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| Devendra Banhart - Anybody listening ? This is a way I gauge if I can get along with a person or not. They MUST have this in their collection or I get a strong feeling that I'm not going to end up liking this so-called music fan. Without further ado...Neutral Milk Hotel-In The Aeroplan... | |
| Devendra Banhart - Anybody listening ? Oh, how could I have forgoten to suggest - another yet more dark and brooding direction, and one of my personal favorites: 16 Horsepower - their album, "Folklore" is a great one for starters (and specifically to fit in this thread). Folklore is a ... | |
| Need a 100 WPC Integrated Tube amp, reco's please? Why are you looking exclusively at tube options? What kind of music do you like to listen to? If you really need 100wpc I'd highly recommend a Portal Panache if you don't mind not having a remote. It's not tubes, but it is a damn fine integrated a... | |
| Devendra Banhart - Anybody listening ? You probably already know Damien Rice if you know Banhart. If not you'll probably like him too. Also, perhaps Ray La Montagne. A bit more extreme (I guess emphasis on the "freak"), and a female vocalist, Joanna Newsome (I really like "Milk-Eyed Me... | |
| the best beethoven piano sonata 19? The older recordings of Annie Fischer are superb performances. Her performance of the Tempest sonata (I think that's 17) is rivetting. You can purchase them as a boxed set, or as individual discs. The Sonata 19 is on Disk 9 Marco | |
| Is an IPOD hi-fi? as a friend of mine in IT once said, 'bits is bits.'I agree; bits are bits. That says absolutely nothing about converting them into music though. The devices that are in between the bits and the energy coming from the speakers to your ears can mak... | |
| USB into DAC vs Airport Express into DAC AE is limited to a mini-toslink connection (optical) in order to stream digital. I've tried it and it is certainly convenient, but did not sound as good as going wired through a Waveterminal U24 to the same DAC (seemed to have better PRAT and a ta... | |
| missed buying opportunities For eBay auctions like that, sign up and use a service called eSnipe. It's not a guarantee, but it's the best thing out there for situations like the one you described. Mine is just a small item...someone was selling their small Sistrum amp stands... | |
| Learning the lingo It might help in locating that book to have the spelling of his last name correct. It is Robert Harley. The book is The Complete Guide to Hi-End Audio". Marco | |
| what is the "best sounding" component ? Perhaps it would be semantically more accurate, but I truly doubt anyone asking such a question is actually under the illusion, nor has the expectation that the answer is as myopic as the question. For me it goes without saying that whatever I rea... | |
| Is an IPOD hi-fi? Thanks for the tip, Ferrari. I've put it on our Netflix queue. It's not listed there by title, but it is part of a larger collection of Murrow listed as part of a set where it is disk #4. Alternatively, it is listed on imdb, here. Thanks.Marco | |
| Is an IPOD hi-fi? Ferarri - your recent post brought to mind a documentary I saw recently. The series "30-Days" originally done by Morgan Spurlock (of "Supersize Me" fame). The first two seasons are now available on DVD. The series is an extension of what Spurlock ... | |
| Is an IPOD hi-fi? I started a response earlier this morning, but just don't have enough time to spit out all that comes to mind. Here's what my initial response was:For many years now,I thorougly research individuals and the the companies they run, before I buy the... | |
| iPod question-how to import uncompressed... I agree with Truman, use Apple Lossless. Alternatively WAV is the uncompressed version, and will take up almost twice the amount of space. Also, make sure to check the "Use Error Correction..." in the Preferences (Advanced>Importing). On a rela... | |
| Is an IPOD hi-fi? Albert - Pandora is great, but does have limitations. Nevertheless it does fill a gaping chasm that radio has left largely unfilled (with the possible exception of Public Radio and some College stations). Sampling music over the Internet is all we... |