polkalover
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| Help deciding between two speakers. Let me put this in different terms : you have the opportunity to buy a vintage 1963 corvette stingray or get a new stingray. Will new stingray beat the 63 off the line? You bet it will. Does the 63 look cool as sh*t ? You bet it does. But if go... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries The end of music made by humans is over now that we have AI. Velvet sundown is charting on Spotify and will serve up soul less generic music consumed by mindless drones- aka- people. | |
| Validation I wouldn’t call it validation, more like confirmation. Confirming that tweaks and upgrades are yielding results. | |
| Any modern rock recommendations? Rival sons, the struts, blackberry smoke, tedeschi trucks | |
| Interim SS Amp - Likely Candidates? In that price range …for me it’s easy a Musical Fidelity M6Si or m5si or a Hegel H 390 or 590. And they’re so good it could remain as your main amp. | |
| "Good" Music Isolde Lasoen- Oh Dear | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? Ever hear a car rolling down the street with a booming bass? You want the opposite of that. | |
| What are some funny/clever/interesting usernames? My handle means all 3 if it’s a good day | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) If vibration is the problem or acoustic resonance check out solid tech feet of silence. Your table is actually suspended and will sound incredible. I know - it solves my problems | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? I’ll take a different approach to the question- whenever i get into a musical funk and can’t decide what I’d like to listen to there are 4/5 bands I always go back to, to get things moving again- when in doubt I put on: rem, the replacements, crow... | |
| Speaker or amplifer I always built a system from the speakers on up. But the only opinion that matters is yours. | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) Vinyl has a sound signature and so does digital. I like the ritual of vinyl and the convenience of digital- especially when it’s hi-res. | |
| Will a high quality preamp really make a difference in sound?? Also speaker cable Your system is only as good as your weakest link. This doesn’t mean you have to spend gobs of money. It means you spend on quality gear that gives you your desired sound. | |
| Calculation verification please By my calculations, I load the cartridge to what sounds best to me. | |
| What were your favorite gear additions in 2024? My upgrade is coming in Jan 2025. A pair of Mur audio SP1 speakers. Can’t wait |