tomryan
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| Best mastered recordings You have to be more specific as regards DG recordings, such as listing the ones you like. In the 70s and 80s DG produced some of the most irritating recordings on the market - harmonically thin, etched, bass shy, dry, no soundstaging. They changed... | |
| Your First Concert was..... Those "large, immobile systems" are what allows us to hear actual music as opposed to mobile MP3s and earbuds creating constant meaningless white noise. And by the way, concerts from Mozart's time (and long before) and through today are large, imm... | |
| Tube CDP/DAC sound: too "refined"? Seems we are trying to find a balance between too full and too thin. Too full and the sound looses transient information and some meaningful musical detail. This can cause music to sound a little boring and the listener looses interest - the mind ... | |
| Your First Concert was..... I saw Steppenwolf at The Grande Ballroom in 1968 and the drummer was so high he fell backwards off his stool. As he fell he was still swinging his sticks. Saw Hendrix in '68 at, I'm pretty sure, Detroit's Masonic Auditorium. His amps kept picking ... | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? Hdomke...I don't think anybody is speaking in absolutes. Albert was speaking in general terms and there are many exceptions to the "rule". Thus the phrase "women are less likely to..." However, it is scientific fact that men and women have differe... | |
| Beatles Session Musicians Who? Name one band from the last 10 years that, 40 years from now, people will talking about like this. | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song Santana's version of Peter Green's (Fleetwood Mac) "Black Magic Woman". | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song Oingo Boingo - there's a blast from the past. Kinda remember them for that red haired front man and his threatening punk style attitude. Speaking of punk and remakes - how about Sid Vicious' remake of "My Way"? And Dead Kennedys' "Viva Las Vegas"? | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song Yes, I've heard of The Velvet Underground who I was listening to in 1969, along with local boys The Stooges and The MC 5 - none of whom was called "punk". I know, I know...it's quite popular to now talk about The Stooges as the "first punk band", ... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song Check out Devo's "Working in a Coal Mine". Also, view Devo's first appearance on Saturday Night Live in, I think, 1977, 78 at the latest. Kinda like a Beatles and Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show moment - a culture defining moment announcing the arri... | |
| Are passive preamps better? I guess the simplest answer is "yes and no". I commit heresy in that I use a Joule Electra LA150 pre-amp with a Placette Passive between it and power amp. Get superb results, I could detect no difference with the Placette in the circuit. | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Wow, have things changed since this thread was posted! Music downloads have exploded and earbuds are now the hi-fi system of choice for the vast majority of people. I am taking One To One private classes at my local Apple Store. Not one trainer I'... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song "Gone, Gone, Gone" Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (original by Everly Bros. is still better)"Jumpin' Jack Flash" Johnny Winter And Live | |
| Frank Sinatra CD's with Great Sound? Again, "Live At The Sands". One note...the intro at the beginning by the guy who played "Cannon" on TV did not happen at the concert. It was recorded in a studio after and "multi-tracked" onto the album. | |
| Duran Duran plumb new lows in Volume Wars Kinda like stopping at The Olive Garden and complaining about the Italian cuisine. What can we expect from pop recordings? 99.999% of listeners need the volume boost to let them know the "music" is playing. All of pop culture today is one long, lo... |