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| is this the greatest live band of all time? rafevw -- Steppenwolf played a concert at my high school in 1969. In the auditorium. They weren't allowed, though, to do The Pusher. | |
| WHY NO GENESIS HIGH RES LOVE? I bought pretty much all the early Genesis LPs when they first came out (my girlfriend at the time turned me on to the band), but as much as I loved the records they didn't really sound very good until Trick of the Tail. I still remember the firs... | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? tomreep -- Thanks for bringing up that Lou Reed Sweet Jane cut. Truly one of finest rock numbers ever committed to vinyl. It also blew my mind that an avant-garde/art house guy like Reed would next be heard heading up such an effective, powerful... | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? I've seen lots and lots of top notch musical acts over the years, from Tony Bennett to Led Zeppelin to Miles Davis to David Bowie to Jimi Hendrix to Dave Brubeck to Bob Marley to the Vienna Philharmonic. The greatest I've ever seen? A tie betwee... | |
| What do you sit on? In contrast to steakster, I truly enjoyed my many years with an Ekornes Stressless Recliner. I used it both as my stereo chair and an office chair (I read books and screenplays for a living, writing notes on a legal pad). The only reason I got r... | |
| A challenge to the "measurement" camp phcollie -- I'm super-sensitive to the sound and feel of guitar picks. Gimme a Fender Heavy and I'll be happy. But I got to say that the genuine, made-a-long-long-time-ago, genuine Fender tortoise shell pick I got about 30 years ago is in a clas... | |
| Ennio Morricone has passed away In my Pantheon of favorite film composers. That's for sure. His work was almost magically suited to the wide screen. | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? Not to get all anti-McLuhan-esque, but to me the message counts more than the medium. Sure, fidelity, convenience and habit figure into it. But whether it's phono, CD, SACD, download, streaming or one of those many wonderful magnetic tape varian... | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments mirolab -- to me, part of the fear you see from non-musicians holding an instrument is simply a matter of the non-musician being afraid they're going to drop your precious instrument, destroying a friendship and being millions of bucks in debt to ... | |
| I am a huge Stillpoints fan for my speakers but are they effective under components? I got the screw-on versions under my SOTA Sapphire. I got a trio of the little, flat versions under my Mytek BB. As veteran reviewer Paul Seydor used to exclaim, "A whole world of difference!" | |
| What songs/albums/artists actually sound worse when played through audiophile systems? I'll join posters like petg60 and say that none of them sound any worse. Yeah, Rolling Stones records can sound pretty mediocre but did they ever sound much better than mediocre? As it says on the back covers of a couple Stones albums, Produced ... | |
| Anyone remember the lateral tracking Bang and Olufsen record player from the 80’s?? I remember seeing the B&O lateral tracking record player at a couple hifi joints. I think the arm moved across the record by letting the groove drag it slightly out of alignment, something that prompted the arm to move a bit along its track. ... | |
| Mid Range Streamer DAC recommendation help requested! I've said all this stuff before, but I'm still loving my Mytek Brooklyn Bridge. Via the Mytek BB, Qobuz and Primephonic, my two streaming sources, can deliver truly excellent sound quality. And now that the BB is pretty much broken in, my moving... | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments frogman -- great post! | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments My garage has two separate rooms in addition to the space for cars. One holds the bicycles. The other has my early 20th Century Mason-Hamlin studio upright. It's great to be able to stumble through my Chopin without getting dirty looks. I don'... |