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| Diminishing hearing ability? What is a great listening experience? Is it the sound? The music? A combination of both I expect. Audiophiles, when we obsess about the sound of our rigs, will play those familiar cuts, over and over, that we use for intellectual analysis of the p... | |
| Music Servers Hgeifman,Swampwalker did a good job of answering your questions. I can also recommend Neal at Music Vault. Being an analog guy, adverse to all things digital, but recognizing the possibility of better sounding digital and the ease of access to rip... | |
| Your favorite album cover... METROPOLIS - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Music By Giorgio Moroder. The cover features "Maria" the robot in grand, color, Futurist style, covering both the front and and back of the outside gatefold. Arresting and beautiful. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "Ragtime" soundtrack by Randy Newman - a July 4th favorite.... | |
| Anyone seen audiophile lisence plates passin' by? Well, if we are off the audiophile plates and on to sci-if movies... Silent Running with the slightly demented Bruce Dern.And what is it about audiophiles and science fiction anyway? | |
| Rolling Stones Tour 2015 Smallest venue of the Stones 2015 outdoor tour:Milwaukee - Marcus Amphitheater, Lakefront setting24,000 capacityAnd made for music.Could be the best show on the tour. | |
| What's your latest album purchase? Gregory Porter- Liquid Spirit on vinyl pressed in Germany.A great contemporary singer who is both soulful, jazzy and insite-full.Compared to the CD, the vocal is more natural, organic, the bass is deeper and richer, the horns are more brassy.So ma... | |
| What companies, out of Business, did you LOVE??? Signature Technologies.This Milwaukee company produced tubed preamps, amps and dynamic speakers under the names Nobis and Signature. Brian Bienfang and his wife Michelle operated the company during the heyday of local entrepreneurial electronics r... | |
| If you could bring back one great artist that has Count Basie. Swing is the thing. | |
| Retired audiophile? B_limoDouble entendre. As I composed this forum subject, I realized that I was speaking on parallel levels of audio and "life". Unintentional at first, but clearly my dual path might also be shared by other members. Professional retirement, honest... | |
| Retired audiophile? Dopogue,Glad to know you and I'm sure many others who in the retirement years, continue to be active in our hobby! | |
| Retired audiophile? Zd,Honestly, money is certainly always part of the equation . When isn't it? However, the last two years have been transformative in terms of equipment. Digital front end (Esoteric K-03) amp (BorderPatrol P21) and speakers (Volti Alura) have all b... | |
| Acoustic Solid solid wood turntable Skb!,Well, a quick response, and then, not quite another.... been busy....I've owned the Acoustic Solid for about three years with almost daily usage. No issues with the motor. I can't really comment in regards to your arm/cartridge setup because ... | |
| Acoustic Solid solid wood turntable Skb1,I own an Acoustic Solid Wood turntable with the 60mm aluminum platter.I'm happy with this set-up using a Tri-Planar arm and Air Tight cartridge.The combination of the acrylic and leather mats result in a very inert platter. The relatively hea... | |
| Some Axpona thoughts Thanks for the correction.Very musical. |