jssmith
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| You can Vote for Most Valuable Lead Vocals (Rock Groups) Geoff TateBest rock singer and most valuable because no one would have heard of Queensryche without his stunning vocals. | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? Black Sabbath - ParanoidI bought it at Korvettes (officially E.J. Korvette) for $2.94. Obviously it made an impression if I remember that level of detail. | |
| Thinking about the good old days... @bdp24 Blind testing? I'm going to guess you're not a "tube guy". ;-)No. I prefer my music to be undistorted and my amps to be no more expensive than necessary to produce audible accuracy, which in the case of solid state is very cheap. Although... | |
| Thinking about the good old days... @bdp24 Modern violin players are still trying to recreate instruments that sound like the Stradivari A blind test already debunked the Stradivarius myth. People, including elite violinists, actually preferred the sound of the modern violin*. Ag... | |
| Thinking about the good old days... @bdp24 Very little was better? How about 1950’s Fender, Gibson, and Martin Guitars. Gretsch and Radio King drumsets, K. Zildjian cymbals made in Turkey. Big ol’ Cadillac El Dorados and Lincoln Continentals (just yesterday I saw one with a black pa... | |
| Thinking about the good old days... Very little was better in "the good old days" except age. Medicine, cars, household conveniences and audio were all grossly inferior to today. Nostalgia creates a massive and cloudy filter. Back in my youth I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if the w... | |
| Good CDs to Test Your System I second the Cheskey Records Ultimate Demo mentioned above. It's specifically made for this. It has songs to test each individual characteristic and covers 90% of what you need. But it is lacking in a couple of areas that I fill in with ...Metalli... | |
| How do you know what you're missing? Read the graphs (frequency response, waterfalls, polars). Then compare them to other speakers.In today’s market, where it’s almost impossible to hear speakers, much less in a good environment, I wouldn’t buy a critical-listening speaker if I could... | |
| Who are your three favorite female singers? Tatiana Shmaylyuk (metal)Cammie Gilbert (metal)Ann Wilson (not metal) | |
| Speakers which always sound good " without having to think about the room acoustics or placements"None. But I'd go with a line array as the safest because it cuts down on the focus of the vertical plane. Horns are next because they are more directional. Klipsch Cornwalls go agai... | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. unreceivedogma,I discount subjective opinion. But remastering of an old recording isn't a good analogy. And remasterings are hit-and-miss anyway. Even remastering of modern digital recordings. However, there is no grittiness to a digital recordi... | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. mijostyn,On the contrary. The money I don't waste on vinyl goes to many romantic dinners with the significant other. See, that's how cost/benefit analysis works. | |
| Streaming for beginner Blind tests show that almost no one can hear the difference between 320 kbps and CD. There are several tests on the Web to try it blind yourself. However, as has been stated there are high-def options. I use Amazon Music HD through Alexa, making ... | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. Not.Save your money. I get the nostalgia part, but other than that vinyl is less accurate, noisy, inconvenient, a space hog, and an incredible waste of money compared to streaming. I'd find a hobby that makes more sense from a cost/benefit ratio. ... | |
| Should a reference speaker be neutral, or just great sounding? djones5108-09-2020 8:51pmWasn’t it Harman that did a lot of speaker tests where the speakers with the flattest response were picked as the best sounding? No matter if it was professional listeners or Joe off the street.Yes. They can predict with... |