[OldDude04]

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/tidal-lossless-listening-test-whats-going-on-here.743658/page-5

Hey has anyone used tidal? prepare for a nice cup of snake oil.

Because your mp3s and aacs that you can rip from cds yourself or buy off itunes store is more transparent in listening tests than Tidal $20 a month lossless.

I have Tidal but I got it for free, and I hardly ever use it. I prefer my own flacs and Neutron over streaming.

 

[JaeYoon]

I loved that documentary. Even if people aren't a huge hip hop fan, they should watch.

Im going to watch it today. Im heading home now to get my AK100 II and watch that documentary in USB dac mode lol.

 

[JaeYoon]

I have Tidal but I got it for free, and I hardly ever use it. I prefer my own flacs and Neutron over streaming.

That's the spirit!

 

[Layman1]

That's a documentary about the history and craft of being a rapper, kind of side-stepping the politics and beefs and whatnot.

And speaking of old legends and documentaries, here is one more.
I think pretty much everyone who likes Soul and Motown and even most who don't, ought to see "Standing in the Shadows of Motown".
The music to pretty much every Motown classic was composed by an unheralded group of jazz and blues musicians called The Funk Brothers.
And up until this film, few people even knew they existed or the colossal impact they had on music.

They've apparently wrote and played the music on more number 1 hits than those of Elvis, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones and The Beatles put together.
Something of a hit machine. They got them together decades later and did a reunion concert with guest singers.
Here are some highlights. So much warmth, love, soul and swing in the music and the people.

Quality isn't great on this one, but it's ok. Notice the sax player.. that old dude is on fire






The next one is 'What becomes of the broken hearted?'. Ignore the slightly misleading musical intro

 

[OldDude04]

That dude on sax is killing it, lol.

 

[Layman1]

That dude on sax is killing it, lol.

HELL YEAH!!!

 

[Layman1]

By the way, this will be the last of my documentary posts (90% likely lol), but since I mentioned Grandmaster Caz (a 'founding father' and legend in hip hop) and that I thought Eminem was a genius, I came across these two interviews with Grandmaster Caz just now, who pretty much articulates exactly how I feel about a couple of things! Maybe you can relate?

 

[Layman1]

I'd add that I would probably say there are certainly great lyricists out there in rap today; the world is such a huge place and there's so much media out there, you can't possibly hope to hear more than a tiny percentage of what's out there. So according to the laws of probability alone..

 

[Layman1]

That dude on sax is killing it, lol.

Forgot to add that in fact the relatively poor sound and audio quality on that video significantly diminishes the clarity and the impact (emotional as well as audible) of the sax player.
It sounds a bit muddy and is far too much in the background.
Watch a high quality version of that performance and you'll be doubly blown away. It literally makes me jump up and fist pump every time lol, it's seriously breathtaking

 

[wuwhere]

So I bought a UPOCC Litz Copper cable for my CA Orion. I'm not a fan of SPC which is the stock cable.
Hopefully I will receive it next week.

This has been discussed before (https://www.head-fi.org/threads/silver-plated-copper-vs-pure-copper-cables.569471/).

 

[KEV G]

So today we popped into GuitarGuitar, Epsom and let the a couple of the fellas try out the Andromeda. I had to hold my laughter in because as soon as Martin(one of the guys working in the studio department) put the Andromedas in, his face was a picture and when he took them out of his ears I immediately thought of @JaeYoon letting the sales assistant in the Bose store try her Andromeda. The reaction was the same, wide eyed silence and the the other assistant had a listen. His said they make his Shure SE535s sound crap, his words not mine. Here are two guys totally blown away by a product they had never heard of let alone seen. I used the Ibasso DX200 with amp 1, I'll pop back in when I have the amp 3 Like I said before, if your in the UK anywhere around London and are into playing guitar, piano, bass, drums or studio equipment, you could do a lot worse than visiting these guys. Great team working there, very knowledgeable and friendly. My happy place

 

[HungryPanda]

Some nice looking synths on display

 

[KEV G]

Some nice looking synths on display

You should see the rest of the place, they have a Martin/Taylor room!! £3-4 million in stock, it really is a nice place to be

 

[Layman1]

You should see the rest of the place, they have a Martin/Taylor room!! £3-4 million in stock, it really is a nice place to be

Lol, I was about to ask about that.. Given the huge "guitarguitar" logos all over the walls, but all I could see was everything but
I would love to go there sometime. My acoustic guitar is actually a Martin, but one of the cheaper models (around £770 when I bought it in 2010).
It's beautiful though, and sounds lovely
It would probably sound even better if someone with talent played it

 

[KEV G]

Lol, I was about to ask about that.. Given the huge "guitarguitar" logos all over the walls, but all I could see was everything but
I would love to go there sometime. My acoustic guitar is actually a Martin, but one of the cheaper models (around £770 when I bought it in 2010).
It's beautiful though, and sounds lovely
It would probably sound even better if someone with talent played it

Stick a set of these on it, they'll make your old strings sound like £1.99 buds from a market stall