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Is Old Music Killing New Music?
Technology has made making music easier and more accessible to the masses. Not everyone in the masses should be making music. There is more new music than ever before but the number of real musicians, people that can play instruments, is likely no... 
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
@curiousjim It is KCRW out of Santa Monica, CA. They have 2 feeds, the periodic NPR FM one and the 24 hour HD FM one. I prefer the NPR one which I listen to from 9AM - 12PM and also sometimes in the evening, from 8PM - 3AM. Listening right now. I... 
KEF Blade 2
@steve59  Best was Luxman M900’s with 509 being a close second. It seems like the Blade2’s are a better match with slightly sweeter amplification  If you are looking for slightly sweet amps for the Blades then take a look at this one. Krell D... 
KEF Blade 2
How does dispersion translate into what you hear or how you position the speaker?  
Benchmark 1, 2 & 3
Even Benchmark says you won't hear a difference between the DAC2 and DAC3.    
Budget DAC recommendation for Office system
@tellefsen  I had the Topping D90SE ($899), Gustard X26 Pro ($1500), and Matrix Audio Mini i3 Pro ($750 though now more expensive). I consider these all good DACs and should be more than adequate for your use case. I would look for them in the us... 
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
Why is rock and roll dead? Almost all the rock stations went Class Rock and new rock artists no longer found an audience. I actually listen to a FM station that is incredible for new music of almost all genres. However, I think most people want t... 
KEF Blade 2
Coupling MAT to the Tweeter Dome Of equal importance to the application of MAT is how the back wave is shepherded into the disc. This requires a complete redesign of the area behind the tweeter to form a waveguide with particular characteristics... 
KEF Blade 2
My post from earlier was correct.   KEF Reveals Latest ‘Blade’ Flagship Floorstanding Speakers and Pioneering ‘The Reference’ Models - The Absolute Sound    
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@jc4659 I was wondering why I did not get a bonus this Christmas. Spelin always gets me.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@btscott Where did you hear about the  Gustard X26 Pro? Maybe on A'gon from people like me who were saying how good it was for $1500. I am on Gustard's payroll ($$$). I then moved to my next target, the Mustec 005. I was also evangelizing it beca... 
Parasound A21+ amplifier and Topping Pre90 preamplifier
This is one combo where the messed-up gain or impedance or whatever of the pre90 did not conflict with the amp. The other good case was with the Benchmark AHB2. With these 2 amps the pre90 sounded exactly like the great Benchmark LA4 preamp. With ... 
Those who seek to deny access to information
When informative threads get deleted then that denies me information. I come across this often where I search for something I am interested in. The search results on A'gon show varies threads. You click on some posts and then they are blocked beca... 
A** Kicking, Rock and Roll!
Black Sabbath - HEAVEN and HELL  
What are you streaming tonight?
Feddie Hubbard - Red Clay I am not a huge Jazz fan but this album has me wanting to dive deeper into the Hubbard catalog.