smortega
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| New CDP or new DAC? I'm using the mac mini and wavelength brick USB DAC. Good news- the hardware is stone cold reliable and gives my turntable a good contest, quality wise and WHEN the software and networks are ok, beat the heck out of the TT for convenience. My expe... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I'm on a R.E.M. binge. "Life's Rich Pageant" (a gift from my 22yo nephew-vinyl!), "R.E.M. Live" and "Document". Got started on them during my CD era so only I only have a small portion of their stuff on vinyl- I'm working on adding to the vinyl. | |
| How can anyone afford this ? You have 2 issuesHow can anyone afford this? A lot of folks in this forum are solidly in the baby boomer demographic. If you take care of the essentials- family, your life's work, savings/investments, you'll find that stuff that's a stretch at you... | |
| Logitech Squeezebox vs. Sonos SBT when it's working is just a wonderful device. I'm using it's own analog out (undecided re what external DAC to use) and it sounds great. BUT- when there's trouble logitech support won't give "official" network/NAS advice; the effectiveness of ... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals R.E.M.'s covers of "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston". Sadly, the latter is only available on YouTube as a snippet. While I prefer John Hartford's rendition of "Gentle on My Mind", R.E.M.'s version is much better than Glen Campbell's. Michael Stipe... | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Ca Plane Pour Moi- Sonic Youth coverCinnamon Girl- Neil YoungBad Day-R.E.M.In Rainbows- RadioheadSymphony No. 7- all of it- BeethovenSymphony No. 8- Scherzo- BrucknerPiano Concerto No. 2, 2nd Mvmt- BrahmsDanse Macabre-Saint-Saens | |
| Canada Rocks: 70s lost lps pt 2... The New Pornographers (dumb name- great band)and Kathyrn Calder. KC is a member of the NP's; you can hear the "family influence" in her solo album, but has very much a distinct personality. | |
| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films Saw "Dogfight" over the wknd with my wife. Perfect entry for this category. See Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes sites for comments. Other unjustly neglected ones are "Ripley's Game" c John Malkovich, "The Duellists" and "Smoke" c Harvey Keitel. |