wesheadley
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| Are You a Swifty? @tylermunns You’ll get no argument from me regarding the fake divide between male and female artists. When I ask myself what am I in the mood to listen to, I don’t think I’ve ever thought about it in terms of ’male’ or ’female’ artist. I think mor... | |
| Are You a Swifty? @toro3 I don’t believe in most maxims either, especially when it comes to our own minds, but these observations that you listed are good things to consider and think about. Even as a kid there were albums that didn’t grab me right off, but there... | |
| Are You a Swifty? @tylermunns "Perhaps what you’re saying is, “there is great potential for personal growth in exposing oneself to stuff they typically assume to be crap, as one may surprise oneself and avoid a certain stagnation of musical awareness,” or, as Werne... | |
| Are You a Swifty? @tylermunns I'm able to appreciate songcraft without always being interested in what the writing is about (and I'm far from literate with Taylor's full catalog). There are many pop artists that I've sampled where I would never buy an album becau... | |
| Ethernet cables @tonywinga Thank you for those explanations. I cannot argue them as I’ve not seen the studies or data that supports the conclusion. I guess where I would still hold some skepticism is in whether or not those signal anomalies caused by interfer... | |
| Are You a Swifty? Not really, at least for me. I heard Evermore was good so I picked that up. Also 1987, and the other folky one -- Folklore. They all good, but it doesn’t really speak to me-- and I’m not really into the whole Easter Egg kind of fan thing that’s a ... | |
| Are You a Swifty? Huge numbers of people love her and I think that's just fine. I do not happen to be one of them. She is clearly a talented songwriter-- I have several of her records -- but what she mostly writes about -- her social life -- isn't very interesting... | |
| Ethernet cables Well made and well-shielded, not-junk ethernet cables are essential for carrying any data from point A to B. They need to meet modern standards too, as Ethernet speeds are not the same today as they were years ago. However, the stupid expensive on... | |
| Power cable Advice... Any heavy gauge, well-made power cable will do. Cost is not proportional to sound quality. Don't be suckered. | |
| Finally...subwoofer that's aesthetically pleasing! Thank goodness for trust funds! What a colossal, shameless, er, investment? I guess it’s worth it for the bragging rights, eh? Gotta wonder about their business model a little though. A 5000% margin and a target market of at least 10 Saudi Arabian... | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... Bad cables make a bigger difference than good cables, and beyond a certain level of build and materials quality, good cable make very little relative difference compared to other huge factors like the quality of the source component and the acoust... | |
| Robert Plant Robert Plant is obviously one of the best singers ever to come from rock; he's become over the years a truly stellar singer. He's released quite a few absolutely excellent solo works and a couple of collaborations with Alison Krauss. He's never be... | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones Carbon fiber is a great material for many applications because it is both light and strong. That said, no material has been more overhyped in recent times, and used to make all kinds of junk, from cup holders to toilet seats. But do they use it to... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? In the U.S., the share of our population that fit the demographic for being in the middle class has been shrinking for decades and is now below 50%. Poor people do not buy expensive audio systems and America is a country loaded with poverty and ne... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? @ghdprentice I think you've made my point; corks are not going anywhere and neither are vinyl records. Most wine sold is fairly cheap and forgettable, and most of that may well be screw-cap eventually, but there will always be a huge selection... |