simonmoon
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| Axiom to remember @rvpiano It’s not how the music shows off your sound system, but how your system shows off the music. I see a couple of problems with this "axiom". First of all, the 2 ways of listening to one’s system are not mutually exclusive. For ... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. As a long time builder of high end DIY speakers, using high quality parts, good engineering practices, and hours of listening with a panel of several people to "voice them". I can state pretty confidently, that the modifications and upgrades Dann... | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. I can't immediately which ones, but there are speakers on the market with rising high frequencies, that are too bright when toed in, but sound great when toed out. The slight loss of high frequencies due to horizontal off axis response, compensa... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @dlevi67 ARCHORA / AIŌN Album by Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir, Eva Ollikainen, and Iceland Symphony Orchestra Þorvaldsdóttir (Thovaldsdottir) is a pretty recent discovery of mine too. I am not usually a fan of the Spectralism school of classic... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? There have been several studies that show, the vast majority of people stop searching out new music when they reach the age of 30, some studies show 33. Their tastes become set at that point. Here's one: Stop Discovering New Music This may not b... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Here are some new discoveries for me. These are artists, bands, musicians, composers, that I was unaware of until 2024. My tastes in music tend to lean toward the progressive and avant-garde, so, YMMV. Prog: Greco Bastian - With a Little Hell f... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @mksun I also love spiritual jazz, old and contemporary. Ingrid Laubrock is not spiritual jazz, but more in the progressive jazz vein. | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @mksun Great call on Muriel Grossman! You should also check out Ingrid Laubrock. I think she is a better composer. Checkout "The Last Quiet Space". | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Thys Van Leer from the Dutch prog band, Focus. He does not usually scream, but on their song, "Hocus Pocus", he screams at the end of some impressive yodeling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q On a side note, even though this song is... | |
| Favorite scream in rock? Lead vocalist from Swedish progressive-metal band, Pain of Salvation, Daniel Gildenlow, has many great screams throughput the band's catalog, it's hard to narrow it to one. He also has amazing vocal chops overall. He has a 5 octave range, great ... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? I am not at all into anything that would qualify as mainstream music, that would be at large venues, and cost a lot of money. My tastes run to the progressive, avant-garde, underground, musicianship oriented, type of music, that tends to have a l... | |
| Auditioned Wilson Sabrina X vs B&W 803D4 and Shocked As a few others have said, McIntosh and Wilson are not a great match. I have heard this combo for a couple of decades with different Wilsons and different McIntosh products. For my tastes, and I will state here, that I am not a Wilson fanboy, Wi... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Allan Holdsworth / Masterful technique, otherworldly imagination. John McLaughlin / Technique galore, emotive and ecstatic soloing. Steve Hackett / Great acoustic and electric playing, solos that sound like they are from another planet. Robert... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Several reasons. I still like physical media. Living in LA, there are quite a few brick and mortar stores selling used CD's. And since I love a lot of obscure, avant-garde, progressive music, browsing Amoeba's, Counterpoint's, CD Trader's used... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? It might help to know some of your favorite genres, and artists within those genres, you currently listen to. For example: a friend of mine, who is a hard rock/metal fan, wanted to explore some jazz, and wanted some recommendations. So, since he... |