simonmoon
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? This is from last night. Despite a fairly long listening session last night, I only played one vinyl recording. A fantastic serial chamber piece by Ernst Krenek, Static and Ecstatic. Not to mention, that this recording produces an incredible s... | |
| Did I Expect too much? If they are only using $6 binding posts (probably have ferrous materials, which would go a long way to explain why the Cardas sounded better), I would be very dubious as the the quality of the crossover components used. After all, those a much l... | |
| Oh no, say it ain't so. You guys can be so serious, of course the article is suppose to be fun, not a serious stance on being an Audiophile. That in it’s self speaks volumes to us all. That being said I feel personally attacked! The thing is, that even though this... | |
| Lay sonus faber on the side? Putting them on their side, even if the tweeters are still at ear level, with pretty drastically damage their sound reproduction. The drivers, enclosure, and crossovers are all designed for the speakers to be vertical, width of the enclosure, the... | |
| Oh no, say it ain't so. Lots of BS in that article. And yes, I know that it is being done somewhat with tongue in cheek, but there are certainly a lot of people that take these mostly false stereotypes as being true. And they tend to use the term "audiophile" in a deroga... | |
| Considering the BMR Philharmonic Monitor speakers I heard a pair of their BMR Towers, and thought they were pretty killer. Imaging and soundstage was extremely good. And detail and attack/delay were also exceptional. I can make a pretty good assumption that the Monitors are similar in qualities. | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound Back in the 70's, Nonesuch released a series of recordings called, "Spectrum: New American Music", specifically to highlight classical music of the time. There were recordings by: Elliott Carter, Stephan Wolpe, Charles Wuorinen, Donald Martino, ... | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound I'll preface this with stating, that I tend to listen almost exclusively to post WWII music, up through the present era, so my recommendations will be from labels that record and release such music. BIS is consistently good. Reference Recor... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Will be totally unknown here, but I saw the progressive band, Corima, at 2020 Arts here in LA on 2/27. This is a band influenced by the French band, Magma. Which is the more avant-garde side of prog. They haven't played together in 5-ish years,... | |
| The "young people' music thread - Artists younger than 40 years old I’m an old guy, but I love loads of musicians younger than 40. As long as music meets the criteria I love, almost nothing else matters to me. That criteria being (no particular order): very high levels of musicianship, musical complexity, deep a... | |
| This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity? PS there are a few ss amps that cater to the low power market, but most systems fit into the above 2 categories. I'll also add that there is another emerging category--the high power tube amp aimed at the 90dB sensitiveity speakers. While not b... | |
| Do you listen to your music with your eyes open or closed or a combination of both? Usually opened, in a slightly darkened room. For me, nothing really changes as far as imaging and soundstage, whether my eyes are opened or not. Also, my ability to become fully engaged in the music does not change. | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? In 2000, at the House of Blues on Sunset Blvd, I saw Porcupine Tree open for the French band, Magma. As much as I love P-Tree, they couldn't hold a candle to Magma. Magma was so intense, the musicianship was at such an extreme level, the way th... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? I saw the amazing prog band, Renaissance, open for an even more amazing prog band, Gentle Giant at the Shrine Auditorium here in LA. This was in 1976. Annie Haslam’s 5 octave voice, with near perfect intonation, power and emotion, was always an a... | |
| Spiritual/soul jazz from early 70s and later. I love to see some recent entries in the spiritual jazz subgenre mentioned above! Muriel Grossmann, and Kamasi Washington are great modern successors. For more contemporary spiritual jazz, also check out: Nat Birchall Shabaka and the Ancestors... |