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| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? @french_fries, yes it's all a question of taste. I'd rather the smooth sound of Ella or Diana rather than the squeal of Billie or the histrionics of Aretha.That's not to say both Fitzgerald and Krall don't occasionally stray into territories I fin... | |
| Snake oil came first. By a likely ~ +50k years Relativity which has held up amazingly well so far despite the most rigorous testing may one day get partially refuted. But that won't make it snake oil. Nor if the same happens to Quantum mechanics. Science is an actual discipline without which w... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? Diana Krall, along with Michael Buble is amongst the best of our generation. You can take that whichever way you want, but I think at her best she is awesome.Besides, which Hi-Fi show would be complete without the following classic.https://youtu.b... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Shane McGowan is certainly one candidate for the greatest lyricist the UK has produced, but another songwriter, his one-time friend Elvis Costello (also of Irish descent like Morrissey too), has probably has put down more clever couplets and phras... | |
| linn sondek tt The Linn LP12, or if you prefer, the endlessly modified/exploited Thorens TD150/ Ariston RD11, is perhaps the second greatest marketing success in audio history (ahead of Bose, behind Monster?!).Apart from heavy handed tactics and legal triumphs, ... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? Once you get to a certain level you can only go sideways, trading one quality for another.The real trick is to know what you line best and what you dislike most. I love purity of tone the most and find coarse treble painful. So 8 years later I'm s... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? @ibmjunkman, his timing was near perfect, but as they say accidents will happen, or perhaps it was a brilliant mistake and he’s ended up really mystified in possession of all this useless beauty.Maybe she now thinks he’s the imposter with the mout... | |
| Video Interview with Paolo Tezzon, the man behind the sound of Sonus faber Great interview highlighting the balancing act all loudspeaker designers face, with fairly candid opinions thrown in.The changing from silk to metal dome tweeters and then back again was interesting. Paolo also generously acknowledges quite a few ... | |
| What’s wrong with Diana Krall? Considering her husband's recent health issues..Of course, the show must always go on, but we're all human beings. | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) @steve59 yes you have to carefully read between the lines for implied criticism. It might prove to be beyond your tolerance.No such thing as a perfect review, you never see one. Besides this month’s flavours of the month will soon become also-ran... | |
| Dylan Yes, the man's a living legend. Perhaps the greatest one left still operating near the peak of his powers. How long has he walked with one foot in this world and the other in myth?I can't think of anyone else I'd make more of an effort to go and s... | |
| Your Favorite Holiday Album Yes, Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas is more or less perfect for this time of year.As for something more modern Michael Buble’s Christmas goes down well in this household. Doesn’t disgrace himself in comparison to the standards, and exc... | |
| could somebody help me out on the benefits of expensive phono and speaker cables? The most obvious advantage is that they can help some people get rich quick. Best of all is that they won't need to present any evidence whatsoever of possible technical improvements over basic OFC. A fancy sleeve and ridiculously overkill plugs c... | |
| Preferred Contact Cleaner and Contact Enhancer for Audio? I have used De-Oxit by Caig. Can't say it made any discernible difference whatsoever. Lovely wine red colour though horrible smell and crap taste. Metal polish, Brasso etc, on the other hand did make a difference, (thinner, brighter, but not bette... | |
| If you could only keep 5 record albums, what would they be? I'm not really into albums, prefer to compile my own but it's funny how Abbey Road keeps coming up. It would be on my list too, along with the following Astral Weeks Van MorrisonBorn to Run Bruce SpringsteenLove and Theft Bob Dylan Get Happy!! ... |