[Orange5o]

Boxer central over here

 

[45longcolt]

Jim Ladd just passed recently. R.I.P. KLOS, KMET, KUSC, were some great stations back in the day.

Oh, man, sad news. Roger Waters' album Radio KAOS had cameos by a bunch of those jocks. I think that was the last Waters disc I actually enjoyed, rather than endured out of a sense of duty.

 

[jonathan c]

Three years ago .... Mocha is listening (playing) in caelum pro canibus ....

 

[adias]

My go-to listening test is jazz double bass well played and recorded. While waiting for hardware upgrades for some of my Linn gear, I got to compare two different high-end speaker systems on the latest Vijay Iyer Trio's album. Linda May Han Oh, one of the very best bassists working now provided the test. Even a supposedly very good system can make double bass sound blobby and disjointed, while a truly superior handling of bass keeps the higher and very low frequencies together, think of a wave crest (higher frequencies) on sync with the body of the wave (lower frequencies).

Nothing like planar speakers for time alignment.

 

[jonathan c]

Nothing like planar speakers for time alignment.

There is also placing the listening seat between a pair of Vandersteen 2CE Signature III loudspeakers - facing one another !!

 

[Moondog55]

This thread has gone to the dogs.

 

[Adam Balm]

This thread has gone to the dogs.

I beg to differ

 

[artur9]

Any German restaurant that offers gulasch suppe is okay by me! In all my German travels, I never remember a choice between mild or spicy bratwurst ...

The interesting part, to me as a non-connoisseur of German cuisine, was the few minutes conversation my spouse and the proprietor had about "grilled or boiled?"

 

[artur9]

... Alan Ladd’s interview of Roger Waters, the Tuna Fish to the Beat… ah it was great

Is that the movie star, Alan Ladd? He became a radio personality?

 

[docBliny]

Bling? Gold plated badges, special wire, caps. The usual bragging rights. A 6k product all of a sudden becomes 10k - and pricier must be better [irony].

Actually this seems about right after I did a quick search online (I thought you were joking, but since that was spot on I assume you already knew). Found these two pages with info:

• PDF Flyer on shopify.com
• Audio Excellence blog with a link to their pricing page

Looks like a ~60-70% premium for the gold badge, better caps, coils, wiring, connections, and inputs. Not for me.

 

[earnmyturns]

Nothing like planar speakers for time alignment.

... there are other ways, which I'm listening to right now -- for a price ...

 

[earnmyturns]

Thanks for the idea ... hadn't heard of her before now. You might check out the bass playing of Avishai Cohen ...

Yes, I have a few of the Cohen albums. But I try to gravitate toward the younger generations in jazz, besides Linda May Han Oh: Patricia Brennan (vibes), Joel Ross (vibes), Immanuel Wilkins (sax), Obed Calvaire (drums), Fergus McCreadie (piano), Mareike Wiening (drums), Miho Hazama (composer/big band conductor), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), David Virelles (piano), Adam O'Farrill (trumpet), James Brandon Lewis (sax), ...

 

[bosiemoncrieff]

Do we think the gadget is a 2024 product, or pushed back into 2025 or beyond?

 

[JanMc]

Much as I enjoyed FM radio during the hay days of the 70s and 80s, I have no idea why anyone would own a tuner now days. They just sound like ass. You can get the same station/music streamed that doesn't sound like ass. Nostalgia and all is great, until you have to listen to it.

And I think we need more cat here too. Here is mine when he was a little killer. Now he is a much bigger killer.

 

[adias]

... there are other ways, which I'm listening to right now -- for a price ...

Of course there are. Remember the DCM Time Windows. They were wonderfully time aligned dynamic speakers.