emrofsemanon
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| Not Thrilled with Vandersteen 2CE Sigs - where is the first place to work on? my vandys sounded as advertised only in a humongous room on the long wall. every other environment and position made them sound honky/shoutey to me. they will NOT work in a small room. my thiels OTOH work just fine in my small [14" wide] room but ... | |
| Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital" in my experience, digital was the best thing that could happen to us working-class types that previously could only barely afford crappy entry-level analog whose welter of blatant distortions both ruins the software [records] as well as irritates ... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? even on top notch equipment, i still find surface noise to be bothersome. the odd click or pop startles me like a firecracker would amidst the calm. i find that only PERFECT analog [everything top-drawer and in top spec/adjustment] is "fatigue-fre... | |
| Are the 6 speakers from a 2001 Bose Lifestyle 20 Music System worth anything? there is on ebay a vibrant market for used bose stuff including the cubes. | |
| Are the 6 speakers from a 2001 Bose Lifestyle 20 Music System worth anything? i'm glad my lightly used unit still works. surprisingly good for movies, not so good for music. | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. i wonder why there is no move to democratize 4-ohm equipment, why it continues to be very expensive and exclusive. | |
| How old are you? just turned 6 decades. lordy i feel old. | |
| I love sad music i long have thought "once i was" [tim buckley] was a breathtakingly sad song. listening to yoshikazu meru sing "solveig's song" in swedish, also made the waterworks work overtime. likewise with maria callas singing "o mio babbino caro." hers was a... | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? if it ain't rap or new country, i can dig it at least a bit. there was this old cat named major "mule" holley who had a contrabass voice, he was a string bass player and could sing down low in unison with his instrument, unlike slam stewart who sa... | |
| How I'd spend money given no limits i would buy Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa AZ, turn it into my mansion, have a staff of pizza cookers and organists, pay to upgrade their hybrid wurlitzer organ into one capable of antiphony with pipes in the rear. that would be my ultimate house and su... | |
| How can music be sad? "once i was" has hardly any minor chords, just one i can tell, but it definitely is a heartbreaking song. a variable combo of minor/diminished chords and sad lyrics plus a lilt/catch/quaver in the singer’s voice, seems to be the valve that turns t... | |
| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? IMHO alan parsons put it into perspective for me when he referred to audiophiles who use his recordings to listen to their equipment. | |
| Audiophile demographics? i wonder what % of audiophiles are 6+ figure income? my guess is at least 75%. | |
| What’s your top 5 Christmas albums ? *the stereo version of the phil spector "a christmas gift for you" album. the mono version to me sounds like a wall of mud. *john klein- a christmas sound spectacular [carillon americana]*star of wonder- san francisco choral artists*the soulful st... | |
| Audiophile demographics? it has been my long-term observation, that women who are really into music, seem to have some kind of cognitive compensator that fills in the missing bits/corrects the imbalances when listening to most consumer-grade gear, hence they lack the driv... |