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What should be mandatory in every professional published review-
@millercarbon  How long can it float?  About a day until the funeral directors come in to collect. After that it is the duty of the plumbers.  
What should be mandatory in every professional published review-
@soix Just as I wouldn’t say something sounds good when it doesn’t, nor would I ever say something sounds bad when it doesn’t just to be “critical.” My bad.  I meant (in hindsight)  to convey the word critique,  Not criticism. Must be a tough... 
Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why?
@holmz There is some bizarre tribalism around that parallels religion, politics, vaccines, etc… We don’t have those issues in Australia. Oh, wait, stereonet AU. Be upper class Green or Marxist and you are invited to the club.  I used to som... 
Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why?
@thyname  Why? He has his own website and forum. He owns it. The ASR. And according to him, very popular. Why the need to spend so much time in other forums? Any sane person would logically ask that question.  @amir_asr  has responded to this ... 
Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording
@edcyn  And, oh yeah -- Chuck Berry invents Rock & Roll. No, Chuck Berry received a call from his cousin (Marvin?) who was listening to a guitar experience by Marty McFly. This is well portrayed in the movie Back to the Future.  Get it ri... 
What should be mandatory in every professional published review-
@soix  by the time a product rises to the point of getting a review it’s either a product from an established manufacturer who knows what they’re doing or a new product that is garnering a lot of interest due to good performance. Well that jus... 
What should be mandatory in every professional published review-
@soix  The one product I did write a negative review on didn’t sound good to me   Is that enough clarity for you? Yes.  
Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording
@mikelavigne  i will ask my local friend, Joel-Francois Durand, professor of music composition and acting director the School of Music at the University of Washington, classical (20th Century period😁) composer, and builder of my tonearms, whethe... 
What should be mandatory in every professional published review-
@soix I know nothing of your actual experience.  I only know what you have written on these esteemed pages. Should I be misguided, please share with the community here that in your 15 years of being a reviewer exactly why you provided only one ne... 
Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording
@mikelavigne I guess what you are saying is that you are fine for audiophiles to be general, when in fact I think its imperative to be accurate and precise in matters of import. I do not agree with the Oxford dictionary definition in this matter,... 
Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording
@mikelavigne  Thankyou for clarifying that you are not an expert on classical music despite that it is mostly what you listen to. Liszt was not of the Classical school. He was a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher of the Romantic period. Ju... 
What should be mandatory in every professional published review-
@soix In 15 years of reviewing I was never constrained from saying anything negative. Over that time I only wrote one negative review I guess everyone gets a prize, kinda thing. Everyone is above average. No normal distribution which may be d... 
Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording
@mahler123 An impossible choice, but I would nominate Brendel’s Phillips recording of Schubert’s last 3 sonatas Yes, excellent. Schubert was late Classical, unlike Liszt who clearly was not and someone who must be clueless about all matters m... 
Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording
Classical music is loosely defined as being composed from about 1750 to 1820. This includes that from the minds of Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn. Rach was pretty recent, in the scheme of things. JS Bach could be correctly categorized as baroque. ... 
Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System?
I wonder what they spend on clothes and hairdos. Marital disapproval of extravagances goes both ways. Like the fine housekeeping and exquisite dining you enjoy, and the company and sex and housecleaning and the harmony of child rearing. The fe...