Anyone else heard Gold Sounds?

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I just heard an advance copy of Gold Sounds by James Carter, Cyrus Chestnut, Ali Jackson, and Reginald Veal (it was released Sept. 27). It's new interpretations of songs by Pavement and I put off listening to it for a while because it sounded like it had to be a gimmick. Boy, was I wrong! It has really good sound and the music--at least in these arrangements--is pretty exciting.

I'm sure I'll end up useing it in reviews, but the print cycle takes so long and you guys should be checking this one out ASAP.

golden rules for the budding audiophile

These are some golden rules I have gathered about being an audiophile over 20 years and thosands of dollars.

1. It is totally pointless to have a audio system capable of 120db peaks with very little distorsion when you are likely to get murdered by irate neighbours at arounnd 100db.

2. While a Loudspeaker size of a coffin will impress some, if you have a small room a compact stand mount will actually sound much better. If you only feel happy with a big coffin get a bigger listening room first !

Sound Concepts

Here is a great site, which I have found indispensible for understanding audio reproduction.

http://www.rane.com/note145.html

One of the useful points made later on the webpage, under subsection "Caveat Emptor," is the author's note concerning the cost of the equipment needed to begin to test the quality of components (10k+), and why this leaves us at the mercy of the manufacturer.

Please Do Not Post Classified Ads on Our Forum

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From the start, this forum was not intended to be used for the buying or selling of goods of any kind. Please do not post classified ads on our forum. Any posts will be deleted.

If you wish to use the internet to buy or sell audio gear, there are many other websites that offer classified ad tools.

Thanks very much.

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