whart
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| Great music few are aware of. Any genre. @bdp24 - nope, didn't even know of Emerson 'til the first ELP record. Emerson was an amazing pianist and keyboard artist. There are video clips of him performing works of a classical nature. The whole "prog rock" thing got overdone, and lost tract... | |
| Great music few are aware of. Any genre. I posted these as part of a more extensive list in response to another thread:brian davison- every which way-mercury- (former drummer for The Nice, set up 1 off band after Emerson left; great vocals by Graham Bell, sounds like old Traffic, blues s... | |
| The World’s Most Remote Record Store, And Other Cool Stats Cool article, thanks for posting MFM. You never know where you'll find a record store. I used to use that phone app when it first came out, but haven't done used it in years. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve- thank you for the thoughtful and thorough response. Let me chew on this. | |
| Best sounding Hard Rock @geoffkait - I didn’t know the Castle release since I haven’t really focused on CDs seriously. (I’m now just starting to do that, though I have probably a thousand that I moved to Texas with me). Part of the answer as to why that CD copy may sound... | |
| Led Zeppelin II I don’t have a Classic of II. I have a Classic 200g (33, not 45) of III which isn’t bad, but it is brighter, less of a piece- more detail and less cohesive than my first press UK plum. The Canadian Red Label III with the TG marking is also very go... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I've checked this thread periodically and commend @mattnshilp for putting his money behind these various DACs- it seems like this has taken on a life of its own, with lot's of good comments. I've never done digital seriously, and am now contemplat... | |
| Led Zeppelin II I have several: the RL packs more punch than most- condition is key, and the prices tend to be high even for noisy copies- It took me 3 copies to get a dead quiet player.The early plum UK is also very good- more bass, a little less "thwack," but s... | |
| Audiophiles should learn from people who created audio Geoff- I do have a cheapy loaded on to an iPad. It works with a microphone, either the one built into the iPad-questionable- or an external mic, but it is measuring output of the entire system within the room. What I was thinking about was a lab g... | |
| Audiophiles should learn from people who created audio @itzhak1969--I'm pretty firmly rooted in the subjective camp with a healthy respect for science. Could some of the sonic attributes you mention, like brightness and perhaps even sound stage, be measured by fourier analysis? I don't know the answ... | |
| Audiophiles should learn from people who created audio Years ago we had companies like Western Electric, Bell Labs, RCA and others that invested considerably in R & D. I know some of the high end companies are now owned by large conglomerates, but I doubt research into auditory phenomena is the sa... | |
| 50 of the best hi-fi albums for audiophiles @blindjim - the very notion of a "list" of recommended albums is bound to evoke reactions from "what, that again!" to "why didn't they include X?"Your question about researching the story behind the record is an interesting one- I discover music a... | |
| Best sounding Hard Rock brian davison- every which way-mercury- (former drummer for The Nice, set up 1 off band after Emerson left; great vocals by Graham Bell, sounds like old Traffic, blues shouter hard rock, good sound, not big $);blast furnace- s/t- danish polydor- b... | |
| Audiophiles should learn from people who created audio The term of art is " nattering nabobs of negativism." | |
| 50 of the best hi-fi albums for audiophiles I had expected the usual list of audiophile warhorses, many with good sonics, but so-so music, or material so well-trod that it is hardly a revelation. The inclusion of The Congos, Heart of the Congo, is cool. It isn't a sonic masterpiece in the a... |