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    May December

    This is another strange one for the year - based on a true story back in the early 90s where a woman had a relationship with a 7th grader, and subsequently had his children in prison (!). Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are the stars, and a few of their scenes side-by-side are terrific as...
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    Flemming Rasmussen is back with a new amp company...

    200 watts/channel at ~$70k according to our YT friend, Jay. part of the Borreson group now.
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    Glass Onion - Knive's Out

    We watched this on Netflix the other night and it had some laughs, a lot of famous people (and Craig and Monae are great), but a terrible script. The more you think about the movie the more preposterous it is. I don't want to spoil it for others, but let's just say the first hour is a waste of time.
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    2022 Academy Award Nominations

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2022-nominees-list-1235088770/
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    CODA

    Definitely the feel good movie of the year about the able hearing daughter in a deaf family. It’s a typical coming of age flick otherwise but is funny and touching at times. expect a best picture and supporting actor nom
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    The Rise of the Uber-High End Integrated Amp

    One of the biggest industry shifts over the past 20 years has been to more sophisticated (and expensive) integrateds. People clearly like having a single box that provides great sound with less cable and power cord expense. My first exposure to the segment was the vaunted JRDG Concentra II amp...
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    Are SOTA systems worth the effort?

    interesting perspective from Steve Guttenberg: For me, the law of diminished returns sets in. I've heard numerous $500,000 systems and it's a rare thing to be extremely impressed. Also, the bigger the speaker oftentimes the bigger the problems.
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    Who’s up for a $2800 fuse?

    https://quantum-science-audio.com/ Thought I’d seen it all, but apparently not.
  9. K

    Where are you traveling once vaccinated?

    We recently booked the Big Island, Hawaii for July to beat the rush.
  10. K

    EDM fans- Tale of Us

    Check out Unity released in quarantine - good production quality for a mixed set! Available on Tidal.
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    Rowland vs. Pass

    I'd like to hear forum opinions/direct comparisons between these two, fairly iconic SS amplifier names. In particular Pass XA.8 series vs 625/725 for JRDG (not the digital-based amplifiers). Thanks!
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    Proof quiet rooms aren't ideal

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-quietest-place-will-drive-you-crazy-in-45-minutes-180948160/ :p
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    Marriage Story

    This movie is excellent - in some ways, a play inside of a movie which makes sense as the film's lead character, played by Adam Driver, is a theatrical director in NYC with Johansson his actress, soon to be ex-wife. The story is about divorce but different to me than than Kramer vs Kramer (which...
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    Ferrari 458 - fixer upper

    https://drivetribe.com/p/this-slightly-damaged-ferrari-458-B9efQY29RIGKcIjdgrQ41Q?iid=BVKmBpInTAega32sM9oC2A :p
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    Does this recording sound "fake?"

    I've sent this around to a few local audiophiles, as to me it doesn't sound anything like a performance - a zillion mikes around an orchestra for hifi fireworks. Chen "The Five Elements" https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4836606 Its a rather short listen, curious to the forum's...
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    Nilufer Yanya

    Some interesting music here - as well as production. modern day Sade notes.
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    $20,000 Echole Power Strip

    https://www.stereophile.com/content/absolare-passion-amplifier-rockport-atria-speakers-request-raptor-plus-server-echole-cables "This is a passive conditioner that incorporates Bybee devices, and includes two high-current outlets for power products, and six others for the front end." - I find...
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    Bruce Hornsby - Absolute Zero

    best album in years - featuring Justin Vernon and Blake Mills. production and sound quality is excellent
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    100 Recommended AAA vinyl...and why this industry is stagnant

    First, thanks to Fremer for posting this up as having AAA vinyls in one place is always useful - but it is yet another reminder why the industry is still focused on aging boomers now entering their 70s. And as a friend of mine just quipped most of these are, "reissued to death." If the people...
  20. K

    new Tame Impala

    one of the better, more creative "bands" out there in 2019 - headlining Coachella as well
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    Happy Spring

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    Grammy Winners

    Great to see Kacey Musgraves win Album of the Year (and happens to be well recorded as well) - Dolly and Diana Ross were great. My favorite part of the evening was Alicia Keys dual piano performance - had no idea she was classically trained...
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    Jeff Tweedy - WARM

    one of the better albums recently released, as usual, by the Wilco front man. enjoy
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    Evaluating Speakers from the Side?

    Some have said the sign of a good speaker is that away from the listening position or in an adjacent room that the speakers still sound good. Is this a function of off-axis sound or something else?
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    KeithR's "Dream Speaker" Search

    Thought I would start a thread about my latest auditions, what my goals are, etc. Background: I have owned Wilsons, Dynaudios, Zu, and now Devores. I have owned Gibbon Xs for 3 years now and really enjoy their sound - open, dynamic, with good tone. They are very amplifier-flexible which I...
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    Favorite Albums of 2018

    Well folks, here's my baker's dozen - enjoy. Non-audiophile approved, many well recorded of course :) Olafur Arnauds- "re:member" Kasey Musgraves- "Golden Hour" Alva Noto, Ryichi Sakmoto "Glass" Loma "Loma" Lord Huron "Vide Noir" Rival Consoles "Persona" Virginia Wang "Ecstatic Arrow" Amos Lee...
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    What's best in tube-friendly loudspeakers?

    It seems there are fewer and fewer of these out there and, surprisingly, we don't have a thread on this topic. I will define tube-friendly as being able to be properly driven by a 100-watt tube amplifier. That's probably 90db efficient or so in most rooms. What are your favorite tube-friendly...
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    Album of year candidate: Low "Double Negative"

    I'm sure I will be ripped here for this, but oh well. This is definitely more experimental rock and a bit post-apocalyptic in nature. I had not heard of this group before, but this record has Radiohead Kid A or Bon Iver cues for Indie fans- works best played from start to finish and designed...
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    $150,000 phono stage

    I mean, seriously guys...where is Frantz when I need him? https://www.dagogo.com/audio-note-m9-riaa-signature-phono-stage-review-part-1/
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    What artist do you like that you are (almost) embarrassed to admit?

    Mine is Justin Timberlake - he's an amazing performer and has some really catchy tunes. I have a friend who does the ProTools sound for his tours and he's very much a perfectionist, but a good guy in person. Some of his better tracks: He also did the history of rap with Jimmy...

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