michaelb
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| Guilty pleasure music? I gotta weigh in here on what should properly be considered a guilty pleasure and what should not. What I mean by a guilty pleasure is music that anyone with a hint of what it means to be hip would automatically write off as too uncool for listeni... | |
| Speakers: all-time worst Okay, I'll take the bait and go after something other than Bose: PSB. At least the lineup below the Bronze. I've heard these speakers in a variety of setting at different stores and, while they are not godawful, I think they're pretty unimpressive... | |
| MD vs. tape Thanks everybody for your helpful replies. I have decided for now to go with -- tape. My reason is idiosyncratic and may annoy some of you. Sorry. Here's what I was thinking: I really love great audio, but find myself in a lifestyle that doesn't a... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music A favorite of mine is "Whaddup Dog?" by Was (Not Was). This was done in the late 80s and really sounds like nothing else. A sort of frenetic rhythm-and-blues version of Zappa (odd lyrics and tremendous musicianship). The single from this CD was "W... | |
| MD vs. tape Thanks for the info, Ramstl. My hesitation with CDR at this point -- and I may be completely wrong about how it works -- is that you can only record the disks once. So you forget to add a song or bump the turntable when it's recording or decide yo... | |
| How Cool Is My Wife! Gino -- I'll keep this brief as to not turn it into a food discussion. Tell Jo two words: Cooks Illustrated. Great mag and source for all things related to food. The sushi recipes, though, came from a local cooking class. Not too hard, really. Hea... | |
| How Cool Is My Wife! My wife loses points in the stereo-friendly department. Almost always a "Can you turn that down?" when she walks in and I'm playing the stereo by myself. But when it comes to food, she more than makes up for it. So I've learned to let my taste bud... | |
| NAD Reliability It only makes sense that a manufacturer's biggest reliability problems would be with a unit that has moving parts. Note that those who didn't have reliability problems all had machines without moving parts. Also, I believe that NAD uses a Sanyo dr... | |
| MD vs. tape Thanks for the reply, Taraszki. The limitation with DAT is that I can't play it in the car or through a Walkman, right? I'm not looking for ultimate fidelity here, but rather overall flexibility balanced with halfway decent sound. Maybe this is to... |