Thinking About John Fahey and America

Thinking About John Fahey and America

Feb 22, 2010

The guitarist John Fahey was born on February 28, 1939, and died just days before what would have been his 62nd birthday, on February 22, 2001. Like so many other beautiful things that continue to have enormous impact on my life, Fahey’s music was introduced to me by <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/clouds_taste_metallic/">Miche…;. The album was 1997’s <i>City of Refuge</i>. We were in our second year at Fairleigh Dickinson University, in the second year of our relationship. Michelle had claimed the album from our campus radio station and brought it back to our dorm room and played it for me.

Bannable offenses

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by tomjtx on

This is meant to be a light hearted thread.

What constitutes a bannable offense?

What gives a temporary ban, what gives a permanent one?

I'll start:

Pomposity = temp ban

Verbosity = temp ban

Pomposity + Verbosity = perm ban.

Snap, MJF, you done be gone .
That reminds me of another one:
Inept and tasteless imitation of a dialect = temp ban (after a warning of course)

Supra Ply 3.4/S speaker cables

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Cables
Submitted by Freako on

I have now listened to my new cables burn in, and I am very surprised at the difference from my old Audioquests. The Supra's are much more pleasant and coherent, much less "in my face", but with a lot of details. The LF are very deep and round, and less boomy. It's amazing that a $20 per meter speaker cable can be so good. I don't hear any difference when connecting/disconnecting the shield to my amplifier's ground, but maybe I will when I get my new shoeboxes on Wednesday.

Question on PC Sound Card SPDIF Out to DAC Cable lengths

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Computer Audio
Submitted by dumbo on

Hello,

I was curious to know if anyone has done any testing or has some scientific data on the maximum recommended distance a Digital cable should be between two components without signal degradation or issues?

In my case, I am referring to a cable run that would originate from an SPDIF-Out from a sound card to an SPDIF In on my DAC directly downstairs from my PC location.

Hearing Aids

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Submitted by Flashhog on

When I was younger, I did some very stupid things that resulted in loosing a lot of my hearing. A trip to the audiologist recently provided me with some bad news, so I'll be getting a set of hearing aids before I'm 30. My question is, what now; should I adjust my eq to compensate for my hearing loss, provided I even know what normal sounds like any more, maybe just tune it to my liking? Or do we have some audiophile grade hearing aids reviewed on this site I have somehow missed? Thanks.
-Flashhog

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