whart
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| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? @tomic601-- cars, like almost everything other product with a luxe category, attract their share of poseurs. I'm well out of it now, but F1 here in Austin last weekend reminded me of the diverse array of people attracted to the Prancing Horse. I l... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING? @n80--Pretty astute observation: "Hi-Fi thrives on dissatisfaction."So too, with the churn of any product. Don't have the latest iPhone? Fashion loser. Thankfully, good hi-fi doesn't necessarily depend on "features" though the improvements claimed... | |
| Mountain and Cactus Big fan of Mountain in their heyday- saw them open for Tull right before Aqualung was released. Cactus- have their early albums, not as familiar with their work. | |
| Is this out there Decca Headline, Gerhard's The Plague, spoken word, Dorati conducting, based on Camus. One of the few HP List records that I still play occasionally. | |
| The sense of smell evokes memories, while the sense of hearing evokes emotions There are times when I get more involved through better sonics, but there are also times when I'm engaged thoroughly through the crappy laptop or whatever. So much depends on mood in my estimation.In writing about Atomic Rooster's Death Walks Behi... | |
| Zerostat Milty really? @slaw- My "Pull"? Surely you jest! :)it's all good, man. (Saul Goodman, aka ’Better Call Saul’-- love that show). | |
| Zerostat Milty really? I would try to get to the source of the static. You (@fromunda) said you have hardwood floors. Are you wearing socks, long pants that chafe? I play records barefoot and it makes a big difference. Relative humidity is, as mentioned, an important fa... | |
| Going to NYC from the outback of Oregon. Again... I'd be delighted to give you some restaurant recommendations as well if you want to PM me. Food is something that NYC used to be very well known for, less unique now that the foodie revolution has spread, and there are many great restaurants every... | |
| Going to NYC from the outback of Oregon. Again... I lived in New York from 1981 until the end of 2016. My last foray, apart from the FMU show, which is fantastic, was a trip to Brooklyn, which I wrote about here: [url]https://thevinylpress.com/road-trip-brooklyn-record-shopping/[/url] Have fun. | |
| Coupling vs Decoupling @geoffkait - fair comment. I offered it not as a complete set of solutions but a starting point to understand the differences. Spring thing is good here (MinusK), at least under my turntable (~238 lbs with plinth). | |
| Coupling vs Decoupling Gary Koh wrote this a while ago- may help your general understanding of the principles: [url]http://www.kosmic.us/Genesis%20Loudspeaker%20Coupling%20&%20Decoupling.pdf[/url] | |
| Bozak concert grand speakers @mlolaird- it is possible that your father added a super tweeter. I am not familiar with the term "crystal bar" in audio, but there were piezo electric tweeters, electrostatic ones and others. Can you get more information from a label on the back? | |
| Bozak concert grand speakers It sounds like you are not going to keep and use them, so is the question how to sell them?They are a classic, though it would appeal to a narrower market due to size, weight and vintage. I gather that the crossovers could be improved (there was a... | |
| Dead Can Dance reissues - not happy I compared the original 4AD, the MoFi, and the redo on vinyl from a couple years ago- I suspect that the redo was digitally mastered, and couldn’t verify when DCD stopped recording analog. The MoFi is a little ’chestier" and than the original 4AD;... | |
| We lost an audiophile and a friend- RIP- Joe sorry you lost a friend. |