stuartk
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| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles @ghdprentice Ultimately that experience and some others drove me to find a ruler to measure sonic characteristics. Ultimately, I realized it was real acoustic music. Thanks, George, I’ll keep this in mind... | |
| New In 2025 Kenny Burrell: Live on VIew at the Five Spot Cafe: Complete Masters (Expanded reissue) Expanded to 2 CDs/3 LPs Available 4/25 Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx (New) Released 4/18 Paul Bley: Ramblin' (Reissue) Released 3/28 Er... | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles @ghdprentice As a listener, when I think of all the live music I've heard, there's such an enormous degree of variation that I have great difficulty imagining how all of that could possibly be encompassed accurately by one system. But then, I do... | |
| Discovering New and Similar Music. Cool -- this will be fun to explore! | |
| Anyone Else Tried Darwin Cables? @nonoise I couldn’t remember who it was so I’m glad you posted, here. As products go, this is one of the best recommendations I’ve gotten on the forum, so, thank you, sir! | |
| Get it while you can! @bdp24 Two of the 10 LPs contain the original album, but remixed and mastered with Daniel Lanois’ dreadful production mess removed, a production Dylan has long expressed his displeasure with. Since Time Out Of Mind, Dylan has himself (under the... | |
| Throwing 2 High End brands together will not automatically equal success. Thoughts? @sns Over time, as I came to understand my preferences and/or my unique needs for my system I made my own choices. +1 | |
| Throwing 2 High End brands together will not automatically equal success. Thoughts? I suppose it all depends upon a dealer’s customer base. I once ran into a high-end home theater installer in the Sacramento area who characterized his customers as simultaneously having the money for very expansive gear but poor listening skills/a... | |
| The Expectation Gap @bjpd57a1 I recently auditioned an over 8K DAC that I’d convinced myself would be my end-game source, based upon reviews and discussions here and yes-- the price tag. It proved to be a huge disappointment. I greatly preferred the sound of my ... | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? Dreamin’ Of You : Dylan The light in this place is really bad Like being at the bottom of a stream Any minute now I’m expecting to wake up from a dream Means so much, the softest touch By the grave of some child, who neither wept or smiled ... | |
| New In 2025 Charles Tolliver: "Live at Slugs Vol I, II" A very welcome re-issue for Tolliver fans! Stanley Cowell on piano Cecil McBee on bass Jimmy Hopps on drums Releases 4/25 | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? @bdp24 On a lighter note, this is one of my favorites: "Ain’t no reason to hang my head; I could wake up in the morning dead" | |
| What is a "reference" system? I'm enjoying both the serious and humorous posts, here. Happy Easter to all! | |
| For Those Who Are Unaware of The Cable Company @axeis1 Makes perfect sense. I don't contact them unless I have a specific sonic goal in mind and money in hand. I can see how dealing with "tire kickers" could get old very fast! I prefer to establish long-term relationships with businesses. ... | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles @ghdprentice Audiophiles are crazy fanatics trying to reproduce music that sounds like the real thing, as accurately and nuanced as possible into the home. Most folks and certainly many on this forum are not audiophiles. If you choose a parti... |