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| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Here’s a couple more:Hirth Martinez—Hirth from Earth and Big Bright Street. | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help Salamander. Buy it viaAmazon prime for the free shipping. I have one in the tv room that is built to accommodate a sound bar. I ditched the sound bar and put in two speakers instead. Sounded boxy til I lined the shelf with sound absorbing foam, a... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Yes to Dr. John Gris Gris!Robinella: Robinella and the CC String Band.Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao: The Fantasy of Indian Drums. Especially side 2. Amazing sound. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? I’ve been on a Gabor Szabo jag all day: Bacchinal, The Sorcerer, Small World, and, with Chico Hamilton: El Chico and The Further Adventures of El Chico. Amazed that he got his sound out of a large acoustic guitar (Martin D45) not usually associate... | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes The bread of those early years:Phil Ochs—pleasures of the harborJohn Fahey—days have gone byJohn Mayall—the turning pointLeonard Cohen—songs from a roomGolden Ring—a gathering of friends for making musicThe Band—music from big pinkBob Dylan—John W... | |
| Upgrade: will I hear it? I think you may be right. Not that the Marantz is bad, but that it is more unlike a straight preamp. The Cambridge, bel canto, and benchmark DACs might each sound slightly different, but they are all good DACs. | |
| Upgrade: will I hear it? LOL. Let’s try to audition first, then auction | |
| When did you digitize your CDs and LPs? I still haven’t... I sent my collection of about 800 CDs off to be ripped about two years ago. I had them send the CDs back to me, but after hearing the flac files, I threw most of the CDs away, keeping about 100 SACDs and higher quality CDs. Much better listening e... | |
| Songs that make your system sound AWSOME! these have stood the test of time for me. Albums: Rodney Crowell—The OutsiderRosanne Cash—Rules of TravelMarcie Wasilewski Trio—Spark of Life Harmonie Ensemble—Henry Mancini: Music for Peter Gunn Tracks:Gerry Mulligan—Chelsea Bridge (Gerry Mulliga... | |
| During this isolation, I would be interested in suggestions of great movies you like. Favorite movies with music that sticks with me:Close Encounters of the Third KindMaster and CommanderThe Deer Hunter | |
| the sound of massed violins in classical orchestral recordings Very interesting discussion. I have been listening to what I think are the best massed string recordingI have come across: The Cleveland Orchestra’s A New Century boxed set. Disc 1 has a string orchestra arrangement of Beethoven’s string quartet... | |
| Please suggest streamer $500 to $1000 used Cambridge Audio 851N. The latest firmware adds Qobuz streaming and the latest app is much improved. Well reviewed, and a real bargain used. | |
| New Japanese Marantz Glad to see NFTS, but no Qobuz? | |
| Can anyone recommend a good streamer/DAC? I can discuss the Cambridge 851N. I got one in 2016 and have been happy with the sound and reliability. I listened mainly to CDs and flac files ripped from CDs, with the odd hi-res and DSD download. I have a 10TB hard drive attached and it does ve... | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? 1. The Deer Hunter 2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind3. Master and Commander |