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| fair price for Avant Garde Duo 2.2 I'd hold on to them unless you're in financial need. Yes, your neighbors have lives and needs; but so do you and they can;t expect you to change your lifestyle just to accommodate their schedule. I mean, no one wants to be the ass-next-door, but y... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE My Reference 3A de Capo i's. I have a feeling I'll hang on to them for quite some time. I only just got them a few weeks ago and already they seem comfortable and graceful as an old leather jacket. | |
| Why does most new music suck? FYI, the term is "rap", not "rap music". "Rap" itself is - in part - an acronym created by the Village Voice back in '79, standing for "rhythm and poetry." | |
| Why does most new music suck? Goose wrote:"I also have a hypothesis that when individuals actually had to play an instrument to make music, there was a greater possibility of something good being produced."Here's an interesting article about the supposed demise of R&B, by ... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Almarg wrote:"06-06-13: Almarg 06-06-13: Bryoncunningham There is a whole continuum of behavior in between hostility and sycophancy. Somewhere in the middle is civility.Very well said, as usual Bryon. I couldn't agree more.It has often seemed to m... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Nonoise wrote:"Something alluded to but not fully fleshed out is that as I grow older, I find myself less tolerant of what I consider bad music."In some ways this tangentially supports Goose's original statement. I mean, how much "sucky" music did... | |
| Why does most new music suck? I'm not sure what the deal with "civility" is. I mean, are we to handle every utterance and statement with kid gloves? Look, you can't throw out a sweeping and myopic generalization like "new music sucks" (which itself is an "uncivil" observation)... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? From Rush's "Subdivisions":"Where some will sell their dreams for small desiresand lose the race to rats,get caught in ticking traps,and stop to dream of someplace to relax their restless flight - somewhere out of the memoryof lighted streets on q... | |
| Triangle Comete EX, Comete 30th Anniv, or Trio? Grinnell's right - find or hold out for a pair of used de Capo i's (don't waste your time with the BE model). However, having said that, as a long-time Triangle owner and enthusiast myself, I would also go for the Comete - truly fantastic, fast an... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Bryon, et al,I agree with your statement that more production equals more dilution of talent. And I was impressed by your careful and methodical articulation of your point. I guess what got me, though, on the original post was the implication that... | |
| Why does most new music suck? "This made things embarrassingly clear that the Grammys have become all about television ratings and very little about the music."Ya think? I mean, I'm all over Mintzer and his work with the Yellowjackets, but this statement isn't exactly groundbr... | |
| Feedback on the current Reference 3a changes ? One of the funnier posts I've read recently. Thanks for voicing honestly, Tubeears! | |
| Well-produced recent jazz cd's - recommendations? You all rock for all your suggestions - both for artists and for labels. Thank you! | |
| Why does most new music suck? I meant no offense and apologize if I cam e across too judgmentally. It's just that I always shudder when someone makes a sweeping generalization about an art form - like opining that most new music sucks. I;m quite sure that many of those in thei... | |
| Why does most new music suck? It doesn't. Much of it just doesn't fit your embedded criteria for acceptable music. Look, every decade/generation has its share of totally shitty music. The 70's, 80's, and 90's (especially the 90's) all had a factory's worth of bubble-gum bullsh... |