oberoniaomnia
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| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? Of course! At 57 half of my purchases are from new releases (<3 years old). I frequently pre-order music. Genre-wise, EBM/IDM (Bedless Bones, Zanias / Throwing Snow) and Witch Wave (Ohne Nomen) did not exist back then. Then there is also mediev... | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? Where did that idea come from? What's the rationale? Many vendors have some sort of trial period, typically 30 days. The only thing for customer to pay is potentially return shipping. At $75/day, that is $27K/year, so about twice the purchase pri... | |
| Shameless Poll: Pearl vs Ohm vs Zu Already have chosen the Sibelius and am very happy with them. Don't know the others. If you like clean, detailed, neutral sound, value cohesiveness from the single driver approach, and are ok with adding a sub, then the Sibelius may be good for yo... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS There is also the other side of the coin, people who ignore psychology/psychoacoustics and the limits of physics and human hearing. "I put this cable in and it sounded better", but no indication whether old and new one was swapped in several time... | |
| What should I look for when purchasing a quality album? First and foremost, like the music (or whatever) on that record. For many records, there is one version/pressing etc. particularly true for newer releases. A technically bad recording that engages you is more enjoyable than some UHQR record of m... | |
| Needing DAC Advice I don't stream ... I'm vehemently opposed to paying a provider who profits by paying artists virtually nothing for their content. When I can, I buy physical media directly from the artists I want to hear. + 1000 I have a Holoaudio May L2 DA... | |
| Can I write a CD of random songs - without access to streaming? Re service, there could well be some copyright issues. Buying used CDs is certainly a great route. Have fun! | |
| Can you damage your speakers by plugging bass port vent? My old B&W CM6S2 came from factory with a small selection of foam inserts for the ports to adjust bass. But if it sounds horrible in your concrete room, I doubt that plugging the ports will solve the issue. I would rather consider near field... | |
| Can I write a CD of random songs - without access to streaming? For largest catalog Apple Music. See also here https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/best-sites-to-buy-mp3-and-digital-music-you-own-forever/ | |
| using two outputs from a dac? I had a Tisbury passive preamp (= RCA switch) for that purpose. Typically you don't listen to speakers and headphones at the same time so an A/B switch will work fine without worrying about impedances. | |
| Can I write a CD of random songs - without access to streaming? You can purchase the files from places like Apple Music, bandcamp, and alike. Depends a bit of what music it is. Then you own the tracks and can burn away to your hearts content. Typically songs are about $1 so 1 CD is maybe $20 worth of music. Yo... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @devinplombier Yeah, found Bohren on Bandcamp. You might also like Throwing Snow, rather electronica, but no words either. His other project Snow Ghosts (synthy neofolk?) is also great, IMHO, but that has folk-leaning female vocals. | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @devinplombier Actually Swiss (Basel), living in Santa Barbara, just north of those two clubs. Don't know either of them. Will have a listen. Thanks for the pointers. Just listened to the new Rue Oberkampf, also Hackedepicciotto, Necrø (still wa... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @devinplombier Funny you mention Hante. Have to agree on her singing in English not adding to the music. But love the label synth religion with slogan forgive me for my synths, which is a really funny play with words. An infamously bad foreign la... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato I listen mostly to darkwave and associated genres. While I can parse the words and the sequence appears to be grammatical (more or less), I can hardly ever figure out what he/she/they mean. Dada? Onomatopoetics? I don't know. I still like the musi... |