Amazing...

TroyD
TroyD Posts: 13,098
edited August 2009 in Music & Movies
Considering this is an audio forum....I'm really surprised about the lack of conversation about actual music in here. Who gives a rats **** about Harry Potter and The Broken Vibrator? :rolleyes:

Geez, it's about listening to MUSIC on the HI FI....

BDT
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited August 2009
    in total agreement....
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited August 2009
    I think there is a section about music... Oh, wait... "Music and Movies".

    Maybe they should start a "Rants" so that unrelated content doesn't end up in the wrong place.

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2009
    You mean it isn't all about the gear?
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2009
    . . . or music?
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,098
    edited August 2009
    everpress wrote: »
    I think there is a section about music... Oh, wait... "Music and Movies".

    Maybe they should start a "Rants" so that unrelated content doesn't end up in the wrong place.

    Are you suggesting to me where I should and should not post? Wow, that would be REALLY cool of you.

    BDT
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    . . . or music?
    Don't worry, I was kidding.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2009
    Maybe we need "professional" reviews of music :o
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,098
    edited August 2009
    Nah, I just find it interesting that we all spend a good deal of time listening to music but not much time talking about it...

    BDT
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2009
    I agree, more music reviews would be nice. I'm constantly cruising Steve Hoffman's forum and other sources for clues on new music I might like. The "what are you listening to" thread here gives me some nice hints of stuff to check out.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited August 2009
    dkg999 wrote: »
    I agree, more music reviews would be nice. I'm constantly cruising Steve Hoffman's forum and other sources for clues on new music I might like. The "what are you listening to" thread here gives me some nice hints of stuff to check out.

    I love that thread.

    And i finally broke down and made an Imeem account. I still need to try Pandora.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited August 2009
    TroyD wrote: »
    Are you suggesting to me where I should and should not post? Wow, that would be REALLY cool of you.

    BDT

    Nope.
    I'm pretty straight forward. And your post count leads me to believe that you know where to post.

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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited August 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    I love that thread.

    And i finally broke down and made an Imeem account. I still need to try Pandora.

    Pandora is going to 40 hours a month free and then you pay a small monthly or annual fee for everything past 40 hours a month. Something to do with a court case between record companies and streaming radio providers.

    I'm not familiar with Imeem, but I'm going to check it out.

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    ? Polk PSW-350
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,098
    edited August 2009
    I was thinking that didn't even qualify as a rant....can't remember the last time I went scorched earth!

    BDT
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2009
    TroyD wrote:
    Are you suggesting to me where I should and should not post? Wow, that would be REALLY cool of you.

    BDT

    He's been posting here for at least two months...he KNOWS all the protocols!

    Shape up Troy!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2009
    TroyD wrote:
    Nah, I just find it interesting that we all spend a good deal of time listening to music but not much time talking about it...

    BDT

    I still have Tour's AAAAA-ZZZZZ R&R music threads saved somewhere. That was a great series of threads that helped me discover some stuff I was not very familiar with. The "What are you listening to" Thread used to be pretty good when folks would give a brief description of the music as well as their opinion of it...but it has gone back to most just posting an album or song title.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited August 2009
    everpress wrote: »
    Pandora is going to 40 hours a month free and then you pay a small monthly or annual fee for everything past 40 hours a month. Something to do with a court case between record companies and streaming radio providers.

    I'm not familiar with Imeem, but I'm going to check it out.

    It's pretty neat.... i stumbled across it when i was looking up info on Brian Eno, and i've been messing around with it since.

    It's like Pandora Myspace.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,098
    edited August 2009
    I know, Shack, I gotta mind my manners!

    Tour's threads DID have some great info....time to dig through the archive!

    BDT
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited August 2009
    shack wrote: »
    I still have Tour's AAAAA-ZZZZZ R&R music threads saved somewhere. That was a great series of threads that helped me discover some stuff I was not very familiar with.

    What kind of stuff? I've recently started trying to find new music/new bands on vinyl and it's opened my eyes to a few bands that I didn't know existed.

    I've also been turned on to some older stuff through the vinyl search; a person I work with introduced me to a psychadelic band called "Fifty Foot Hose".

    That band will definitely be a good test for your highs and mids... And the songs with the female lead vocals are definitely the ****.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2009
    To be fair, it is a lot harder to really talk about music the way we can talk about movies. Not that music can't be just as entertaining, but it really takes a certain type of person to put into words what music does for them; any schmuck can talk about movies, especially crappy ones. They have plot (well, they used to), characters (well, they used to), effects. A little more cerebral to talk about the subtleties of a song or musical artist :)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2009
    What kind of stuff?

    Use the search function for "Rock and Roll Reminiscing"

    They should all be there.
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited August 2009
    shack wrote: »
    Use the search function for "Rock and Roll Reminiscing"

    They should all be there.

    Jeebus... That is going to take some time... I was just scanning through the "DDDD" thread, and the first page is already a good one; thanks guys.

    And I kind of agree with bobman; it's harder to talk about, or listen to someone talk about, music. It's a personal thing for me; so when someone says, "That sucks", I get a bit bummed. If someone doesn't like my car, f'em. My house, f'em. My taste in movies, f'em. But music is personal by nature. It's not simply entertainment; on some level you make a connection with the music you really like; if what you are listening to currently is a cheap date, than there's no real reason to get to know her. But the music that sticks with you, well... It becomes a relationship. Don't get me wrong, there are movies that have the same quality, but less and less in my opinion. Maybe simply because they are more expensive to produce.?
    But we all have a song that takes us to places we miss or places that it's hard to stay. It's why the gear we play it through is so important, I think.
    In a public forum it's hard to admit what those songs might be or why.
    I'd be much more likely to tell what I was watching the first time I made out in a movie theatre than my first REAL slow dance...

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    ? Polk RTA 11TL's (FR and FL)
    ? Polk TSi200's (RR and RL)
    ? Polk CS10 (Center)
    ? Polk PSW-350
    ? Grado SR-60i Headphones
    ? Fii0 E5 headphone amp
    ? iPod touch (8 gig)
    ? iPod Classic (80 gig)
    ? Mac Mini (as media server)
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited August 2009
    TroyD wrote: »
    Considering this is an audio forum....I'm really surprised about the lack of conversation about actual music in here. Who gives a rats **** about Harry Potter and The Broken Vibrator? :rolleyes:

    Geez, it's about listening to MUSIC on the HI FI....

    BDT

    Actually, if you watched the movie, when Harry Potter's vibrator broke you would know that he was so saddened that he had to go listen to some music. So that's the tie in. Every time Harry's dldlo breaks we get to hear music :D
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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited August 2009
    messiah wrote: »
    Actually, if you watched the movie, when Harry Potter's vibrator broke you would know that he was so saddened that he had to go listen to some music. So that's the tie in. Every time Harry's dldlo breaks we get to hear music :D

    This day's "Every time a bell rings, and angel gets its wings"?

    ? Harmon Kardon AVR 55 (dead; replacing with Onkyo TX NR-616)
    ? Polk RTA 11TL's (FR and FL)
    ? Polk TSi200's (RR and RL)
    ? Polk CS10 (Center)
    ? Polk PSW-350
    ? Grado SR-60i Headphones
    ? Fii0 E5 headphone amp
    ? iPod touch (8 gig)
    ? iPod Classic (80 gig)
    ? Mac Mini (as media server)
    ? xbox 360
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,795
    edited August 2009
    everpress wrote: »
    Jeebus... That is going to take some time... I was just scanning through the "DDDD" thread, and the first page is already a good one; thanks guys.

    And I kind of agree with bobman; it's harder to talk about, or listen to someone talk about, music. It's a personal thing for me; so when someone says, "That sucks", I get a bit bummed. If someone doesn't like my car, f'em. My house, f'em. My taste in movies, f'em. But music is personal by nature. It's not simply entertainment; on some level you make a connection with the music you really like; if what you are listening to currently is a cheap date, than there's no real reason to get to know her. But the music that sticks with you, well... It becomes a relationship. Don't get me wrong, there are movies that have the same quality, but less and less in my opinion. Maybe simply because they are more expensive to produce.?
    But we all have a song that takes us to places we miss or places that it's hard to stay. It's why the gear we play it through is so important, I think.
    In a public forum it's hard to admit what those songs might be or why.
    I'd be much more likely to tell what I was watching the first time I made out in a movie theatre than my first REAL slow dance...
    Sums it up right there. I can get more emotionally involved with a song versus a film. They can bring back memories of a certain time, place, event..etc. Because, with a song, you can create your own personal images as opposed to watching what someone else wants you to see......Music.. I love it.....
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2009
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Sums it up right there. I can get more emotionally involved with a song versus a film. They can bring back memories of a certain time, place, event..etc. Because, with a song, you can create your own personal images as opposed to watching what someone else wants you to see......Music.. I love it.....

    Exactly. I'm listening to Sabbath's 'Changes' right now, and I can remember breaking up with a girl in h.s., and playing this song REPEATEDLY!
    Gawd, was I depressed:D
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