shadorne
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| 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... | |
| Great guitar 'breaks" (as opposed to solos). My favourite is Brianhttps://youtu.be/r06U5SVEPnM Very tasteful mix of picking and rhythm guitar. The greatest guitarists can of course noodle but for the most part they provide rhythmic tension and release.Andy is another example of minimal but e... | |
| Death of Rock 'n' Roll This is killing good musichttps://youtu.be/AFaRIW-wZlw but this is proof that Rock will never diehttps://youtu.be/uzh8xnX_7Xk | |
| Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. This at the beginning of the funeral https://youtu.be/GNSBctmMI3k and this at the endhttps://youtu.be/pAgnJDJN4VA | |
| Death of Rock 'n' Roll @cleeds +1. There is no music more worthy than another. What matters is that people enjoy it and connect emotionally and artistically with it. New art is always contextual - so it changes constantly in response to the prior art. Rock/folk/jazz is ... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Amplifier, opinions and competition @mijostyn Benchmark products measure as good as or better than anything else. They are reasonably priced too.If accuracy or highest fidelity is important then Benchmark are go to reference products.That said, I like my PS Audio DSD DAC and tube am... |