mahgister
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| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? I am empathetic with everyone naturally, at least i try, i try to stay positive and nice but i like to discuss even uncomfortable truth sometimes, i admit this point, in my own passionate way (as acoustics basics being the root of our hobby not p... | |
| Critical listening and altered states The issue is THC not a hallucinogen, if we are seeking altered states this not enough. Not against using various substances for system and music enjoyment, but I see the goal of high end audio to induce the altered state without the need for thes... | |
| What bass-litmus-test music do you take to auditions? For higher frequencies i used violin... Mainly The "arte of violin" of Locatelli... This version because the sound recording is astonishing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpad18N0v8w Also I use Tacet "tubes recording only" label 4 season... | |
| What bass-litmus-test music do you take to auditions? @mahgister Which Bach work are you specifically referring to? Thanks! With the Tuba the organ is the best , There is plenty of Bach organ works interpretation, I prefer and use this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1espc... | |
| What bass-litmus-test music do you take to auditions? Akhnaten opera of Philip Glass... ( my favorite modern opera with Weil one) 9th symphony of Bruckner... (Giulini) A Tuba is the best to test bass... Then i used Marie Claire Alain Bach opus at the organ... I felt the organ with my bo... | |
| Best Chet Baker Sings Recordings i confirmed because i own them all... Fabulous choice ! Thanks... "Diane" is stupendous intimate jazz poetry.. https://youtu.be/skSx-ECpzmw?feature=shared Same for "no problem" an album among his best and less known : https://youtu.be/... | |
| Critical listening and altered states Very deep observation ! Thanks. I felt the same, once we lived through a ASC musical experience driven by THC you felt it always stored in our body memory ready to reveal to us again, even without THC, how the music content (visual in my case... | |
| Critical listening and altered states I am glad you fare well on this health front ... My best to you ... Just got the results of my lung CT: No trace of cancer, despite my best bad efforts to get the rot.... COPD is under some sort of control, yay.... | |
| Best Chet Baker Sings Recordings I like all of them, even when his voice is broken totally. The best are the one in his golden years. Nobody sing like him as natural as we speak with no artificiality and no pretense to sing... He sing like he play. No pretense to demonstrate, bu... | |
| Critical listening and altered states What I mean to to ask was whether you view "sweetness of tone" as inherent to the violin and regard any stridency as an artifact of poor audio performance or whether you have deliberately configured your headphone system to present a "sweeter" to... | |
| Critical listening and altered states I had it for years and did not read him yet... Thanks to remind me i must die soon and then must read it sooner... I am just beginning to read Oliver Sack's book Musicophilia - Tales of Music and the Brain. I bet it would interest many par... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I discovered it on youtube... Sorry.... I had the files for years... i like philippe Catherine a lot... Thanks @mahgister Thanks for sharing! That's awesome. After giving it a listen, I looked for a CD release. Alas, it doesn't exi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I did not appreciate many female jazz voices as i appreciate instruments. But Shirley Horn is magnificent here . Thanks frogman for your expert choices... https://youtu.be/4YmnLvwfCtk https://youtu.be/Y1n2hBn8TrU | |
| Critical listening and altered states I know stuartk it seems a ridiculous set of metaphors, especially out of his context, but it was what i felt listening to it when my optimization process was completed. Remember that i never enjoyed the high frequencies on any of my ... | |
| Critical listening and altered states You quoted me wrong sns.. This is my text : The gear pieces design quality and synergy cannot be replaced but only compensated by acoustics controls, mechanical one mainly in my case and also equalization and tone control. But on the other ha... |