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whatsbestforum - what's going on I doubt you reading just your last post... Now i believe you completely... Pricing value is for idiots... Thanks and welcome here ... @mahgister please disregard the system page, that is a stale and outdated snapshot. Over the last 7 years... | |
whatsbestforum - what's going on I guess we are lucky to have you here... but i look at your virtual system image and i see so much gear that i bet your knowledge is about the gear brand specs and "taste"... My virtual system present my modest system but i had learned how to o... | |
what system musicians prefer? Do they care? My friend who was a trombonist in a classical orchestra was cynical about many musicians takes on musical matter and despise audiophiles as maniac... i think there is in the musicians crowd the same amount of interest and disinterest for audioph... | |
whatsbestforum - what's going on Audiogon is the best forum i participated to by far... The other were not so interesting for many reasons i can felt immediately... The worst experience was ASR and Super best audio friends by far... I am among those with low cost system which ... | |
whatsbestforum - what's going on I am not interested to participate on WBF...( i read very occasionally specific posts about acoustics and gear) I am a low cost system owner interested in acoustics more than in high end gear per se which without optimization is anyway often "... | |
whatsbestforum - what's going on i am here since 10 years or almost and some of my posts were deleted , i never complained and in fact if i analyse the whole situation the work done by Tammy is stellar , respectful...She listen to patient people but not to obstinated one... I... | |
Jazz for aficionados Horowitz is able to play everything more than well.... But Scriabin music ask for a magician dedicated to him in a total devotion ( like Wagner and Beethoven ask for total devotion)... He is not my favorite in Scriabin, for example Igor Zhukov is... | |
A principle guiding the wise audiophile life it is more fun to learn how to do (acoustics among other things) than just plug and play... There is not slow car or fast car in audio, any system at any price need acoustical,mechanical and electrical optimization... The price has nothing to do ... | |
Jazz for aficionados Thanks frogman for your appreciation which means much to me... This is my favorite version of the same piece of Richter by the greatest Scriabin disciple (who wed his daughter) Sofronitsky. I was not a fan of Scriabin till i heard him. After Scri... | |
A principle guiding the wise audiophile life Wise post. There is as much fun to optimize a low cost system as a high cost one... We go with our budget... | |
Jazz for aficionados Thanks tyray i am happy to be useful ... @mahgister The reason for me is evident so genius was Stravinsky and he is one of the greatest Russian composer, Scriabin is more revolutionary, transforming piano playing into a "primal" musical tim... | |
Jazz for aficionados i just wrote this to convey my Scriabin impression: I created the past that never was In the present which encompass Nothing old or new But the future as memory anew The instant of perception Reflect nothing But is the seed of an aeon... | |
A principle guiding the wise audiophile life This hobby attracts a lot of people with OCD tendencies — chasing perfection where it doesn’t exist. But sound is simple. It’s just waves. If you like what you hear, you win. There is no “better.” That concept doesn’t exist. There’s just sound a... | |
Jazz for aficionados i think that jazz is more primal than classical...But some classical music are more primal than some jazz... I was speaking in my post above about the way musical time is understood in Jazz and classical... Scriabin is primal as jazz is for ex... | |
A principle guiding the wise audiophile life i concur... +1 Nice summary. I think you’ve pretty well nailed it in one elegant paragraph. |