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| Recommendations for fast sounding cables “And by the way, physicists, when describing things like acceleration do not use the word "fast".”Mark Watney: “The Martian”Sorry. I have nothing useful to add to this conversation. I wish I did, but I don’t. | |
| No Direction Home, Dylan documentary by Martin Scorsese. I generally avoid attempting to discern what an artist meant by their creation. What is more instructive is how an artist’s work is perceived by its viewers, readers or listeners. In that vein, one way to interpret Bob Dylan’s words upon his accep... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Went on a long walk and listened to 6 episodes of the podcast Song Exploder (great podcast):Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. IiReissue: Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World100 Gecs - Money MachineLaura Marling - Song For Our DaughterTame Impal... | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Full disclosure: I’m not sure I can identify a SET sound. My ears have not been exposed to enough really good audio equipment. However, I have listened to the German Octave 80 extensively at my local dealer recently, and I like it very much, but w... | |
| Unbelievable This is a mystery. As we know, Hattori Hanzo lives on Okinawa, so it is unlikely that he planted trees on Hokkaido. Then again, the making of a katana involves the lamination of different forms of steel, soft, medium and hard steel. The types of l... | |
| My Demo results: I feel like I'm at a frustrating block in my speaker journey 1+ bluorion on the Dynaudio Special 40s. I auditioned them at length and would have purchased them, but my dealer had me try some Dali 5s. They have a ribbon tweeter, I believe, and they don't need speaker stands (those things are pricey). The Dal... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Love John Klemmer, Touch. I have not listened to it in a few years. I’ll give it a spin. I’m listening to “The Fountain” soundtrack. Very evocative. CD ripped onto my Zen Mini. | |
| AND A hilde45, your words are now immortalized: I have forwarded your limerick into the ether. Thank you! | |
| Fairly new to streaming. Where to start? Until recently, I had never owned a high quality streamer. I bought an Innuos Zen mini and the little power supply. I liked the sound very much. I thought I would stop there, but I replaced my 80’s era BK amp and preamp with a Simaudio Neo, and wo... | |
| what's your opinion on the magazine 'stereo review'?? I subscribed for 5-6 years starting in 1980. I had no money to speak of, so the equipment reviews were entertainment for me. I did like the music reviews. I liked Steve Simels in particular. When I could scrape the money together, I purchased a fe... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tomic601 : thanks for the Norah Jones tip, “Day Breaks”. The repeating bass riff is pretty cool. And she has a great voice.. | |
| Tune of the Day https://tidal.com/track/102594020Lucinda Williams- Ode To Billie Jo. Mofimadness, have you listened to the original by Shuggy Otis? So very chill. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong- whole album is great.Neil Young- Comes A Time. I love this record. I think it was the last one of his that I can listen straight through and not have the desire to skip a track. I love Nicolette Larson's voice.... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? To the fellow listeners who have purchased some of my LPs, thank you so much. If you think I may be too generous in my grading, please let me know. 95% of the pop, rock and jazz are LPs wherein I am the original owner, so I know them well. 75% of ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks for the kind words, @uberwaltz and @spiritofradio. My wife and I will move into a smaller space, and my old Magnaplanars and LPs are going to have to go. The upside, I bought some new gear, and streaming is just so darn easy. The SQ is pret... |