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| Artists you feel you can rely on, buy any new album unheard. Though it's currently politically incorrect to include him because he's been "canceled," I'd add Ryan Adams to the list. From his days fronting Whiskeytown, I've purchased each of his newest releases, on vinyl, sound unheard, and have never been d... | |
| A singer you might enjoy, Valerie Carter I had a friend back in college (in the late-1970s) who was quite the fan. He played "Just a Stone's Throw Away" and "Wild Child" for me, and I remember really enjoying them. Thanks for the reminder -- I'll give her a listen again after all these y... | |
| Amp placement when switching from separates to integrated Thanks for your responses, all. You know what's funny, @yogiboy? That had never even occurred to me! | |
| Please recommend new headphones for listening to Qobuz on iPhone Thanks for your responses -- they are much appreciated.-- Howard | |
| ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER ... "Abbey Road." Once through, start to finish, and you'll know if what you are auditioning is right. (You'll know sooner than that, of course, but why not listen anyway.) | |
| Gender bender Kate Bush's "Rocket Man." | |
| Headset for Zoom Hi, Erik. Sorry to have taken forever to respond. (I forgot, but just now remembered.) As it turned out, Amazon sent the wrong thing. By the time it arrived, my wife had decided that she was doing just fine doing her Zoom stuff without 'phones of ... | |
| Qobuz vs Tidal One potentially crucial point, assuming you'll be relying on assistive technology: The Roon app for the iPhone is completely inaccessible.I've tried Tidal, Qobuz, and Amazon HD, and got rid of Tidal and Amazon, sticking with Qobuz.-- Howard | |
| Are CD players goig the way of the 8 track,and the cassette? Sometimes I walk to town. On other occasions, the car makes more sense. And there are times I might be found on a plane or a train.Sometimes I stream. On other occasions, I spin a CD. And there are many days when I pull out a piece of vinyl and li... | |
| 3 Albums To Be Stranded With On A Desert Island When I first owned "Achtung Baby," I would generally play it first thing in the morning, most every day, and then again when I got home from work. And maybe another time if I was around. I did this literally for months. Eventually, of course, I pu... | |
| 3 Albums To Be Stranded With On A Desert Island "Kind of Blue" -- Miles Davis"Hats" -- The Blue Nile"Achtung Baby" -- U2I'd choose that trio not because I believe that they are the greatest albums ever made -- though each, in its own individual way, surely is pretty great -- but because I've l... | |
| 12 years or 18 years? What I should have said was this: The Macallan 18 was a bit like a pair of loudspeakers with a ruler-flat frequency response. It did nothing wrong -- nothing at all -- but it wasn't as engaging as its younger sibling. The 12-year-old had some peak... | |
| 12 years or 18 years? Way back in the 1980s, I used to enjoy The Macallan 12-year-old Scotch. I had two part-time jobs then, and had promised myself that if the better of the two turned into a full-time gig, I'd celebrate and buy myself a bottle of The Macallan 18. I g... | |
| Very basic subwoofer question Thanks, all, for your thoughtful responses -- they are much appreciated.-- Howard | |
| Very basic subwoofer question Sorry for having been unclear. I mentioned the recordings I did simply as examples, not to imply that all is generally fine -- except on those records. My bad. |