whart
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| What did you make for Christmas? @tomic601 I don’t consider myself much of a cook, my wife is great; I was the grillmaster back east but down here, I don’t bother- Trying to find real Italian in Austin is a challenge, so that has to be home cooked (I'm not Italian by heritage but... | |
| What did you make for Christmas? We reverse seared a large prime cowboy steak and it came out perfectly. I was in the mood for prime rib, but cooking a roast seemed ridiculous for two of us. I spent the better part of the afternoon playing records. No tweaking, fiddling about, or... | |
| Something amazing - what would you buy I dunno, you are ready to spend serious money and you are dealing with what amounts to a box shop. It’s probably a stronger home theatre set up than a stereo rig, but that’s just my impression based on reading the list you provided. I did a couple... | |
| Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital" @mahgister- thank you and a thousand holiday blessings to be bestowed upon you as well. Time is a construct. Back to the nuclear lab before they know I'm missing. :)Bill | |
| Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital" More than one recording engineer has said to me "most people don’t realize how much manipulation goes into making something sound natural." I could not stand to listen to consumer digital formats when introduced. Digital has gotten much better, no... | |
| Single Track that's worth the price of Admission I’ve been on an outre jazz kick lately, so take these with that in mind:The track, ” The Foreign[o]r” from Milt Ward and Virgo Spectrum (album is private label and rare, track is up on the Net)."Turiya and Ramakrishna" from Alice Coltrane’s Ptah, ... | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? @Parker65310- thanks for that. I may get a copy, I'm far less deep on digital than I am on vinyl. I purged about 12,000 record when I moved and did another purge more recently-- largely to make room for, you guessed it-- more records! But, I do ha... | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? I tend to go deep into certain areas that tickle my fancy. When I was a kid the electric blues led me to the rural blues, most of which was cut on 78s so I relied on 33LP transcriptions and compilations. Some electric blues from the period (Chicag... | |
| What Audio Religion have you converted others to successfully? I’m pretty much in the agnostic camp too. I used to want guests to hear the main system, but now, unless it’s a listening session that’s planned in advance with someone who has expressed an interest, I don’t bother. I used to let the music and sys... | |
| Distilled water rinse after ultrasonic cleaning I no longer own an Audio Desk, but when I did I used far less than the full bottle of fluid for each tankful of distilled water. Not to save money, but some people were complaining about foaming as I recall and I figured less is better if it still... | |
| Teach me about cartridge 'retipping' I’m glad @needlestein jumped aboard here, with some fresh views on a subject that has been beaten to death here with the same old arguments. Question for @chakster - I know you favor vintage cartridges, I have a friend who is also a big believer i... | |
| How can music be sad? I have a pretty interesting record in my stacks called De De Lind, named after a Playboy bunny from the ’60s. It’s pretty rare: https://www.discogs.com/De-De-Lind-Io-Non-So-Da-Dove-Vengo-E-Non-So-Dove-Mai-Andrò-Uomo-Il-Nome-Che-...It’s fado singin... | |
| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? Jeeves- interesting viewpoint. Anything that involves "collecting" while an activity during the hunt, is ultimately passive, e.g. film collecting, record collecting, stamps, baseball cards. (though some of those "hobbies" are in reality, money mak... | |
| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? @hilde45-- You are asking a question that I’m not capable of answering-- it seems to deal with psychology to a large degree. Why are some people deeply engaged by a pursuit and others only have a passing interest? I’m excluding the "I’m not intere... | |
| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? @hilde45- I think thread has transcended the usual banter here, and asked some hard questions about the "why" of it-- our universe, small as it may be within the world at large, offers a huge number of paths to pursue.To me, the issue is exposure.... |