immatthewj
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| Sad songs- We love them- We need them "Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness" John Prine. When we lost John Prine, we lost a great one. | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them "Dead Babies" Alice Cooper | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them I would also add "Tecumseh Valley" by Townes" Van Zandt, & perhaps "Waiting Around To Die" by the same artist. As my memory was jogged to think of Townes, maybe I would consider adding "Fort Worth Blues"/Steve Earle. Maybe. | |
| Diffuser panel design - overrated? @emergingsoul , for someone starting out in the diffuser panel game, do you have a cost effective recommendation for behind the speakers? | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them "Jolie Louise" Daniel Lanois "Pancho and Lefty" Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard "Goodbye" Steve Earle "Sam Stone" Johh Prine (I am absolutely positive that Hair Of The Dog/Nazareth & "My Boyfriends Back"/The Angels should definitely g... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @ghdprentice As is said language is a living thing. I remember being perplexed on a problem at a meeting not that long ago an said, “I’d have to noodle on it”. This was followed by shrieks of laughter by the 20/30 year olds. Well, us old farts ... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? I would think that Swiss made components are probably on the cold side. | |
| Demagnetize CDs ". . . the waiting is the hardest part . . ." | |
| Demagnetize CDs A cursory internet search on the subject yields opinions from people who claim that, even though aluminum is virtually non magnetic, when exposed to the inner workings of a CD player, CDs do develop a magnetic field. I will (probably) say no more... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @newbee do you (or does anyone) know what the opposite of "neutral" is, in an audio sense?("Colored," perhaps?) In a non-audio sense (and also in an audio sense, I suppose), I guess the opposite of cold (which is an absolute?) would be hot, so a... | |
| Demagnetize CDs Yes, @4krowme , The Bedini Clarifier most definitely did have an effect. | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @newbee not to start an argument, but when you typed that "There is no such thing, grammar wise, as near neutral" were you referring to in only an audio way? That may be, but as an example of "almost neutral" in other areas would be acid/bas... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? Neutral is a word which is absolute. It can only be ’neutral’ (check your dictionary) or its not neutral. ? I am pretty sure that something can be almost neutral. Bottom line, everything is subjective. But if neutral is absolute? | |
| Demagnetize CDs About 25 years ago I bought "The Bedini Clarifier" which can be held in the hand & spins the disc & theoretically "demagnetizes" it. I hadn't used it for most of those 25 years, but a few nights ago, just for the helluvit, I broke it out ... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? . . . so yes, I would say that Cary is cognizant their preamps "color the sound." |