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| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? This is an easy question. Today the equipment to evaluate speakers can be purchased relatively quickly and with a modicum of knowledge anybody can create a set of speakers using this software/hardware. Box speaker work well enough; I have my... | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them I Can't Make You Love Me as performed by Bonnie Raitt Saddest song I know. | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? The HiFi market (sorry Audiophile) market is so small nowadays, the manufacturers are small, they're generally a handful of guys who are putting this stuff together, there's one guy who started the company who knows a bit about circuits. Their p... | |
| What's going on with the used audio gear market? @hilde45 Exactly right, if someone will pay the price, it's not greed. We're not talking about food or gas, but an extreme luxury product that has a narrow range of buyers. Why not ask as much as someone is willing to pay? | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Led Zeppelin's "In my Time of Dying" was at least a match for Blind Willie Johnson's version. And much better than the Dylan version. | |
| Politics and Music Mixing politics and music can make music seems relevant and important for the period in which it was written. In that respect, it can support social change and and give voice to things people feel but can’t put into words. But generally that also... | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? Today Hi-Fi is a niche. The heyday of Hi-Fi was the late 1960s into the early 1980s. Sales volumes were relatively large, build quality was excellent and prices were moderate considering what you got. Today, there's so little product sold; th... | |
| Improving Comcast modem signal @chungjh In general, Verizon’s FIOS speeds, latency and packet loss are not affected by what your neighbors are doing on their internet unlike the network at Comcast. But before you go crazy changing things, keep in mind the design of Ethernet an... | |
| Improving Comcast modem signal "Verizon is now pushing a white cubed wireless 5G device to feed signals to everything with no cables at all." They've had this for probably two years, although as you say, they've been pushing fixed 5G signals lately. If you can get Verizon fib... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal None of this thrashing by Young made any sense until I saw he was touring this summer. Then it all become clear. I won't give him career advice because he's already made a fortune, but simply note that he's playing to an every shrinking and dyi... | |
| Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati has signed off :-( The infamous "turkey drop" episode in WKRP was actually followed by something similar in Cleveland in the early 80's (I happened to be visiting there at the time). It as either inspired by the turkey show or in spite of the turkey show. To celeb... | |
| Michael Aday (Metloaf) has passed away. I remember that album being out when I was in college, not my cup of tea, but everybody had that cassette tape of that album in their car. Paradise by dashboard lights is a memorable song. In a way, it's amazing that he survived as long as he di... | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Some have been mentioned: The Cars debut album "The Cars" Marvin Gaye "What's Goin' On" Mister Mister "Welcome To The Real World" Foreigner's debut album "Foreigner" Steely Dan "Aja" (Saw them do this in concert a few years back) Eagles "Ho... | |
| RE: the question: ":Why do forum interactions become contentious". . . When people don't have a lot going on in their lives they tend to focus on tiny minuscule things in life. A lot of the strife in the country right now is caused because people have too much time on their hands due to many factors that you all k... | |
| Poor Customer Service The thing is, even if you're swamped, and can't get good help, it's trivial to auto-respond to say something like this:"Thank you for your email, we are currently 1-3 days behind in email, we appreciate your patience and we'll get back to you at ... |