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| Apple to Acquire Beats Audio i saw in passing today that spotify now claims 15 million paid subscribers, while beats music is believed to have only 300,000. (according to the same story, apple's itunes radio has some 40 million listeners; most, i presume, using the free servi... | |
| Advice Request - Sonus Faber Toy Speakers? since you asked, with a similar budget and placement limitation, i auditioned the sf toys and concertinos, along with dynaudio xcite and lots of others (didn't hear the cremonas, which are quite a bit pricier). i ended up buying the rega rs1, whic... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? polk monitor 10. look no further. | |
| worst sounding great lps good thread--interesting and controversial responses. katy lied had a whole checkered history--apparently the original mix was botched due to dbx and had to be remastered--there's an interesting article about it here: http://www.steelydan.com/denn... | |
| worst sounding great lps iggy's raw power (david bowie) is a famously botched production, as is marshall crenshaw's field day (steve lillywhite). i'd throw in sst-era husker du (really great songs terribly recorded); i've also been surprised at how bad-sounding some of th... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report ghost, hiss golden meesenger's definitely mood music--not something you'd put on at the gym, more like something you'd listen to before a solitary peyote trip.i did listen to the jo johanasson--it's sort of a less electronic take on the ethereal s... | |
| sub setup question marty, the nad's a hi-falutin digital amp which provides options for running either the sub full range or at different crossover frequencies--i would assume there's a crossover bypass switch on the hsu which one would use if he was setting the cro... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report two more, then i'll shut up for awhile:even, "salthill"-- obscure, fantastic aussie power pop somewhere in the realm of badfinger. huge hooks; the principal's a great guitar player.liquor giants, "one day at a time"--ward dotson, who used to play ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report ghosthouse, i gave smash palace a few spins--i wanted to dig 'em more but they didn't quite grab me. they seem to be betwixt 80s new wave and power pop without the sonic sheen of the former or the melodic hooks of the latter. i do appreciate the r... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report ghost, i'm a big freedy johnston fan, though i wouldn't put him in the same genre as bill lloyd--fj's more the thoughtful folkie. "this perfect world" is essentially a perfect album, and sonically incredible (butch vig production). the title track... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report nice to hear bill lloyd get a shoutout--his first solo lp, feeling the elephant, is a power pop classic--i just reheard it on spotify and some of the songs remained in my head from 25 years ago.the robert forster mention inspired me to go back to ... | |
| Opinions on Pioneer CS series speakers the cs88a have their afficionados, though $500 seems high--they seem to sell pretty reliably for $250-350 on ebay. they're very early 70s, so you're gonna have to refoam + the tweeters and supertweeters tend to fry on these (though it seems pretty... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA There's an overall sense in audiophile circles that to be a truly "high end" products it must be expensive and made by a small, discreet manufacturer who eschews mass-market sales or promotion. Consequently, I think there's a lot of reflexive bash... | |
| Speaker suggestions - Pass XA30.5 $3500 heard the pass auditioned with dynaudio contour--sounded awfully good | |
| Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways an HBO documentary The series is quite watchable, and I like the focus on the more obscure players on each scene, but has anyone noticed how every new song the FF play at the end sound exactly the same? |