mapman
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| Foreign Tongues - New Rolling Stone Album (vinyl) New album kinda meh so far. Pretty good for a bunch of 80+ year olds though. I can only hope to still have it at their age. Recording is a waste of high res streaming for sure. Would be much better if not so washed out and dynamically limited. | |
| Foreign Tongues - New Rolling Stone Album (vinyl) @daveteauk try "Stripped". | |
| Foreign Tongues - New Rolling Stone Album (vinyl) I see it on Qobuz now. Just not yet via Roon. | |
| Foreign Tongues - New Rolling Stone Album (vinyl) There have been many very good quality stones recordings over the years. Lots of mediocre record pressings as well back in the day. | |
| Qobuz in the car Yes music on Sirius in car always been a recipe for ear bleeds for me. No thanks. | |
| Foreign Tongues - New Rolling Stone Album (vinyl) Hmm not seeing it on Qobuz yet. I’m curious what the 80+ year old bad boy rockers have to say. | |
| Dynaudio Confidence Alternatives I’ll be looking for any great deals on wonderful Dynaudio Confidence speakers that might come of this. I’ve always been a fan. Owned Contour 1.3 mk IIs for many years. It was a demo using Dynaudio speakers back in the 90’s that reignited my ... | |
| After a while it’s just sounds. Just go with the flow. Take a break from time to time if needed | |
| Are we training our ears right? It’s a habit for those like me who have been intrigued with hifi sound since its inception. A lot has changed over the years and there is good reason to stay on top of things. It’s a hard habit to break. Still, lots of different good sounds ... | |
| Qobuz in the car Or if no Carplay you can buy a device for not much that receives Bluetooth and broadcasts to a selectable FM frequency that you tune to. | |
| Changing audio beliefs Oh right my outlook on tube gear has changed. Still a lovely special treat but as a fan of all genres not where I want to be much of the time. | |
| The Best Sounding Systems can Play Loudly with Low Distortion Common sense that best systems do that. | |
| Changing audio beliefs These days I enjoy hearing most all recordings in any genre for what they are. Musical discovery! Used to be I was way more strongly biased towards “audiophile” recordings and fewer genres. These days I still am biased towards high quality ... | |
| Roon changes the music I have converted many good quality vinyl recordings to digital then streamed via Roon. The digital sounds just like the original analogue. No changes. | |
| Listening and evaluating equipment and systems. Tonality-check dynamics-check No audible noise and distortion: check How will it pan out? Time will tell |