, and listening to a few tunes. In the best audio fidelity I can reasonably muster. | |
| Your Top Audiophile Demo Tracks I'll stick to non-classical here.David Bowie's "Heathen." Yeah, it's a CD but it sounds excellent."Villancicos," Atrium Musicae de Madrid. Harmonia Mundi France, LP.The Beach Boys -- Endless Summer. Capitol Records LP set.Thriller -- Michael Jacks... | |
| String quartet or saxophone quartet? Don’t worry. Be happy. Blast both of them (well, maybe the string quartet could be set to a natural sound level). But to me, full orchestral and opera (preferably Blumlein-miked) are the ultimate tests. | |
| The Best Audio Retailers in Orange County, CA hgeifman -- Gene Rubin is one of my favorite folks. Me and the wife bought our share of stuff from him. Gene and I both play the fiddle. I used to do a 100 mile round trip every week to play Old Time and Bluegrass music with him at a Ventura ba... |