fdroadrunner
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| AI and the future of music There is one way that AI could benefit music that seems not to have been addressed in this thread (unless I overlooked it): the ability to clean up music recorded in the first half of the 20th Century. When the Revolver remaster came out last yea... | |
| 45 Singles You Just Had to Buy The most recent one I recently picked up was the English 12" 45 for "Money for Nothing"; it's the only way I know of to get the complete version of that song on vinyl; oddly enough, the album version on vinyl is a shorter version, and I just had t... | |
| Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined? Thanks so much for the ChatGPT responses; those are actually entertaining. The fact is that all print media is in its sunset (even if it only published as a PDF), and I would say that a lot of discussion about audio has moved to YouTube and onlin... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Since no one’s mentioned Johnny Thunders, I will. He may not have been technically proficient, but he played with more attitude than anyone before or since. I often find myself returning to "Frankenstein," "Vietnamese Baby," and "Bad Girl," all o... | |
| The Killer Has Died On the way home last night I put in Live at the Star Club and turned it up in his honor. He was a true original and the last of the Million Dollar quartet; he may have been the last living link to that time and place. For those who are intereste... | |
| The Beatles Revolver I, for one, am looking forward to hearing the new mix. Last year, I heard a bootleg remix from someone who dubbed himself Lord Reith who de-mixed and re-mixed most of the Beatles' material, and when I heard his new version of Revolver, it was an ... | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding I've enjoyed reading these posts. I think the difference between hoarding and collecting (as it seems to me) is that collectors are intentional and specific about what they accumulate while hoarders just like to have stuff. If you can still fin... | |
| Washington Post article on MoFi vs. Fremer vs. Esposito Given the excellent reviews on the MoFi albums, the experts involved, and the astronomical bit rate now possible, I would say that gerryah930 is likely correct that "the digital masters probably sound better than the aged tapes." Even though I do... | |
| Becoming an audiophile has been like a second... No, third childhood. I've long believed in viewing the world with the wide-eyed wonder of a child, and the joy that music can deliver hits that spot, that ability to be touched and amazed by an experience with art. I hope I never lose touch with that part of myself. ... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Here's my simple, budget-friendly process: 1- Place the record on the turntable and place the record clamp on it 2 - Take a piece of dark corduroy (a 5" x 12" piece that is rolled up) and spray a couple times with spray bottle of distilled water... | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding This is a great thread. As for Bruce, his first seven or eight albums have a firm place heart that speaks to by blue collar upbringing and my journey into adulthood, but I understand why people don't connect with him. Same with the Grateful Dead... | |
| Long live Rock? 2022 R&R HOF Rock and Roll as a category has become much more elastic in the popular mind than in mine. As with many of you, my definition starts with 50's and 60's rock and roll and then moves to the artists whose music carried a strong connection to that mu... | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Since you guys have covered great start-to-finish records of the 60's and 70's pretty well, here's a few great ones from the last 25-30 years that I've fallen in love with: The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely Nirvana - Unplugged Chris Stap... | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search If you want to do something budget-friendly, I use my Sony Blu-ray player for a CD player. The sound quality is a significant improvement over the Yamaha CD changer I had been using. The issue is finding one that has RCA outputs, as most of the ... | |
| A little tube magic? I just use my same setup for music and TV (and the Husker football games sound great: better than how the team performs). I have an McIntosh MX110z and the TV is plugged into the Aux input, the disc player into the tape monitor, and the turntable... |