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michaellent

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How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music?
it is not meant to be understood by you. It has meaning to the artist. Not necessarily to you  
How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music?
Did you ever understand Picasso? There you go!    
two channel speaker/equipment consultant
Where’s Kinjet when you need him….Haw! Bent  
The end of physical media is neigh
The sky is falling! Long live the LP recording!   Signed chicken little  
Ugliest Component of the Year 2024!
 I worked in industrial design. All I can say is yikes. Bent  
Speakers for low-level listening
+1@jasrralfu personally I hate headphones.  Headphones don’t cut it for me. I have to feel the music even if it’s just a little because it’s quiet, think Symphony. User equalizer and turn up the base   Bent  
Will one cable upgrade make a noticeable difference?
The quick answer is yes from what I have read. Also, I have read that putting the best cable from the source to the first connection is the most effective change. Other cables down the line will make changes, but not as good as the first connectio... 
Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews?
No!  
New In 2024
Joe Schmoe from Kokomo. It’s much more fun to go to our record store then look at this.  
The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD
@mapman  yeah, they make great coasters. bent  
The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD
+1 @kennymacc - I totally agree with what you said about CDs and LP . When my age group is gone, those two formats will pretty-much dissolve. I have almost 600 LP’s and 350 CDs. CDs are with five bucks used. LPs are on average worth $10. By compa... 
Clearaudio Clarify Help Needed!
It’s still sounds like anti-skate issue to me. I’m not familiar with the arm. When you lower the arm onto a record surface while it’s Not rotating does the needle rest on the surface or does the cartridge rest on the record surface?  Is the needle... 
JBL's Marketing Blunder..
JBL is a marketing blunder!  When I was young and foolish, I bought more than one pair in my day. I always got rid of them soon afterwards. There are much better speakers.   bent  
Don't do anything!
I didn’t say that right what I meant was my HEARING experience continues to evolve.   
Don't do anything!
Could it possibly be you? My understanding of noise evolves over time. My listening experience has gotten much better. Even though my Hearing ability is diminished because I am 74 years old. I often hear things that I’ve never heard before on LPs ...