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The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse!!
@coltrane1 you're being sarcastic,  right?  
The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse!!
@irjones +1  
The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse!!
@baldric  the phrase, okay boomer, applies to anyone, not just boomers. And again, music paradigms are changing. If you're going to judge music by contemporary pop then just about every generation is going to suck. They're a hundreds and hundreds ... 
The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse!!
This and several other recent threads beg to be answered with, "OK, Boomer."  I get how it's harder to accept change with age, but to assume the present isn't as good as the past is to simply increase the pressure that leads to fossilization.     
Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why.
Reference 3a de Capos have no toe in. Tash recommended that and I've found out it's true. When I toe them in they lose definition.   
Where are the front men? (Rant)
Maybe because the whole Paradigm of the band of musicians with the alpha front male is fading away. Just as the big band paradigm with the 30 musicians fronted by the charismatic male instrumentalist has also faded away. Just as the doo-wop group ... 
«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato
@devinplombier +1 on your post. The idea of culture morphing into entertainment and, truthfully, everything being an iteration of Gaming. It's like Taylor Swift timing her album releases to keep other artists off the charts. Everything seems to be... 
«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato
"Anyone with ears knows Joni, Paul, and Gordon have no equal." True, just like anyone with ears knows that Kendrick, Kacey, and SZA have no equal.   
«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato
@vitussl101 oddly enough, the main market for that street thug music that you so generally described are suburban white teenagers.  
«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato
Times change. The poetic zeitgeist of the 60s is gone. The social, racial, and political lyrics zeitgeist of the 80s and 90s is pretty much gone. To @mahgister s point of their not being a "collective positive movement" - well, he’s right. We have... 
«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato
The Beatles era was 60 years ago. And it’s not like the Beatles were riding incredibly Deep lyrics and their first few albums, either. I challenge anyone to look at the top 40 charts from this week in 1964, 74, 84, 94, 2004, Etc, and see how many ... 
«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato
Beato is a knowledgeable but angry boomer shaking his fist at musical clouds in order to rack up views and likes. Again, he's a good musician and he knows quite well in deep but narrow idea of music. But in many ways he's out of his depth when it ... 
What Speaker Cables Taught Me About Audiophiles
Over the past few years I've had three sets of speaker cables in my system: Acoustic Zen Hologram 2 Nordost White Lightning  Belden 89259 diy I rotated the Beldens into my system about a year ago and I've just never gone back. They don't resol... 
Totem Arro specs?
I had these for awhile and enjoyed them. Powered by an ARC VS-110. Listening spot about 5 feet from speakers. The ARC put out about 46 db into 8 ohms and the Arros loved it.   
How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC
@kraftwerkturbo the Gumby outperforms that oppos internal DAC by leaps and bounds. It just opens up the music and adds depth to such a greater extent.