larsman
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| What do you listen to? Almost all of it is music I've heard over and over again, and I'm not proud of it, but a lot of the old sources I used to use to find out about new stuff are gone, and I've just not gotten around to using new ones. | |
| Genesis @bzawa - for the best sounding 'Nursery Cryme', look into the double-45 version from Acoustic Sounds/Analog Productions.... Unfortunately, those earlier Gabriel-era Genesis albums were not the best sounding ones, so even that leaves something to b... | |
| Where to start upgrading? There are a lot of wonderful tube headphone amps out there and I've had several - Woo certainly makes some great ones in varying price ranges, and I've had that Quicksilver HP amp that @johnss mentioned; great bang for the buck, that is! But there... | |
| Genesis @jpconer - did you ever listen to KOME in the '73 - '76 period when they were pretty much prog and psychedelic rock all the time, with DJ's like Phil Charles and Zim Zoots? They turned me on to so many great bands. @mapman - you are right about T... | |
| Mid level listening For me, the music is the most important thing. I read people say a certain system got their toes tapping. To me, music is what gets my toes tapping, head bobbing, etc; I had no more problem doing it with a handheld transistor radio when I was 16 t... | |
| Jill Sobule has passed away in house fire That's awful - so sorry to hear that. I was on a train trip through the Southwest with her in 2009; she was one of the performers and passengers along with Stan Ridgway and the Handsome Family. She was very sweet. RIP Jill. | |
| Genesis I've been a big fan since I saw them play at my college gym in early 1973 on the 'Foxtrot' tour. Seen and photographed them many times since then. I seem to be the only Genesis fan who doesn't rate 'Selling England' very high in my faves; 'Dancin... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? No more and no less than the online and YouTube reviewers I read and watch. I take everything into consideration. | |
| Mike Peters has passed away I saw that yesterday; RIP Mike.... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @bolong - that's interesting about those Lion's Mane mushrooms; wasn't familiar with those. There's a 'mushroom church' a few blocks from where I live where you can go and buy 'shrooms as 'sacrament'. That's the only kinda church you'll get ME in! | |
| Will AI. Minimize the Design differences of audio It can be a very useful tool in other arts as well. As a concert photographer, I sometimes use it to remove mic stands in front of performers or amps in the background that are just distractions. But I certainly don't just turn it loose and say 'M... | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? @inagroove - One might also add that the gear sounds no better than the room, which is the biggest influence on sound. | |
| Critical listening and altered states Good points! Since I discovered the wonders of cannabis back in 1970, when I sit down for serious music listening, I am almost always in an ASC with it. There were plenty of other substances involved through the years, especially in the 1970's, bu... | |
| Record Store Day @klimt - a pressing is how a vinyl record is made; it's literally pressed/stamped from a glob of vinyl material. Think of it like printings of a book where each printing can be slightly (or not so slightly) different. | |
| Vinyl Me Please...well, not anymore I'm glad I got that Miles Davis Electric Years box set from them while they were still here.... |