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  1. stehno

    Rock and Drum videos thread

    Such a classic. If you've got a macbook and headphones, I suggest cranking it one notch below max volume.
  2. stehno

    Spatial music: a new genre?

    Makes sense to me. I mean, if we’re gonna’ forever continue to ignore root causes in high-end audio, well… Doesn't that always open up a potential of alternative (and inferior) solutions generating more revenue while attempting to deal with the effects instead of the causes? Which seems to be...
  3. stehno

    Videos: Show me MALE vocals

  4. stehno

    Rock and Drum videos thread

    If you got a macbook and headphones, crank it.
  5. stehno

    Videos - oomph, tympani, menace, power

    A little oomph, a little menacing, and a little eerie. On my macbook with headphone, one or two notches below max volume ought to be most representative of the in-room experience.
  6. stehno

    Electrical Power - Dedicated Runs

    I guess it's all relative as I know some who spend many thousands more on a component whose sonic benefits are less than a handful of simple electrical objects cryo-treated via the full immersion method. Back in 2007, my cryo'ing vendor in the mid-west (I'm west coast) purchased two rolls of...
  7. stehno

    Electrical Power - Dedicated Runs

    Very smart. I did the same back in 2007 when preparing my new listening room. Did it help? No clue as this was a new room. The system had been down for 5 or 6 months so no way to confirm. But based on all my previous experiences with cryo-treating everything I could get my hands on...
  8. stehno

    Rock and Drum videos thread

    A bit rough around the edges but that's what one should expect from a less-than-stellar-engineered recording, right? Besides, that was 50+ years ago when the engineering technology was a bit more raw or primitive. Plus a really nice guitar aorund the mid-point. If you've got a macbook and...
  9. stehno

    Top 10 best sounding rock of the 60s - early 80s

    Thanks, Chet. It's much appreciated. Sorry but I've only two Springsteen cd's and most of the tracks seem fairly poorly-engineered in an almost funky way. A greatest hits and Human Touch and neither contains that song. Maybe this track will do as it's also one of the better engineered...
  10. stehno

    Post your female vocal videos

    Holly kinda' kicks things up a notch or two just beyond the halfway point. Give it at least some juice to resemble live performance volume levels.
  11. stehno

    Audio Grade Duplex Cryogenic

    I can't remember but I think all 4 of them were one step down from their top of the line. The Furutechs were in my system for maybe 10 years or more.
  12. stehno

    Top 10 best sounding rock of the 60s - early 80s

    Another potential no brainer from my digital collection that originated from analog tape. Only worth listening to at realistic volume levels.
  13. stehno

    Audio Grade Duplex Cryogenic

    On a hunch, I replaced my Furutech outlets with Hubbell outlets from Jena Labs who employ the superior full-immersion cryo'ing method. In my case, the gains were quite substantial and quite a surprise, since I've probably tried maybe 4 or 5 different audio-grade outlets over the past 20 years...
  14. stehno

    What's a great kick-drum track?

    Here's a solid 7 minutes of a steady-beat kick drum - with a few distractions here and there. Though most beneficial in any endeavor at realistic listening volume levels.
  15. stehno

    Rock and Drum videos thread

    Good question but no. I've probably attended no more than 15 or so rock concerts. Give this at least some juice. But only if you intend to listen to something potentially a bit more engaging and realistic.
  16. stehno

    Rock and Drum videos thread

    Yes, that's one valid strategy to brush off a potential preconceived narrative. Thanks, I do appreciate that. Perceived live performance volume levels is what I strive for regardless of genre, recording quality, etc and obviously there are some pieces I will not listen to. And I rarely listen...
  17. stehno

    Rock and Drum videos thread

    Unsure why you chose not to answer a single one of my questions. Sure, some musicians wear ear protection. Have you not noticed how close they are to their own and surrounding instruments? Thankfully, our listening perspective is supposed to be at a distance like maybe somewhere in the audience...
  18. stehno

    Rock and Drum videos thread

    No. Sorry, but bearing in mind our presumable efforts toward a more realistic perspective of our playback presentations, your question seems a bit absurd. At least on its face. Why do you ask? Pretend for a moment that you’re a disco junkie. At what listening volume levels would you listen...
  19. stehno

    The Worlds Best Listening Room?

    Untrue as I've yet to encounter any sonic proof of such a statement nor do I think it's possible to prove. Why? Because once any room is complete, it will still sound inferior until speakers are placed optimally within the room. On the other hand, if you were to say something like ... The...
  20. stehno

    Lenbrook Acquires MQA!

    I don't subscribe to any service. I've ripped my CD's and once in a while some hi-rez downloads to a 2TB SSD which becomes my source via a USB cable. Never really had much desire to stream.
  21. stehno

    Lenbrook Acquires MQA!

    lol. So excited they've probably been wearing pull-ups since Dec of 2014? Lee, my hunch is you'd be doing yourself a real service if you took the time to read what Moncrieff has to say about MQA sonics and those who find pleasure listening to MQA. But, it's just a hunch. BTW, the quote "For...
  22. stehno

    Videos - oomph, tympani, menace, power

    Ooomph and menace come in different flavors. I suspect this piece could bring many a system to its knees – if listened to at volume levels approaching the live performance.
  23. stehno

    Lenbrook Acquires MQA!

    That’s fine that some like MQA-formatted music. But it is something else when these few try to convince others MQA is a genuinely competitive hi-rez format, it’s sound is the cat’s meow, and MQA’s intentions were white as snow. http://www.iar-80.com/page170.html Maybe this will help some better...
  24. stehno

    Visit to Mike Lavigne's house

    Peter, I’m pretty sure my words won’t better explain this sonic signature any better than for me to just let the 3 videos that I posted earlier speak for themselves. I’d be happy to go into detail but first let me ask you… Since you already have the 3 videos before you to listen for yourself...
  25. stehno

    Top 10 best sounding rock of the 60s - early 80s

    I'll toss this one out there as a no brainer. A bit rough around the edges but still worthy of max volume. Sorry for the digital but I can assure you it originated from analog tape. :)
  26. stehno

    Visit to Mike Lavigne's house

    For me, that is certainly a contributor. But as I said above there are videos from others that seem to lack this unpleasantry. But who cares if nobody can hear it, right?
  27. stehno

    Visit to Mike Lavigne's house

    Peter, I don’t think I’ve any Ella Fitzgerald recordings but the vocalist in my video sounds like she could be Ella’s sister or cousin. But seems clear enough that it’s a different recording and artist than the other two. The empty-coffee-can-like sonic signature is never very pretty as it...
  28. stehno

    Trumpet videos

    You forgot to close your eyes and click your heels 3 times.
  29. stehno

    What's a great kick-drum track?

    Hopefully, either one of of these might suffice. If you crank 'em both up. That's very insightful of you to focus first on the bass. I've noticed that getting the bass regions more right first, everything else seems to fall in place a bit more naturally.
  30. stehno

    Trumpet videos

    lol You do err again. But as I said before. In sports athletes are only as good as their last shift so presumably the high-end audio enthusiast is only as good as their last posted video. Considering the exceedingly poor level of musicality in seemingly all of your videos exude these past...

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