[Davidzak64]

AKG K340 / Luxman R-113 / Loxjie D30

 

[Davidzak64]

Some of my HP test files.

K340 still sound amazing after 40 years.

 

[rids57]

Dang it man. Looking on Amazon HD but can't find it. Any help.

Search for Lone Star (two words) and then scroll down to albums (not artist) and select see all and you should be able to find it amongst all the Lonestar (one word) albums.

I just tried and both Lone Star albums were displayed on the top line, though that may be different for you.

 

[rids57]

JRiver MC [PC] > SMSL SU9 > SMSL SH9 > Denon AH-D7200

In Crescendo by Kingcrow - Proving that Italians can do prog-metal as well as anyone and this crew better than most

 

[Davidzak64]

JRiver MC [PC] > SMSL SU9 > SMSL SH9 > Denon AH-D7200



In Crescendo by Kingcrow - Proving that Italians can do prog-metal as well as anyone and this crew better than most

Thanks for sharing! You're always turning us on to the good recorded progressive rock.

 

[obzilla]

In Crescendo by Kingcrow

this isn’t bad at all.

 

[Kento6395]

Sony V404 vintage - Ifi Zen Dac v2 - Roon Ready

 

[obzilla]

Not all music lends itself to top end rigs. Some of my favorite tunes sounded amazing on the walkmans, and discmans, and consumer home stereos, and car stereos of the era, but absolutely fall apart under the killabuck scrutiny of some modern headphones. I love discovering new music that sounds good on high end gear, but I think it’s really important to keep an entry level option around so we can still appreciate some good music that was victim of circumstances of their time and genre. For my adolescent angsty phase, quite a lot needs the support of something simple yet fun. These definitely allow the nostalgia and sound memory from back then without putting the less-than-ideally-recorded tracks under a brutal and exacting microscope of some of my other gear.

iPhone > cheapy 3.5mm dongle > Meze Rai Solo.

Slayer

 

[ops V]

Sennheiser IE 800S << Cayin N6II T01 << Bryan Ferry / Olympia

 

[Davidzak64]

We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
SHP9500 / EQ APO / Loxjie D30

 

[gimmeheadroom]

We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
SHP9500 / EQ APO / Loxjie D30

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

 

[DTgill]

Not all music lends itself to top end rigs. Some of my favorite tunes sounded amazing on the walkmans, and discmans, and consumer home stereos, and car stereos of the era, but absolutely fall apart under the killabuck scrutiny of some modern headphones. I love discovering new music that sounds good on high end gear, but I think it’s really important to keep an entry level option around so we can still appreciate some good music that was victim of circumstances of their time and genre. For my adolescent angsty phase, quite a lot needs the support of something simple yet fun. These definitely allow the nostalgia and sound memory from back then without putting the less-than-ideally-recorded tracks under a brutal and exacting microscope of some of my other gear.

iPhone > cheapy 3.5mm dongle > Meze Rai Solo.

Slayer

Seasons in the Abyss used to be one of my favorite cd's back in the early 90's...

 

[obzilla]

Seasons in the Abyss used to be one of my favorite cd's back in the early 90's...

I waited outside the one record store in town the day it came out. It’s still a great listen. Any Slayer historian knows that album marked a decisive uptick in studio production quality for Slayer, but it’s still no Hotel California or string quartet, and basically no fun on todays resolution king headphones…. Dial it back a bit on the gear and all the fun comes roaring back!

 

[DTgill]

I waited outside the one record store in town the day it came out. It’s still a great listen. Any Slayer historian knows that album marked a decisive uptick in studio production quality for Slayer, but it’s still no fun on todays resolution king headphones…. Dial it back a bit on the gear and all the fun comes roaring back!

Yeah, I'm listening to it now on my Emotiva A300 and KEF Q-150's, and one can't listen without it being turned up, "Expendable Youth and Skeletons of society" are 2 of my favorites from that CD... Good thing the wife and grandkids aren't here

 

[obzilla]

Yeah, I'm listening to it now on my Emotiva A300 and KEF Q-150's, and one can't listen without it being turned up, "Expendable Youth and Skeletons of society" are 2 of my favorites from that CD... Good thing the wife and grandkids aren't here

How absolutely mind blowing is it that people who grew up on Slayer are grandparents now??? I mean seriously What