simonmoon
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| Best concert you've attended I have quite a few concerts that I would rate at equal levels of greatness! Prog-rock: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour at the Shrine Auditorium, 1975 King Crimson - at the Shrine Auditorium, 1972 Gentle Giant - at the Shrine Audi... | |
| DIY Speakers CSS Torii I am a long time DIY'r! The end results of building a DIY speaker, will always yield a speaker that sound substantially better than the price put into them. And this is holds true for any price point. I heard a pair of CSS Criton 1TD-X a few m... | |
| How women, both American and internationally, have affected jazz. As a huge fan of contemporary progressive jazz, there are no problems finding plenty of women instrumentalists, with major chops, in various subgenres of jazz. Here are a few off the top of my heard. Mary Halvoerson - avant-garde guitarist. Ve... | |
| So…Much…Music! Wow! This thread is revising my opinion of audiophiles and music lovers. We're not all stuck in listening to the "audiophile approved" list of recordings. I post often on the SteveHoffman forums, and so many over there are stuck in the past. T... | |
| If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It All I can say is, I have personally helped upgrade 6 different pairs of speakers using GR Research's upgrade kits (I am a DIY'r and love to do this sort of thing). Everyone of the upgrades made an appreciable improvement. And despite the cost of ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? This was my listening session from last night. CD: Mark Turner, Jason Palmer, Joe Martin, Jonathan Pinson - Patternmaster / Great new (2026) ECM release of high energy, progressive jazz. Not quite avant-garde, but not straight forward either. ... | |
| Has anyone auditioned Focal Kanta 2 vs PS Audio FS 10’s ? I have heard them both, but it was a long time between each listen. My general impression is, the FR10's are better. Very detailed with great attack/decay, but not in any exaggerated way. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night, it was: Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra - When the World Was One Anyone that is a fan of "spiritual jazz" in the vein of Alice Coltrane, should check out this contemporary trumpet player. He's a fantastic plyer with a clea... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-4 RIP…..what’s next? These Ushers are definitely worth a look. Best of luck. https://www.audiothesis.com/product-page/usher-audio-ml-802 Ushers have long been a vastly underrated speaker company. I haven’t heard this particular speaker, but I would be prett... | |
| Tips for first time audio show attendees (like me) I attended T.H.E. Show back in June here is So California, and don't remember a singe instance of hearing "Big John". Two full days, almost 60+ rooms, and can't recall ever hearing it. What the hell happened between then and now? I certainly h... | |
| Just upgraded my speakers - do I still need the subs One aspect of having subs that is not often mentioned, is that there is a lot of ambient information carried in the lowest frequencies. This adds to the sense of scale and space. Low frequencies travel long distances and pass through barriers, pro... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? It's quite strange to me that classical music has fallen so far out of favor with audiophiles as music to evaluate a system, or a new piece of gear. For me, classical music is overall the best for evaluating a system. Classical music is record... | |
| Speaker Help Please: Floorstanders around $1Ok to fill very large space with no sub I am going to agree with all the recommendations for Pure Audio Project! | |
| Which Record makes your system shine? Literally, almost anything on the ECM jazz and new music label! Beginning with avant-garde jazz, but evolving into producing music that can most probably called "chamber-jazz", the vast majority of recordings on this label are excellent. Their ... | |
| Clone DarTZeel amps? I know I am late to this thread, but thought I'd contribute my opinion. First of all, I doubt anyone is expecting any Chinese clone to sound as good as the original. But what they do, is sound much better than an equivalently priced amp from the ... |