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| Jean-Luc Ponty Cosmic Messenger is a more focused, more layered continuation of Imaginary Voyage (tho the title track to that album is about as visual a musical piece as I can think of!). CM is definitely more complex and mature than Aurora - which is fine in it... | |
| Do you play an instrument? Helps in speaker eval? Drums and percussion. And I listen for how honest the toms sound - whether I can hear them being struck. Also, does the bass drum have its individual timbre? or does it just sound like a generic thump? Cymbals should have their own location and so... | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? Seal's "Violet" - layers upon layers and a huge, wide open soundstage production. | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? @Dreadhead - Huh, I never considered that disc to be audiophile worthy, but then again, I've never listened to it except on tape. Still a great album! | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? Almost anything from Zero 7's first cd. Pristine production and delivery. My non-audiophile friends always comment on it and many have gone out to get the album after listening. By many I mean about two. Still... | |
| 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... |