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Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time
@skyscraper +1  
Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time
@bdp24 excellent post. Also, always cracks me up when people have to go out of their way to let us all know how much they hate rap (not to mention the hilarious and original addition of a "c" to make it say "crap" that is just so edgy!). Please t... 
Good movie and/or 4k disc recommendations?
My Dinner With Andre is a masterpiece.  
Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall?
@bdp24, I also saw that McCoury/Earle lineup in Madison, WI and it was transcendent.   
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
+1 @ghasley  some straight up George Wallace attitudes in this thread! hip hop is just as much "music" as any other genre. I'd bet dollars to donuts that anyone who believes otherwise is also "outraged" by a football player taking a knee while th... 
Iris DeMent, past and present.
I'm a big fan of both Iris and her husband's music.  
Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined?
Add me to the list of readers who sincerely miss Art Dudley.  Listener was the last time I read any audio rag cover to cover.   
RIP Jeff Beck
Just listened to both sides of Truth last night, this is so GD sad  
Best sounding headphones you have owned?
Stax Lambda SR (non-pro) here, I have been using them for about 30(!) years and although I have tried many others, nothing comes close for overall SQ.  I like the Utopias, especially for bass, but anything acoustic on the Stax is just amazing.  
New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones)
If anyone is in Chicagoland, Abt in Glenview has them on display in their showroom.  
Top 5 Vinyl Recordings
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All Ry Cooder - Bop Till You Drop Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life  
Audioquest Niagara 1200
I have had the same experience as @nonoise with the Niagara 1200.  It's a great product.  
A Cool Opportunity to Help
The kind of story AG needs right now.  
This may be of interest to some...
taxes are what make civilization possible, but the neverending myth of rugged individualism persists.  Use short, and if possible, monosyllabic words when explaining the collective nature of modern culture, but don't expect the whiners to try to u... 
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
+1 @asctim