mapman
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| Moody Blues "Question of bal." CD or SACD vs Vinyl I had a chance to listen yesterday and I added a separate review comparing my CD and vinyl copies of Days Of Future Passed.I'll try to do "Question of Balance" next when I have a chance. | |
| Personal speaker evolution "pre-audiophile"Motorola stereo phono with little integrated foldout speaks (first stereo as a kid)Sanyo am/fm/cassette/phono integrated as an older kid (1st stereo "system")Then:Lafayette Criterion short floor-standers with Heil tweeters (model??... | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? Oh boy, here come the old time jingles......I would bet some of these actually sound very good remastered to CD!How about:Schaeffer. Is the. One beer to have when your....having more than 1! | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? "It's four minutes 33 secs of silence--or rather, of ambient auditory information"So how does it sound on a good system? Should be really really......quiet? | |
| The Alan Parson's Project Actually, I misspoke a bit. Its a lead guitar line (not a solo), with significant accompaniment, that Andrew Latimer performs. | |
| The Alan Parson's Project It's very hard to find in the states. I had to order from a ebay seller in eastern Europe, I recall.You might be able to sample it on amazon or allmusicguide.com, perhaps. | |
| DAC as an upgrade Istanbulu,Interesting article. Lots of truths.All the factors that go into good sound or perception of good sound, except $$$s, are very hard to quantify meaningfully and I believe no two people ever really hear exactly the same thing at the same ... | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? I listen to top 40 radio in the car with my kids sometimes. A lot of old am radio and 45 RPM vinyl stuff actually sounds pretty good these days remastered to CD and on a good system.Many many catchy tunes over the years.I'll listen to almost anyth... | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? John Cage is a minimalist, right?Gotta check that out. | |
| Review: Sumiko Speaker Set Speaker Yes. I'm back to where I was after my recent upgrades and before the Ohms were moved.It's helpful having another set of accurate speaks like the Dynaudios in another room. Having multiple speaks in multiple rooms for reference helps me maintain be... | |
| Review: Sumiko Speaker Set Speaker DC,I did some needed tweaking (manual and by ear only) of speaker location with my Ohm 5's today and had a similar result regarding playback level when done.You know of what you speak! | |
| The Alan Parson's Project A lot of people think the album "Stationary Traveler" by the brit prog rock group "Camel" sounds like TAPP.I believe I read once it was recorded in the same building at the same time as one of the Parson's albums.One of the singers for APP actuall... | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? OK, of course the name of the tune I meant by Herb Albert is "So What's new?", not "What's Going On".Sorry Marvin Gaye! | |
| DAC as an upgrade OR more reasonably, I should probabably say things are sounding near perfect TO MY EARS!The more I listen,, the faster I always come back to the conclusion that in the end, other than having decent components that work well together as a system, a... | |
| dynamic range -the good and bad? Listened to a few choice parts of my 90's vintage standard issue Kind of Blue CD today. Significant hiss in the background and a few spotty rough edges that sounded somewhat scratchy from time to time, but overall sounds very full bodied, textured... |