thebrokenrecord
Responses from thebrokenrecord
| What do you do when you get a bad vinyl record pressing? @cleeds "There are a lot of poorly made records, and many poor recordings in every music format. Truly great recordings are exceptional. It's always been that way." Agreed, although the percentage of bad vs. good has gotten bigger and bigger si... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? @bjesien "My system is the best system ever." You sound like a good candidate for my system competition idea! Do you live in the SF Bay area? | |
| How competitive are you with your system? @mylogic "There is only one logical solution for all those who obsess and need to compare. Enter your equipment/system love child into a tournament with other self-minded show offs." Of course I know you're joking here, but I actually think it'... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? @ronboco "I’ll bet most everyone always thinks their own system sounds better whether it does or not." That is so true. I almost never like anybody else's system, and they probably don't like mine either! lol. | |
| How competitive are you with your system? @pindac "Stopping being a Listener Locked Away in their own Private Space and becoming a Social Listener where Open Door to Others is the Intention, Transformed every thing about my interest in Audio Systems and Listening to recorded music for th... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? There was a thread not unlike this one just a few weeks ago. It inspired me to write an article on this very topic. If anyone would like to read it, you can find it here. | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @nonamesleft4me "I like it to have the same frequency balance as live music, which only happens when you crank it" Bingo! Give that man the giant stuffed Pokemon! | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @jonwolfpell "Rolling Stones “Can’t You Hear Knocking” on their Sticky Fingers album, 100+ db as it was meant to be heard!" Word! | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @guscreek "Some music Must be played loud and deep to convey its meant experience imo. " IMO too! | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @dogberry I hear ya (no pun intended). Probably headed there myself! | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @mitch2 Temporary insanity - higher than above | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @pinwa All great points! I was mainly interested in some very rough numbers. Clearly this survey is far from scientific! | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @firstonetallguy "The emotional feeling after 1 to 2 hours of Music: Life is wonderful, all is right in the world." I'm right there with you! | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @mulveling I take a similar approach. Tend to play louder. Try to take breaks. And when the top end isn't right, forget about it. But when the top end is right? And the mids? And the bottom end? When the record is extended well at both and gett... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? @whart Glad to hear someone out there is doing record shootouts! That's a big part of my listening. I totally agree that every record has an ideal listening level. The level at which it best comes to life. However I find with shootouts that it ... |