richardbrand
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| What is the first thing you do when you unwrap a new vinyl record? Seems to me, I'd better invest in an ultrasonic cleaning machine. Thoughts, anyone? | |
| Is the microwave the perfect model for audio marketting? Come to think of it, the analogy is better than first apparent! Microwaves bouncing around inside the metal oven are much like soundwaves bouncing round the listening room. There is reinforcement and cancellation throughout the volume. That is wh... | |
| Is the microwave the perfect model for audio marketting? I love the typical description of how microwaves make things hot! It goes along the lines that the microwaves make molecules vibrate, the vibration between the molecules causes friction, and the friction creates heat. Fortunately, most readers h... | |
| How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music? About 15 years ago I thought I should have a crack at understanding Wagner's Ring Cycle. I've hardly scratched the surface. Mind you, it took him 26 years to write the four 'music dramas' that make up the cycle. About 2 years per completed hour... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? @jayctoy "I did not know classical is you say dreadful on streaming? I listen to classical 50%. I have not heard classical on streaming even at axpona" I was being a bit provocative! If I pop into a HiFi store they can almost always find my cl... | |
| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? @goofyfoot My Zeiss D40 loupe arrived from China. I thought the package was empty, because the loupe is so small and light! Might have to buy a bigger loupe in case I mislay the Zeis and need to find it! It would have to be the highest dollars-... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Classical music is a dreadful fit on most streaming services. Classical does not comprise songs and albums, nor is it driven by artists. Most classical stuff comprises works written by composers. Works usually have several movements. Before Presto... | |
| Is the microwave the perfect model for audio marketting? Recently I was one of three adults, combined age over 200, looking after grandkids under 4 in a new house with new appliances. None of us could change the TV volume. The remote looked pretty normal, with volume and channel buttons. With random po... | |
| Room is way too bright. @8th-note I really like your approach! As noted by others, reflections come from the walls and also the ceiling and floor. If you want to minimise the accoustic mess created by different length reflection paths, use speakers with a minimal numb... | |
| Please talk me out of buying the Avalon Eclipse Geez, in the Top End of Oz, people drive further that that to go to a footie match. The current slogan is "if you never ever go, you'll never ever know" | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! @elliottbnewcombjr Thanks for the info on where to buy the mirror. I have two slightly different ones on order from Temu, and Amazon will be my backup plan. i have had varying experiences with Amazon. Say no more! | |
| The end of physical media is neigh @mahgister Your post about the key areas of mathematics needed to create and use Large Language Models (LLM) is a model of clarity. I intuitively found it intelligible and logically organised. But I see that you used a LLM to create it! Could ... | |
| If a tree falls in the forest… @sgordon1 "Since we are dependent on language to communicate our perceptions, how can your “meeting of the minds” possibly be accomplished, either today, or in the future?" Not sure why you hang around this language-based forum? | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? @larryi "there is no difference in the musical detail presented in playback. Can anyone point out a specific bit of information in a particular place in a recording that cannot at all be heard with one piece of gear versus another?" Yes, I can.... | |
| The end of physical media is neigh @ararem "The history of hominids making music goes back well more than 100K years; physical media has only existed for the last 147 of them" That’s a hell of a gap from, say, Beethoven’s death in 1827. So how do we know what Beethoven wrote? Si... |