mapman
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| What are you listening to right now? Listened to an old cassette from college many years ago of Soft Machine I recently for the first time in years. Very groovy man! It’s digitized to my music server now. | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? MTV awards last week were God awful musically. My teenage daughter even agreed. The focus is increasingly more on spectacle to try to make the various celebrity clones more interesting. I guess that’s the only way to get any attention in the water... | |
| Current speaker threads are boring Billy Joel got it right. | |
| 3 headphone Dac Amps compared Thanks for the very well done review. | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it A good quality digital integrated amp from a reputable maker fed by a good quality streaming device (need not cost much) with moderately efficient speakers that it can drive well that fit well into your listening space is a good approach.An exampl... | |
| What are you listening to right now? "Wise After the Event" by Anthony Philips. | |
| R.I.P Glen Campbell I was missing Glen Campbell in my music library and corrected that a few weeks back converting some Glen vinyl I picked up at the thrift store not long ago. Always had a soft spot for this guy's music. | |
| Benchmark Dac3 I have no doubt both BEnchmark and Oppo make excellent sounding DAC products.Chord DACs are interesting to compare to others like BEnchmark and Oppo in terms of technical approach. | |
| Benchmark Dac3 All recent DACs do not sound the same for sure, however, there are many very excellent sounding ones these days for not very much to the point where in many cases any quality device with a DAC is no longer likely to be the weakest link in the play... | |
| Amazon Fire - anyone using as a streamer/transport WITHOUT the TV ? I use Plex on Fire TV to stream my music library. Fire TV is input to Bel Canto C5i digital integrated amp which has awesome sound quality. I use Plex on Iphone, ipad and desktop browser to control it remotely. Plex also does photos and video. Yo... | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? Schubert I picked up a Kurt Elling CD a while back on your recommendation. Still acclimating. With many years of exposure I proudly now get Elvis though. My wife is a big Elvis fan so no choice. We even did the pilgrimage to Graceland (and Sun Stu... | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? Just don’t pay much attention to the really popular modern music. More good new music still being made out there some live, some recorded, more of it than ever being produced much faster than any of us will ever be able to listen to it. Lots of go... | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? Always the lowest common denominator that just gets lower over time. But how low can it go? | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Took the whole family to see Queen and Adam Lambert in Philly last Sunday. It was a blast! | |
| recommendations for amplifiers that don't emit tons of heat Most any Class D amp is relatively small, very power efficient and runs cool. Many good ones out there. I use a Bel Canto c5i in an enclosed audio cabinet and also have other BC 500w/ch power amps. Neither ever gets even slightly warm. |