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| Your favourite Rush albums? @uberwaltz This dissection of Limelight is incredible, it will give everyone more appreciation for Rush and explains why I like Xanadu (all those rare minor and sus chords) https://youtu.be/4P-yUOlOC5M Limelight was my favourite track from Moving ... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? @richopp Great advice! Rudiments are indeed essential to achieve a high level and so is doing them precisely and properly and at first, very slowly. However, working on chops can be rather boring and therefore it is important that rudiments are ju... | |
| Best 80s New Wave ABCSpandau BalletThompson TwinsSpoonsMen without HatsMen at WorkChina CrisisBuglesThomas DolbyAfter the FireTears for FearsPete ShelleyBilly IdolVisageFlock of SeagullsBoy GeorgeSoft CellYaz DevoRational Youth Howard JonesWang ChungEurythmicsjust ... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? @n80 Surprisingly few drummers are good dancers - so don’t worry about your tendency towards tripping.I only know of Steve Ferrone, Buddy Rich and Steve Gadd who were all accomplished tap dancers. Dancing a bit (body movement) does help with makin... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? FYI the tribute to Miles Davis is evident in the Pee Wee Ellis penned Cold Sweat song.you can hear another tribute in this JB s tunehttps://youtu.be/jbWTYhTDLlk there is a language to music and like any other language it opens many doors and insig... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? Lessons are important but practice is the real key. You should devote 2 to 3 hours daily. YouTube is amazing. If you want to get really good with technique then rudiments are a must. There is no way around it and you need discipline - devote at le... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers ATC make sense to audition if you have a 20K budget. They aren’t cheap but are regarded as a reference by many golden eared folks.ATC sound is very consistent across their professional series both in various models as well as over the years.Other ... | |
| Difference Between DAC Types R2R sound like old school because they are. Sigma-delta 1 bit sound more digital like ( more accurate )Both have weaknesses. Digital conversion to analog is along two dimensions where errors can occur - amplitude and time.R2R suffers from differen... | |
| What is proper ratio of money spent on amp/preamp/integrated vs speakers? 1:1? Around 5:1 Speakers to Amp | |
| Turntable for My McIntosh C2600 Good for you. I like this preamp a lot. Not the last word in resolution but very musical. Have you tried rolling tubes? I have a vintage pioneer direct drive repackaged and refurbished in burr magnolia to match the speakers. The Macintosh TT looks... | |
| Top five live Rock And Roll Albums Average White Band - Person to Person - wow that is a great live set. The band were at their best and Steve Ferrone was grooving. I saw them on that tour.Tower of Power - Soul Vaccination Live (incredible energy)Rush Exit Stage Left (at their peak... | |
| Your favourite Rush albums? @uberwaltz I think Rush were greatest and most differentiated at prog Rock hence all the love for the third to fifth albums. They were good at radio pop too but it is a heavily crowded area so die hard fans love them for their most creative period. | |
| Your favourite Rush albums? Hemispheres2112A farewell to kingsCaress of SteelExit Stage LeftThese are the most creative and exciting in sound. Earliest Rush was still bluesy Led Zep style (fantastic but not as ground breaking as these prog albums). Later Rush became more pop... | |
| Amps suggestions for ATC scm 40 mk2 A Bryston 4B SST2 used will do fine. If you only need 2 channel then sell the Hegel and get a DAC with a good built-in preamp. | |
| Do audiophiles hate large subwoofers? @millercarbon Group delay is important. Ported designs can have high levels of group delay. Group delay can be like having the bass fundamental 10 feet behind the harmonic overtones. This muddies everything and changes timbre.That said, most audio... |