Film Noir Buff Style Forum / What Music Are You Listening to at the Moment...[AKA the Music thread]

Yuca · 2012-09-01 11:23:40

Death Mix pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtsVMJAXkv8

Death Mix pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q4MTPL_naI

It's a boot, released without Bam's permission, and the sound quality is abysmal, but the music is insane. Worth more than a million 50 Cent or P Diddy tunes.

4F Hepcat · 2012-09-01 23:58:02

You're right the sound quality is abysmal, I will try and give it a go later.

The_Shooman · 2012-09-07 10:37:42

Virtuoso tuba player Joe Cook playing with the world's greatest brass band. He is EXCEPTIONAL!!! The band will equal any of the great orchestras of the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5tbLPAUOY&feature=related

Patrick · 2012-09-07 16:35:46

The People's Temple, "Sons of Stone." Listen to it loud, four or five times, before you decide.

fxh · 2012-09-13 06:41:39

Donny Hathaway

For less than the price of one (1) CD

5CD set. Collects five of his original albums, in card LP replica sleeves! Features "Everything Is Everything" (1970) ; "Donny Hathaway" (1971) ; "Live" (1972) ; "Extension Of A Man" (1973) and "In Performance" (1980).

LIVE - is one of the finest live albums of all time. The rest are only great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm78FoOyGpA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkt76Q6v5g&feature=related

They just don't make them like this anymore.
A sad life but a wonderful voice.

4F Hepcat · 2012-09-13 07:15:22

I've been listening to CD's this week and I have to say, after digging solid vinyl for the last few months, the sound is just not the same. A good Japanese 24bit remaster sounds good in the low bass notes, but the high sounds come across as a glassy shrill.

Anyway, I stayed at the scene of Hathaway's suicide when I visited New York: The Essex Hotel.

He went loco, good and proper. It can happen.

fxh · 2012-09-13 11:33:46

next you'll be telling me that cables make a difference.

formby · 2012-09-13 12:19:16

4F Hepcat · 2012-09-13 12:50:10

And a balanced main unit makes a big difference:

http://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/for-audiophiles/hi-fi/medium-cost-tweaks/

formby · 2012-09-13 13:00:45

fxh · 2012-09-13 13:29:28

yes of course {wink} but are your cables running in the right direction?
And I hope you have the cables raised off the floor?
Dedicated mains supply to house?
oh and burn in amps and speakers.

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http://www.shakti-innovations.com/

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formby · 2012-09-13 13:50:18

John Rotten · 2012-09-13 18:27:18

Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Joy Division, Closer

Ed13 · 2012-09-13 20:15:42

fxh · 2012-09-13 20:24:54

alright - I'll admit I'm wrong.

Just point me to the ABX double blind lab experiments conducted by unbiased parties.

fxh · 2012-09-13 20:36:12

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fxh · 2012-09-13 20:47:19

ok - I 'd betetr stop now. Sorry. Mea culpa.

The nastiest forum I was ever on was rec.aus.hifi.

You would think it would be all alcoholic retired mild asperbergers geography teachers with grey scruffy beards in moth eaten cardigans and baggy worn corduroys and thick grey short sock in sandals exchanging helpful and cheerful tweaking tips and home repair. . And you'd be partly right.

But there was insults, flame wars, stalking, changing to silent phone numbers, bikie repair blokes visiting real life homes and actual legal orders.

All over cables, vinyl vs digital, valves vs digital and speakers.

I shouldn't have started here.

I blame the bad influence of Uncle Jim Ivy Russ Street.

Ed13 · 2012-09-13 22:00:24

Go crazy with the snark fxh. No offence taken. There are always doubters. I need to hear something for myself before I become a believer. I just don't dismiss everything until I try it and find no improvement. There is a lot of snake oil in audio, you just need to find the gems for yourself.

As for audio forum members, many are 10 fold nuttier than igents. So many experts. So many cheapskates. So many factions with an axe to grind with anyone who dares to question them. I feel sorry for people trying to put a good system together. So much garbage to sift through.

The_Shooman · 2012-09-13 22:35:20

4F Hepcat · 2012-09-13 23:33:11

It is all true, and I agree, I've flirted with the hi-fi enthusiasts who have 15 grand cartridges and have turntables you need a mortgage for. A strange breed, on a mission for the sonic music resonance that will take them to God. I took a look down that road and thought, I can't afford the divorce, so I will have a good system, but not the ultimate.

The worse thing I ever bought, in hind-sight, was B&O television, full 5-1 speaker set-up and CD/tuner. Looks all modernist design, but other than the telly, the sound is good, but for the cost there are real superior set-ups to be had. You are paying for the design ultimately.

At the moment I have no needle to play my records and my adventures in CD sound continue. Played two Roost Stan Getz collections last night, and the low smooth sound of Getz actually worked quite perfectly. But you put some big band on and the limitations of the medium is quite apparent. Also there is massive improvement between first generation 16bit and the later 20bit and more CD's particularly some of the Japanese remasters.

The_Shooman · 2012-09-14 00:09:38

l once went to a HIFI show in the early 90's and listened to various systems. Some were 6K and sounded great, others were 15K and sounded top class, then l listened to a 180K German system and it sounded the same as the 15K system. l find that it takes a few weeks for the ears to adapt to a new system and fully appreciate the sound, so maybe the 180K system was over my head and needed time to appreciate. Anyway...i'd love to have a really top system, but l have other things to be spending my money on. l would rather get bespoke shoos and the occasional piece of clothing made instead and just learn to live with a medicore sound system. My ears are made for only the best, but sometimes we can't have it all.

l heard of a NY bloke who had a 2 million dollar Bang & Olufsen system wired all throughtout his penthouse apartment. Lucky bugger.

Kingston1an · 2012-09-15 03:25:44

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Kingston1an · 2012-09-15 03:32:32

Watched Fairport Convention on BBC4 last night. I am surprised they are still going. I had a very nice vinyl double album that covered their history. The fact it is vinyl tells you how old it is. They are still doing stuff from Leige and Lief release in the 1960s. The poor old hippies have no idea how to dress and old age makes things worse; but Cropredy is an interesting phenomenon. Sandy Denny always had a wonderful voice though and some of their arrangements are wonderful. Kingston lass too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1it7BP5PckI&feature=related

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Kingston1an · 2012-09-15 04:10:54

Al Stewart was another one who sang in an English accent in those days. 'Bedsitter Images' and 'Orange' were two great LPs from those days

However - unlike all you jazzers - you would not be seeking clothing tips from the LP covers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0E4YrWKTc0

RobbieB · 2012-09-18 10:46:32

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