My buddy has the a fore mentioned album, he likes Radiohead a lot. I have listened to it and and the quality is 
through my JBOZ + JLH 1969 + Fishers.
My first "HiFi....ish" experience was with a Heathkit AR-1302 + Heathkit speakers (forget which model) that my dad built, it still resides in our living room. Parents would go away and I would put in some Zeppelin, Floyd, Smashing Pumpkins, who knows what else, and just kicked it as the windows rattled. I then moved to a Knight tube integrated and the Fishers; which still see regular use, like tonight for instance, until my tube amp is done (my winter project). The Fisher + JLH + JBOZ subs in and out from time to time, that or an old RCA theater amp that sadly has been collecting a lot of dust as of late.
Of course I am only a youngin' at 22 (in 5 days) so plenty of time for more HiFi experiences to remember.
I must say I get to listen to a lot of Radiohead thanks to my buddies. I like them, but just cannot really get into them enough to by a album. I have some wacky music tastes, Andrew Bird as I type (some may not find it to wacky), but they just aren't as
as they all claim.
Happy Listening and Happy Holidays to all!!
Cheers
James
through my JBOZ + JLH 1969 + Fishers. My first "HiFi....ish" experience was with a Heathkit AR-1302 + Heathkit speakers (forget which model) that my dad built, it still resides in our living room. Parents would go away and I would put in some Zeppelin, Floyd, Smashing Pumpkins, who knows what else, and just kicked it as the windows rattled. I then moved to a Knight tube integrated and the Fishers; which still see regular use, like tonight for instance, until my tube amp is done (my winter project). The Fisher + JLH + JBOZ subs in and out from time to time, that or an old RCA theater amp that sadly has been collecting a lot of dust as of late.
Of course I am only a youngin' at 22 (in 5 days) so plenty of time for more HiFi experiences to remember.
I must say I get to listen to a lot of Radiohead thanks to my buddies. I like them, but just cannot really get into them enough to by a album. I have some wacky music tastes, Andrew Bird as I type (some may not find it to wacky), but they just aren't as
as they all claim. Happy Listening and Happy Holidays to all!!
Cheers
James
Radiohead? Richard Head more like!
Has this plonker never heard of the expression:
"The closest approach to the original sound" attributed to Peter Walker of Quad. That is what HiFi is all about.
Has this plonker never heard of the expression:
"The closest approach to the original sound" attributed to Peter Walker of Quad. That is what HiFi is all about.
My enthusiasm for music isn't waning with age at near the speed my tolerance for hearing the same-old, same-old, yet one more time again, over and over, ad infinitum rehash. Again. Stuck on desert island with a forced choice between My Dream Audio System + the complete Doors collection or listening to conch shells you'll find me at the beach. So much new and exciting rock is being released that perpetually re-living a handful of pre- post-secondary years makes no sense to me.
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hmmm.... I would have to disagree, I find that in the last 10 years only a small handful of releases were worth listening to. The only way I've found to get a hold of good new music is to wait a couple of years and see whats stood the test of time. I find I discover "new" music years late because when it was new it came out with 1000's of crummy albums and it was impossible to sift through them all. Moreover, you can't ever trust the market because its 10 to 18 year olds that drive the sales. When I heard someone say that Cold Play was the best band ever I nearly puked.
So what do you do in the mean time? Look backwards, pick up 10gigs of Dion and the Belmonts and wish that artists now days had a thimbles worth of the talent...
I am constantly searching for something new. I also find myself listening to types of music that I would never have listened to 10 years ago. However I still listen to music from my past, and enjoy it. I don't think that I could listen to "I want to hold your hand " every day, but some music never seems to grow old, Jimi, Moody Blues..... I have however learned to dislike some music that I liked a lot back in High School, like the Doors. The only common denominator that is obvious to me is that much of the music that now irritates me was music that I was overexposed to for a period of time in the past. LA Woman and Aqualung were my 8 track test tapes when I worked in the stereo store, hence my distaste for the Doors and post Aqualung Tull.
I used to work with a bunch of 20 to 30 year old engineers (they have all been laid off). I have learned not to buy anything that they recommend, but I was dumb enough to bite on Coldplay. I bought the Rush... CD and played it once. Ditto Korn.
The wait 2 years rule does seem to filter out a lot of the crud. It still doesn't always account for the musical tastes of the MP3 crowd.
Ah Coldplay, you think they might be good until you hear them!
I used to buy a lot of over-hyped garbage when i was younger, now I know better.
Yes, wait 2 years or just download the music from Soulseek just to check if you really like it...if you do buy the LP or CD.
I used to buy a lot of over-hyped garbage when i was younger, now I know better.
Yes, wait 2 years or just download the music from Soulseek just to check if you really like it...if you do buy the LP or CD.
Middle-Aged?
So this is the comment by an Artist?
At fifty-two I still love my music, Right now at this moment I,m listening to "Van Hagar"......the skill of Eddie.
Yes we are all trying for that ethreal nirvana that is music.
We should indeed embrace the new technology that has allowed us to listen to our music in a way that was incomprehensible thirty years ago.
Soon we will have devices no larger than a CD player that has all the music humanity has ever produced at our fingertips.
Does sheer volume substitute for quality.No of course not.
Music has and allways will be a purely human creation.
Arggg...........Eddie! Genius with a guitar!" Source of infection"
As a youngster powering up that old tube RCA console, hearing the PS start up....the 6.3 volt bayonet bulb illuminating the controls.....all seared into my brain.
The giant Packard-Bell SS console of my parents.....the exquisite cabinintry(sp?).
Buying and building the best/loudest/ highest quality gear is purely human nature & we should never rest as it is what drives us. If we stop you might as well just roll over & die.
So this is the comment by an Artist?
At fifty-two I still love my music, Right now at this moment I,m listening to "Van Hagar"......the skill of Eddie.
Yes we are all trying for that ethreal nirvana that is music.
We should indeed embrace the new technology that has allowed us to listen to our music in a way that was incomprehensible thirty years ago.
Soon we will have devices no larger than a CD player that has all the music humanity has ever produced at our fingertips.
Does sheer volume substitute for quality.No of course not.
Music has and allways will be a purely human creation.
Arggg...........Eddie! Genius with a guitar!" Source of infection"
As a youngster powering up that old tube RCA console, hearing the PS start up....the 6.3 volt bayonet bulb illuminating the controls.....all seared into my brain.
The giant Packard-Bell SS console of my parents.....the exquisite cabinintry(sp?).
Buying and building the best/loudest/ highest quality gear is purely human nature & we should never rest as it is what drives us. If we stop you might as well just roll over & die.
I know that this is an old Post but someone posted it today on a Facebook Audio Site.the article about Radiohead's comments! Pure Bunk and nothing else! Music played in my house since the day I was born and whatever system was used starting with a 1953 Acoustical Quad Mono Tube Amplifier with Contoller and FM Tuner feeding a huge(at that time)Stromberg-Carlson Labyrinth Speaker Cabinet and later was usually upgraded every few years so I was use to it.From glory days of " poopin' " to whatever later on🙂 I still have the system still with original tubes!
My first hi-fi experience was with my parents old Magnavox tube console stereo that had sat unused for years since the turntable stopped working. It was just a random piece of furniture in the living room. I was about 12 (around 1980) and just getting into music. I had recently discovered FM and some good rock stations. I decided to see if the old console's radio worked and powered it on, tuned it into 99.1 WPLR our of New Haven, CT and turned it up. Holy smokes! It was almost a religious experience, I was hearing music so clear and pure. I turned it up some more, since I was the only one home at the time, and at less than half volume I had the windows rattling in their frames. I miss that old console which has long since gone to the breakers. Music is still a huge part of my life, many thousands of listening hours, hundreds of concerts, and 30 years later.
For some it maybe true what radiohead said... but I don't see myself in this. The last 3 years I'm enjoying the music better than ever before... really love those Yamaha NS1000. And I'm not even middle aged!
I remember in high school, a system wasn't "good" unless it was LOUD. Then, slowly, I started to appreciate other things, like how cymbals, brass horns, acoustic guitar, or a snare drum strike "should" sound. It always annoyed my High School/College friends when I put on a Spyro Gyra, or Ricky Lee Jones album.
Too bad now I cannot appreciate it even more, not that I don't have the right setup, but because of mild hearing loss from listening to Ted Nugent too loud.
Oh the irony.
Too bad now I cannot appreciate it even more, not that I don't have the right setup, but because of mild hearing loss from listening to Ted Nugent too loud.
Oh the irony.
Well, he (which ever member said it) is most certainly in his early 40's right now, as I remember "Creep" coming out in 1993, after they had been going for a few years already, so perhaps he made the comment with tongue in cheek, especially considering he is a hi-fi collector himself of sorts.
For those of you that haven't listened to Radiohead, I urge you to. For me, they are the most interesting and generally the best British band of the past 20 years. They have a fine, fine guitarist and singer, full of expression and soul. They are, I'll admit, a tad dour at times to say the least, but moving.
I strongly recommend, in order of preference:
In Rainbows (All songs)
OK Computer (Almost all songs)
They are their real classics. Their "Best of" album is easier though. For me, it's like the Stone's 40 Greatest Hits - so packed full of great great stuff you'd forgotten about.
For those of you that haven't listened to Radiohead, I urge you to. For me, they are the most interesting and generally the best British band of the past 20 years. They have a fine, fine guitarist and singer, full of expression and soul. They are, I'll admit, a tad dour at times to say the least, but moving.
I strongly recommend, in order of preference:
In Rainbows (All songs)
OK Computer (Almost all songs)
They are their real classics. Their "Best of" album is easier though. For me, it's like the Stone's 40 Greatest Hits - so packed full of great great stuff you'd forgotten about.
Ha, I just Googled the quote - it was their (widely considered to be) brilliant lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood in Rolling Stone Magazine.
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