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| It was 50 years ago today.... I really love the fact that they decided to give Ringo a song on every outing. Which other band has 4 different lead singers per album? Then there’s the fact that even an album comprised of their worst songs would be pretty good by most standards.... | |
| The Science of Cables @jmlmx, "What I find interesting is that the second highest rated cable in the test had the worst fidelity, and the worst rated cable was right there in the middle when frequency and amplitude were measured." The magazines realised a while back w... | |
| The Science of Cables @jhills, "Not sure how gallium, indium and tin, a semi liquid goop, 1/15th the conductivity of oxygen free copper, is somehow superior to pure grade, oxygen free copper as a conductor for cables. I guess whatever makes a great sales pitch and you ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Some great lines stay in the memory from the Sex Pistols ’The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle’, but the best might be the intro,"People said we couldn’t playThey called us foul-mouthed yobsBut the only notes that really countAre the ones that come in ... | |
| Herbies Pucks floor spike protectors... You can't easily get Herbie's products here in the UK so I make do with sorbothane or similar. However, everything I've read about them seems to make straightforward sense. On a solid floor like yours they may be less effective than say on a suspe... | |
| The Science of Cables @kalali, yes me too. I've become quite fond of those transparent high grade OFC speaker cables recently.I shudder to recall those days of the ridiculously thick and unwieldy Naim NAC5 cables which they insisted were designed for their amps. I love... | |
| The Science of Cables If this keeps up it may be time for another straightened coat hanger v mystery X ($$$$$) cable blind listening test.So far all the conclusions point to a lack of consensus with the only regular perceived sonic differences being in the listener's o... | |
| Do you listen to equipment or music. @prof yes, listening to equipment can very easily become a laborious chore where you easily find yourself going found in circles. I have nowhere near the self discipline or the methodology required to keep it meaningful.It's better if you have w... | |
| The truth about why modern music is so awful. @cleeds Perhaps I was being a trifle idealistic but I like to believe that the new genres in popular music were generated from social trends often identified by fashion and hairstyles etc. For example Rock and Rollers, Mods, Skinheads, Hippies, He... | |
| The truth about why modern music is so awful. @crazyeddy, the business got smarter and less willing to take risks.Popular music (creativity) always came from the ground up, the street if you like. But nowadays the industry wants to supply it prepackaged, I don't think they enjoy gambling to f... | |
| Do you listen to equipment or music. I found the best way to return to listening to the music (as opposed to analysing equipment it was being played upon) was by playing those songs I love the best. The songs with the greatest emotional significance to me.For example, classics like J... | |
| The truth about why modern music is so awful. @bmontani yes and the same goes for vintage recordings. Thanks to YouTube it's easier than ever to explore the lesser known or forgotten recordings from Pop's colossal back catalogue.Here are a few examples,Elvis - Puppet on a Stringhttps://youtu... | |
| Confused State of affairs: CD player @sudhirgoel, I'm glad to hear it, just remember the old trick about volume matching. If you could take a few notes, say on your phone, and share your findings with us I'm sure it would be much appreciated. The dealer can insist on what he/she like... | |
| Confused State of affairs: CD player @sudhirgoel, no I have not heard either of the CD players in question but out of all the ones I have heard (Kenwood, Sony, Arcam, Marantz, Cambridge etc) my experience is that the differences in sound quality were minimal. And not related to cost ... | |
| Confused State of affairs: CD player Stick with the Oppo BDP 95.If you compared them blind you might not hear a difference.Besides, why spend $$$$$ for 2 hours listening a week if it is merely more hassle? With a system like yours you can only really go sideways. However, if the urge... |