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· listen responsibly
posted Dec 23, 2024
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SPL darwin award
· Bose Buys McIntosh
posted Nov 20, 2024
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JimOfAllTrades
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Not What Audiophiles Were Hoping For
The Verge Article
The topsy-turvy world of audio manufacturers continues to surprise with audiophile baddy Bose buying legendary but out-of-touch McIntosh. While used McIntosh gear holds its value quite well, new products haven't been generating much new sales or attention. This acquisition seems to be about getting the IP to sell the brand in cars, rather than some sort of reckoning to the big system boutique sales. That is, the name was more valuable than the company and allows Bose to sell in more markets. Ho-Hum.
· Creating a phantom fundamental with just it's harmonics
posted Aug 27, 2024
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If they continue into the treble it will be more convincing
391sec in...
https://youtu.be/Sn07AMCfaAI?t=391
· Munich Highend 2024
posted May 17, 2024
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some shazamed tracks and photos
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZUv8rQV_dAYhnEsgLIAnRj69X2Fd27-7
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J0tDemQj9tpcwgNpsl7UadavlnfZV1Yp
The fully body paralysis speakers go to...
Wilson Benesch playing "Drown"
MBL was playing Queen and Peter Gabriel
Vivid playing "My Name is Mud" (first and last time I'll enjoy a Primus track)
Kroma playing something
My favorite horns were the small Stein Music, Acapella, and Odeon.
Most natural sound goes to Hervet (large one), Quad 57, and Voxativ.
· Ohm Acoustics
posted Apr 25, 2024
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Ohm Speakers live to fight another day!
After a long period of uncertainty, it looks like this legacy American speaker brand is back!
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https://ohmspeaker.com/news/
⤷ posted May 7, 2024
· 200' RadioTower Stolen
posted Feb 8, 2024
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Radio Tower Gone
This a cracker electronics story!
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OMG!! Unbelievable!! Possibly brilliant, criminal minds!!? Could never had imagined. So highly motivated. Very impressive!! So many questions!! OMG!!
⤷ posted Feb 16, 2024
· Audiophile Story in WAPO
posted Jan 19, 2024
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Nobody gets out alive.
· not sure if this is for John Pluta or John Ellis
posted Dec 3, 2023
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220watts in, 2.2watts out
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No matter who it's for Victor, I enjoyed it. Funny if I forget a name I usually remember the equipment. Recognize the Klipschorns, always a good sound with tubes. I never heard the horns from Avantgarde. If anybody in the club has them I'd love to hear them.
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Hey Victor, Just noticed this wall section. 2.2watts is more than enough for real speakers...
⤷ posted Feb 9, 2024
· Double Decker Records closing
posted Nov 22, 2023
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Double Decker Records closing
Double Decker Records, which buys, sells and trades vinyl records, is set to close Dec. 2 at 808 St. John St.
· Wichita Lineman Redux!
posted Aug 8, 2023
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JimOfAllTrades
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Interview with Jimmy Webb
Here we go again! An hour long interview with songsmith Jimmy Webb on my prescient topic of the song Wichita Lineman. Enjoy!
· IPhone's John Ive Designs Turntable
posted Jul 7, 2023
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JimOfAllTrades
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Who knew he was an audiophile?
Yahoo News Article
After leaving Apple, John Ive has apparently set his sights on the audiophile turntable market, with a new Linn Sondek LP12 50th anniversary edition, only $60K!
· Ross' MSB will be missed
posted Jun 18, 2023
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Before giving back this DAC I made a couple videos
· Looking for Michael Mattera
posted Jun 10, 2023
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Among the members who showed up to help me move two years ago was a Michael Mattera, of Oakland, NJ, who took some of my audio gear on consignment. Does anyone have a phone number or email address for him?
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Ivan, according to all of our member lists I don't see anyone with that name.
⤷ posted Jun 21, 2023
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Michael Materiu is on Facebook. Is he the guy?
⤷ posted Jan 31, 2024
· Rick Beato on Yuja Wang
posted Feb 19, 2023
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JimOfAllTrades
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Here's an interesting video on playing piano at lightning speed.
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It's here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qri_DvU_9aM
Also interesting, especially around 2:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkH6jz1gy3Y
⤷ posted Feb 26, 2023
· Rick Beato on Wichita Lineman!
posted Jan 8, 2023
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JimOfAllTrades
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Go read my Oct 2017 newsletter article...
So, hot on the heels (not really) of my NJAS newsletter article about the song Wichita Lineman, music producer and educator Rick Beato presents his take. You can read my article (Oct 2017 newsletter), and watch his video (which is fairly long) in any order, I suppose, though I think I was pretty prescient here!
As a coda to my article, I suggested there that a POV issue could be fixed by "...and he needs you more than wants you...â€, but the singular "needs" and "wants" would be awkward. Now I think the fix would be "... and he'll need you more than want you...", which seems very powerful to me. Test it out for yourself and let me know!
Coda to the coda. As most would point out, the song is predominately in the first person, so the narrator's nickname for himself is "the Wichita lineman". The problem is a bit more subtle than perhaps suggested in my original article. The only verse (repeated in the chorus) in the third person is "And the Wichita lineman is still on the line". So, replacing 1st with 3rd at top of the chorus sets up a slightly lonelier rendition of third person alienation: "He'll hear you singing in the wire; he can hear you through the whine...". However, I can see the advantage of staying predominately in the first. It's good to think about changing up lyrics this way when analyzing a song, and it would be nice to know what was going through the songwriter's head. This happens more than most people realize when songs are remade.
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One question that I thought about, what makes music great? It's true that the song changes from 1st person to 3rd person and that there are some unusual chord changes in it. But to my mind the greatest song would be one that I would severely miss if it disappeared. For example, Hank Williams, "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You."
⤷ posted Jan 14, 2023
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