mcondo
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| What is they best album out there for showing off the sound quality of your system. While not perfect, the recent Prince release 'Piano and a Microphone' is crazy good. 1983 recording - I think originally on cassette! | |
| Preamps with separate L/R volume controls Interesting no-one has mentioned YBA. Almost all YBA preamps have separate L/R volume controls. I had one a while back. | |
| Stop Making Sense Revisited http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=&album=stop+making+sense | |
| Stop Making Sense Revisited Take a look at the Dynamic Range Database for SMS - maybe the best numbers I have ever seen. Way green! | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana Have seen Rhiannon live with Carolina Chocolate Drops at City Winery. One of the best shows we saw that year! | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana I guess my fix is not to listen to heavily compressed recordings in my main system. BTW - watched Brandi Carlile on the 2018 Americana awards show last night. Nice performance that sounded good on my upstairs A/V system. The rest of the show was a... | |
| Ever tossed a record aside as poorly engineered and produced only to think otherwise later Two come to mind. First, Madman Across the Water (SACD). Sounded very muddy when I first got it, but an upgrade to my spinner changed my mind quickly (Marantz SA 11s2). Second is still a mystery - the Stones "Stripped" cd. No change in equipment b... | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana The 2018 awards show is streaming now at the PBS website. Not sure if it will be broadcast over the air on my PBS station - WTTW. | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana Kinda come full circle on my original post. Brandi won. | |
| Home owner's insurance question Jumping back in here. Policy limits will certainly play a role, as will the cause of loss (peril). If you have a renters policy your limit may be too low for a high end system. Raise the limit if this is the case. If you own, typically your conten... | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana Love Sarah, haven't listened to her in a while. Will pick up Undercurrent from the library for a listen. | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana One of the more unusual "Americana genre" performances was Robert Plant's Band of Joy performance at the 2010 Americana awards. I think having recorded with Alison Krauss and with Patti Griffin in the band gave them some Americana cred - but it wa... | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana PS - check out the 500+ comments. | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana Here's a current article in the NYT's about the loudness wars. It even has charts, including Brandi Carlile's grammy nominated song I was bitching about.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/what-these-grammy-songs-tell-us-about-the-loudness-... | |
| Home owner's insurance question Ex claims guy here. you are typically covered for replacement cost - insurance carriers will work with vendors to buy the equipment for you. They will get a better price than you and I. If you don't replace you will get actual cash value vs. repla... |