Ok, my last effort at a confession was a bit half-hearted and pathetic so I’m going all out now:
The HD 6XX’s mid-bass hump is too humpy (for me).
The sound quality of lots of classic 60s rock is atrocious (*** big caveat to follow). The Stones arguably sound the worst in modern releases. The Beatles aren’t much better, nor are Hendrix, Beach Boys, or the Doors. It’s commonly agreed that 90s rock was produced and mastered horribly. But much of the 60s stuff now sounds like dreck as well.
***Ok, that caveat: I’m referring to modern, digital releases, including CDs from the late 80s. I suspect it’s a matter of mono recordings being mangled into simulated stereo form. I guess I’ll either need to figure out how crossfeed works or go and get the mono releases, ideally on vinyl, I suppose. The Stones mono box set is tempting…
I’m sorry, I don’t mean to offend anyone, but I can do without some genres, among them metal (although I appreciate why people like it), and what gets called R&B today (not the proper stuff, Ray Charles and others from back in the day).
the world would be a better place without harpsichords, bagpipes, fiddles, and accordions (except when being played on Tom Waits albums).
Most of the albums I have from about 1964 on were recorded in Stereo. Yes, the Yardbirds sound engineer must have been Tommy Simpson. I suppose that’s possible since he could have been maybe late teens or early 20s when the Gypsy, the Acid Queen got to him. Pinball was going strong in 1975-79.
In the early 60’s a kid’s phonograph with kid’s 45s. In the late 60’s Dad had a Garrard record changer, a mono tube amp, so that’s what I used. College was 1972 (September), and by Spring 73, I had a certain AR xa turntable with a Stanton 660 EE cart (I think), which was upgraded to a Shure V-15 Type III (Improved) by Summer 73. That’s the table I used until my wife got me the VPI Prime Scout with Ortofon MM Bronze. And which I shipped to @TylersEclectic when he wanted a turntable because it was too good not to send to a worthy home. I am waiting waiting to see how he refinished it. I think it’s been sent to the land of the purple-stained plinth.
I’m still waiting on a local shop to get back to me on it… might just do it myself… but, I don’t want to break anything…Covid kind of messed up my plans for it =(
My fiance thinks I won a fair amount of my audio equipment and/or got exceptional deals on them. In reality, I (gladly) paid full price for most of it.
I think most of my love of music/audio equipment stems from both my love of technology and my need to simultaneously forget and remember lost loved ones, rather than love for music itself.
Thanks, I really appreciate that. It’s been a rough last couple years, having lost 3 family members and a very close friend, all unexpectedly, but music has definitely helped.
Yet, when I sell too many parts of my chain, I feel a disturbance in the Force. It’s as if millions of coupling capacitors cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
I have reduced my setup to a all-in-one and one open, one closed headphone and a pair of speakers. Time to stop trawling audio forums and spend my time doing other things.
I confess that I’m having trouble keeping up with this forum. At first it was not that difficult. I try to follow most of the major threads. But with new people and growth (a good thing) I can no longer follow everything. I find I am skipping down and skimming worthy posts. I’m not giving enough s
Oh well, such is life. My personal entropy is my fate.
Me … Everyday the urge to have just one more DAC, amp and proper headphone gets stronger…
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