jpwarren58

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Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
Before caves or Callas or Nick Cave we lived in trees. Two important principles about sleeping in trees....don't fall and be quiet. So late arriving member of the troop arrives at the tree house and makes a low sound of some sort not to alarm his ... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Coyote Mark Knopfler  
Whats playing on your system today?
Bridge on the River Paul McCartney   
Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why?
I have the Studio Electric M5. Excellent. Also Watkins makes a fine bookshelf.   
Whats playing on your system today?
Yell Fire Michael Franti. Spearhead.  
How reliable is PS audio equipment?
No, this is not a question for my GP!  
How reliable is PS audio equipment?
I have a broken down Sprout. Any suggestions?  
Audio influencers on YouTube hiding comments from public view
He constantly railed against cancel culture....oh the irony, the Godzilla of irony.    
Dealer affiliations and attitudes, assumptions and lack of respectful engagement in audio.
Money breeds entitlement for most. Plus advertising/marketing preaches buy the best be the best b..s..t.  Our brains are easily manipulated not to mention "success" of click chasers and national leadership. Are there any citizens left after Bill M... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Mahashmashana Father John Misty  
Movie/film suggestions.
No mention of Thief with James Caan. Great soundtrack and vastly underrated movie.  Also Sharky's Machine. Henry Silva, brilliant. Doc Severnson score. But Fantasia rules them all for marriage of film and music closely followed by 2001 and Blade... 
Real musicians don't need "awards."
Marketing tool to promote sales. Just like most speciality magazines and on-line reviewers.  Shiny and new turns old therefore reinvigorate sales through award shows and hall of fames.   
the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile
12 yo me....Hitachi receiver, technics? tt, ?speakers, but it was the Capitol Record Club that was the clincher. 18 yo me....Nad integrated, Thorens TT, Bose speakers 60 yo me....Kef LS50 clinched it along with time and modest funds.  
Havelock Wool acoustic panels vs fiberglass/Rockwool
They even have a van insulating kit for those of us still selling speakers out the back of a van.   
Havelock Wool acoustic panels vs fiberglass/Rockwool
They even have a van insulating kit for those of us still selling speakers out the back of a van.