larsman
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| An Artist's Pinnacle Kate Bush - 'The Dreaming' Soundgarden - 'Superunknown' The Clash - 'London Calling' Elvis Costello - 'This Year's Model' Gang of Four - 'Entertainment' The Jam - 'Setting Sons' Love - 'Forever Changes' PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake' Si... | |
| An Artist's Pinnacle @stuartk - where did you see that the Grateful Dead overdubbed vocals on Europe '72? Not saying they didn't, but I've got the box set of the entire Europe '72 tour - I know there weren't any overdubs on THAT! 😃 I loved that 2nd album from The Band... | |
| Brian Eno's Turntable Design Some guy says he has no idea who Eno is, but he's happy to describe his music as vapid, empty, and soulless.... This is obviously meant as an art piece, not some kind of advanced turntable technology.... | |
| DAC Upgrade @danto - How do you like those Fritz speakers?? I’ve got a pair of Carerra BE’s - took a few months to break in, but they sound awesome now! | |
| Introspective of this forum: "Does the Audiophile Community Have a Promlem?" I Say yes!!! Just now read both parts of the article, and I pretty much agree.... | |
| Introspective of this forum: "Does the Audiophile Community Have a Promlem?" I Say yes!!! Might also just be the nature of forums and message boards. I've been on ones for all kinds of subjects and people will start arguments about just about anything, some more than others. People can say a lot of things anonymously that they wouldn't... | |
| Dang it, I'm Deaf.... @bob540 - I turned 70 in September, and I've had tinnitus for many years, and for me it manifests as a 'hiss'. Sometimes it's louder, sometimes it's quieter. It's possible that this is what you are experiencing. You might want to consult an audiol... | |
| More expensive = better? @oddiofyl - Quicksilver gear is excellent; I had the tube headphone amp, and for under $1000 that thing is a steal. I've since sold it and moved up to Eddie Current and Auris Nirvana, but the Quicksilver served me very well for many a month.... | |
| Michael Nesmith @thecarpathian - from Wiki, here's the story of Mike's involvement with the origins of MTV... This concept seemed intriguing and had the potential to be taken in a more advanced direction. Robert W. Pittman would be the guy who would be at the fo... | |
| More expensive = better? Not all the time, of course, but it's not a bad rule of thumb to start with, at least with certain types of gear.... | |
| Headphones to keep you honest I use both headphones and speakers; as I live in an apartment and cannot listen at concert levels, I get a much more visceral experience with headphones than with speakers - goes right down from the skull through the bones. And no, I don't use 'Be... | |
| DAC Reviews - Headphones v Speakers I bought a Holo May DAC for my headphones, but then changed it so that it will work with either my headphones or my 2-channel speaker setup, depending on how I set the switch that I bought for that purpose. I liked the Holo May better than DAVE + ... | |
| Adding a Herron VTSP 3A/360 Preamplifier to the system. @vinylvalet - thanks for letting me know about that recent interview with Keith - I MUST check that out!!!! Love my 360/Ref! | |
| So where do you fall in the spectrum.? Gear or Music? I'd guess for most of us, good music came into our lives long before good gear.... | |
| Bully pulpits Being a rock and roll guy, I prefer the Wooly Bully pulpit..... |