mapman
Responses from mapman
| Why does most new music suck? "the ones who profess to be the most open-minded who are quickest to put a negative spin on things:"Gotta shut it (the open mind) sometimes otherwise whatever is there might easily all pour out. :^)Sometimes, a little common sense goes a long way.... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved In practice, I think it is easier to find out of print material these days than ever. And for reasonable cost. You just gotta go used in many cases via ebay or similar. Out of print is out of print. A lot of old stuff with any current market value... | |
| Why does most new music suck? It seems useless to me to spoon feed someone music deemed good by one person. As has been pointed out, individual preferences abound naturally. Seems like a pointless effort.Whatever ones preferences, why not use Pandora or similar service to find... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Goose,If you look at the Radio Paradise listener ratings, I think you'd find a correlation between older tunes (ie those regarded by the programmers as "classic" to some extent) and the highest scores in that they have withstood the test of time. ... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Just to summarize my perspective, it wold not surprise me if no other table beats the EMT 927 because the criteria in which such a comparison would be made is totally subjective. There is little quantitative to bank on regarding the ability of one... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "Why does most new music suck"; IOW, why does most new ROCK AND POP suck?"Regarding "rock", that genre, in its purest form has past its prime and is clearly on the decline in terms of popularity.Pop is where it becomes more interesting in that pop... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved I did some calculations and estimate it would take me 5-7 years or more just to listen to every recording I already own once. Then on top of that there are hundreds of digital music sources externally like internet radio stations and music service... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "Someone suggested that I get out of my comfort zone and listen to some new music via Radio Paradise for example. I listened, searched the play list and the reviews and I found that the highest rated music isn't new but older stuff."That's very tr... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "BTW, this would be my suggestion to ANYONE that feels 'new' music sux! Stop wasting time complaining at an audio site and start spending more time at music sites!;)"That's pretty good advice! | |
| Why does most new music suck? What's wrong with This | |
| Speakers for Electronic Music? OHm Walsh 1000s + Wyred4Sound or similar CLass D amp. ABility to go loud and clear yet remain controlled and articulate can't be beat.Caveat is larger rooms might benefit from a larger model than 1000's, which would exceed the budget, at least new. | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? Not alone so much, but in practice along with the rest needed to make music, yes.The "sweet spot" regarding human hearing is overlooked. We hear better ie our ears have a flatter frequency response at louder volumes. That's probably the biggest an... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? "Analog, like digital, has made strides in the last 3 decades."No doubt.But how much again to get the equipment capable of it? Then how many recordings capable of actually demonstrating it? Then how many people capable of setting it up properly to... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "IOW, my observation is that it is (with several notable exceptions) popular music posters here are narrow, backward looking, and quite conservative in their musical taste and would likely reject rap in a heartbeat."Anyone who would propose Audiog... | |
| Best Rock Song Of ALL TIME? Blue Suede Shoes (original Perkins version) |