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| Solar Eclipse Music “Serpentine Fire” Earth, Wind & Fire ””Also Sprach Zarathustra” Richard Strauss | |
| My Four Favorite SS Amps I would love to hear all of the amps on your list, @erik_squires, particularly the Ayre products, just by reputation. My local audio shop (Ember Audio) has been very generous in allowing me to listen to their gear as long as I want. I quickly get ... | |
| Clock vs Streamer advice I have had an Innuos Zen Mini and it’s LPS since 2019. I cannot compare it to any other streamers since it is my first and only. Innuos Sense, the on board streaming platform, is pretty darn good. I use Qobuz as a streaming service that feeds seam... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince. I love it. I bought it new and have played only LP#1. Other than the fact that I have never seen so much dust/paper particulates on a new LP from a paper inner sleeve, it plays pretty well. The LP looked like it ... | |
| If you were serious about sound you would... I know very little about how a recording engineer captures and mixes an artist, and I know absolutely nothing about the Pro Audio choices recording engineers make to practice their craft. Since this is a forum, and everyone has an opinion, here ar... | |
| What DAC to buy? There is a used Chord Qutest on US Audio mart for $1200.00. I auditioned one and liked it, but did not buy it because it did not sound significantly better in my home system than the internal DAC on my Innuos Zen Mini streamer. Good luck in your s... | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? Like all of you, music is what got me interested in audio gear, broadly speaking. When I was 23 (~1979), I went to a local audio store in Richmond, VA and heard an Audio Research preamp SP-?, Audio Research amplifier, Magneplanar (probably the 2.5... | |
| List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings @alexatpos I love Randy Lewis “The In Crowd” as well. The crowd was just getting into it! I have been listening to “Live At The Bijou” by Grover Washington. He and the band were really cooking that night. “All Around The Town” by Bob James is a... | |
| Richard Strauss Recordings As a sometimes listener of classical music, and one with no formal or even informal music training, for me to listen to a classical piece more than once, it has to speak to me in some, usually in a way that I cannot describe precisely. When asked ... | |
| notable consolidation possibility, should I or not? I purchased a used Ace integrated from my dealer at a good price, and I was happy with it. The phono stage sounded pretty good in my system as well (at that time I had an old Grado MM cartridge), driving Dali speakers. My same dealer had a traded ... | |
| What are my options for music files, CD rips, and a DAC all-in-one solution? I have an Innuos Zen Mini with the LPS. I have ripped over one thousand CDs into it, and I also stream a few downloaded files that I have purchased. I have been very happy. There are several caveats in my experience to consider: I did no A-B testi... | |
| Favourite Guitarists @speakeasy412 mentioned one of my favorites: Kenny Burrell. I know nothing about the technical aspects of guitar playing, and it is difficult to separate the quality of the composition from the guitarist sometimes, but Nick Drake did some magical ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? A few days ago, I bought a used copy of "Top Drawer" by Mel Tormé and George Shearing. Wow, what an amazing intersection of great singing, musicianship and superb recording. It didn't hurt that I had just purchased a new-to-me, used Vincent PHO 70... | |
| What selections do you play when showing off your system to others? I agree with the sentiments written by @millercarbon and others: let the listener choose. If a music selection is not increasing brain [dopamine], your guest will not enjoy the listening session. Worse yet, if they actually dislike the music playi... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Lucinda William’s cover of “Ode To Billie Jo” on Mercury Rev’s, “Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited” record. It’s raw and edgy. Richard Thompson’s “Season Of The Witch”. I love Donovan’s version: he sings it in a spooky way, a la The D... |