stuartk
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| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: @bdp24:Wow-- you were certainly in the right place at the right time!I grew up in NY state and Woodstock was close by, but I was just a little too young (in jr. H. S.) at the time. The father of one of my classmates was an MD and he had the discti... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? @mozartfan:"I am tube cd player for life"Although I now use a Moon transport coupled with an r2r Aqua DAC, I had a Jolida JD100 for many years and very much enjoyed it | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? @yermajesty: "@stuartk, You wrote {You hear noise. Others of us don’t.Perhaps it has something to do with differences in individual physiological structures and/or auditoryprocessing capacities?}All sensory data is filtered through the brain. In ... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: @roxy54:Thanks for your kind words. In retrospect, I believe I presented the differences in too much of a black-and-white fashion. After all, every songwriter has to have a "journalistic" eye for detail as well as a sense of how the present momen... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: @bdp24:" Both The Band and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers toured with Dylan, and live recordings of some shows were released on albums. Compare the two. Both bands are playing similar music, in some cases the same songs. Which band do you thin... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: @bdp24:"I know when I make my own statements (as apposed to Marty making his), I should use the term "my favorite" instead of "the best". But to tell you the truth, I choose to do that for a reason: I do it when I feel to do so is the only way I c... | |
| CD Player Tweak Will this void warranty?you might want to check. | |
| What are some good sources for buying new LPs and CDs I haven't found that shipping snafus are solely associated with Amazon or Amazon Marketplace sellers by any means! I've had issues with orders from Ebay, Discogs and ImportCDs too. Send your thanks to Mr. DeJoy-- don't blame sellers. I've also had... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? ... these, in particular::" i personally would not hang my hat on one type of source being inherently superior to another - just too many exceptions, too many variables"... especially given that the ears/brains taking in what the source is putti... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? @td_dayton:Thanks for your refreshingly open-minded comments!Best,Stuart | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? "In between all that however is this.... noise. How do you all handle it? Is there a meditation or something? Hypnosis? What is the secret?"Don't think there's any "secret". You hear noise. Others of us don't.Perhaps it has something to do with di... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? Are you missing something truly special by going all digital?Depends on who you ask!Everyone hears differently.There are obviously those who fervently believe analogue sounds superior, period. I'm willing to grant that's true. . . when its process... | |
| AAA vs DDD... "Digital recording and playback is like Kraft cheese versus artisanal cheese!"I'd suggest such assertions of "superiority" by those who worship at the shrine of analogue/vinyl are only likley to impress fellow cultists. . . I've heard very expensi... | |
| What kind of music do you like to hear the most? Jazz from 50's to present (mainly acoustic with a few exceptions). Newgrass/Americana from 70's to present. Singer-songwriter from 70's to present. Some Classic Rock and Jam BandElectric Blues from 60's to present. A bit of Country. | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days Single discs?Elvin Bishop "Raisin' Hell" Half of Marshall Tucker's double "Where We All Belong" "Viva Terlingua" by Jerry Jeff Walker"First Pull Up, Then Pull Down" by Hot Tuna"Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" by J. Airplane"Live" by Jean Luc Ponty... |