jssmith
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| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. @acman3 I actually already picked my selection on page 2 of this thread, Trees of Eternity. The second 2016 album I was referring to above is the most interesting guitar album of the last 30+ years Nick Johnston - Remarkably Human. | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. No greater evidence exists that this hobby is dying than these types of threads. It seems the average age of albums selected is probably around 45-50. And before you say there's no great music now, that is not true. It's just a lot harder to find ... | |
| Do people tire of audio forums? I think it depends on your personality type. As a Sigma, I tend to become very involved in a hobby or project to the point of some level of mastery, then I move on to the next. I may still be involved in the old hobby, but not to the extent I used... | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale I've had it 7 years and it still gives me goosebumps every time I play it. | |
| Have you asked yourself this question? Did it years ago. Got rid of the physical digital media too. A lot less clutter now. | |
| Do you think driver “break in” is real? @erik_squires Exactly. Within minutes. Certainly not the "break-in" that people talk about or need to worry about. Several custom speaker builders and kit makers have run this test on drivers so they could get accurate "broken in" specs. I read t... | |
| Do you think driver “break in” is real? No. This has been measured many times. Part of the myth is so you won't return it immediately and you'll get used to the sound of your new speaker. | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? DACs use similar standardized chip sets. So the differences will be in the analog conversion, which in theory is also a standardized algorithm. However, some manufacturers don't follow the standardization and do their own inaccurate conversions. A... | |
| The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded. I consider Stairway To Heaven the best song ever written, but while it was played extensively on the radio, I consider it album rock rather than pop rock. Pop music is not complex. I consider it mood music more than something that can be meticulou... | |
| How Much Do Aesthetics Factor Into Your Decisions? In a living area aesthetics are very important. Therefore small and unobtrusive. In a listening area (home theater, music room) aesthetics mean nothing. Performance is everything. | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? Women were never that interested in audio. Back in the day they had systems because that was the only way to hear music and radio beyond a tinny transistor radio. And entertainment was a choice between three TV stations, a few radio stations and r... | |
| What to do with my legacy CD collection? Decluttr.com I sold mine there when I switched to streaming. Bits are bits. There's no reason to keep them. | |
| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? Decluttr.com for the CDs. That's how I sold mine when I went to streaming. Quick and easy. I think in general, people who have been heirs will tell you they don't want to be burdened with someone else's hobby. They don't care about it. They just ... | |
| Will increasing speaker cable AWG make a difference in sound quality? From Roger Russell (former McIntosh Director of Acoustic Research) Wire Table | |
| Ripping CD's to hard drive FLAC. It's lossless. What goes in, comes out and it doesn't waste space like uncompressed lossless formats, like WAV. Any ripping software will work because the compression algorithm is a standard. As a former software engineer who has written co... |