jssmith
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| Take up drums at age 56? YouTube has changed the game for learning musical instruments. Go for it. You don't need a teacher. They exist all over YouTube. And the basic stuff and even most of the advanced stuff is free. The rest is on lessons you can buy. | |
| CD ripper I use Foobar2000 to FLAC, but dBpowermap looks to be a decent alternative. Checked out EAC before that, but it has a really terrible interface that looks like an unintuitive design from the early 90's. They all have questionable interfaces, except... | |
| Cd's to make a come back in the future? What's the point? Digital is digital. While vinyl does sound different, a CD does not sound different from a lossless file. And as far as I know, no one ever got satisfaction from dropping a CD in its tray like they claim from dropping a needle on... | |
| The Science of Cables I think your general premise is flawed. If millions upon millions can be easily taken in by fad diet claims that make billions of dollars from a concept that’s easily solved by the age-old knowledge of eat less and/or exercise more, what makes you... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? @mitchagain 1) I’ve been very disappointed with the current music of the 21st century. ... So, I was interested in how many responses mentioned current music versus music from the 20th century. I know what you mean. But there are some recent gem... | |
| Greatest debut album Van Halen | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER Ann Wilson, circa Little Queen. Listen to Dream of the Archer. I saw her in concert and when she held that note (you'll know it when you hear it) it was chilling. | |
| The "how many reviews it got" rule @geek101 +1 | |
| Is there actually a difference? There are plenty, but the most famous one is the Stereo Review one from 1987(?). I've been in a couple. No one did better than a coin flip. | |
| What will become of my beloved CDs? "Will they be the shiny-silver equivalent to 8-Track tapes? "Yes. 8-track tapes are worthless. I tried to sell mine not long ago and would up giving them to charity."Or, will they become a novelty and collectable?" No. See above.They're just a spa... | |
| BUYERS, What Issues have you had with Sellers and Listings that Prevent you from Buying? Not necessarily their listings, but their attitudes.I have a long memory and will never deal with a seller who displays a poor attitude.In one case, on $1,000 purchase there was an issue with PayPal going through. It wasn't a money issue. It was j... | |
| Best Songs To Sing In The Car To Embarrass Your Kids Sherry - Frankie Valli ...... if you can sing that high. Even worse if you can't. | |
| CDs Vs LPs From the detailed technical information I've read, the SQ capability of CD wins hands down. I ditched LPs as soon as CDs came out. Mainly because of tics, pops and hiss. And I ditched CDs as soon as 320kbps downloads came out. Reloaded with FLAC. ... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Thank you, prof. As a past participant in some eye-opening blind tests, when it comes to anything except speakers I always ignore subjective views and my viewpoint is "if you didn't hear it blind, you didn't hear it." Your last sentence is the log... | |
| Yanni or Laurel? I've always heard "Yanni". When I moved the NYT slider to the third tick from the left I started hearing "Laurel". Then as I moved it towards the right I kept hearing "Laurel" all the way to the farthest right tick. It was only after I paused it t... |