stuartk
Responses from stuartk
| Best Bang for the Buck Upgrade @mofojo: As our member soix would ask at this point, What sort of sonic signature is pleasing to you? What are you looking to hear that you’re not yet hearing? If you can answer that question, and if the inference about you liking the speakers i... | |
| AKM makes the best DACs @havocman : I have the Wyred for sound 10th anniversary dac, and it has the ESS sabre 9038 pro chip and this is one of the most analog sounding DACS that I have had in my system, one of the reviewers put it up against his VPI turntable with a $5,... | |
| What Recordings Of Yours Did Not Age Well? @sns : 70's rock is what hasn't aged well for me. I'm drawn to much more complex music these days, jazz, classical, electronic now far more appealing to me. 70's rock is nostalgic for me, used to romanticize those days, now I recall the druggie d... | |
| Random You Tube find-Jessie Ed Davis- as told by Walter Trout Yes, indeed! | |
| What music would you like at your funeral? Another vote for Brokedown Palace | |
| Neil Young - Barn Documentary @pops , @sns : I agree. And when it comes to tunes like Like a Hurricane or Cortez, he's in a class by himself. No one can do what he does when he's deep into playing such tunes. | |
| Neil Young - Barn Documentary I was of course referring to John Mayer, not his German cousin, Johan... | |
| Neil Young - Barn Documentary @dadork "He doesn't really get spoken of when the topic of guitar players comes up, but I think he's truly top 10". I like Neil's playing but "top ten"? Really? Compared to singer-songwriters like Richard Thompson or Bruce Cockburn (not to me... | |
| Random You Tube find-Jessie Ed Davis- as told by Walter Trout The recordings Taj did early in his career with this group are still my favorites, along with "The Real Thing". | |
| Michael Aday (Metloaf) has passed away. ...a comment regarding the Mets' work ethic? | |
| Can it get better? Why separates? Why not go with a Hegel H590-- Hegel is what Harbeth often shows with. | |
| Opinions on the SimAudio Moon 260D CD player/transport? @whipsaw : I own the 260DT (transport only) and have been very happy with it. It was clearly bested in terms of detail retrieval by the Pro-ject CD Box RS2 transport but I found the latter's diminutive dimensions, light weight and tiny controls h... | |
| Protection needed for amp? @lpretiring Maybe-- I'll ask our agent. | |
| Protection needed for amp? OK... I didn't realize there could be such disagreement regarding this topic. @carlsbad : Thanks for the suggestion! | |
| Protection needed for amp? @erik_squires: Thanks for the warning! |