Recent content by pablolie

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    What’s an emotional moving piece of classical music you like?

    Max Richter - wow he's brilliant. I loved him since the Recomposed 4 Seasons, but his stuff is awesome. Daniel Hope "Spheres". Karl Munchinger's version of Pachelbel's Kanon - play loud.
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    Has HiFi improved in the last 10 years?

    >.. Bowers & Wilkins made the biggest update to their 800 Series ever a few years ago thanks to now being able to measure aspects that were impossible to back when > they introduced the series in the mid 90s. They were able to pinpoint all the negative aspects and address them, resulting in a...
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    Has HiFi improved in the last 10 years?

    Speaker tech truly hasn't changed that much in a long time - dynamic loudspeakers (aka the moving coil stuff most of us have) designs were basically perfected in the 1930s. Materials and measurement technology have improved. I think the big dfference is that budget loudspeakers now have become...
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    Has HiFi improved in the last 10 years?

    There hasn't been a single revolutionary break-through in audio technology. I think there are 2 differences: (1) Sources: Prettu darn excellent digital sources are now available for a pittance. (The turntable dudes lose out here, the Technics SL1200 that used to be a popular yet always...
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    Alternative to Eric Claptons Unplugged?

    I love Kevin Mahogany's "Pride and Joy". First of all, for the music. But there's a lot of voice, acoustic instruments, percussion - the whole thing. And it's superbly recorded.