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20 Vintage Amps That Prove They Really Don’t Make Them Like They Used To
I owned two of them in my life and they were good... My actual Sansui alpha is not the same as illustrated here but posterior of few years and the peak of Sansui tech.,.. He drives my headphone from the headphone out better than the best tube  h... 
"I Trust My Ears"
Crocodiles had tastes and we cannot convince them their tastes are bad habits... A part of our brain is a crocodile... A higher part need concept to appreciate higher meaning... Our physical hearing is biased physically and physiologically, but... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
For sure you had the right to your opinion as i have and we are different and as frogman says there is no best only "our own best" informed by our own journey... In your post you spoke a lot about the personal life  of these two artists and their... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
I cannot understand any poet failing to love Dylan or Cohen... I like them and dislike most popular music... And English is not my language... In French the only singer i listened to is Léo Ferré... A poet too ... I like  old french songs  and... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
@mahgister  That 5 minute video was very interesting. Looks like a channel I’d enjoy exploring further, although I suspect much of it is above my head.  I’m curious: what would your top recommendations be for recordings of Scriabin solo piano o... 
"I Trust My Ears"
ghdprentice said it well... We must train our hearing by tuning our brain with thinking concepts and setting experiments in a system/room with different musical styles.. Tastes are nothing except a starting point from the animal in us to the ang... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
I discovered "musical time" listening Bruckner symphonies non stop for 6 months...   Then i discovered Scriabin... Scriabin music and theories exhibit a synesthetic perspective.This is why it is easier "to see" the late music of Scriabin than t... 
The cool factor- who has it?
I own more than 100 albums of Chet, i think it is also for me... For the record, Chet's In New York is in my top three jazzies.    
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
I dont know much about music as musicians know about it... I will be frank, i dont listen too much many new  music pieces why ? Because i was enthralled by some classical music over every other because of some interpretation... I hate opera but... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
My godly pianist (badly recorded as usual) playing a godly composer :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRD78IG4VN8&list=RDJRD78IG4VN8&start_radio=1 The reason why, is because music is not only only about  timing, or timbre colors, it is ... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
@mahgister  "I will go for his Strauss and his Rachmaninoff..." I was speaking of the singer Asmik Grigorian...    
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
Thanks for this one ... I will go for his Strauss and his Rachmaninoff...    There is no objective best interpretation , but there is an historical ranking by universal acclaim (for example Rubinstein Chopin  or Sofronitsky Scriabin ) But one ... 
Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why?
The low cost speakers i owned all sounded better that the real best TOP high end speakers i was able to buy why ?    Because it does not matter as much the brand name speakers you bought and his top design if you are not able to install it in a ... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
Save some miraculous exceptions, there is no perfect interpretation... But my point was that music exist when a musician interpret it... Musical work are resilient and able to support many interpretation perspectives... The main point is listen... 
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
In a word. music is boring if it is industrial production... Music is not boring, it is our attention span and power often that makes music boring... Music written or not is makes by musician... Then speaking of a symphony from a composer witho...