mapman
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| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries Hmm Astral Weeks was groundbreaking indeed. As was Sgt Pepper. As was “Days of Future Passed” and early Pink Floyd. Each in different ways. Revolver and Pet Sounds to some extent as well were at minimum early seeds for prog rock. The Beatles’... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries Prog rock was/is very ambitious artistically. Therefore of course few care about it anymore these days other than a handful of dedicated enthusiasts. Kinda like high end audio itself. The two go hand in hand IMHO. | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries What is prog rock? This is a job for AI: “ Progressive rock, often shortened to "prog rock" or simply "prog," is a subgenre of rock music that emerged primarily in the United Kingdom during the mid- to late-1960s [[1]](https://teachrock.org/les... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries @audio-b-dog more a musical concept piece from the days when prog rock on general was becoming a big thing than a song that tries to cover the history of music from primitive drumbeats to harpsichord to organ to eventually electric guitar and mel... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries This covers it. | |
| Is it possible to really know what you're doing? It’s a total potshot and potential waste of lots of money whenever one does not know what they are doing. Options: 1) live and learn and pay the price along the way 2) go with gear that someone who knows what they are doing integrated for yo... | |
| Attention Horn Owners Good choice @earthbound. External crossover like minidsp can solve sub integration effectively if needed. DSP/eq another option. Always a way to skin the cat…. | |
| Attention Horn Owners I like Volti I have heard. Zu not so much. Agree with the ear fatigue comment from what I have heard over the years, but will say they finally sounded more acceptable to me last time I heard at CAF 2024. Personally for better bass, if I were... | |
| Buying used from Canada It’s a surprise how much imported stuff will cost. Try it and you will know for sure and can let us all know. Willing to bet the price has not gone down as was promised. My daughter got a small very light package from China recently after pa... | |
| Looking for Some Music Server Advice Roon on beefier Mac Mini. | |
| Old SS amps Buying old things is seldom a good idea unless you are certain it is still in good operating order. Like people, after a certain age, it’s usually all downhill from there. | |
| Tannoy or Volti I’d take a pair of both or either. Probably Volti for use with lower power tube amps or maybe Tannoys otherwise. | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? Kingston Trio in their heyday. | |
| Maximize Mini with Roon to match my system -- or new component? Mac Mini a good choice for Roon core/server. General purpose computers in general tend to be somewhat noisy so not sure if any general purpose computer is best choice to run a streamer, Roon or otherwise. I’d look into a good quality dedicated s... | |
| And a Happy 4th to all! No comment this year other than everyone always count your blessings. Be kind to others. Basking in cruelty has never been the American way and still isn’t. |