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| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen @bdp24 +1 Part of me believes that the rawness the sound is part of the appeal. His recordings are more organic and less slickly produced. As an audiophile I prefer to listen to music where the recording quality was a higher priority to the fi... | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen @cleeds Please read my post above. My opposition to the song stems from what I see is its use in inapproriately patriotic celebrations. I agree with your comment that political messages have a long and storied tradition in American music. I have... | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen @mitchchavis If you served in Vietnam then I can see how some of the song's lyrics spoke to you. I guess I am bothered that we hear it played at sports events and political rallies as if it extols the virtues of America. My negativity may also ... | |
| List of musicians changed career with better success... @raymonda Got to give Lou Reed this, he has good taste in women let alone his own successful musical endeavors. | |
| When and what was your last significant equipment upgrade? Bought one 1 meter AQ Colorado RCA interconnect and two .5 meter ones on the Music Direct half price sale. This is the third day of around the clock break-in, much of it with Purist Audio Designs System Enhancer Disc and I have never had a cleare... | |
| PS Audio BHK Signature Preamplifier owners here? Please post your thoughts .... Suggest you go to the following link. Audio Aficionado has a whole section dedicated to PS Audio.Hope this helps.http://www.audioaficionado.org/ps-audio/ | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA" invalidates any discussion of Springsteen. Too bad, I saw him at college when he was playing with a brass band. So many good songs starting with Asbury Park and then he had to go write his song of loathing for the country that ... | |
| Recommendation for Improvement over McCormack DNA-225 @audio717 Thanks for the info. I'll look into it. | |
| Looking for SACD player............ @tpreaves You are looking at the Marantz SA 8005? I have had mine since they first came out (I pre-ordered). Every parameter of performance is met to a very high degree well beyond what you will pay for it. It appreciates clean power and high ... | |
| AQ Speaker Cables: Gibraltar vs. Mont Blanc? @gshepardbuster Just curious about the move from Oak to Wildwood. What was it about the Oaks in your system that motivated the change?Congrats. for having such fine cables! | |
| AQ Speaker Cables: Gibraltar vs. Mont Blanc? I am still using pre-DBS Audioquest Volcanos on the mid-treble of my Vandersteen Treo CT and AQ Caldera for the bass run. Same exact geometry. Volcano is all PSC+ copper and Caldera is a hybrid of regular PSC and PSC+. As of tomorrow, I will be... | |
| Why the lack of Virtual System postings? @lancelock Thanks for posting your system. I enjoyed looking at your room and gear. Now I can keep your personal preferences in mind as I read your future posts! Lots of glowing valves. Bet its cozy in there on a cold winters night. | |
| Why the lack of Virtual System postings? +1 sbank! | |
| Snake oil and tweaks that work! The following tweaks work for me in my system:1) Clean all system contacts every 6 months.2) Herbie Audio Labs Tenderfeet under components, tube dampers, interconnect dampers, Super Black Hole CD mat, Grungebuster LP mat.3) Mass damping top of ... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV12 AL @orpheus10 I have experience with Musical Design and agree that you might visit them, especially if they are in close proximity. But first...finding that PV-12. |