Quote: A little obsessive perhaps, but I wouldn't say abnormal. Definitely more normal than collecting, say, lunch boxes or toasters. i actually had a boss once who collected TOASTERS. I asked her about it once, and she launched into a misty-eyed speech about the favorites in her...

    Quote:   Quote: Steve Guttenberg is an old-school audiophile, but I think he tries, in his blog, to avoid preaching to the converted. He often compares the experience of listening to a typical home theatre rig to the pleasure of listening to old-fashioned 2.0...

Quote: I knew it!! Tube freaks have been promoting this technology because it gets them high! I KNEW IT. Hee Hee. Seriously, I'm with you. What could be better than the liquid sound of beautifully produced music as heard through tube electronics? (OK, I run a T-amp, but I'm sure you get...

Quote: No weirder than bird watching or trainspotting. We are obsessed around here, and proud of it. The phrase "some portable player" suggests that you don't share that obsession, which is fine, but you are likely to make few friends on this forum by ridiculing the central topic of...

Quote:   WHAT???!!!! Are you suggesting that our fine political leaders would seize on nonsense as a way of getting publicity or whipping up their constituents? I am shocked, SHOCKED at this allegation. No politician has EVER exploited nonsense to get ahead. NEVER.   Quote...

Quote: When I first heard Devo's Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! I thought it must have come here from another planet. An amazing distillation of Kubrick's disturbing idea that humankind is being usurped by our own technology. Yikes. And yet, it rocks...Wow.   As for Iggy? If I had...

Quote: Absolutely! Especially Paul Desmond's title track, which is surely a classic of jazz and music in general. But then again, I always thought the group should have been called "The Paul Desmond Quartet, featuring Dave Brubeck." Hee hee, just my opinion. Brubeck fans get so bent out...

Quote: This is a great choice, but I think you have to point out that Gould recorded the Goldbergs twice, and the 1955 recording (his debut recording) is the place to start. It's the rare classical recording that is both immediately accessible and stunningly innovative. Gould's...

Quote: I can't think of a better reason.   Sadly, I just read today of the death of another funk/rock great. Gary Shider, guitarist for the legendary P-Funk, died recently of cancer. Like Marvin Isley, he was only in his fifties. As I stare at my own upcoming fiftieth birthday, I'm...

Quote: Cool! Do you mean for commercial release?

So Marvin Isley died a couple of days ago. And NO ONE on this formerly great site has mentioned this? Curious to see what kind if response, if any, I get to that sentence.   RIP Marvin. I know that you will continue to fight the power.   Much respect, JKM

Well, in an uncharacteristically resolute move, I went to B&H earlier this week and bought an SRF-59. I bought three of them actually. At $11.89 each, they seemed like a surreal bargain. So now I have one that will hopefully last a couple of years or more, and two others chilling in my closet...

I can only add my voice to the chorus of thanks. Sleep well, Dennis!

I've owned both, and I currently own my umpteenth pair of PortaPros. I completely agree with previous posts in this thread. Neither offers any significant isolation, and they both can tempt the listener to turn up the volume to unsafe levels when used in noisy environments. And I agree with the...

It's sad to hear of the loss of such a pioneer in his field. I remember hearing my cousin's Senns sometime around '71 or '72. He had a pair of the very early open cans, with the wide pads. It was, to say the least, an ear-opening experience for an eleven-or-twelve-year-old kid.   Mr...

Quote: Thanks. This is particularly timely for me, since NYC has just lifted its ban on beekeeping. Which should mean a lot more local honey available in the greenmarkets. I'll definitely give this a try.   Quote:   Quote:   Quote: I think what we...

Quote: I honestly didn't know their discography as well as I should have. I have Rodrigo y Gabriela  and I have 11:11, but I didn't realize they had other records out!! I will track down their other stuff, I promise!

My concern is that the studios will concentrate on the sizzle (3D) and forget completely about the steak. I've seen Avatar twice, both times in 3D. While the visual effects were at first stunning, the "wow" factor wore off pretty quickly. I was looking at my watch after about 20 minutes.  ...

I've got both of their albums. They are absolutely amazing. They make the acoustic guitar do things I didn't think it could do, and the hand percussion on the guitars adds a mesmerising element to their sound. The did an NPR Tiny Desk Concert a while ago.      

  Quote: Does that provide some resistance to hay fever? I'm allergic to pretty much everything (grass, dust, mould, pet dander, pollen.) But my impression is that the pollen is the culprit during the hay fever months. Any relief from the sneezing, burning eyes, etc would be great...

Quote: I'll have to try that; it sounds good. I like whole milk yogurt in a bowl, with diced/sliced apple/banana/pear or some combination of the three. Ready in approx three minutes. If I'm not literally running out of the apt, I'll brew a cup of plain tea to wash it down with (generally...

Quote: That's the exact track I thought of when i heard of his death. I'm not a huge metal fan (though certain artists are fundamental to me,) so I really didn't keep close track of his career. I knew the rough outlines, of course: Sabbath, Blackmore, devil horns, etc. But I had no idea...

If you are looking for something small, durable and good-sounding, the Clip+ is a great fit. I'm amazed by those who complain about 32 Gb being too small a capacity. How much music can you listen to in a week? If the 8 Gb internal memory of the Clip+ doesn't meet your needs, and an additional...

Quote: Originally Posted by DonCarr For music and not disposable entertainment you are rewarded by exploration. Perhaps its good we have such a distracted mainstream as music lovers it shelters real music from the clumsy masses and industry machines. Sometimes you wouldn't want...

Quote: Originally Posted by fjrabon And you're really pushing Mahavishnu Orchestra as near mainstream? Really? Take a poll of a few hundred people who were teens in the 70's and I'd be willing to bet less than 10% even know who they were, let alone bought an album. Same for Return To...