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In particular how is the "Broken" album remix? I'm listening to Broken on Utube and checked the site and don't see the original- just the 2017 remix- Broken, 2017 definitive edition. I see there is a remix of Fragile and DS as well. Are they remixes or re-renderings? Or mixed? How is the new Broken remix? Anyone heard it?

Ikea also sells the least expensive solid maple butcher block cabinet top I found. Actual thickness is 1 1/8ths inch. I saw several people mention they use maple. If I remember right it's 6 feet long and at least 2 feet wide.

Thanks Shawn! I'll be bringing my speakers as well- they're small bookshelves. Both are OK with that so I'd expect no problems with nob adjustments.

So... I will be traveling around 200 miles to listen to different brands of subwoofers from 2 different dealers.Will it piss them off if I tell them I'm listening at another dealer's? If I ask them if they're able to order factory refurbished (lower price, generally). Might be a stupid question, but as there are only 3 dealers withing 200 miles I'd rather not piss them off. I think I pissed off the other dealer by asking too many questions and then buying the demo's only. As you can see, I'm not exactly a high rolling customer... I also feel guilty wasting anyone's time if I may not buy something.

Thanks I googled it. The dragged out my late partner's multimeter collection, found 2 that worked, and they give 2 different readings... I guess I need to get a new one or have the electronics store check them out. Did find variation in current over time today- about 20V. difference. The lower one is reading 125V right now and sound is good. Was reading 100V earlier- sound was still good- no brownouts today.

My equipment is mostly older. cd player is 90's I think, Dac- 2002, amp set is probably 5 - 7 years old. What issues? Or give a clue- I'll google it.

I had Emotiva speakers. I know it's not the same as an amp, but I believe I can definitely hear "house sound" after auditioning several components. I found them a bit bright- a little too "metalic" sounding for me. I've heard B&W is also a bit bright, but I've never heard them. You might like them. Then again they may be too bright with B&W. I have an older Parasound amp and pre-amp- the smaller version- 2100 and 2125, They are very very slightly warm I think, but clear. Basically neutral I think. I doubt they're as good as Mcintosh, but they may be adequate. From what I understand they're basically the same as the newer version. They have a turntable connection. I think the re-sale value on used ones holds up pretty good. Solid build.

Hahaha. This thread has 26 pages and is still going strong. Why not just have a cable sub-forum? Seems like it would flourish.

I think I figured out I don't need a power conditioner- I might need a voltage regulator. My sound is usually much better after 5:00 PM. It's variable and fuzzy during the day, most days. And some nights. I have slight brownouts frequently and almost sort of a weird almost skippy thing going on every time I or one of my neighbors turns on an appliance. It's like the timing on CD's warps a bit. I think I'm just not getting 110V delivered. Sometimes not even close. Maybe my old DAC is sensitive. How does one measure available voltage from an outlet? Has anyone used a voltage regulator on an outlet? Would I just need an "up/down" regulator or one with a battery to compensate? Or would it even work if I get say 95 or 100Vs?

Probably the best if you don't have time to sell one by one way is to sell them to a reputable music store or Ebay/Amazon dealer in your area. Expect 50% value or less, I would think on the bulk of them. But it would be better than less than 10%... A friend of mine does the ebay thing and will look over the collection quickly in someone's home and pull out some he thinks or knows are worth something. Make offers on those, then make an offer on the bulk of the rest. Or you could pull out what you think is worth more yourself and sell the rest as a lot. You could also bring boxes of them in to stores that buy music. You'll get better value if you ask for "trade" value than cash. Something like the Ameoba stores in the SF bay area- I would think most urban areas have something like that. They won't take everything, probably, but will take a lot.

Here are a few newer younger bands who obviously don't have big money behind them but I think are good, especially the first. New power guitar grunge band- Cherry Glazerr. This is off their second album, Apocalipstick, which just came out this month. Their previous singles (bundled into an album- Haxel Princess) aren't as good; And a newer band Dinosaur Eyelids; And another one Reality Something. This is a terrible sound rendition. The CD we got into the library sounds better but was a home made CD copy with some printed paper stuck into the case. Sort of a Breeders copy band. lIVPUnF8b&index=1

Thanks, will have to check it out when I get more bandwidth. Tree took out most my internet.

I think the key word here is "produced". As in an agent and record company backing. There is definitely talent and passion out there but as musicians rarely make enough to live on unless they are produced.... we generally don't see it. Al we see is over produced bubblegum for the most part.

That's an interesting story. I saw him solo maybe in 82 in Boston. He was hyper but also very drunk, all of us were very drunk- audience of about 30, including a few bar regulars. No stage. He fell down several times and then gave up and just jammered into the mic from the floor while turning himself in circles with one leg. It was very entertaining. Some audience participation, lol. He did get people aware of things in the 80's.

The members of Altan Urag are classically trained, but produce more modern Mongolian music in general. Mongolian music is one of the few Asian genres which is naturally in a 2 or 4 part rhythm. Mongolia opened up it's country both to commercial mining (including uranium and coal) and foreign investment for the first time in recent history- maybe around 2012. Since then, the prices of mining products have collapsed and the country is... well... not doing well at all.