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| Who else here is frugal? I am one big time. It has allowed me to enjoy this hobby on a beer budget but has enabled me get the best sound out of both my HT and stereo rigs for thousands less.Refurbished is what I have taken full advantage of for years. I love it when I s... | |
| New York Audio Show 2019 @bsohne1 thanks for the inside scoop.It sounded quite sweet. What other surprises are in your system? | |
| Damn! My Foolish Heart--I keep coming back to this tune. I love Bill Evan's version with Tony Bennett. That entire album is one of my all time jazz favorites. Tony at the peak of his powers too.The album opens up with " Young and Foolish" and a touching version of " Waltz for Debbie" which make you even... | |
| Favorite punk song. I will have to say The Buzzcocks " I' Believe" Sorta an anti punk song coming in at over 7 minutes but Pete really spells it out big time in this one.If I was going to go for less than 3 minutes...Husker Du "New Day Rising". I got to see that ba... | |
| The best music in 2019 One of my favorite's of this year is Mark Mulcahy's " The Gus". He was in the New Haven band Miracle Legion back in the 1980's and the studio band Polaris, which did the music for the Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Mark has r... | |
| New York Audio Show 2019 @dweller no clock winding or batteries required.@audiotroy thanks that mean alot coming from you guys.@gdnrbob I did not get to hear these as they were having technical problems getting the system to fired up. It took them like over 30 minutes ... | |
| How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog? I am going to throw out the proverbial Molotov cocktail in regards to actual frequency response in comparing digital to vinyl. It is never even mentioned in these threads. LPs...gasp! Are typically in the 20 Hz- 20Hz range and to expand that range... | |
| Abbey Road 50th Anniversary I still have to pull the trigger for the CD/Blu Ray, which may happen this week.I would love to hear some feedback back on the Blu Ray versions, both high res stereo and 5.1. Granted this medium may go the way of DVD-A but the remasters I do own a... | |
| Citizen Dan Boxed Set Thanks @slaw and @mofimadness . I am glad you enjoyed it.What inspired me to post this was another thread about "Two Against Nature" on vinyl.I do own the DVD-A version which is a must have if you have a universal player. They cleaned uped at the... | |
| Robert Hunter unfortunately has died It is bitter sweet to hear of Robert Hunter’s passing. He may have been the most under appreciated lyricists in rock music, of coarse that was not the case with us Dead Heads.I remember when a friend turned me on to his solo acoustic album Jack O’... | |
| (Jolida) Black Ice Audio Foz SS-X Sound Enhancement I have been very happy with the the over all performance of the unit. I have a loudness switch on my Nikko and some times I have to dial the bass back.I really love the dimension control as it really has improved the spread vof sound in my kitchen. | |
| Has anyone finally decided to sell their Turntable and Vinyl collection? I start buying vinyl back in Jr. high school...circa 1977. My collection really exploded when I discovered the independent record in Hartford , which was Capitol Records. I got into alternative and punk bands, predominantly English bands. During t... | |
| The Golden era of Japanese integrated amps, are we missing out? Great thread you all have you all have going on here. I am the original owner of a Nikko NA-890 integrated amp and it has provided decades of solid musical enjoyment. The specs on it are pretty darn good on her as well.SpecificationsPower outp... | |
| Music Direct - Audio Hardware Seller? @marklet your poor customer service experience is regrettable as it is unexcusable for a vendor like Music Direct.I would follow up with some of the people that have been mentioned in this thread.I have been very happy with Music Direct and had no... | |
| Your favourite music movie? Hedwig and the Angry Inch is easily one of the best rock musicals ever and Criterion just released in Blu Ray and 4K.The 5th Element. Any score by. Eric Serra is highly enjoyable.Once Upon a Time in America. Epic orchestrations by the master Enni... |