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    What's Best in Boxing today?

    There are less boxing fights today than there ever were, but there is still some great talent out there. Saturday night, on the undercard of a very boring heavyweight main bout, was an exciting fight with Abudllah Mason, a very young and skillful boxer - here are the highlights. He's so quick...
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    Your "secondary" living room system

    I watched this "Ask Paul" video this afternoon: The description states "Because high end audio systems are so revealing, poorly recorded media like some classic rock suffer." His suggestion is to use a "middle of the road" high end system for casual listening around the house in addition to...
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    The Shadow of Your Smile - various interpretations

    I always find it interesting to compare different interpretations of the same song. This morning I started the day listening to Frank Sinatra singing "The Shadow of Your Smile" and ended up checking out different versions of the song that I had in my collection, and some more on YouTube. Here...
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    The Vocalyst YouTube channel

    I came across this YouTube channel - The Vocalyst - and found it really interesting and enjoyable. https://youtube.com/@TheVocalyst?si=Ejp0WRuDgwSjzbZ9 The host is a vocal coach. She is obviously knowledgeable, but also very articulate, and communicates her enthusiasm well. She never gets too...
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    Duke Ellington - the pianist

    Opening up this thread to share Ellington tracks which showcase his piano playing and that I find interesting/exciting. I will be adding the tracks to a YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaycIVwRboliZnQTuMvFIAFm17O2GKZxc Here's a first track - a very groovy "John Sanders...
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    Stunning drone footage of Iceland eruption

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    Carbon Nanotube analog cables?

    Carbon nanotube fibers are as conductive as copper, very sturdy, and have low corrosion. https://www.greenbiz.com/article/alternative-copper-thats-less-carbon-intensive The company Dexmat makes yarns, and I just saw this funny video of a demo use for auxiliary cables. Funny, because I could...
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    Advice on non-intrusive room treatment for a living room

    I do not have a dedicated room, but would like to improve the acoustics in my living room. My room is roughly 4 meters wide, and 11 meters long, ceiling is 2.5 meters high. My listening spot is on one side of the room, my speakers are on the long wall. This setup is not perfect (not...
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    Live music - what does it tell us ?

    Live acoustic music can always be recognized as such (versus a recording) from a distance (ex: from another room) and in poor acoustic settings. We are also able to do this even if we don't know exactly what instrument is being played. Some people may not be able to recognize a tenor saxophone...
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    Forget speakers, get live audio in your living room!

    I read the following notes on an album ("Echoes of Ellington“) by jazz pianist Johnny Guarnieri: "The performances on this album were captured on a Stahnke Reproducing Piano, a normal piano fitted with a computerized recording/playback system. When a pianist plays on this piano, the movements...
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    Hopkins' System

    Hi, here's my system in action: Full system is: LMS "server" on a desktop computer, RaspberryPi with Ropieee is the "player", connected through a basic USB->Toslink converter to ECDesigns' powerDAC-S. Speaker cables are SilversmithAudio Fidelium. Speakers are custom open baffle with...

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