simonmoon
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| Orchestrated Rock...Uriah Heep and others There is so much brilliant music that I believe falls within what you are describing. Obviously, a very high percentage of prog from all eras fits. And of course, the use of Mellotron by a high percentage of prog bands also lends that orchestral ... | |
| Speakers that disappear GR Research's NX Studio disappear amazingly well. Open baffle planar tweeters are the magic. They are kits, but they come with finished baffles, and flat packs are available (so you don't have to do any wood cutting). The end results are a spe... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Not today, but my latest listening session form last night. Cynic - Traced in Air (2008, remix 2019) / Incredible technical-metal, with great melodies and emotion, and incredible musicianship. Way too compressed. Alice Coltrane - Ptah, the ... | |
| Can hi-end cables benefit less expensive electronics? Better cables will most likely make a difference, in most levels of systems. But, the better and better a systems gets, the bigger the audible differences will become. | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? I would have a major problem with AI created music. The genres of music I listen to (jazz, prog, classical, and their various subgenres) all require a fairly high to very high level of musicianship. And a big part of that is not just technical sk... | |
| New In 2024 Here’s a brand new released (7/26), and a great one! Perpetual Mutations Gavin Harrison - drums (King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Pineapple Thief, others) Antoine Farfad - bass (one of the best bass players on the planet) Killer prog-fusion. Comp... | |
| Best music in 2024 Here's a brand new release (7/26), and a great one! Perpetual Mutations Gavin Harrison - drums (King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Pineapple Thief, others) Antoine Farfad - bass (one of the best bass players on the planet) Killer prog-fusion. C... | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions I am far from a "measurement only" guy, but a lot about the Harbeth's can be discerned by these 2 measurements. And in my opinion, not in a good way. This spectral decay is simply bad, and will be audible as colorations. | |
| Borresen X3 vs Harbeth 40.2 -- my impressions @drbay After a short while it sounds very digital and mechanic. No musicality. It feels like you are listening each individual note instead of a song. You said the Borresen speakers sound "digital" on another thread, which I asked for an ex... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response @drbay Be careful with Borresen, they are impressive first and very fast, but they sound very digital and mechanical, they do not give a natural sound. Not sure how a speaker can sound "digital and mechanical"? Please enlighten me. My co... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response The best transient response I've ever heard, are ion plasma tweeters. It's hard to beat drivers with zero mass. Lansche and AvantGarde Acoustics both have very impressive transient response behavior. Next in line would probably be ribbons and... | |
| New In 2024 To be released on 7/26/2024. Perpetual Mutations by, Gavin Harrison (King Crimson, Porcupine Tree) and Antoine Fafard (one of the best jazz-fusion bass players on the planet). With: Jean-Pierre Zanella: Soprano Saxophone Dale Devoe: Trombones a... | |
| 1 song you never get sick of? Yeah, I know the OP said 1 song, but there are way too many for me. This list is only a small amount of music that I don’t get sick of. Prog: Yes - Close to the Edge, Gates of Delirium, And You and I King Crimson - Starless, Exiles, Book of Sa... | |
| Anybody compare the latest Audience 1+1 V5 speakers with Alta Audio Alyssas? I am going to have to agree with @soix on the Audience 1+1 (not sure which version), but I found them to be much as described. Veiled, dynamically limited, highs lacking. The Alta Audio Alyssas are substantially better, but they still have their ... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I don’t give a crap about Parson’s resume, he doesn’t get to lump all audiophiles into one overgeneralized group like that. That’s just a stupid and ill-informed statement IMHO. Some audiophiles probably do that but I believe most don’t. Ar... |