stuartk
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| What compilation album from The Kinks do I want? I never did quite "get" the Kinks. While I liked tunes such as Lola, Twenty First Century man, Celluloid Heroes and even Victoria -- they sounded like Rock to me -- I simply did not relate to the more deliberately quaint and idiosyncratic British ... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? @thecarpathian Something I’ve never seen mentioned is we all have the same basic equipment when it comes to hearing, Perhaps because there are noticeable variations in this regard? For example, I’m particularly sensitive to highs and this ... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? Some guys lack a healthy sense of self-worth. They define themselves strictly in terms of a competitive pecking order that requires them to continually "prove" they are "superior" to others, whether smarter, stronger, more sexually dominant, wealt... | |
| MusicDirect,, Not a fan. I had just one experiencevof returning some footers. I was told I'd have to pay a very high restocking fee thereafter. There will be no thereafter! They lost me as customer right then and there. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim There’s something about the way he pounds those keys and you can tell that his bass player and drummer seem to enjoy playing with him as well. Probably because he so clearly enjoyed what he did. It’s as though he was immersed in a... | |
| A great has died That was one special group of players and what a repertoire! The "brown album" has long been a desert island disc for me. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim Petrucciani said: "I play with a lot of balls" and he was certainly a very powerful player. But what I experience listening to him, more than anything, is an overflowing, exuberant joy. My personal favorite remains "The Complete Co... | |
| “A complete unknown” @2psyop Glad the movie enhanced your appreciation of Dylan. I've always been a fan. It's not not clear to me why I'd want to see a Hollywood dramatization when I can listen to the real thing. I did see "I'm not there" online and wasn't impre... | |
| Listening Doing chores around the house -- vacuuming, cooking, etc., I’ll put on music that elevates my mood and energizes me -- Rock, typically. For years, I’ve brought a boom-box into the bathrooms and played Led Zep when scrubbing toilets, sinks and tubs... | |
| 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. . . |