whart
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| Blocking the propaganda @glupson- don't freak on @geoffkait - he's an interesting, quirky character here, and I doubt he meant anything personal by what he said. You were just the target of convenience for his humor, which is actually pretty funny sometimes if you spend ... | |
| Blocking the propaganda @n80- I agree that there is as much snark in the car world on the Internet, but because most of the fora are marque specific, it filters out a lot of people who would go on Rennlist (or whatever) and trash Porsches in favor of something else. Most... | |
| Bob Marley on vinyl? The "one" to buy in my estimation is the German manufactured Box Set from 1982. There's been a fair amount written about it- it was produced by Island a year after Bob's death and omits one album that was released posthumously but it compares very... | |
| Blocking the propaganda Any Bentley after W.O. lost the company isn’t really a Bentley (though I like the ’50s era Continental fastback). | |
| YOUTUBE and Vinyl are gonna bankrupt me! Are we talking about new bands or older bands (with potential reissues?)Bandcamp is a wonderful tool to explore if you have some patience and are willing to take risks. Most of those records are not "audiophile" quality, but neither are many of th... | |
| Blocking the propaganda +1 @tomcy6 I think I first started posting here (rather than just searching) when I was considering the transition from Crosby Quads to horns. I got some good input from a number of people, including Fred Crowder, who owned Crosby Quads and had mo... | |
| Blocking the propaganda @fsonicsmith -M. Fremer is a "kibitzer" in the good Yiddish sense of the word. There's a pretty well-known Lenny Bruce schtick about NY'ers that I'll have to dig out... | |
| Blocking the propaganda I understand your disenchantment with the commercial magazines, but filtering out 100% of what you read on the audio boards as well?I’ve found this board very helpful on set up quirks or optimization questions-I agree that one should approach anyt... | |
| Have l become unstable? I can’t answer the question in the title of your thread, but the fact that you are deeply engaged in audiophile gear may be a sign of some form of psychopathy. (I’m not qualified to make those judgements).As to the rest, I get it.Can you audition ... | |
| Left/Right Orientation of Piano Recordings -- Any Preferences? My biggest issue with piano recordings has less to do with position or even the close mic'ing that can result in an exaggerated size of the instrument, but instead the lack of gravitas, power and harmonics that a concert grand can deliver. Many re... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? @mahler123--I appreciate your different viewpoint, given my admittedly limited experience on the digital side. I’m trying to understand where we differ.Are you saying that the Oppo worked fine as a transport, and using other external DACS revealed... | |
| OPPO or Something Else? I believe the reclocker won’t do anything if you are using the Oppo analog outputs. I think Steve, who can (and does) speak for himself here, will tell you it improves performance of the transport outputting a digital signal to an external DAC. I ... | |
| Seeking informed recommendations for power cables and interconnects Out of curiosity, I ran a search here on the ’Gon for Vandersteen, Rogue and cable and many of the hits returned AQ cables as recommended by Richard Vandersteen. There is something to be said for ’same brand’ full ’loom’-in that the character and ... | |
| Seeking informed recommendations for power cables and interconnects The best advice you’ll get is to try some different cables, either through The Cable Co. or a dealer who has access without an agenda (I know, I can hear the snickers but there are some good dealers out there).What works for one person in one syst... | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! American Idiot (the album) actually has a lot of great hooks and rocks. It is very compressed sounding as I recall, haven’t listened to it in years. I’ve heard legendary bands/performers who were terrible in live shows, and others who were complet... |