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| Best Jazz and Rock & Roll HDCD CDs Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall....great in HDCD and my best find of 2007 | |
| Neil Young at Massey Hall Just to add to my previous comment, HDCD is indeed superb, better than on the ''upsampling'' setting on my cd player. I really feel that this will become a ''classic'' as far as live recordings goes. I own a Cayin cd player (soon to be replaced) a... | |
| Does the"quality" of jumpers affect the sound? Two quick comments:1) If the quality of the jumpers do not matter, there sure are many high-end speaker manufacturers who seem to supply high-quality ones, enough to imply that it does make a difference.2) Best results so far for me: I use bare wi... | |
| Neil Young at Massey Hall I totally agree, this cd is sublime. It takes us back to a time when a lone artist and his guitar was all that was required for a great event. No sound machines, drum machines, fancy light shows or pyrotechnical fire balls, just a man and his word... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD Commenting on:''It's a shame that Sony doesn't continue to support the format'' I would say ' It's a shame the buying public snobbed it's nose at it!''The MARKET usually decides what stays and what goes. I don't expect any company to keep the resp... | |
| Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners A bit of news for fans of Joni Mitchell: She was inducted last weekend into the Canadian Music hall of Fame. She was also presented with a beautifull personalized handmade Boucher guitar, a beautifull instrument ( I happen to be lucky enough to ow... | |
| Hearing loss and audio reviewers ? READ ON Old and famous conductors usually conduct a bunch of very experienced or very talented musicians. They have more to worry about every musician getting to the right flow and tempo of the music, guiding everyone to be in-sync with what is happening.... | |
| Best bargain for speaker that can offer top sound Just so happens my previous speakers were Quad L22. Very, very nice.In direct comparison (using an Arcam A-85 integrated I had at the time on both the Quad and Polk:Quad L22: Softer, more ''romantic'' I guess, forgiving of harsh cd's, it's as if t... | |
| Best bargain for speaker that can offer top sound Cheap speaker with HUGE sound, very seriously, Polk LSi 15, with the unbelievable Ring Radiator tweeter. Much discussions to be found in the Audiogon forums on this unit. If you can stand the Polk badge staring at you (and why not?) there are the ... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD I owned both SACD in the past and HDCD (my current player is HDCD)Not all HDCD-encoded cd's are labelled or carry a logo as such. My HDCD light comes on with certain cd's, and they sure sound nice, sort of halfway between redbook and SACD sound (m... | |
| The CD is Dead Long Live The CD? I think we might want to project into the future on this.The kids that are 15 today will have lived with ''downloads'' for 10 years when they get to be 25 in 2016. It is not that far away.How many of them will have become ''audiophiles'' to the po... | |
| Any suggestions for good obscure music? Want obscure? Try ''Has Been'' by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. This cd is no joke, and is critically acclaimed, if not a commercial success. The music is smooth and impeccable. It's different, intelligent, and very nice to listen to. | |
| Canadian Musicians This group is no longer together as the leader, J Gaines is on a solo career.If you can ever get their lone album, it is intelligent, smart and witty and has is very melodic.This is a classy album with styles ranging from ballads to funky. A great... | |
| EL34 Integrated The undisputed bargain of a lifetime in a bargain EL 34 integrated: The Cayin TA-30, around $ 700.00 used.They usually have the extended bias option built-in, meaning you can use a wide variety of tube, including the 6550, KT-88 family of tube. PL... | |
| Audiophile license plates Here is a ''combo package'' made up of one licence plate and one bumber sticker, placed just below the plate. License plate: HELPME2Bumper sticker says: ''...escape from this crazy Audio hobby'' |