stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| Is it the gear or the ears? @ghdprentice Excellent description and prescription! If we don’t know what we are trying to achieve, it’s unlikely we’ll find satisfaction. At the same time, it may require some stumbling around, stubbing our toes, diminishing our bank account... | |
| Stereo Times 2024 MOST WANTED COMPONENTS List @teajay Just so you know, we’ve got you figured out. Your spelling errors are a clever strategy designed to lull us into complacency so that you can more easily empty our bank accounts! ;o) Sheesh... Can we move on to the next conspiracy theo... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @frogman Interesting. Detached or aloof are probably the last two characteristics I would think of. I find his playing to be very direct and committed. This points to the challenge of dissecting esthetic experience and attempting to describe ... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Aoife O'Donovan's "Fossils" and "in The Magic Hour" Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters I've come across plenty of talented artists but encounter few CDs that I like enough to buy. | |
| Let's talk about Silver... I've experienced significant variation re: brightness with silver cables. An Audio Art digital cable was very much the opposite of bright and Acoustic Zen silver ICs were definitely on the bright side, which worked great with one set of components... | |
| Jazz Mount Rushmore @lloydc These opinions are mostly biased toward bebop and later. After jazz mostly lost its way. ... and Rock lost its way after Elvis, I suppose. . . | |
| Source for high quality jewel cases @ervikingo Yeah -- I've run into a few but pretty infrequently. I'm not a fan of the cardboard digipaks, where more often than not, the CD is shoved into the slot with no protective sleeve. Simply removing them risks scratching the disc -- a re... | |
| Source for high quality jewel cases @ervikingo I've had issues with the lift mechanism loosening and falling out of the case. Maybe I've just been unlucky. I don't see why there would be stress exerted on discs unless the center post is too tight. Some other reason I don't know ab... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? @devinplombier So, not only is the soundtrack of our youth a limited pool in the first place, it also dries up as time progresses... One exception is when we revisit / rediscover artists we hated back in the day... But all the same, thank goodn... | |
| Reaction to possibly the best live rock performance I've heard. Grand Funk @1111art If you’re young this’ll show you why us old farts are so hard on most current music. It doesn’t get much better than this. I’m 68. Presumably you and I grew up with the same music. We were extremely fortunate to grow up at a time wh... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw FYI, I like Ryan Bigham's voice a lot. Haven't decided about his songs, yet. I have a love/hate relationship with Jerry and the boys. When the playing is tight and in tune, it can be magical. When it's sloppy and out of tune, I have very... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw That particular album is quite a stylistic potpourri, which for me, makes it more difficult to categorize. "Reflections" and "Garcia" are my favorites when it comes to his solo ventures. | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? @bassbuyer I keep discovering new music and new artists after 50 years of listening. I don’t think they have the same impact as when I was younger but what does. When you're young, you're like a piece of undyed cotton. When you're older you'... | |
| Where are the front men? (Rant) @n80 I'm certainly not above making mistakes. I don't agree that "generally", female vocalists have lousy material, though, if by "generally" he meant most female vocalists. I liked B. Howard with A. Shakes, too . . . and Allison Russell when... | |
| Where are the front men? (Rant) @singintheblues You are dismissively lumping all female vocalists into a single category -- "soppy crap"? Wow. That's a pretty extreme philosophy. FYI, I'm not a fan of D. Krall, either, but that doesn't impel me to ignore all female singers... |