tomcy6
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| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial mapman, Do you choose music based on how many Grammy or MTV awards it's gotten? Well recorded music is the exception not the rule, and that makes sense from a record label point of view. Why spend money improving the quality of recordings when ... | |
| Which SACDs? n80, As stereo5 said, Acoustic Sounds has Pink Floyd and Jimi for $35 each with free shipping over $49. https://store.acousticsounds.com/c/8/Hybrid_SACDs This is full premium price. Nonpremium SACDs list at $30. You can also check Music Direct (Mo... | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming Streaming brought in about 75% of revenues for the record labels last year. So it will be around for a while.Streaming gives you access to millions of albums. You can buy the ones you really want a copy of that no one can take away. Streaming is g... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial With all equipment BOTW is a poor recording. Am I wrong? No, you're right. BOTW is a poor recording. That is a problem with a higher resolution system, but for me the better sound on good recordings more than makes up for it. | |
| A Surge Suppressor Story Thanks for sharing your experience. I don't have a surge protector on my amp, but leaving a piece of gear costing thousands of dollars to the mercies of the local utility does worry me. | |
| Which SACDs? I find the difference between CDs and SACDs usually subtle, but it is a difference that I find enjoyable on many SACDs. I don’t think you’re going to be blown away and start buying lots of SACDs. If you’re not a collector type audiophile, you may ... | |
| Soundstage gone Is there some reason you don't want the dealer to help you with this? That would be your best option. | |
| Poor value vs snake oil... I think one major problem in this ongoing debate is that people believe that their own experience applies to everyone.If someone goes to his local dealer or an audio show or even listens to amp A in his own system and decides that it is not musica... | |
| Streamer / DAC Combo apps I prefer larger images and text to tiny ones, so I prefer using a tablet to a phone as a controller. I have used the Lumin and the BluOs app. I have Android controllers so Lumin didn't work for me, but it's supposed to be fine with Apple control... | |
| Tube Rolling the Jolida/Black Ice dsd Dac Good to hear that you're enjoying the Mullards so much, jonstine. It's amazing what a difference tubes or other small changes can make in our systems. | |
| Any ECM fans here? You’ve got it right, except it’s Edition, without the s.Have you listened to any of the Metheny Hi-Res remasters? | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? So there’s an imaginary world that used to have more integrity and accountability? I’m not saying everyone who believes this agrees but most people I’ve encountered whose notion of that imaginary world looks like Father Knows Best meets Leave it ... | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? It also helps that they don’t have guns. | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? Why is it Scandinavian countries whose religious baloney started declining decades ago are some of the least corrupt ? I’d say it’s probably due to their homogenous, mostly rural populations. Kind of like Idaho and Montana in the US. | |
| Why the truth is not in them ?? Integrity and accountability are provided by natural logic, not religious baloney. @wolf_garcia, How do you explain that as the acceptance of religious baloney declines in our societies, integrity and personal accountability also declines? I ... |