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| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? CCR is a great choice but....although CCR definitely had that pure American soul it's hard for me to get past how they acted as a "band" as Fogerty's bandmates sold their right to vote on business decisions to the head of the record company. Foge... | |
| Reminiscing about Dual and AR turntables I picked up a 1984 AR ES-1 last year for $250. In good shape and it came with the Grace 707 tonearm and a Grado XF1 cartridge. I replaced the cart with a new Grado Gold 1 MM and it really sounds lovely for the price and looks awesome (to me) in ... | |
| Luxman L-509X for ATC SCM 19v2/40v2, thinking integrated to start with I know you said integrated but you check all your boxes and stay under $8K by pairing a Cary SA-200.2 ES with a Cary SLP-98P. On the integrated front I think that Luxman L-509X is hard to beat and I'm seeing them used a bit below your max price. | |
| Your (perfect) record so many...Revolver, Pet Sounds, Rumours, Dark Side of the Moon, Who's next, London Calling....all so cohesive and the tracks belong on the same "record" in time. | |
| The current best band in the world? Tough to point to a single "best" band but what always leaves me awestruck are the live performances by bands who have been playing together forever and instinctively know what each other is going to do or can change things up with just a glance a... | |
| Temporary Acoustic Treatments with Monkey Work! Looks like a challenging acoustic room for sure! Is it tough getting the monkey to sit still? | |
| What is the fascination? I have a little mancave set up as a second system with some vintage gear. There is just something I like about the looks and sound of my 35 yr old Acoustic Research ES-1 with Grace 707 tonearm and Grado Silver 1 MM cartridge that runs into a olde... | |
| Favorite musician(s) I think David Rawlings falls squarely into this camp, so very complimentary in adding to the essence of a distinctive voice (his guitar) to Gillian Welch. In the rock guitar genre I always felt like Mike Campbell contributed in a similar (albeit ... | |
| Bands with great second albums Tough to put out a better second album than Radiohead's "The Bends". Perhaps Nirvana's "Nevermind" is the right there with it. In the jazz world I often prefer a bandleader's second album such as Ornette Coleman's "Change of the Century". You c... | |
| Tidal not working on mac mini Perhaps I'm just lucky so far with my service. I have admit, the customer service experiences you guys have described above are pathetic....including the letter "d" email response! Fortunately I havent had a need to reach out to customer service. | |
| Tidal not working on mac mini Same issues for me last night via Bluesound Node 2. Service was back to normal by late evening. Clearly Tidal had a server-side problem that they fixed. Honestly over the last year this is the first time this has happened and they fixed it with... | |
| Auralic vega G1 vs ifi i DSD pro I see no responses and was hoping someone may be able to weigh in as well. I'm interested in these and would love hear folk's impressions who've heard them. | |
| Jazz for aficionados nice suggestion with Bean Bags Orpheus...I wasn't familiar with it and I'm streaming it now via Tidal and digging it. Such a quality 1958 recording. | |
| What is this speaker doing right? Really interesting post. I too have a pair of Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary speakers running Bluesound (Tidal) in my basement "man-cave". I'm continually shocked by how good they sound as I run through some "retro" equipment - a Marantz 170... | |
| Experience with Adio Equipment Trade-Up Promotions Thanks for all the input and perspective guys. Clearly it wont hurt to see what they offer for my used trade-in and I can assess and go from there. I do highly value avoiding the hassle of listing, shipping, and dealing with an unknown 3rd party ... |