stuartk
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| New DACs High End Munich 2023 @milpai Now I am really confused... I just watched the video and you’re right -- he doesn’t make that comparison. So, where did I get that idea? Perhaps it was a different reviewer? I hate it when this sort of thing happens and at age 67, it’... | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? @tylermunns OK. My mistake. I was sure I'd read an interview with Harrison many years ago in which he said EC played it but evidently I must have imagined it! I agree with your assessment of the White Album. | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 @jjss49 OK. I appreciate the clarification. I certainly don't view such "talking heads" as "the last word" -- merely other sources for opinions that may or may not coincide with what my ears tell me. . Yesterday I discovered S. Huff is into s... | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 @jjss49 I only mentioned Steve Huff because I happened to notice his video comparison of the new Weiss to the T+A. If I'd known about other reviewers who'd made the same comparison, I would've mentioned them as well. I thought this might be of... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim That's a good one. I like the later "New Morning", too (an example of the sort of lesser known titles I've discovered in the Penguin). | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 FYI. Steve Huff is now declaring the new Weiss beats the T+A. You might want to check it out before spending considerably more on the T+A. I've had an Aqua La Voce for about 10 years, with no compelling reason to replace it. I don't understand w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim I have always had a broad palette when it came to music. Jazz was Herbie, Bob James, Brubeck, Weather Report, Earl Klugh. Much later came The Rippingtons, Yellow Jackets. all the Arts and a few others. In the last ten years is when... | |
| Larry Coryell / Miroslav Vitous Quartet Another recommended Coryell trio featuring an excellent bass player (Mark Egan): "Tricycles" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_twnOYMxeY&list=OLAK5uy_mmRpIiBFJ9oaBVdj70R2ItSuB2WqR_kUY | |
| Jazz for aficionados @curiousjim My passport is up to date just in case I have to go to the Antarctic Hah -- very funny. Now you know why the authors are such ardent proponents of Cool Jazz! The Guide, like any, has its pros and cons. If you read Amazon reviews,... | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? @edcyn So, you were thrown out of a cult -- maybe not such a bad thing, in the long run! Musical taste is a funny thing. For example, I've read numerous reviews on Amazon by folks who "love" Clapton. They disparage Cream, Blues Breakers and D... | |
| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? I’m not sure I’ve ever heard the term "mid fi" used without a being spoken in a deprecating tone of voice, as a means of asserting alleged "superiority". Some assert it’s all about price -- that a component isn’t hi fi unless its price tag = X do... | |
| What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan? ... to believe Sgt. Pepper’s was their best album? I get that it was groundbreaking at the time -- I loved it when it first came out (I was eleven years old) -- but in terms of songwriting craft, a majority of the tunes are mere ditties dressed u... | |
| Stephen Stills @whiteknee "The fights started getting really good and I guess that fights started becoming a little too much to take or something. ‘Cause it got weird." Seems the same thing happened later with CSN&Y. | |
| Schiit Loki Max? @dwest1023 OK. I guess I'm not that sophisticated. In my system, Lokius is located between dac and integrated. I'd be hard-pressed to discern whether it was changing the character of the source, amp or speakers. Could you please explain your rat... | |
| Stephen Stills @roxy54 To me, it’s a great example of how different music moves different people. I had a hard time even getting through it, with his horrible guitar strumming and the lyrics that sounded "poetic" but didn’t really seem to make sense. I pref... |