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Does anyone else get irritated by distorted vocals on certain CDs? I've just got the new Royal Blood album and thought there was something wrong with my system as everything sounds distorted - vocals, drums, bass - the lot. I even played...
Lots of good acts lined up throughout September. Beck, Pharell Williams, Ed Sheeran, Ryan Adams, Lenny Kravitz, Gregory Porter, Mary J. Blige, etc. Full billing details here . Deadmau5 playing at the moment. ATB.
Hello I used to have a half decent set up AVi amps arcam cd and roksan ojan 3 speakers etc but I lost motivation and just settled for a very basic hi fi last week whilst in a second hand shop I spotted a naim nait 2 amp plus a naim nait 2 tuner for sale at the princely sum of £10 I bought them thinking these are not going to work but for £10 I took a chance lo and behold I set them up and they are perfect I still have the ojans and here I am
You know. I am recently bought Hotter than July, 1980, Stevie Wonder from Qobuz. I like this cd, and bought it even though it was only 44khz, 16 bits. Cd quality. However the sound engineering has me actually looking...
Just had an e-mail from "CD Japan" saying that the above would be issued in November in :- SACD SHM - SACD Format The mail mentions that SACD releases will only play on SACD players (unless SACD Hybrid) and that SHM-SACD are fully...
Has anyone got a Hi-Res "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (40th ed (remastered)) ??? I am disappointed after a first listen as the ripped original CD sounds better, (its in WAV) I now see there are different versions out there, did I buy...
Watched this when it was aired recently but forgot to record it and so cannot remember the name of the track played by Rage Against The machine which had me moving in a beerly fashion. Any out there who saw the programme and can recall the...
The funniest sh_te I have seen and heard for years! ATB from George https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ROtLdR7Nw
Not seen it mentioned here but this sounds like a decent rumour. I might be interested. http://www.pulse-and-spirit.com/news/the-division-bell-doppel-vinyl/
The Ahex Twin releases his New Album 'Syro' on 22nd September on Warp records. His first for 13 years lets hope its worth the wait.
Just caught this in the Guardian, apologies if already posted elsewhere. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/mp3-cd-24-bit-audio-music-hi-res Quite a mix of replies.
I was indulging in this infamous album by Greg Allman and Cher the other day: Allman and Woman , Two the Hard Way [1977] It has been dubbed one of the worst record ever made. Well, it's not that bad (you still have Edith Massey running for the prize), but it sure is completely dull. So I wondered: what if they did a second one now ? Their love affair is an ancient story, they're both old and hopefully they put that behind. How would that sound if they did it again ? How...
The recording quality of some current popular music is a bÊte noire of mine as some of you will be aware. I recently bought an EU copy (via Amazon UK) of 'Lost in the Dream by The War on Drugs, which I think is musically superb. The recording quality is however execrable - mp3 fodder. I have just received the same CD, manufactured in the US. The difference in sound quality is astonishing - the US version sounding so much better. Why? Both copies appear ostensibly, to be the same on the...
Has anyone got this and if so does it have a download voucher, or CD enclosed? I have been a bit frustrated with this release as my preferred two CD version sold out very quickly and seems to have been a limited edition. The vinyl is expensive if...
A quick heads up for any fans of No Man and Porcupine Tree. Tonefloat records have a sale of LPs by these artists. Speak, Returning Jesus, Schoolyard Ghosts, and the very fab Together We're Stranger, and Anethetize, Fear of a Blank Planet,...
I have been mining the forum for albums to listen to and have discovered quite a few gems. Given that I (thoroughly) like: Tales of us - Goldfrap Aventine - Agnus Obel Pale green ghosts - John Grant God willin & the creek don't rise - Ray Lamontagne Immunity - John Hopkins Inform - educate - entertain - Public service broadcasting I was wondering what the community would suggest as addendums to these fine albums?
Radio Paradise have just played The Eagles - Journey of the Soucerer, an instrumental track. It's the theme music used by the BBC for Hitchhikers. Wow! I didn't expect that.
BÖhm/VPO visited Japan 4 times starting in 1963 and his last was October 1980 concert of Beethoven 7th. Looking quite frail and the performance is a bit on a slow side compared to his early 70s recording but I get a kick out of his face when he hears a horn player completely makes a mess of it. ( check out 13:35 ) I sure hate to be that player. BÖhm was said to be a demanding task master. He passed away next year august 1981. Karl BÖhm- His Life, His Music.
On someone's recommendation over on the what DVD have you just watched section I bought the J J Cale DVD 'to Tulsa and back' and what an endearing portrait of an outstanding artist it is. I just can't understand how I managed to miss the guy...
I have just listened to an album In Electronically Created Stereo and must say I never heard such an aberration in all my living days. Has anyone else had such a similar experience?
Don't know if anyone else has spotted/tried this yet, but I finally read the 'Whats New' blurb in App Store after having downloaded the latest version a while back. Basically it allows you to cache up to 12 hours of RP programming to your...
Hello everyone, I've had the pleasure to discover the English band Hope & Social on Bandcamp a few months ago. Their last output is a cover album, made with a different guest on every track. It's a lot of fun, with covers of, among others, Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love , Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down , Feargal Sharkey's A Good Heart , The Stranglers' Golden Brown , and even a banjo/mandolin-backed Ghostbusters ! (Hilarious, but also very good.) As they seem to be...
Hi Everyone I have ' At Fillmore East' and love it! I realise they released many albums. Can the fans out there point me in the right direction, say the next 4 albums that I should have? Many thanks in advance Anton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxeD_KhXn0o SYMPHONY NO. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' New Philharmonia Orchestra - Otto Klemperer. Beethovenhalle, Bonn, 25 September 1970 Not a first recommendation, but compelling listening...
The country blocker seems to be off again!