mksun
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| Live music you have attended that left impact....perhaps better than you expected. Here are a few concerts that I attended and forgot to list in my previous post. Bad Company 1979 - My very first concert towards the end of High School. ARMS Benefit Concert for Multiple Sclerosis 1983 - This was a charity concert in honor of Ron... | |
| A move has me thinking of a CD changer....? I have a Rotel RCC-1055 5 Disc changer that I purchased back in 2003. Besides excellent build quality it has HDCD playback which is extremely hard to find especially in a changer. Some artists with extensive HDCD catalogs include the Grateful De... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Leonard Cohen - Greatest Hits | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report 10,000 Maniacs - The Wishing Chair | |
| What song have you played the most? Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower | |
| Live music you have attended that left impact....perhaps better than you expected. Having grown up in L.A., I had an opportunity to see some great rock acts including many legends.Tom Petty 1979The Who 1980Bruce Springsteen 1980The Rolling Stones 1981 - The Stones played to a sold out L.A. Coliseum. A then unknown Prince was the... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues”The pump don’t work cause the vandals took the handles” amongst other great lines | |
| Who still listens to their First Generation Cd Players? Spinning CDs is still my preferred medium but I have constantly upgraded what I play them on. My original 1987 Sony is long gone along with my Denon 5 disc changer from the early 90s. In my main two channel system I use separate components, a CD t... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Nina Simone - Nina Simone Plays the Blues | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? I replaced my Marantz HD-DAC1 with a Denafrips Pontus II and it elevated the SQ of my system to a whole new level. The Pontus greatly improved soundstage and definition while smoothing out any digital harshness. I purchased the Marantz to be used... | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC I have my Bluesound Node 2i connected to my Denafrips Pontus II DAC and it sounds great! I’m using a toslink connection from the Node 2i to the Pontus as I’m also connecting my Audiolab CDT 6000 transport to the Pontus via coax. Spinning silver di... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Aimee Mann - “Queens of the Summer Hotel”Laura Nyro - “New York Tendaberry”Philip Glass - “Songs from Liquid Days”All just purchased today. 😀 | |
| Blues for Aficionados CHESS BLUESVarious ArtistsChess Records 1992I picked up this 4 disc CD boxed set in the used bin a few years ago. It provides a 20 year retrospective of Chicago Blues artists on the Chess Label. Its a good mix of famous and more obscure tracks a... | |
| New In 2021 Looking forward to picking up Aimee Mann's "Queens of the Summer Hotel" today, her first new release in 4 years. Thanks for your post @jafant! | |
| What are you streaming tonight? John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle, Amazon Ultra HDPhilip Glass - The Thin Blue Line Soundtrack, Amazon HDTangerine Dream - Winter in Hiroshima, Amazon HD |