simonmoon
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| Songs that reference audio equipment Modern Music, by art rockers, Be Bop Deluxe, a criminally forgotten band, IMO. The song starts with the sound of a radio tuner moving up and down the dial. Lyrics: Modern music on my radio Another station and another show If only I could let my... | |
| Napping while listening I am 67 with no plans of retiring. I don't think I've ever felt like napping when I listen. If I am that tired, I will usually refrain from listening, or keep it short. Also, most of the music I listen to is not really conducive to falling asl... | |
| Some thoughts on ASR and the reviews Don't get me started on ASR... Just as one example of their flawed way of evaluating gear: They reviewed one GR Research's budget stand mount speakers, but all they did was measure it and listen to one speaker. As if things like: imaging, sound... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Out of your list in the OP, I lean towered the Vandersteen Treo CT and the Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII. But I’ve heard that series of Monitor Audio is supposed to be quite good. For something a bit different, you might want to check into Pure Audio... | |
| Symphonic on Screen. For me, there is too much of a tradeoff. While I love to watch the technical aspect of the music itself; I am a sucker for watching world class musicians play their instruments. But just listening to the music, without the visual cues, allows me... | |
| Kind of Blue @larsman I don't much like 'jazz', but I do like Miles Davis's early 70's stuff, as it doesn't sound to me like 'jazz' and it's really interesting music to me. Much of it reminds me of Grateful Dead space jams (and I've seen Branford Marsalis ... | |
| Kind of Blue @audioman58 How about Mike Olfield Tubular bells 1&2 is this considered Jazz ? this was considered a classic for its time ,what category is that in ? No, no, no! Not even close to jazz. It is firmly in the prog-rock genre, or progressiv... | |
| Kind of Blue Big jazz fan here! Not a big KoB fan, though. I like Sketches of Spain, Silent Way and Bitches Brew much more. Here’s a few more. Note, that my tastes in jazz (and music in general) is toward more progressive forms. So, YMMV. John Coltrane - A ... | |
| Maurizio Pollini R.I.P. I was a big fan. His support for modern music was a big part of my love for him. I saw him with the LA Phil back in the late 80's playing a Bartok piano concerto. | |
| Wool Blankets as Room treatment As @kijanki said above, they will only help with a very narrow range of problems. Quite a few materials, that are thick and heavy, that we can barely blow air through, are completely transparent to entire ranges of audible frequencies. So, those... | |
| Are You a Swifty? I am not a fan at all. But then, I am not a fan of pretty much all forms of mainstream pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Not that I hate it, but even the best crafted pop songs, with creative catchy melodies and hooks, good choruses, bridges, et... | |
| electronic music I'm seeing many good recommendations, so far, but nothin listed is actually classical music. Modern classical music in general, and modern classical that uses electronics more specifically, tends to be quite avant-garde, atonal, and pretty "tho... | |
| Best HIFI Stores LA/Orange Venice Audio is probably worth checking out. Venice Audio Audiogen in downtown is also probably worth checking into. Their range of brands is small, but they carry TuneAudio speakers, very high efficiency. As well as Diapason Speakers, also pret... | |
| What songs do you listen to to test a system's midrange performance? I will come back later with some music recommendations. But thought this might be of interest to you. | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Not very important. The best speakers I have ever heard, and the best I have ever owned (not in the same set, I could not afford the best I've heard), have all not been very efficient. My old Koss Model 1a full range electrostatic speakers were... |