simonmoon
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| Speakers, floor standing or Bookshelfs @newfzx7 I'm of the mind, If you like the sound of your speakers why remove part of their character and then try to replace it using the sub? Running full range you just augment the sound with the sub without taking something away first. Whi... | |
| A SHOCKING DISC-OVERY TANITE NO KIDDN!!! While I love fusion, Azymuth is a little too light and breezy for me. They are also a bit more funky than I like my jazz. Fantastic musicians, though. But give me the intense, heavy, fiery fusion (Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brand ... | |
| Speakers, floor standing or Bookshelfs Unlike an HT multiple speaker system, a two channel set up with a well integrated sub(s) generally improves the overall dimensionality, imaging and tonal density of any speaker system regardless of the lower frequency response of the speaker. @... | |
| Best music in 2024 When I contribute to threads about best music for the current year, I only consider new music from that year, or with regards to classical music, music that was composed recently, but it first recorded in the current year. Mary Halvorson - Cloudw... | |
| Songs that reference audio equipment Modern Music, by art rockers, Be Bop Deluxe, a criminally forgotten band, IMO. The song starts with the sound of a radio tuner moving up and down the dial. Lyrics: Modern music on my radio Another station and another show If only I could let my... | |
| Napping while listening I am 67 with no plans of retiring. I don't think I've ever felt like napping when I listen. If I am that tired, I will usually refrain from listening, or keep it short. Also, most of the music I listen to is not really conducive to falling asl... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Out of your list in the OP, I lean towered the Vandersteen Treo CT and the Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII. But I’ve heard that series of Monitor Audio is supposed to be quite good. For something a bit different, you might want to check into Pure Audio... | |
| Symphonic on Screen. For me, there is too much of a tradeoff. While I love to watch the technical aspect of the music itself; I am a sucker for watching world class musicians play their instruments. But just listening to the music, without the visual cues, allows me... | |
| Kind of Blue @larsman I don't much like 'jazz', but I do like Miles Davis's early 70's stuff, as it doesn't sound to me like 'jazz' and it's really interesting music to me. Much of it reminds me of Grateful Dead space jams (and I've seen Branford Marsalis ... | |
| Kind of Blue @audioman58 How about Mike Olfield Tubular bells 1&2 is this considered Jazz ? this was considered a classic for its time ,what category is that in ? No, no, no! Not even close to jazz. It is firmly in the prog-rock genre, or progressiv... | |
| Kind of Blue Big jazz fan here! Not a big KoB fan, though. I like Sketches of Spain, Silent Way and Bitches Brew much more. Here’s a few more. Note, that my tastes in jazz (and music in general) is toward more progressive forms. So, YMMV. John Coltrane - A ... | |
| Maurizio Pollini R.I.P. I was a big fan. His support for modern music was a big part of my love for him. I saw him with the LA Phil back in the late 80's playing a Bartok piano concerto. | |
| Wool Blankets as Room treatment As @kijanki said above, they will only help with a very narrow range of problems. Quite a few materials, that are thick and heavy, that we can barely blow air through, are completely transparent to entire ranges of audible frequencies. So, those... | |
| Are You a Swifty? I am not a fan at all. But then, I am not a fan of pretty much all forms of mainstream pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Not that I hate it, but even the best crafted pop songs, with creative catchy melodies and hooks, good choruses, bridges, et... | |
| electronic music I'm seeing many good recommendations, so far, but nothin listed is actually classical music. Modern classical music in general, and modern classical that uses electronics more specifically, tends to be quite avant-garde, atonal, and pretty "tho... |