mapman
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| Why does most new music suck? All rock music and mucb of pop is part of youth culture. Its not reasonble for old guys to ass judgement condemning modern rock and pol. Its not our music for the most part. So you can pasx judgement and say it mostly sucks but it really does nof ... | |
| DACs With Killer Built-In Preamps "This is simple electronics 101"Yes, in "High End Audio 550", fundamentals still count for a lot, perhaps even more so than bank accounts. :^) | |
| Why does most new music suck? So here's a different spin.Let's assume most or all new music does suck.Then let's assume that those reading this are music lovers.Conclusion: we're all doomed!Thanks! I feel a whole lot better now!!!!! | |
| Why does most new music suck? "But at the end of the day, filet Mignon is still filet Mignon and McDonald's is still McDonald's, and the fact that you no longer want to eat the former can't change it. "Yeah, but it still may still taste pretty darn good when that is what you a... | |
| Rogue Audio two new integrateds Great or Same old? Have never heard a bad piece from Rogue. Very good sound quality, always musical and easy on teh ear, and very good value with these products in general. I am impressed every time I hear Rogue amps. | |
| Speakers with fullness and weight? Knowledge is 80% of the battle.Posts like Duke's help build the knowledge needed to get good results in cases that otherwise might seem lost.Haven't heard his speakers but would love to someday. I suspect he is another vendor out there that really... | |
| What is the best sounding amp for Maggies 3.7? I'd lean towards a good 80 w/ch tube amp like Rogue or any good Class D amp with 60Kohm or higher input impedance to match up well with most any tube pre-amp.Good tube gear upstream somewhere + Maggies is generally a good pairing. | |
| What is a very nice sounding tube preamp? Can't go wrong with ARC. Many in your price range used. There is benefit going with a long time industry leader in tube gear especially first time around in case customer service is needed at some point.The VAC unit is very nice also. | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved The main reason CDs are still around and similar or better higher res downloads not common yet is that large files and data volumes are involved and most are not equipped with the technology yet to handle these data volumes on the scale of a large... | |
| Why does most new music suck? GEtting a good internet radio feed into my system was probably the best thing I ever did to help me break my ruts of listening mostly only to old favorites and giving "new" stuff a chance. It can be a mind opening experience.Soon after I added my ... | |
| Has anyone tried an amp from Class D Audio? ""Everything being right with no soul"Strat, Are you comparing the various Class D amps apples/apples with the rest of the system all the same? Which Bel Canto amps specifically did you have and what was rest of the system?I have ref1000m monobloc... | |
| Found good & affordable amp for Magnepans "Was it a magical, temporary alignment of cosmic forces? I don't think so because it has sounded just as amazing every day since.- Was Tom wrong and his amp does need a few days to break-in?- Was Tom right and my virgin class D ears and brain need... | |
| Found good & affordable amp for Magnepans Spring, I'd be interested to hear if bi-amping turns out to be worth it. Ref1000ms seem to have the headroom needed to drive most any speaker most effectively alone, but maybe bi-amping with them is even better somehow. | |
| Why does most new music suck? " I can't listen to the same stuff thousands of times any longer. "I'm with Don on this, though I find I am able to listen to the same old stuff some more, as long as there is other newer stuff to listen to as well. Newer means new to me, it could... | |
| What is your preference, Records or CDs? The events related in that article and their effects on sound quality of most CDs produced since the early to mid 90's compared to before as related is consistent with what I have observed in practice, FWIW.Most CDs since the early to mid 90's sou... |