kevvwill
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| Which band's vinyl catalog is consistently great? Shellac. Steve Albini is dedicated to good recorded sound quality, in the service of great music. He has been this way since the days of Big Black, but it has only been since his most recent project, and the big paydays attendant to working with b... | |
| Queen of Pain Dang, now I have the Cramps "Queen of Pain" going through my head. Luckily, I love the Cramps, and will have to look up the catalyst for my ear worm. | |
| NOLA Boxers in my space Bjork is definitely a galvanizing performer. She absolutely kmocks me out, even as I admit that her latest recording is pretty sucktacular. Latest from both she and PJ Harvey broke my heart with the stank. | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. My advice would be to find a dealer you trust, and listen, if they are set up for cartridge demos. If you have friends who are audiophiles, their systems and experiences would also be of value for you.But a thread such as this often becomes a "Min... | |
| Does 'Accuracy' Matter or exist ? No, and no. What is "accuracy?" And to what? Accepting that accuracy is a deliriously liberating thing to an audiophile. Just go for the coloration that you like and be done with it.One of my "reference systems" is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. ... | |
| Good 2.0 speakers subwooferless Thanks for the suggestion, Swampwalker. They were a little tall for my needs. I went for the UCube USB speaker. The aesthetics were pleasing, and it either came down to those or the Olasonic eggs. I just couldn't get behind the looks of the Olason... | |
| Jennifer Warnes 20th Ann Famous Blue Raincoat RI If anyone would like (as in for free) a couple copies of the original LP, shoot me an e-mail at kevvwill@yahoo.com. I picked it up like every good audio nerd back in the day, listened to it once (it left me cold), then again to make sure it wasn't... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... That Bill Callahan was pretty wonderful. "Disturbing the Air," the latest from Azita Youssefi (on Drag City) also knocked me out. But be careful, because Azita will take you on a lot of strange trips that might or might not include Bride of No No,... | |
| Do You Love Music or Do You Love Hi-Fi? Hiho, actually it was the title track from "F*** de Boere," a long out-of-print disc that also contains an early version of the great "Machine Gun." I make a point of seeing Brotzmann every time he comes to Chicago which is, thankfully, very often... | |
| Want to enhance my Audio system, need suggestions If it's a dedicated room, treat it. That will be LOT cheaper than any component (Audio Advisor has Sonex on sale right now), and will make an immense difference. Back in the day, I had LEDE (live end/dead end) setup, and the difference was immense... | |
| NOLA Boxers in my space Ha! Rumadian, "Kids That's Rich" from Raekwon's "Vatican Mixtape" really is a great recording of the male voice. His style has characteristics that the recording, whatever the artifice going on in the background, does an amazing job of capturing. ... | |
| Good 2.0 speakers subwooferless Nowhere in the list of desired attributes does it say "I want bass." "Without gritting my teeth" means a sufficiently acceptable balance between aesthetics (not wanting an ugly box at my lovely glass desk), and reasonable sound. Hence the request,... | |
| NOLA Boxers in my space No worries, Soix. Audiophile recordings are, generally, musically bankrupt, aimed at demonstrating sonic purity (such as can be attained with wires and stuff), rather than musical ones. Back when I was reviewing, and would hit CES shows, I wouldn'... | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Atmasphere, maybe I've just been blessed with only hearing phono stages that get it right, so to speak, because that's an experience I have never encountered. As I said, I've had phono stages do different things with the surface noise, in terms of... | |
| Phono pre direct to amp, what am I missing? If you have enough gain, and only want to run the phono stage, the only thing you're "missing" is a layer of coloration/distortion. One-source systems are tailor-made for running directly into the power amplifier, as long as, as has been mentioned... |