That looks like it's already going fast and it's just sitting in the driveway!I paid MSRP for my toy:
One of only 24 ever to be made [That exterior, Long Beach Red, was made only for the first year cars and the interior Morelle Red leather was in combination a production of 53 cars for the year. With the GT3 package Z51 package, down to fewer than 25 will ever be produced].
As a cat owner, I prefer to look at it as cohabitation on equal grounds, but that’s of course just me.
For now it’s the “upgraded” sound group package (Alpine) that came with it. I drive much less than before so not sure if I’ll end up upgrading any of the sound components or not as I originally considered. Money better spent, at least for me, on a Folkvangr should the timing align.
Very European for an American car…
Not sure about those exact releases, but your description stinks of loudness war, lack-of-dynamic-range issues. Sadly even a few Rush albums suffer from this. S'okay, those albums make the car audio systems and listening via the garage homepod not a problem. Mastered for the lowest common denominator.Sorry, guys, but I've gotta let off some steam for a second…
Black Stone Cherry - Kentucky
That's just one of those albums that really drive me up the wall. Some of the best southern/hard rock guitar work out there, especially on the track The Way of the Future. But no matter what source you listen to, the tracks all sound like complete swamp ass. 24bit / 96k on both, iTunes and Qobuz, but from both sources, the whole album sounds like a 128kbit/s MP3. Especially during the more powerful passages, the tracks all collapse into a noisy mess of compression artifacts. Particularly the high hats and crashes turn utterly unbearable.
The Pretty Reckless has a very similar problem. The older two albums were ok-ish, but Going to Hell and Death by Rock And Roll are unlistenable.
In fact, this seems to be a relatively prevailing issue throughout most of hard rock, southern rock, and metal. Pick a band from those genres, any band, and chances are that the mix sounds like some crappy Napster rip.
I honestly wonder why that is.
OK, done. Back to our regularly scheduled sine wave.
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Oh, and to also post something much more positive to keep things balanced:
"California" by Bahari; I'll never be able to listen to that song and not grin like an idiot. Don't even know why, it just makes me happy.
Hi, yes, I'm from Sowerby (pronounced Sorebe by the locals and Sourbe by the rest of the world) and I'm back here now, overlooking the Calder Valley, where Halifax is trying to cash-in on the whole Gentleman Jack buzz that's going on.Ah, I missed that time - I was already living in California by then. I also note a "Z" and In my day that indicated a NI registered car.
Fortunately (at least I think it is fortunate) I recall the days BEFORE prefixes arrived in - IIRC - 1963.
I notice you claim to live in Happy Valley. Are you really from that area? I used to drink up on the Kebs as a young man and race in my dad's Zodiac over Widdop moor.
Cheers
I dunno.. You can be "low fi" and still sound great. Neutral Milk Hotel's two albums sound like every single mic was passed through a fuzz pedal (which I'm totally cool with!) but it's still a well separated, nicely mastered album. Heck even some Sebadoh and Fugazi albums can scale in a good system. Tough to get garage-ier than those guys.
Reminds me of the Snake Pass in Derbyshire. Too many low speed limits and cameras there now, though…Hi, yes, I'm from Sowerby (pronounced Sorebe by the locals and Sourbe by the rest of the world) and I'm back here now, overlooking the Calder Valley, where Halifax is trying to cash-in on the whole Gentleman Jack buzz that's going on.
Widdop Moor would be fun and how were those old drum brakes on the Zodiac on the alpine-style plunges at either end of the moor, with the wing mirrors scraping the terrain (and the sheep) on each side of the road simultaneously?
These should bring back some happy memories!
You are correct, it is RWD, which was a very different experience after decades of driving FWD cars.Well, Subaru forgot to make it AWD so it is not a "real" Subaru, is it?
At least every one I have seen in person is not AWD. I think they are all RWD. Not that there is any thing wrong with that but I have come to expect AWD on a Subaru.
And yes, I too am kidding around.
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It certainly does! And it's fast
Ah yes! My brother was airlifted out of there after coming off his bike. I called his wife and asked for reimbursement of the helo costs. Not amused!!Hi, yes, I'm from Sowerby (pronounced Sorebe by the locals and Sourbe by the rest of the world) and I'm back here now, overlooking the Calder Valley, where Halifax is trying to cash-in on the whole Gentleman Jack buzz that's going on.
Widdop Moor would be fun and how were those old drum brakes on the Zodiac on the alpine-style plunges at either end of the moor, with the wing mirrors scraping the terrain (and the sheep) on each side of the road simultaneously?
These should bring back some happy memories!
I have a friend who has ordered 3 cars and will take the first one available... strange times
Absolutely love Neutral Milk Hotel. In the Aeroplane is one of the best albums of the 90s!
I have often read people write that a separate DAC (and multibit) are better with speakers. Maybe you've pinpointed one of the reasons why that is.
