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| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? Industrial hygienist here, very versed in the OSHA standards. 1. For a phone app, try the NIOSH app. Clearly not as good as a top shelf sound meter, but one we use if we don't have our "good" equipment with us just to screen sound levels. Phon... | |
| Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Ruins the Song ‘Money’! Russia was provoked by NATO influence. Nonsense. That may be part of Putin's official excuse, but he's an imperialist who compares himself to Peter the Great. His true aim is to re-claim what he views as "Russian lands" and re-draw the Russia... | |
| Air conditioning for audiophiles. What about a portable, stand-up type that is windowless? They simply exhaust through a window. With this type of unit you can use it elsewhere if needed. Like, say, a bedroom. | |
| Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome? WAF??? WTF! Agreed. I was going to reply that WAF can certainly be overcome - with the right "W". Then I read lemonhaze's comment and decided there was no need because......super. 😉 | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions Gene Harris Quartet (anything) Kenny Baron Woody Shaw Frank Morgan ("Mood Indigo" is quite good) Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto (anything) If you want to get more Metheny-esque, there's always the "world fusion ensemble" Shadowfax, You might find m... | |
| Ultimate test of bass - Lana del Rey's A&W Try Jean Victor Arthur Guillou's pipe organ arrangement of "Gnomus" from Mussorgsky’s "Pictures At An Exhibition" if you want to test out the bass on your system. | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? For a good spatial example, "Kind Of Blue" exhibits excellent soundstage depth (and width). It's very easy to pick out the instruments' three dimensional placements. | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? Kevin Godley/Lol Creme's "Consequences". Love/hate. | |
| Subwoofer Choice +1 for looking at Rythmik. Several years ago I went with the servo-controlled, sealed F12G with the paper driver for the speed/musicality components listed above. It marries seamlessly with my Magnepan MMGs when dialed in properly. I think anyo... | |
| A SHOCKING DISCOVERY ABOUT DIGITAL AUDIO I come here just for nonoise's gifs. 🍻 | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus +1 for AC/DC (Joe Louis Arena, 1988 or '89) +1 for The Who (Pontiac Silverdome, 1980ish). Kiss, Cobo Arena (1977) | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning Actually, the original production’s overall sonic ambience is what drew me to the music in the first place. No issue w/the original recording at all ( Album Of The Year, c’mon). Too, much of the "ethereal" sound was instigated by Dylan himself. La... | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage I’ll toss in another Maggie/B&K EX-442 (Sonata) combination. Maggie model: MMG B&K EX-442 Sonata - dual mono - (1993 w/Toshiba cans), 200/350 wpc 8/4 ohms, 75 amps P-P current (operative measurement, more important than watts) coming out... | |
| What CDs to buy +1 for Sting's "Ten Summoner's Tales". Superbly written, played and recorded. +1 for "Jazz At The Pawnshop". I've got the 3-CD anniversary edition - marvelous. Most any Steely Dan will sound good. Always very well-produced music. I like "Two... | |
| Favourite Guitarists As a guitar player for 50 years, my standard for "greatness" is measured by how many other musicians play your stuff. Jeff Beck wins hands down. Nobody tries to emulate his playing. +1 (from another guitar player - of 46 years) I don’t think a... |