1: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Was that really someone's fav? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-18, 21:51:43 (184.186.216.232)
He might be referring to my comment but that's not what I said. The only Stones record I might play is Their Satanic Majesties Request which I clearly call a decent record not my favorite. I'd rather .......

2: General Asylum, RE: If I've made a recording yourself, I will know what it should sound like. THAT is a true reference. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-18, 21:14:41 (184.186.216.232)
"Modern DACs are almost universally audibly transparent." How can that be if they sound different? Or maybe it's just that my system sucks so much I can't hear them all sound the same? .......

3: General Asylum, Relying on reviewers aural memory and his system is useful to you? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-18, 21:06:56 (184.186.216.232)
I think it's great for you to rely on your aural memories of the original event when choosing components for your system. But how someone else's conclusion is relevant to you or anyone else is what I .......

4: General Asylum, I read that as being just a good DAC (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-18, 16:02:16 (184.186.216.232)
One that probably would work best in a system where a listener has biased his amp and speakers around his preferences*. Not so well in a system where amp and speakers are biased towards characterlessn .......

5: General Asylum, So what you know becomes your reference. Not much useful for Joe Blow from Hicksville. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-18, 15:07:04 (184.186.216.232)
I'm all good with that - just like all I need to know is how any record I'm using as a reference has sounded to me before - in order for me to use it effectively as a reference. .......

6: Vinyl Asylum, Other than greatest hits and "from the vault" albums (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-17, 10:02:00 (184.186.216.232)
What's so "wow" about it? .......

7: Vinyl Asylum, The thing about the Stones (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-17, 00:14:01 (184.186.216.232)
I doubt that any band has as many great songs as they do but the LPs don't do much for me, maybe I missed the point. I find Their Satanic Majesties Request to be a decent listen - but other than that .......

8: Inmate Central, Yes (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-15, 11:24:07 (184.186.216.232)
My son in law is a vet and had 3 clinics. Because he couldn't keep them staffed he closed one and sold 2 to a large corporation. He now draws a salary and collects a lease on the building he owned. : .......

9: Inmate Central, Problem being... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-15, 09:57:31 (184.186.216.232)
it's in their interest to promote this kind of crisis. Lots and lots of energy industry people in bed with government officials globally - who knows what kind of shenanigans they could be up to in ser .......

10: Inmate Central, Why you insulting whores? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-15, 08:40:07 (184.186.216.232)
Macron looks more like a pimp to me. .......

11: Jazz Alley, RE: Charles Mingus (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-15, 08:33:38 (184.186.216.232)
I'm very new to Jazz. I've tried 5 Charles Mingus titles and knew I was going to enjoy the listening experience within just a few seconds of the needle drop. .......

12: General Asylum, I have no idea (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-15, 00:13:30 (184.186.216.232)
But you could be right. Onkyo USA used to have exclusive distribution of Esoteric products. Probably why I noticed Onkyo as the entry level line in some shops that sold Esoteric. I think Klipsch has .......

13: General Asylum, RE: Japanese audio brand Onkyo files for bankruptcy (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-14, 19:09:34 (184.186.216.232)
My new Exposure power amp went ptoof a short period after purchase. It had to go back to the UK for repairs. Yuck. So I a bought an Onkyo receiver, for my teen son from a different dealer to tied me o .......

14: Inmate Central, That's hilarious! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-14, 14:11:49 (184.186.216.232)
What a cutie. .......

15: Inmate Central, Laugh - don't Presidents just fire them if they don't do their jobs? nt (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-14, 14:02:22 (184.186.216.232)
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16: Rocky Road, Ween (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-12, 16:08:04 (184.186.216.232)
Ween - Don't Shit Where You Eat from Chocolate and Cheese. 1994 .......

17: Inmate Central, Depends if he broke the law or not. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-12, 14:49:21 (184.186.216.232)
Was it a justifiable shooting? Only one juror would have to be convinced it was for it to be justified. Not sure what the laws were back then though. However it seems the shooting was to protect the i .......

18: Inmate Central, And I was thinking overturning Roe v. Wade would be a death blow for the GOP (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-09, 22:25:23 (184.186.216.232)
I figured 10% of their voters are single issue pro-life supporters. So I'm hearing today the next push for the pro-life movement is to make abortion illegal in America. When will it end? .......

19: General Asylum, Godzilla (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-08, 21:23:12 (184.186.216.232)
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20: Inmate Central, SHOEHORN!!(NT) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-07, 10:25:25 (184.186.216.232)
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21: Inmate Central, And of course by similar logic Jeep can't be held responsible (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-07, 09:45:48 (184.186.216.232)
What logic is that? That business owners (and governments) have added liability protections from their customers and their employees. Expect more and more of this kind wank. And fewer and fewer protec .......

22: Inmate Central, In our neck of the woods it's called a grey haired cat (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-07, 09:34:58 (184.186.216.232)
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23: Music Lane, RE: "Vicky's Box" by Throwing Muses (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-06, 17:12:30 (184.186.216.232)
Great song - thanks for the link. .......

24: Vinyl Asylum, Hadn't seen that in awhile. Thanks for posting (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-04, 18:14:05 (184.186.216.232)
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25: General Asylum, RE: Note to Webmaster (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-03, 12:10:17 (184.186.216.232)
Well it could be you don't edit/post/edit/repost/edit/post/repost as fast as me - or maybe you don't make the same errors in the process as I have. If Rod says it's a coincidence that's good enough fo .......

26: Inmate Central, It's not that (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 23:26:49 (184.186.216.232)
It's that only poor people will be forced to be accountable. It's not a strawman - it's THE problem with these laws. They only fully effect (prevent abortion) the poor. Everyone else is simply inconve .......

27: Inmate Central, It's been as rich a vein of political exploitation as has been civil rights (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 22:56:53 (184.186.216.232)
These things like immigration or abortion rights shouldn't even be issues yet they remain at the forefront of our divided public. Why the heck would they fix things that have brought them such great r .......

28: Inmate Central, RE: What "con" is that? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 22:43:13 (184.186.216.232)
If you want to wipe away 100+ years of America's evolution train your judges to think like slave owners. That's exactly what originalist judges do - think like slave owners. And they do it for jobs, p .......

29: Inmate Central, To get votes that's why (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 22:31:46 (184.186.216.232)
Some men think they should have a say - it's weird I know. Like that same guy would stand behind her right to decide when he should be neutered. .......

30: Inmate Central, Ah the irony (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 22:24:28 (184.186.216.232)
Inmate Central Ad Inmate Central, where civil and family-friendly discourse about off-audio topics (other than religion and politics) is welcome .......

31: General Asylum, No problem - thank you. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 21:08:34 (184.186.216.232)
Must be a coincidence - but thought I'd mention it. .......

32: Inmate Central, Credibility? Bananas are all it takes to train a man to be a primate (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 19:59:54 (184.186.216.232)
It amazes me that the American public has tolerated this con for this long. It just goes to show how much even the most educated among us allow themselves to be trained like monkeys. There's an inner .......

33: General Asylum, Note to Webmaster (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 19:07:46 (184.186.216.232)
Seems to me when excessively working a post, editing, previewing and reposting, deleting quickly in a short period of time the site takes a dive. I saw this for a short time today but I've seen it hap .......

34: Inmate Central, The cluelessness of your narrative speaks for itself (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 16:20:52 (184.186.216.232)
"Gadde, who earned $17 million from the social media platform in 2021, is said to be instrumental in Twitter's decisions to boot former President Donald Trump from the site and to suppress the Hunter .......

35: General Asylum, Use the "alert moderator" tab to report the thread/or comment (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 15:30:09 (184.186.216.232)
nt .......

36: Inmate Central, But the way thing work... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 15:15:49 (184.186.216.232)
nobody will bother to keep track of those highly skilled resources entering the country or if they do they soon will be redirected by a terrorist attack. When a couple of "spies" happen to be uncovere .......

37: Inmate Central, It's great how you make stuff up! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 15:01:15 (184.186.216.232)
Are you actually doing this intentionally or do those neurons of yours naturally misfire? .......

38: Inmate Central, How about space based weapons? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 14:56:51 (184.186.216.232)
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39: Inmate Central, Let's hope not (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 14:53:12 (184.186.216.232)
The candidates puppet masters are also their constituents. And they (the candidates) can rest comfortably knowing the party platform will deliver votes as well as will their parties money. The bigg .......

40: Inmate Central, RE: Yep! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 12:44:14 (184.186.216.232)
I guess historically it's always been true at all levels of government. But there seems to be movement by the parties to put candidates on ballots who will be subservient to their national efforts, ki .......

41: Inmate Central, Yep! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 12:13:54 (184.186.216.232)
And this system has devolved to the point where honest candidates with strong ethical convictions can be weeded out early by the party systems and replaced with dim witted yes men. I'm from Arizona an .......

42: Inmate Central, Capitalism is an economy, politics is government. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-02, 11:50:54 (184.186.216.232)
The government should manage the economy to serve the interests of those it represents. Business and speculators should not manage government to serve it's own interests. That leaves the vast majority .......

43: Inmate Central, Conservative has become ill defined (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-01, 19:22:55 (184.186.216.232)
Means different things to different people. I would have thought Mitt would have been a great candidate for the old school Republican that put value on conservative values from families to economics. .......

44: Inmate Central, Maybe (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-01, 15:15:13 (184.186.216.232)
I never like blue cheese either. Until I tried a wedge salad at a good restaurant. I've also run across it in cheese platters. It can be good stuff. .......

45: Inmate Central, I have no idea (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-01, 15:09:45 (184.186.216.232)
I'm not a gourmet or a connoisseur. That said when dining, blue cheese (on a platter or on/in salad or salad dressing), is something to consider if my expectations of the establishment is high. It's l .......

46: Inmate Central, I'm not but understand (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-01, 13:18:14 (184.186.216.232)
I almost always avoid blue cheese because it almost always isn't good. But when it's good it can be so very very good. I'm more of a gourmand with taste than a gourmet or a connoisseur. .......

47: Inmate Central, We wish but when it comes to big money is what politics is about (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-01, 12:51:47 (184.186.216.232)
All over the country laws are being changed to facilitate and subsidize these kinds speculators. Laws originally put in place to protect the wealth and well being of the people. And the truth is fisca .......

48: Inmate Central, IMO this is a conservative law not a liberal one (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-01, 10:34:41 (184.186.216.232)
I have some issue with several trends in the housing market recently. In this particular situation (and with some of the other issues). I find it odd, in fact it makes me uncomfortable seeing families .......

49: General Asylum, RE: An open letter and appeal for this forum (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-05-01, 00:33:27 (184.186.216.232)
I'd like to see more search criteria and an activity log. Other than that I'm fine with the format on this site. I use the classic view. .......

50: Rocky Road, RE: Groove of the Day... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-30, 23:00:27 (184.186.216.232)
Great track - thanks for posting. Saving the link for when I can dig a bit deeper into Alvin Robinson's history. .......

51: Inmate Central, Laugh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-29, 07:54:53 (184.186.216.232)
Great job of obfuscation - emailtim should aspire to your level of containing the misfiring neurons. Hell you might be ready for a run for office. .......

52: Inmate Central, Yes intentionally derelict (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-29, 07:48:47 (184.186.216.232)
Dragging feet in order to proclaim the grand programs of their opposition as grand failures. It's exactly what is happening right before our eyes. And their "and replace" means nothing more than what .......

53: Inmate Central, So true the amazing the power of politics (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-29, 07:44:37 (184.186.216.232)
Demonizing others who've achieved your (not particularly yours but those you follow/adore ) ultimate objectives - no ss and no income taxes. It's like the right is has become the ultimate immigrant tr .......

54: Inmate Central, LMAO - same old trickery to defund government. Voters are fools for believing your lines.. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 15:51:41 (184.186.216.232)
Pay them less, let them keep more to make up. All the while fits perfect in the long term goal of bankrupting programs like Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security. It's amazing how profits continue esc .......

55: Inmate Central, Yea imagine the benefit to society just giving the needle and free drug money directly to billionaires (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 14:06:41 (184.186.216.232)
They could use it to supply free meth and crack for all when they have parties on their yachts. .......

56: Inmate Central, Our reward for spending more than a trillion dollars on the war on drugs! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 13:58:30 (184.186.216.232)
We've done well building prisons and arming police forces though. It's not our problem so let's demonize the junkies and places that accommodate them instead. Yah ha aren't we special! .......

57: Inmate Central, Nice catch! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 13:49:20 (184.186.216.232)
Dad catches foul ball while bottle feeding baby! .......

58: Inmate Central, Yes you are (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 12:02:47 (184.186.216.232)
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59: Inmate Central, Nothings going to stop capitalism (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 10:38:31 (184.186.216.232)
just Democracy. Proctor and Gamble is going to be fine with or without Democracy. .......

60: Inmate Central, Yes. It's called greasing the skids (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 07:39:37 (184.186.216.232)
It's how they bring about changes in state laws that will allow a better chance of success next time around. Consider it an acceleration of further distancing the votes of the people from election res .......

61: General Asylum, I don't know about that one (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-27, 07:25:20 (184.186.216.232)
Looks like something to put in your cranked out girlfriends condo. .......

62: Inmate Central, Small price to pay to protect the lives from the rampaging mob (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-26, 21:02:06 (184.186.216.232)
The restraint exhibit by federal law enforcement was commendable. You're no better than any number of special interests groups attempting to profit by demeaning the Police. .......

63: Inmate Central, Not complete incompetence (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-26, 20:53:39 (184.186.216.232)
He did have some success attempting to make America a prized satellite of the USSR. Imagine what would be happening now if the American people didn't put an end to. Vladimir and his mentee would almos .......

64: Inmate Central, Hilarious - Hope they clean up the streets. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-26, 20:46:07 (184.186.216.232)
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65: Inmate Central, What about property taxes? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-26, 16:52:38 (184.186.216.232)
I believe some states and cities will fix property taxes for people on fixed incomes. Some states have lower property taxes if one wants to minimize expenses even more. .......

66: Inmate Central, But... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-26, 15:35:21 (184.186.216.232)
If you are expecting less income (or even the possibility of less income) going forward and you want to keep the home the best move might be to pay it off. Investing the money is to various degrees a .......

67: Inmate Central, We did (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-26, 15:05:07 (184.186.216.232)
We paid off all bills a couple of years ago and have been paying more on the last of the home mortgages. When the home improvement fund exceeded the balance on mortgage it seemed a logical home improv .......

68: General Asylum, Have you heard those Atmos recordings sound better on other Atmos systems? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-25, 16:49:07 (184.186.216.232)
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69: Vinyl Asylum, Discount prices on audiophile vinyl (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-25, 00:02:58 (184.186.216.232)
Saw this on a record collector website. I'm going to continue paying to support those who've been getting full retail for me for years for a number of reasons. But I figure if these are available for .......

70: Inmate Central, According to the link those are vulvas not vaginas. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-22, 19:23:55 (184.186.216.232)
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71: Inmate Central, Beats the heck out of celebrating George Washington's birthday (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-22, 19:15:02 (184.186.216.232)
Enjoyed the link - thanks. .......

72: Rocky Road, Condolences to her family, friends & fans (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-22, 17:56:27 (184.186.216.232)
She also made casts from women's breasts. R.I.P. .......

73: Inmate Central, RE: "Mr. B, you may move to the front row!" nt (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-22, 15:24:08 (184.186.216.232)
I had to google "four forces of nature" and after a bunch of references to a movie of the same name I found this link. .......

74: Inmate Central, Why not? Imagine the sense of pride if our kids could work at that level? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-22, 12:06:34 (184.186.216.232)
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75: Inmate Central, Quit the whinning (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-21, 14:09:39 (184.186.216.232)
Yes it's always about money. Nothing is free - like OP says 1/2 million lives could have been saved. A more responsive reaction up front could have saved more. But they could have went much worse - .......

76: Inmate Central, RE: Insurance is a gamble (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-21, 00:46:11 (184.186.216.232)
You see it as a problem with Obamacare - I see it as a problem with insurance companies. If they were actually serving the public we wouldn't have a need for Obamacare. Even more important than that i .......

77: Digital Drive, Correct (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 23:33:59 (184.186.216.232)
Yea I do an MP3 to Flac conversion in the response to roseval a couple of comments down. The spectrums both look as bad as the MP3. In this response to Abe the FLAC and mp3 files are 2 separate conver .......

78: Digital Drive, Yes I like your mp3 explanation (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 20:48:40 (184.186.216.232)
It does appear that mp3 allows extension beyond 16k if there is a significant signal beyond it (maybe relative to samples before and after it??) If so I would question why the 2 tools show it so diffe .......

79: Digital Drive, But sorry if I didn't make it clear (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 20:33:23 (184.186.216.232)
I recorded a vinyl LP using a Tascam CDR recorder. I ripped that lossless CD to FLAC for my music library. That FLAC shown in the above response is lossless. That one is not included in spek.exe discu .......

80: Inmate Central, Insurance is a gamble (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 19:57:04 (184.186.216.232)
The rates are figured so the insurance company makes money, or in the case of a governmental agency so they break even. Something like that. Consider yourself lucky you didn't need it. When I looked a .......

81: Inmate Central, If it's so bad why did you buy it? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 18:35:17 (184.186.216.232)
Ok guess I get it - I still whine about the Fords I bought in the past. .......

82: Digital Drive, RE: Here You Go (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 14:29:56 (184.186.216.232)
Thanks for the link! Your hi-rez images are enlightening - thanks for posting them. Here's my mp3 Make Me Smile and the full flac (from the record .wav) song version. The content outside of 16K is mor .......

83: Inmate Central, Beats having excess gas (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 13:58:29 (184.186.216.232)
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84: Digital Drive, RE: Any way to tell from digital data if a recording has been sourced from MP3? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-20, 11:52:54 (184.186.216.232)
Thanks for your input - Using spek.exe from your 2nd link. Seems to work fine for my purposes - these results give me confidence my converters and my recorder are doing what I expect. Looks like there .......

85: Inmate Central, That is sad (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-19, 18:49:35 (184.186.216.232)
In the old days when people could drive off without paying it took many sales for the owner to recover his losses. 5 hours of giving gas away - it could put some stations out of business. .......

86: Inmate Central, This before ACA doesn't jive with reality of our personal experiences (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-19, 18:41:54 (184.186.216.232)
We've had Cadillac plans all along and the rates have been skyrocketing since the 90s. I didn't see any significantly greater increase in our costs after the ACA. Yes there were increases but not any .......

87: Vinyl Asylum, Thanks for the comment (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-19, 17:01:13 (184.186.216.232)
I was new to the music so it took a few listens to acclimate to the album. Symphonies in general don't sound so good to me - this album has got that going for it. But I enjoyed it and am happy for the .......

88: Inmate Central, They did work - only a million deaths in 2 two years (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-19, 11:15:58 (184.186.216.232)
Could have been much worse if not for the actions of the progressive states. When we were the most hyper-paranoid was the first wave and that death toll was far smaller than the second wave when the g .......

89: Inmate Central, That's awesome! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-19, 10:02:38 (184.186.216.232)
I envy older folks who are still living and still know who they are - hope I get there. .......

90: Inmate Central, Yea well someones got to pay the bills when they become due (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-19, 00:57:16 (184.186.216.232)
People who've been reaping the benefits of governments trickle down policies will just write checks for their share. Those who can't afford afford it risk having it taken from them. Who knows what in .......

91: Digital Drive, Any way to tell from digital data if a recording has been sourced from MP3? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 23:51:39 (184.186.216.232)
Say if I rip a CD or make a CD from vinyl then rip it. Any way to look at the data (for example using Audacity) and be able to tell if a somewhere along the way it was an mp3? Some of these new releas .......

92: Inmate Central, I'm not talking about the OP, I'm talking about BillH's comment and Ghosts response to it. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 21:47:27 (184.186.216.232)
The were discussing Medical debt which was wrongly left off the list of debt. Am I going to have to repeat this for a third time after next brain fart response. Why must you constantly inject your bla .......

93: Inmate Central, My debts not up - it's been reduced to zero (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 21:41:47 (184.186.216.232)
Paid our mortgage off last Friday! It's not Biden's inflation anymore than the economy under Trump was his (except for the massive debt as he doled out to all like he was John Gotti buying friends). .......

94: Inmate Central, They've been talking about a big depression for more than a couple of years now. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 21:00:24 (184.186.216.232)
Something like 1930 that took like decades to recover from. Kind of changes the conversation more than a little when talking about that kind of economic calamity but in the 80s folks were talking abou .......

95: Inmate Central, You're the one who shanghaied this part of the conversation! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 20:27:14 (184.186.216.232)
It seems to be your purpose. They were talking cost of medical care which had been left out of the debt conversation. If I were a moderator I would have deleted your "the point flew right over your he .......

96: Music Lane, RE: What's incredible about those two are their similar musical paths... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 18:45:57 (184.186.216.232)
It's never too late to go back in time to find "new" music and revaluate things missed. Over on the Record Collector Facebook page there is a thread about Carol King being one of the most under-rated .......

97: Inmate Central, RE: How many here have visited our nation's capital? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 18:35:40 (184.186.216.232)
Twice in the last 20 years. The thing that stuck me was the urban rot right up to the edge of the capital. Atlantic City was probably worse, and Las Vegas bothers me the same way. But DC is our nation .......

98: Inmate Central, Nice response! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 18:24:18 (184.186.216.232)
That other guy calls you out, ignores your on topic response then claims you miss his point? There has to be a name for that tactic? .......

99: Inmate Central, RE: The boom(!) in American household debt. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-18, 18:12:50 (184.186.216.232)
We've paid it all off including our home. Jobs have been tough for me the last 12 years and my wife is running into problems now that she's in her 60s. I get Medicare next year, she a about 3 1/2 year .......

100: Rocky Road, Condolences to his family, friends & fans (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-17, 18:12:13 (184.186.216.232)
Is it fair to assume this signals the end of the band? I have their first 2 LPs and a 2000 comp. They changed over the years but the later music, not punk, is still worthwhile. I have several Midnight .......

101: Rocky Road, North Mississippi Allstars - See The Moon (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-17, 17:18:56 (184.186.216.232)
North Mississippi Allstars - See The Moon from the LP Set Sail 2022. Another worthwhile record from one of my favorite bands from the last quarter century. .......

102: Inmate Central, Tinear running things? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-16, 07:26:56 (184.186.216.232)
Pardon me, it's you... .......

103: Music Lane, RE: Two legends together again after only... 57 years... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-16, 00:43:29 (184.186.216.232)
Heard a NPR interview with Ry Cooder today. Sundaze sells a Rising Sons LP FWIW. Two great musicians playing the music of a couple of great musicians. Listening to your link I was reminded of Boogie W .......

104: Inmate Central, Didn't realize this conversation was about you. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-15, 10:21:10 (184.186.216.232)
Everyone around here knows of your fantastic successes, possessions, philanthropy and family fortunes. I'm happy for you. My kids (3 - 1 deceased) never were arrested or spent time in jail and all of .......

105: General Asylum, I'm going out to eat in a restaurant on Sunday. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-14, 20:43:47 (184.186.216.232)
Haven't dined inside at a restaurant since early 2020. Been thinking about having my record collection burned and mixed with my ashes when I die. Have 0 interest in being pickled, stored in a casket .......

106: Inmate Central, I think you generalize too much (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-14, 15:17:19 (184.186.216.232)
You would put a single mother who works a full time job and provides well for her kids in jail because her 14 year old sneaks out at 2 am and steals a car? That's ridiculous dark_dave56. ::: TOPIC:: .......

107: Inmate Central, Agree same with mental health (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-14, 13:03:43 (184.186.216.232)
Just hire more police to clean up the problems caused by our dereliction. Building A Police State 101. .......

108: Inmate Central, Am I the only one concerned with political activism on the part of government agencies? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-14, 10:11:39 (184.186.216.232)
A weekly Police incident breakdown arrived as an iPhone message this am, I find it almost hilarious that they would send something like this out. In a nutshell 24 felony offenses and 2 arrests this we .......

109: General Asylum, Nice (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-13, 19:43:34 (184.186.216.232)
Up market models available that can double as dance partners, sex toys or roombas. .......

110: Inmate Central, Yesterday I saw two at the park across the street (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-13, 17:51:18 (184.186.216.232)
And a little down the road some kid was driving one and had a kit or something that made it sound like a Civic. .......

111: General Asylum, Only if the Adcom is a better preamp and the rest of your gear good enough to let you hear it (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-13, 15:31:08 (184.186.216.232)
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112: Inmate Central, He was always a good guy (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-13, 13:12:45 (184.186.216.232)
One of the few never seen on a low road. Condolences to his family and friends. .......

113: Vinyl Asylum, Nice haul! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-13, 12:44:22 (184.186.216.232)
Got a 400 LP set from a 60s era audiophile. Eventually got his TD-124 and a Sony Reel to Reel as well. Took me more than 2 years to assimilate & redistribute the records. A few I kept, some I sold, an .......

114: General Asylum, Can't make up for missing live music by playing more records (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-13, 11:59:48 (184.186.216.232)
Depends on the odds. We're thinking about house concerts and maybe an outdoor venue where there's good spaces for distancing. .......

115: General Asylum, The "enforcers" were there before the Pandemic (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-13, 09:27:25 (184.186.216.232)
That bothered me lots more than them ensuring folks are following Covid protocols. Matter of fact people not conforming makes it harder for me to return to live venues. Talking to my wife last night w .......

116: Vinyl Asylum, RE: What will they think of next? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-12, 10:56:55 (184.186.216.232)
I seriously considered offering similar services. Far too much risk involved for me. If I had a record or hifi shop and some extra space it might make sense to rent out an area with various record cle .......

117: Vinyl Asylum, RE: What will they think of next? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-12, 10:17:12 (184.186.216.232)
Regardless of the costs the risks of shipping would be prohibitive to me. I was thinking of doing similar services a few years back. But the idea that I might damage someone's record weighed heavy. An .......

118: Inmate Central, Good for them (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-11, 20:23:53 (184.186.216.232)
Progressive States and Cities have saved millions from contracting covid. Ironically that's where the healthy ones who got covid and survived are going to move when they get sick in their 50s and 60s .......

119: Inmate Central, Hey Rod - what inmate has tattled on fellow inmates the most? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-11, 20:13:42 (184.186.216.232)
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120: Inmate Central, I said it looks like they are blowing off steam and having a laugh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-10, 18:26:34 (184.186.216.232)
And I also said some probably aren't sharing that sense of humor. I could be wrong - maybe they are all starving and going stark raving mad. Then my apologies. .......

121: Inmate Central, Looks like people found a way to have fun and blow off some steam. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-10, 17:17:15 (184.186.216.232)
Sure does sound creepy but I'm betting for a bunch of those folks it was a barrel of laughs. I was LMAO listening to it. I'm sure plenty of residents don't share that sense of humor. .......

122: Inmate Central, The rich and powerful have already convinced workers to be proud of working hard for small money (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-09, 10:53:00 (184.186.216.232)
Nothing beats a strawman to hide the exploitation of a population behind. We can be sure lots and lots of American hate will be the end result. .......

123: Inmate Central, That's a shocker (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-09, 10:35:31 (184.186.216.232)
My condolences to his family, friends and team mates. .......

124: Inmate Central, RE: Would You please elaborate .... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-07, 14:50:02 (184.186.216.232)
Pretty easy - Apple pretty much controls every aspect of the computer experience for it's users (and developers), while Linux allows the user to craft just about any experience they wish. Windows is k .......

125: Inmate Central, RE: Apple Fanboy Story (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-06, 11:48:50 (184.186.216.232)
From a users perspective I see it this way - Apple = Communism Windows = Socialism Linux = Capitalism .......

126: Inmate Central, "y'all" - kind of odd when looking for a particular inmate (Re: "Cat Calls") (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-06, 11:10:42 (184.186.216.232)
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127: Inmate Central, Yes all of government - candidates as well as lobbyists are bought and paid for (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-04, 22:45:52 (184.186.216.232)
"The only folks who don't have anybody lobbying these assholes on their behalf is us." Agree. Given the party system, campaign financing and redistricting and the candidates it generates it seems ob .......

128: General Asylum, Laugh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-03, 11:17:45 (184.186.216.232)
Some other fun American Psycho action figures for satire fans wishing to be satirical. Starting at ~$250.00 .......

129: General Asylum, Maybe the funniest scene in the movie (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-03, 10:46:56 (184.186.216.232)
maybe not. I was really hoping the cutie would get away. .......

130: Rocky Road, RE: Savoy Brown - Train To Nowhere (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-03, 09:51:25 (184.186.216.232)
They showed up at the Rhythm Room in 2015. If I recall correctly Kim Simmons is part of this line up. .......

131: General Asylum, Beats me (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-03, 09:44:17 (184.186.216.232)
I LMAO. .......

132: Inmate Central, Buddy Guy's favorite shirt? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-02, 20:53:49 (184.186.216.232)
Saw him at the the Musical Instrument Museum (Or was it the Marquee), Phoenix in 2016 .......

133: Rocky Road, Savoy Brown - Train To Nowhere (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-02, 10:03:51 (184.186.216.232)
Train To Nowhere by Savoy Brown from the Blue Matter LP, 1969. Just got my first copy of this album last week. 53 years late. Better late than never. Great album. View YouTube Video :: .......

134: General Asylum, Great movie (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-02, 08:41:13 (184.186.216.232)
A very enjoyable satirical look at American wealth and values that probably doesn't miss reality by as much as most of us think. Pretty sure he's about to axe his old buddy because he was got disrespe .......

135: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Tedeschi-Trucks band Layla live LP set out. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-01, 14:52:02 (184.186.216.232)
Nice video thanks for the link. One of my favorite bands and a rare act in that it's one of my wife's favorites too,. .......

136: Rocky Road, PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-01, 11:53:46 (184.186.216.232)
From the album of the same name, 2011. Great album, great song from one of the greatest artists of all time. View YouTube Video .......

137: Rocky Road, Primus - Sgt. Baker (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-01, 10:27:16 (184.186.216.232)
Here's Sgt. Baker by Primus from 1991's Sailing The Seas Of Cheese lp. Right! Left! View YouTube Video .......

138: Rocky Road, Last Exit / Sonny Sharrock Band (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-04-01, 00:43:01 (184.186.216.232)
Picked up a couple a jazz-rock records and am happy to share with the Rocky Road. This stuff really doesn't sound so great on my PC system but on the big stereo it's mighty impressive. What's most mis .......

139: Inmate Central, Me too - my second booster. No problems. Going to get my 2022 haircut manana. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-31, 18:49:26 (184.186.216.232)
Had 1 in 2020, 1 in 2021, maybe get 2 this year. .......

140: Vinyl Asylum, The Are You Experienced Analog Productions ultra high quality was release today too. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-31, 16:23:43 (184.186.216.232)
20,000 copies available for $125 each. 'm not so interested in having the Folk Singer album much less the One-Step version. There are so many great albums around but maybe I ought to take a look at th .......

141: Inmate Central, Sounds like he's pretty much been a puppet for a number of years (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-31, 14:06:27 (184.186.216.232)
Can't remember lines, limited to less 8 hours a day with some guy who feed him the lines. He doesn't seem to know where he is. Apparently they try to get done with all his work in a couple of days. At .......

142: Inmate Central, Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-30, 11:08:01 (184.186.216.232)
Interesting link thanks. .......

143: Inmate Central, RE: They got what they came for... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-29, 19:18:11 (184.186.216.232)
"Incriminating evidence on Hunter Biden." He's the Vice President's son and someone gives him a very high paying job he is not qualified to do? What's the big deal? Doesn't this kind of thing happen .......

144: Shady Lane, RE: Problem with refund from Acoustic Sounds online (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-28, 21:16:07 (184.186.216.232)
Not to pile on - I had bad experiences with them too. Most records they sent me were damaged - bent corners, burst through, etc.. I'm assuming because I didn't complain the first time they put me on a .......

145: Inmate Central, How do you think people become billionaires? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-28, 11:33:06 (184.186.216.232)
Not by risking their own money. I'm so sick and fing tired of people not understanding the progressive tax code. Everybody in this country pays the same tax on the same income. The difference is the h .......

146: Inmate Central, Wrong (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-28, 09:40:39 (184.186.216.232)
Souls have no mass .......

147: Vinyl Asylum, What are you talking about? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-28, 09:01:45 (184.186.216.232)
Looks like a beautiful copy of a 60s record to me. Probably worth $20 or so if the vinyl is in nice condition. .......

148: Vinyl Asylum, +1 (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-28, 08:56:03 (184.186.216.232)
Yep I suffered through the Japanese resealable shortage due to the pandemic. The version with the longer flap sold at Elusive Disk is the best I've found. They never yellow and really bring out the ar .......

149: Inmate Central, Enjoyed the images - thanks! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-26, 14:00:24 (184.186.216.232)
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150: Vinyl Asylum, Great! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-26, 13:39:35 (184.186.216.232)
Mine's in town I'm just waiting for it to show up at my door. Says it should get here by Monday. .......

151: General Asylum, Awesome (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-25, 21:04:09 (184.186.216.232)
Won't let me read the article but that looks like it's actually a collection not a hoard - would like to hear more about it. .......

152: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Production vs Consumption Monitoring (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-25, 20:58:08 (184.186.216.232)
Including updating our residential service from 125 amp to 200 amps (>$3000) we reached our break even in less than 10 years on a 5Kw system. Rebates were fantastic. We rarely add power to the grid. A .......

153: Inmate Central, RE: what a waste of lumber(nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-25, 12:01:00 (184.186.216.232)
"get an architect" Not sure he could find a professional architect who could submit a design for such a structure incorporating that retaining wall without significant and costly modifications. Here i .......

154: Rocky Road, RE: In the spirit of Lummy (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-24, 23:57:27 (184.186.216.232)
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155: Inmate Central, Why should I care what you are sure of? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-24, 09:58:17 (184.186.216.232)
I don't believe your post is about football. It's about you being a suck up bootlicker. You made your point and I responded. Nothing more to talk about here. .......

156: Inmate Central, The only sucking here is your trolling sound byte (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-24, 08:42:41 (184.186.216.232)
As the monkeys whine about cancel culture. .......

157: General Asylum, So how much is a long painful wait worth? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-23, 23:07:04 (184.186.216.232)
Sounds like an opportunity for a reseller. .......

158: Vinyl Asylum, RE: It's not the "standard version" - it's the Super Vinyl version of the "standard version" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-23, 20:16:01 (184.186.216.232)
Well so far it's on the Super Vinyl and the 45 rpm One-Step. I have 3 ELO greatest hits albums - no standard album releases. Last year I put a couple on my want list. And I've got the hots to try a Mo .......

159: Inmate Central, I don't know - probably depends on the insurance coverage (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-23, 16:16:01 (184.186.216.232)
Rent or own it looks like starting from scratch - the big difference being the size of the insurance check. .......

160: Rocky Road, Jon Spencer's Blue Explosion officially calling it quits (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-23, 15:04:10 (184.186.216.232)
Officially on hiatus for the last few years, now official over according to Jon Spencer. At least for now. I got onto this band in the early 90s and have enjoyed several of their albums over the years .......

161: Vinyl Asylum, It's not the "standard version" - it's the Super Vinyl version of the "standard version" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-23, 09:35:38 (184.186.216.232)
The standard version would be the Gain version. Available @ 33 rpm on standard vinyl, then there would be the 45 rpm of the standard version, then the 33 rpm Super Vinyl Gain version. These followed b .......

162: Vinyl Asylum, That was fast (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-22, 20:22:57 (184.186.216.232)
The notification showed up today from both mofi and music direct on facebook. Music Direct said there were a limited number available for purchase - looks like not too many. Lucky for me my preorder f .......

163: Vinyl Asylum, MFSL - "Now Shipping on SuperVinyl: Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-22, 10:51:22 (184.186.216.232)
Yippee! .......

164: Rocky Road, Wow! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-21, 23:01:22 (184.186.216.232)
Beautiful. I really like that style of singing, good song and band too. She really reminds me of someone else but I can't put my finger on it. .......

165: Inmate Central, Really? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-21, 21:06:27 (184.186.216.232)
I've never worked in a place or attended a college where such disrespectful humor would be openly acceptable. Not saying it didn't happen all the time slightly out of public view - it did. Far as I kn .......

166: Inmate Central, RE: Twitter suspends Babylon Bee ... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-21, 20:05:27 (184.186.216.232)
It's not enough for you to support demeaning and ridiculing a transgender person you try to justify it by calling them mentally ill (in a post in this thread). I have no problem with the Babylon Bee b .......

167: Inmate Central, Pre-internet chat rooms (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-21, 17:51:02 (184.186.216.232)
That's my Grandma chat room. Mine (and my parents too - except they were in a bar) looked like this - .......

168: Rocky Road, Just Stop It (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-21, 08:32:36 (184.186.216.232)
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169: Inmate Central, Lia Thomas becomes first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-19, 10:28:10 (184.186.216.232)
Not only did she win she won big - 1.75 seconds ahead of the 2nd place finisher in a 100 yard swim. Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas smiles after winning the 100-yard freestyle final at the Ivy League W .......

170: Inmate Central, RE: Don't forget... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-18, 15:51:18 (184.186.216.232)
Johnny Football. .......

171: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I've got 2 that need to go to SoundSmith.... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-16, 22:20:45 (184.186.216.232)
Ok! That's what I was looking for below! .......

172: Inmate Central, RE: Victor , you must be one of few Jews not supporting Vladimir (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-16, 22:09:05 (184.186.216.232)
There's a precarious balance over there. They might be America's #1 ally but nobody's lap dog. I suspect they do more than advertised but I don't know that for sure. .......

173: Inmate Central, Wow! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-16, 22:04:31 (184.186.216.232)
Watch that knee. You might break a tooth. .......

174: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Dynavector DV20X "Hack" review. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-16, 11:46:50 (184.186.216.232)
What's your opinion of the "hack"? Cheaper than a Dynavector exchange but is it an upgrade? .......

175: Inmate Central, Dog ejected from car during accident found days later herding sheep (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-16, 11:20:03 (184.186.216.232)
" SPOKANE, Wash. - A pet dog who vanished for two days after being ejected from a vehicle during an accident has been found apparently doing the job it was bred to do - herding sheep. Linda Oswald's f .......

176: Inmate Central, Launch a Putin butt seeking missile. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-15, 22:23:17 (184.186.216.232)
Deposit a boatload of exploding seamen in his portal. Serve a Putrumkim to the pigs. Put hydroflouric acid in a champagne glass at his next peefest? .......

177: Inmate Central, I support non-binary time (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-15, 21:47:04 (184.186.216.232)
This includes any zone between or outside Standard Time or Daylight Savings Time including negative, positive offset and imaginary time. View YouTube Video .......

178: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Adv sought on turntables (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-15, 11:16:23 (184.186.216.232)
I think a wall mount essential for the Regas if someone wants to hear how good it can be for reasonable cost. Supports are important for all equipment including digital but given my experiences TTs ar .......

179: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Adv sought on turntables (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-14, 23:17:59 (184.186.216.232)
My son bought a P6 and I think it sounds pretty great. I had an older LP12 here (a Linn dealer set it up for me) and I preferred a P3 on the wall mount to the Linn setting on a solid entertainment cen .......

180: General Asylum, That's sad but not hopeless (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-13, 15:41:49 (184.186.216.232)
If you catch yourself thinking quick find a thread where you can rough in the thought. Works for me. .......

181: General Asylum, Warning (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-13, 10:50:31 (184.186.216.232)
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182: General Asylum, Get's mind boggling around here... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-13, 09:12:33 (184.186.216.232)
Imagine if you will a troll trolled by a troll trolled by a troll trolled by a troll. .......

183: Inmate Central, And imagine the clean up? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-13, 07:34:02 (184.186.216.232)
Walking my dogs I always carry doggy bags. Where would we put horsey bags? .......

184: Inmate Central, You heard it here first (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-12, 22:50:32 (184.186.216.232)
When we start powering our cars off the power grid we can be sure the price of power off the grid is going to skyrocket. I don't like the idea that power used to heat and cool our homes and power our .......

185: Jazz Alley, RE: Wait 'till you hear Blood do blues... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-12, 22:35:19 (184.186.216.232)
I've been checking him out on Spotify. There are 2 James Blood Ulmer disks on the way from eBay - and 3 more of his in my want list que with 5 Miles Davis 70s era disks. Found a nice copy of Seize the .......

186: General Asylum, LOL! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-12, 21:52:35 (184.186.216.232)
"He gets newbies like you to swallow" ROTFLOL!!! And FWIW how long have you been trolling tinear? .......

187: General Asylum, That's a good point (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-12, 18:50:21 (184.186.216.232)
Twenty thousand is a lot of money for amps and speakers. I might spend about that much if I could easily afford it but for sure I kind of doubt I would really appreciate the difference (unless I moved .......

188: General Asylum, RE: You have $20,000 to allocate to amplification and speakers. What % do (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-12, 18:36:16 (184.186.216.232)
I'm one who thinks the most money should be in source equipment and source material. As far as a ratio of amplification (amp/pre) to speaker goes I'd say 50/50 for best sound - but for sure there will .......

189: Inmate Central, smh (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-12, 07:19:13 (184.186.216.232)
I don't think the implications of their words matter. They seem to be actors on a stage with little value other than to appease the peanut gallery. It's much less about our understanding as it is abou .......

190: Rocky Road, Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-11, 14:49:22 (184.186.216.232)
Looks like Mick Fleetwood to me! .......

191: Inmate Central, Yes but how's that different than American media? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-10, 15:35:08 (184.186.216.232)
I suppose as Americans we should feel emboldened because we don't even know who's propaganda is brainwashing us! At least the Russian people know their enemy. .......

192: Inmate Central, Oh well it was inevitable. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-10, 15:32:28 (184.186.216.232)
So be it. .......

193: Inmate Central, Might work with a school teacher but everyone knows.... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-10, 15:29:19 (184.186.216.232)
Putin has a big chunk of our LEOs in his pocket. .......

194: Inmate Central, Hmmm.... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-10, 14:12:11 (184.186.216.232)
like no shit. That's refreshing humor. .......

195: Inmate Central, giggle? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-10, 13:53:08 (184.186.216.232)
Yea as a long time Redskin fan I thought Football Team was kind of neat. I really wish they wouldn't have chosen such a gay name, you know what I mean like the Steelers, Cowboys or Rams. The Commander .......

196: Inmate Central, So he paid her Mom and financially supported the child including funding trusts? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-09, 20:43:11 (184.186.216.232)
Maybe I'm missing something but is this story really newsworthy beyond attracting the gawking public's view? .......

197: Rocky Road, The Knitters - Poor Little Critter On the Road (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-09, 19:51:39 (184.186.216.232)
The Knitter's 1985 alt-country influencer will be released on vinyl for the first time since 1985. .......

198: Inmate Central, RE: More madness--only on the domestic (US) front... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-09, 10:45:07 (184.186.216.232)
"So you're working, and still can't pay your bills, you borrow money and quit your job? That's a pretty reasonable analogy, I think..." Well it's been the American economic plan since the small gove .......

199: Inmate Central, Nice but every day the resistance continues to pussy foot (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-09, 09:43:22 (184.186.216.232)
is another day Russia can hold onto the hope of achieving the win. America in particular is famous for making 1/2 assed commitments. .......

200: Inmate Central, RE: "Chance to invade Ukraine...." (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-09, 09:38:43 (184.186.216.232)
Makes sense to me. I find it interesting that he waited until after the Olympics to launch his invasion. Coincidence? .......

201: Inmate Central, I don't think anyone should underestimate the value to Putin of a victory in the Ukraine (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-09, 09:33:01 (184.186.216.232)
No matter what the cost to him, to Russia or to the Ukraine or the world. Contrary the value of defeating Putin in the Ukraine is priceless. NATO, as well as America, should know no boundary when it c .......

202: Jazz Alley, So much for my Jazz exploration (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-07, 16:18:17 (184.186.216.232)
If this stuff is called Jazz it's ok with me and I'll call it jazz in my database. But in my mind it's rock. I just listened to James Blood Ulmer's Odyssey. That's really a great record - I'm going to .......

203: Jazz Alley, Recently I began exploring Jazz (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-07, 06:07:18 (184.186.216.232)
I've been collecting records for almost 50 years. There was a total of 28 albums that I would classify as jazz in my collection. About a 1/3 was rock or funk fusion, another 1/3 was similar to Jazz Pr .......

204: General Asylum, Fair enough (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-06, 10:44:42 (184.186.216.232)
"I emphasized the word SHOULD for greater clarity. So are you being ironic on purpose? Whining about me telling other audiophiles what they SHOULD be doing when 1. I am not doing that and 2. You are! .......

205: General Asylum, "Here it is. The many reasons live acoustic music does not work as a practical reference for judging audio" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-06, 08:20:26 (184.186.216.232)
"Here it is. The many reasons live acoustic music does not work as a practical reference for judging audio " Remember that - that's the point of this topic. You telling other people what they should .......

206: Inmate Central, Many blame the President (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-05, 19:18:38 (184.186.216.232)
I blame God. .......

207: General Asylum, Not quite (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-05, 14:05:51 (184.186.216.232)
You're attempting to discredit an approach to system building with science. And I told you over and over I don't care and whether or not they care or not doesn't matter. The very fact they use live ac .......

208: General Asylum, Like I asked in my first comment to you - "Why are you always picking on these people?" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-05, 11:19:02 (184.186.216.232)
Of course those who you are picking on as you speak for them are going to be upset about what you are doing. I was actually hoping you had something to add as an alternative methodology beyond if it .......

209: General Asylum, Again who cares? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-04, 19:31:26 (184.186.216.232)
Seems the people who are doing it are happy system builders. Those who try it and are not happy with the results should try something else - not spend more money doing more of something that didn't wo .......

210: Inmate Central, Isn't Kentucky the #1 supplier of firearms to Chicago thugs? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-04, 10:04:37 (184.186.216.232)
It's a tough conversation that needs to be had. Unfortunately great efforts are being made to stifle it. Lawlessness created by those who most vocally condemn lawlessness. The duality here is a thing .......

211: General Asylum, It's not my problem (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-03, 21:50:39 (184.186.216.232)
Obviously those CDs shouldn't be used as live reference CDs since they don't sound like the live performance. If you can't find a set of adequate references for yourself then obviously it's not a way .......

212: General Asylum, RE: No I am not picking on anyone but since you do raise some points (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-03, 20:13:21 (184.186.216.232)
"If you are using aural memory as a *reference* it absolutely does matter that it is both highly skewed and mostly incomplete. How does that not matter?" Nice! We can use anything we want as a refere .......

213: General Asylum, RE: No I am not picking on anyone but since you do raise some points (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-03, 16:42:44 (184.186.216.232)
"I don't think I am misrepresenting the position about live music as a reference for stereo playback. Here is a quote from Chris in response to my initial post "after my rehearsal of the Tchaikovsky .......

214: Inmate Central, RE: Oh, Boy... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-03, 05:17:16 (184.186.216.232)
I've never known anyone with the first name of Everett. I have known at lease one Terrance, Terrance Tong to be precise. And a Torval too - exactly as Torval Trondsen. Both boys. .......

215: General Asylum, RE: No I am not picking on anyone but since you do raise some points (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-02, 15:37:22 (184.186.216.232)
"It's a self defeating argument." It wasn't my point to argue the use of the live references - I'm just pointing out how you are misrepresenting it. It seems a strawman for you. You telling us what t .......

216: General Asylum, RE: I'm not picking on any people (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-02, 08:09:53 (184.186.216.232)
"I'm not picking on any people" Sure you are. "And this is why I suspect that the majority of the audiophiles who are the most insistant that live music is THE reference for audio recording and playb .......

217: Rocky Road, Green is Blues (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-01, 22:54:25 (184.186.216.232)
My dad's trophy wife loved Al Green. In spite of the witch I think he's great. Al Green, 1974. From Al Green Explores Your Mind .......

218: General Asylum, Why must you persist on picking on these people? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-01, 21:15:09 (184.186.216.232)
Seems to me they are just a niche of audiophiles who really believe that their philosophy on audio is the way to go. If someone is interested in mostly acoustical music it's a sound philosophy whether .......

219: Inmate Central, Do you think the over or under estimate his wealth? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-01, 13:57:03 (184.186.216.232)
I find CNN has become untrustworthy as well as a presenter of an alternative reality. Unfortunately they are not in a unique position and even more unfortunately they are far away from the worst of th .......

220: Inmate Central, It's Foreign Legion Interview Questionnaire Form (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-03-01, 13:49:50 (184.186.216.232)
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221: Inmate Central, Gaslight theater (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 20:02:33 (184.186.216.232)
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222: Vinyl Asylum, RE: You still have the guitar?... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 18:33:02 (184.186.216.232)
"Happy hear with both formats and would likely enjoy streaming too." That's about where I'm at too. I've recorded my vinyl to CDRW and ripped those along with my CDs to a hard-drive music library. I .......

223: Vinyl Asylum, Yes there's no doubt she's well describing her experiences (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 14:58:37 (184.186.216.232)
But.. What we've got here is failure to communicate Some folks, you just can't reach So, you get what we had here, last week Which is the way she wants it Well, she gets it View YouTube .......

224: Inmate Central, RE: I'll stick with the original Impala. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 14:17:17 (184.186.216.232)
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225: Inmate Central, I'll stick with the original Impala. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 14:14:31 (184.186.216.232)
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226: Vinyl Asylum, What exactly is she comparing? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 13:35:28 (184.186.216.232)
Not sure she's comparing apples to apples here. If one has a stereo that provides musically engaging playback of vinyl and CDs is there some reason lossless/hirez streaming would not provide the same .......

227: Inmate Central, Gosh if only they were more like you! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 09:14:06 (184.186.216.232)
Imagine what a better place the world would be! NOT!! .......

228: Rocky Road, Great cover (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-28, 00:25:21 (184.186.216.232)
Susan Tedeschi kills me. Great all around take. Nice to see John Paul Jones still keeping busy. .......

229: Inmate Central, Nice chart (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-27, 16:55:00 (184.186.216.232)
Everything is relative .......

230: Inmate Central, A great opportunity for Soldiers of Fortunes to beef up the resume (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-27, 14:49:37 (184.186.216.232)
Maybe Ukraine allies can pitch in and hire a bunch of them to help our pal out. .......

231: Inmate Central, How to eat Balut - step by step guide (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-27, 14:34:01 (184.186.216.232)
I bought 2 audiophile quality jazz records yesterday! Going to give it another try. In the spirit of doing new and exciting things I ran across this video on youtube. Anyone balut eaters here? .......

232: Inmate Central, At least you aren't claiming it's relevant. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-26, 07:57:22 (184.186.216.232)
That would have been a funny. Ramble on. .......

233: Inmate Central, Everyone else important has a piece of the US government pie (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-26, 07:51:27 (184.186.216.232)
Can't blame the guy for having who he wants in there too. We Americans are being gaslighted on just about every front, infinite spin (advertising, marketing, PR, media spins, etc., etc...) permeates e .......

234: Inmate Central, I don't understand his calculation (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-25, 13:15:56 (184.186.216.232)
But I'm thinking it's something like if he can get a Trumpian President and an extremist right wing majority in Washington his long term rewards could be worth any pain he and his pals suffer in the s .......

235: Inmate Central, Well ok (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-25, 13:04:40 (184.186.216.232)
I should have said they get to go through the motions of voting. .......

236: Inmate Central, The brass are just the tools (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-24, 21:56:06 (184.186.216.232)
for the folks who are garnering power and money. .......

237: Rocky Road, Well then what is she? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-24, 16:10:13 (184.186.216.232)
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238: Inmate Central, Yet the reward to Putin may be massive given the upcoming midterms in the US (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-24, 15:43:44 (184.186.216.232)
It's not Biden that's getting played like a violin - it's our, the United States', political system. There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that the Russian oligarchs in bed with Putin are working .......

239: Inmate Central, LOL - And someone said Putin punked Biden (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-24, 14:42:44 (184.186.216.232)
But then again the Russian people don't get to vote. Kind of like why some want to take the vote from Americans (so they can do whatever they want with 0 public accountability). In a way living in a d .......

240: Inmate Central, Just more justification for investments in alternative energy sources (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-23, 22:38:56 (184.186.216.232)
That pain might be just what the planet needs. .......

241: Rocky Road, Wow great link - thanks a million! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-21, 18:21:27 (184.186.216.232)
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242: Inmate Central, It is politics but Putin will insure the Dems look bad (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-19, 16:28:15 (184.186.216.232)
He's doing a real good job of it right now. Would he invade Ukraine to get his people in power in the US? No doubt especially if he can pick up a valuable piece of real estate in doing it. I think Rus .......

243: Rocky Road, RE: Guns N' Roses, "November Rain" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-19, 16:07:57 (184.186.216.232)
Strange band. Seem they shot to the top and disappeared almost in a blink of an eye. Some people I know acted like these guys were the 2nd coming of Christ. Me? I thought they were a breath of fresh a .......

244: Inmate Central, China will invade Taiwan first (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-18, 19:11:22 (184.186.216.232)
Then Russia will invade Ukraine. .......

245: Inmate Central, +1 (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-18, 19:09:42 (184.186.216.232)
.......

246: Rocky Road, RE: Here's a live cover from 1989... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-18, 15:39:39 (184.186.216.232)
Saw Kenny Wayne Sheppard do a Stooges song on stage here in Tempe. Here's a short video of him doing it elsewhere. 2016. Oh yea Sonic Youth is pretty good too. Thanks for the link. View Y .......

247: Inmate Central, Still above 2K deaths per day in the US (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-18, 14:59:52 (184.186.216.232)
Prior to Omicron we were at 1000 deaths per day at about the same level of cases we are at now in the US. .......

248: Inmate Central, Yep public policy shapes the waveform as much as anything else (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-18, 13:36:31 (184.186.216.232)
We've been lucky in that we haven't faced a variant that's as deadly as the original predictions of 5 to 10 percent death rate. I think the deadliest variant so far was less than 1.5% (if even that hi .......

249: Inmate Central, I've been saying it all along (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-17, 08:28:19 (184.186.216.232)
In the long run more people who get covid are going to die younger and lose more years than those who die when they get the virus. .......

250: Inmate Central, That's several different things all with probably more difficult constitution issues. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-15, 18:07:26 (184.186.216.232)
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251: Rocky Road, RE: No Fun (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-15, 15:47:05 (184.186.216.232)
I love that album cover - perfectly captures an image of a group of friends I ran with in my mid to late teens. Probably luckily that music wasn't what we grew up with. I didn't discover it until in m .......

252: Inmate Central, I'm all for it! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-15, 13:35:36 (184.186.216.232)
It benefits us all. We should all pay for it - not just heaping the costs on to innocents who happen to be killed by wack jobs abusing the right. Why is this so hard for you to understand. School shoo .......

253: Inmate Central, Too much damage to society can be done with a product sold relatively unregulated in.. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-15, 13:16:41 (184.186.216.232)
a free society. Gun manufactures chose to sell these kinds of weapons, support less regulations on sales and ownership of such weapons and work hard to make them more affordable and easily available. .......

254: Inmate Central, No how does the public in general benefit from gun sales? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-15, 13:06:07 (184.186.216.232)
If the gun manufacturer wants liability protection they should buy it from an insurance provider - not expect the government to force the public to give up access to the courts. This makes sense as th .......

255: Inmate Central, There you go man.. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-15, 09:42:12 (184.186.216.232)
they're miles and miles beneath piles of our fore father's fruit and now to suit the GREAT COMPUTER! View YouTube Video .......

256: General Asylum, RE: NAD C298 Class D amp review at 10Audio (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-15, 09:19:38 (184.186.216.232)
If it measures best one has to wonder if it is actually revealing deficiencies in associated components that amps that don't measure as well aren't revealing. Maybe it's i/o characteristics aren't a g .......

257: Rocky Road, The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dong (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-14, 20:50:03 (184.186.216.232)
The Stooges self titled LP. 1969 Oops - I Wanna Be Your Dog! Great song. View YouTube Video .......

258: Inmate Central, Out on the limb ok (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-13, 15:29:42 (184.186.216.232)
We've had a great post season after the wild card round - best I can remember. My take is today's game is NOT going to be close. I am going to pick Rams by more than 10, but if the Rams don't win by m .......

259: Inmate Central, Laugh - how many times have we heard that (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-12, 22:32:02 (184.186.216.232)
All I see is ever increasing waves one after another. Looking at your graph one would guess that future waves will be even bigger. We really dodge a major calamity with Omicron being less deadly as it .......

260: Inmate Central, Well.. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-12, 12:15:53 (184.186.216.232)
If you wank on it long enough it'll begin to make sense. .......

261: Inmate Central, SMH! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-12, 12:13:58 (184.186.216.232)
There's a party in your mind. .......

262: Inmate Central, Nice! Wonder Woman was always my favorite Fantasy hero (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-12, 12:04:54 (184.186.216.232)
Cat Woman was close to the top! .......

263: Inmate Central, Laugh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-12, 11:47:31 (184.186.216.232)
Guess we'll be hearing less of you around here then. Congratulations. .......

264: Inmate Central, RE: COTD... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-12, 11:44:48 (184.186.216.232)
Odd place to take a yawn. Sure looks airborne to me. .......

265: Inmate Central, Lindsey Jacobellis (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-12, 08:35:30 (184.186.216.232)
Who could forget 2006 when the youngster leading by a large margin added some flair near the end of the race only to fall and end up with the silver. She's been to every Winter Games since then and .......

266: General Asylum, Why not? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-11, 19:46:55 (184.186.216.232)
Like John Mellencamp says - We were young, and we were improvin' Laughin', laughin' with our friends Holdin' hands meant somethin', baby Outside the club Cherry Bomb Our hearts were really thumpin' S .......

267: Inmate Central, Actually though she is an impressive and successful person (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-10, 18:29:25 (184.186.216.232)
For the life of me I don't understand the criticism of her. .......

268: Inmate Central, "scag"???? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-10, 14:11:48 (184.186.216.232)
That's so dumb on so many levels. Here's something for you to think about while you're in the shower - .......

269: Vinyl Asylum, Pull a gun on them next time if you want a career in politics (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-10, 13:50:39 (184.186.216.232)
You might get arrested but could spin it into a political career. .......

270: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I am amazed what a vinyl record can withstand, but I have seen cracked ones before. nt (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-10, 12:36:59 (184.186.216.232)
A loosely packed record can break surprisingly easy if dropped. No damage will be seen on the box. I learned this the hard way. .......

271: Inmate Central, Front end is gross (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-10, 12:22:57 (184.186.216.232)
Like an old crack whore with a grey tongue moving in for a kiss. Other than that it's an impressive looking automobile. .......

272: Inmate Central, Where have you been? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-10, 12:16:18 (184.186.216.232)
A nut became POTUS. The sky's the limit for wack jobs in the USA. .......

273: Inmate Central, How about Lily as brought to us by AA ads? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-10, 12:09:55 (184.186.216.232)
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274: Inmate Central, I vote for Tijuana street tacos. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-09, 14:22:08 (184.186.216.232)
The Hurchata is excellent but it's not worth it. .......

275: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Amazon- strike two . . . (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-09, 14:09:44 (184.186.216.232)
No Acoustic Sounds for me. Years ago one order after another arrived well packaged but obviously damaged before packaging. Because I didn't raise a stink they put me on some list to send me garbage - .......

276: Inmate Central, I didn't hear it that way (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-08, 15:20:29 (184.186.216.232)
I saw the spokesman playing dumb trying to escape answering a question. I saw the interruption as an effort to get the spokesman to answer the question and get off his dodge. If the spokesman stopped .......

277: Inmate Central, They should ask - at this point it's likely the Military Industrial Complex wrote the press release (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-08, 15:08:20 (184.186.216.232)
How could any forget Iraq's weapons of mass destruction last time we went to war? .......

278: Inmate Central, The perfect classic rock dinosaur (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-08, 11:04:32 (184.186.216.232)
IMO the pinnacle of progressive rock. I never saw them live, and the recordings of those performances seem to support the mixed reviews I've read about the concerts. The albums are something else - th .......

279: Inmate Central, RE: Did my worst cars. Here are my best. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-07, 09:07:16 (184.186.216.232)
3.) 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser. Never my main commuter. Purchased to pull a pop up camper and for off-road excursions. I bought the stick shift and that damned me to low gas mileage (13 mpg) and a higher .......

280: Vinyl Asylum, Child Is Father To the Man, The Captain & Me and Dave Alvin - From An Old Guitar, ELO, Styx (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-06, 16:45:43 (184.186.216.232)
The BS&T's and Doobie's disk are Speakers Corners versions. I don't have references to previous versions for either but both sounded like decent pressings to me. The Dave Alvin is a new release of B-s .......

281: Vinyl Asylum, Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-06, 16:30:31 (184.186.216.232)
I enjoy funky much more than when I was a youngster. Thanks for the heads up. View YouTube Video .......

282: Vinyl Asylum, Giant Box? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-06, 12:04:21 (184.186.216.232)
View YouTube Video .......

283: Inmate Central, It's called freedom (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-06, 11:58:55 (184.186.216.232)
Once you get money you change the rules so it's easy to keep and easier for you to get more of it. Pretty darn simple. .......

284: Inmate Central, Millions of American voters have no voice. Freedom of speech is a lie! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-05, 10:03:27 (184.186.216.232)
If they bitch honkeys with guns come into town to shut them up. It's all very messed up. .......

285: Inmate Central, Does my One A Day for old men keep me safe from Covid? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-05, 00:31:47 (184.186.216.232)
Seems like there are some experts here on Central. I'm getting 17.5 mcg (700 IU) of vitamin D and 24 mg of zinc daily. I've been taking a multi and a super B complex for 35 years. .......

286: Inmate Central, Couple of days ago I had lunch with my dogs (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-05, 00:17:46 (184.186.216.232)
We had a pita bread, mayo w/black pepper + dash of tabasco, and 2 cans of sardines. Side of raspberries. Exquisite! .......

287: General Asylum, That is confusing (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-04, 14:47:13 (184.186.216.232)
Mine has a salsa output instead of ketchup output. .......

288: Inmate Central, Born in 1958 (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-04, 13:09:40 (184.186.216.232)
Some old dude singing Volare in French (I think) was at the top of the singles chart in 1958. Popularity charts are very unexciting and mostly useless to me. .......

289: Inmate Central, RE: Me, personally... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 14:39:35 (184.186.216.232)
Yep that's the color, too bad it's missing that section of trim, it's a good look. Not sure if it's the photo or the model but that car looks longer than the one I remember. .......

290: Inmate Central, Just doing his job (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 14:28:55 (184.186.216.232)
They know what's going on being on the road all day. Somewhere in there he was chuckling a little bit. Too bad an attractive woman didn't pass you on the way up. .......

291: Inmate Central, I could be wrong but I think it's hard to find manuals these days. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 14:05:59 (184.186.216.232)
Our Pinto was a gloss yellow with leather like black interior. Looked really cool and was fine around town. But it was a Ford and lucky we got a warranty, I think it was 30 days, because it needed a m .......

292: Inmate Central, That was our problem too! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 13:49:05 (184.186.216.232)
We could fill it with fluid but 3 miles later it would be dry. Tried to get a $1000 for it, sold it to some guy who said his daughter needed it to get to and from school and he want to fix it but coul .......

293: Inmate Central, Laugh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 13:38:13 (184.186.216.232)
The cop was probably watching you guys struggle up the mountain too. .......

294: Inmate Central, Yes you are correct about the transmission (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 13:35:50 (184.186.216.232)
I'm sure my Escorts had sticks and the 1.9 liter engine. Matter of fact when I was working Pizza delivery I raced a guy - Pinto v. Escort. He beat me off the start and I couldn't make up an inch. His .......

295: Inmate Central, RE: Me, personally... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 12:23:11 (184.186.216.232)
Compared to our 1980 Pinto the Escorts were a blast. In the worst case we could go the speed limit up hills unlike the Pinto which had problem staying above 35 mph in the mountains. We had many Fords .......

296: Inmate Central, RE: Early '90s Escort was actually a pretty good car. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 11:26:40 (184.186.216.232)
We had 3 Escorts. Fix Or Repair Daily applied. The Escorts an 86, 90ish and the last one was 96 (I think). The 96 lasted 60K before need major engine work - there had been other problems here too. The .......

297: Inmate Central, Had to be a Ford (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 10:59:11 (184.186.216.232)
We owned several but most likely a 90s era Escort or Taurus. .......

298: Inmate Central, Had to be a Ford (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-03, 10:51:05 (184.186.216.232)
We owned several but most likely a 90s era Escort or Taurus. .......

299: Inmate Central, Doh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-02, 21:10:36 (184.186.216.232)
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300: Inmate Central, Relax I'm not advocating anything. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-02, 17:10:58 (184.186.216.232)
I'm just pretty sure it's happened more than a couple of times. And honestly as a fan of a team I wouldn't cry about it if the team was able to make a great pick. .......

301: Inmate Central, Oh he didn't tank (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-02, 16:07:06 (184.186.216.232)
In multiple ways that's even worse. Must be he's more concerned about his lawsuit than a football coaching career. .......

302: Inmate Central, This season that would be very questionable as they were in the playoff hunt (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-02, 15:55:53 (184.186.216.232)
Losing seasons when draft picks are needed it should be acceptable strategy - which is when I figure tanking happened with the Dolphins (if it did). Flores actions come across as payback to ownership .......

303: Inmate Central, So when and where did this set roll along? (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-02, 15:40:22 (184.186.216.232)
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304: Inmate Central, AA "audiophile" ads (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-02, 08:11:37 (184.186.216.232)
I'm not so sure what happened but for the last week or so these kinds of ads (if I can call them that) have been appearing when I visit Audio Asylum. Ad blocker is on, though normally only audio relat .......

305: Inmate Central, Joe who? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-01, 12:43:45 (184.186.216.232)
Any relationship to the Jimi Hendrix Experience? Only problem with your traditional media conspiracy theory is if it weren't for the media's coverage of the story most people would never have heard of .......

306: Rocky Road, That is saying alot (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-02-01, 08:07:32 (184.186.216.232)
Comin' Back To Me still kills me. We saw Jorma and Jack a few years back with Leon Russell (shortly before his death). I don't think they were calling themselves Hot Tuna on that tour. There was an a .......

307: Rocky Road, RE: Ride The Tiger... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-31, 21:37:18 (184.186.216.232)
Cool song - didn't get the LP (that one and Spitfire) until just a few years back. Red Octopus has always been one of my favorite records - still love it. Always been a big Airplane fan - still am pro .......

308: General Asylum, Have had several (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-31, 20:50:39 (184.186.216.232)
1 or 2 are still around in sheds and storerooms. Not rigid or sturdy enough to put an in use system upon, but to store extra gear on it's plenty strong. For us it's got too much of a garage look to be .......

309: General Asylum, Laugh! So you see it as a missed opportunity for him? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-31, 17:07:21 (184.186.216.232)
No? Yes? .......

310: Inmate Central, Headstones included as seatbacks (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-31, 14:57:18 (184.186.216.232)
Convenient whether you tumbled down the mountain with the car or died pushing it up one. .......

311: General Asylum, Maybe though it doesn't seem like many opinions (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-31, 14:51:01 (184.186.216.232)
Myself alone have hundreds if not thousands of them. .......

312: Inmate Central, Gotta love it! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-31, 09:57:20 (184.186.216.232)
Maybe I'm mistaken but you hadn't posed that question prior to my post - if you had I wouldn't have commented at all. .......

313: Inmate Central, Wasn't that a charity auction? (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 22:30:19 (184.186.216.232)
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314: Inmate Central, So you're not a Charlie Hustle fan? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 17:36:47 (184.186.216.232)
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315: Inmate Central, Sure do - I'm sure they've got at least a couple elected officials in their pockets (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 15:44:16 (184.186.216.232)
Difference between them and many others is they benefit from a strong America able to project power around the globe. Russia, China and most of Africa and many Islamic nations not so much. It's only f .......

316: Inmate Central, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 15:26:32 (184.186.216.232)
Now I get to go back and figure out what the OP is talking about. I'm pretty sure it's going to be worth the effort. Not. Thank you though .......

317: Inmate Central, They've been connected to things here in the US too. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 13:14:02 (184.186.216.232)
In particular the NRA and various websites fueling the social conflicts. Given the freedom of motion and access within our borders operatives of our economic and political competitors would be derelic .......

318: Inmate Central, Yes to some looks and or performance are the most important thing (nothing wrong with that) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 13:04:03 (184.186.216.232)
We're Toyota people and consider ourselves practical. Of course functionality is most important but price, reliability and resale are important too. My daughter drives a Tesla, her hubby an Audi (both .......

319: Inmate Central, Could be (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 11:53:33 (184.186.216.232)
I had an 1980 pinto, yellow, and thought it was a fine looking car. Automatic as weak and unresponsive a ride as ever - back in the days of going 35 mph of going up hill. Would I take it over fUGLY? N .......

320: Inmate Central, Beavers love fUGLY. (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 11:45:16 (184.186.216.232)
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321: Inmate Central, Laugh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-30, 11:11:12 (184.186.216.232)
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322: Inmate Central, What? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-29, 22:11:20 (184.186.216.232)
In the US we are experience the 2nd tallest wave of Covid death. What's the difference between with Covid or for Covid? .......

323: Inmate Central, Not sure the point of posting stock data? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-29, 21:18:53 (184.186.216.232)
Maybe you can post something supporting your comments about Exxon losses in 2020. But here is a discussion on how well the industry has done in the last year or so. And FWIW I think in the links I pos .......

324: General Asylum, Yet I'm not commenting on this product! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-29, 17:50:25 (184.186.216.232)
My comment isn't pointless - it's me pointing out how one can be fooled by any product put into the circuit and comparisons done by turning it on and off. Learning how it works or what it does might b .......

325: General Asylum, Note (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-29, 16:56:43 (184.186.216.232)
Follow the link up to see the whole conversation. Unfortunately the link in the OP is gone so whatever the point of the thread who knows? Maybe someone remembers? .......

326: General Asylum, Or maybe it was the earth's magnetic poles (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-29, 16:50:46 (184.186.216.232)
I found a post from 2011 and even then I didn't remember the box manufacturer or it's exact function - but it was an odd one. IMO all it did was appear to improve the sound - if I had bought it surely .......

327: Inmate Central, Opps! Still though it is only the $46 billion I'm trying to identify (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-29, 14:22:39 (184.186.216.232)
I've been looking at more numbers - everything I've found shows around $40 billion plus in federal/state subsidies that support fossil fuels - half of which appears to directly support production. Fi .......

328: Inmate Central, Par for the course (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-29, 12:24:39 (184.186.216.232)
Fire government workers to free up industry incentives (we'll see more and more of this). Hand in hand with demolishing neighborhoods packed with low priced housing in order to make room for exclusive .......

329: Inmate Central, I guess if Americans were paying the real price for gas many would think differently about many things. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 18:16:51 (184.186.216.232)
An I'm not even talking about environment or health costs associate with fossil fuels. It really bothers me the money we spend every year to promote the fantasy of affordable gas (not to mention the e .......

330: Inmate Central, It's not funny (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 16:17:24 (184.186.216.232)
Explicit subsidies are listed at almost $5 billion (tax breaks explictly not included) in the link above. In the current link tax breaks total almost $20 billion. These costs, represent moneys receive .......

331: Inmate Central, RE: Alas, I remain an "Iggles" fan (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 15:38:50 (184.186.216.232)
I was taking an HTML class a few years back after the Eagles won the Super Bowl. My final project was a single page website on the NFC East as the strongest division in the history of the NFL. I think .......

332: General Asylum, Who said there was? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 15:28:39 (184.186.216.232)
What's embarrassing is being associated with so many ludicrous ambassadors of vinyl. Maybe I'm a glutton for pain as I'm a Democrat as well. I'm a big fan of Rega tables. The sonic differences between .......

333: Inmate Central, Our government has been bamboozling the people for many generations (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 14:54:44 (184.186.216.232)
Hell we probably pay more than the Europeans pay but just don't see it. .......

334: Inmate Central, Taxpayers spent 11 million dollars a minute subsidizing the fossil fuel industry (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 14:51:01 (184.186.216.232)
in 2020. I submit we cut it all out and let the price land where it lands. At least we would see the reality of the system that's misled us and helped corrupt capitalism by allowing the powerful to ab .......

335: Inmate Central, I'm a long time Football Team (Redskin) fan (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 14:44:24 (184.186.216.232)
As such I've grown to expect disappointment. .......

336: Inmate Central, BTW I'm not optimistic either. (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 14:37:11 (184.186.216.232)
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337: Inmate Central, RE: I'm not optimistic either. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 14:33:50 (184.186.216.232)
Well yea but often those holes are holes created within States that have been attempting to provide services which should be funded as opposed to States without those holes because they made no attemp .......

338: General Asylum, RE: Huh....? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 12:31:51 (184.186.216.232)
Not sure if this is the same kind of thing I experienced a few years back. In the Audionut.com dealership - 1.) Listened to system and concluded it sounded very good, actually exceptional. 2.) Turned .......

339: Inmate Central, RE: How much $$ is a 4-year college degree near you, all tallied? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 09:29:55 (184.186.216.232)
My wife and I went to college in the 80s. When we started tuition was $250 a semester for a full time load. Between us we built up $30,000 in student loans - took us 6 years to clear the debt while su .......

340: Inmate Central, Heard a rumor on the streets.... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 09:07:55 (184.186.216.232)
The test kits contain several deactivated newly engineered Covid variants. These variants will be activated when the kits are used. .......

341: Inmate Central, Can expect more or less of the money to get where it's supposed to than the Haitian relief funds? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-28, 09:02:54 (184.186.216.232)
Kind of like the Covid money intended to keep workers working where about 1/3 of it got into the pockets of the workers the rest went into the pockets of investors and owners. Which is much better tha .......

342: Inmate Central, Nope not this week (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-27, 14:45:37 (184.186.216.232)
Maybe it'll top out next week .......

343: Inmate Central, Who is they? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-27, 12:40:36 (184.186.216.232)
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344: Inmate Central, a new not the new (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-27, 12:26:46 (184.186.216.232)
Like the war on Drugs, the war on Terror, the war on Cancer, the war on Crime and the now the war on Covid we can be assured a steady supply of whatever we are waring on from now and long into the fut .......

345: General Asylum, Laugh! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-26, 22:33:31 (184.186.216.232)
I was like 8 and it was the mid-60s! The was a Beatles white album around and we like that alot too. But something like this was more our speed - View YouTube Video .......

346: Inmate Central, Todays death count 7 day moving average makes this the 2nd tallest wave of Covid death (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-26, 19:55:29 (184.186.216.232)
Two years later and the death march continues. It'll go up a bit as numbers continue to come in. Let's hope this is the top of the current wave. Pure luck Omicron is proving to be less deadly than pre .......

347: General Asylum, One of my first HiFi experiences (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-26, 07:32:44 (184.186.216.232)
From Disney's Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of the Haunted House. 1966. View YouTube Video .......

348: General Asylum, Thanks for the review (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-25, 20:27:04 (184.186.216.232)
Good luck with your channel. .......

349: Rocky Road, RE: Hall & Oates, "Private Eyes" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-25, 19:05:58 (184.186.216.232)
I've seen them in concert. Fun show - Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings opened (saw her twice). Have Rock N' Soul Part 1 (on vinyl and CD). The CD ads Family Man and You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling. ::: TO .......

350: Vinyl Asylum, Hope you hit good wood with the screws (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-25, 18:30:35 (184.186.216.232)
That would hurt falling on your feet. .......

351: Inmate Central, Not where it matters I suspect (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-25, 09:15:58 (184.186.216.232)
That dude rewarded the Bucs by screwing them big time. He might have been the difference between the Bucs early exit and the Super Bowl win. Instead he walked off the field. At this point it seems if .......

352: Inmate Central, Almost as funny as the first question I usually get asked when arriving at a car dealership (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-23, 11:44:03 (184.186.216.232)
How much can you afford? Like what's that got to do with anything? .......

353: Inmate Central, It's a good point (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-23, 09:40:35 (184.186.216.232)
But the solution is and has been to spend more money on reactionary forces not prosecuting and keeping bad guys off the street (or nipping the dysfunction in the bud with better social services). Ever .......

354: Inmate Central, I don't know but I do know dangerous violent felons aren't spending much time in jail (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-22, 16:18:54 (184.186.216.232)
And they are out the streets doing what they do best. The vast majority of crimes, especially violent ones, are committed by repeat dangerous violent offenders. What the heck are they doing on the str .......

355: Inmate Central, This putting people in jail stuff is beyond the point of being ridiculous (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-22, 13:06:31 (184.186.216.232)
I mean for crying out loud they can't even keep truly violent and dangerous people in jail due to lack of space. And really now don't they already take too many kids away from their parents/families? .......

356: Rocky Road, Sad (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-21, 13:31:34 (184.186.216.232)
Condolences to his family, fans & friends. .......

357: Rocky Road, Talking Heads - No Compassion (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-21, 13:23:47 (184.186.216.232)
No Compassion from Talking Heads '77. From my favorite Talking Heads album, so many memorable songs. View YouTube Video In a world where people have problems In this world where deci .......

358: Vinyl Asylum, Thanks for the heads up (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-21, 09:08:19 (184.186.216.232)
Long time ago, early in my hifi experience, Pyramid was my favorite LP by Alan Parsons. Over time it became my least favorite of the titles of his records I owned and by a large margin. Don't know if .......

359: General Asylum, I'm not holding it against the "entrepreneurs". (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-21, 08:31:59 (184.186.216.232)
And I'm thinking the wealthy don't mind much being exploited this way. But I have to wonder how many folks are robbing banks, selling drugs or just ripping people off one way or another to finance thi .......

360: General Asylum, There are many (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-20, 12:24:28 (184.186.216.232)
Luckily for me I can't remember them. .......

361: General Asylum, Way cool! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-20, 10:09:54 (184.186.216.232)
And McIntosh fans could have several of them in their systems too. Good stuff. .......

362: Inmate Central, Nothing really matters in these cases except the reasonableness of the aggressors "fear" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-20, 09:10:01 (184.186.216.232)
And often simply saying "I don't know what the dead/damaged guy was doing" with a little color (dead look in eyes, clinched fists, moving with a purpose, etc.) is more than enough to justify a killing .......

363: Inmate Central, It's all beside the point I am making (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-19, 15:21:25 (184.186.216.232)
1.) The whistle was too late to affect the play. 2.) The QB was not out of bounds before he made the pass. Regardless of how poorly the officiating on this play it had no effect on the outcome of the .......

364: Vinyl Asylum, If someone pays that much yes it's worth that much (mt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-19, 14:06:22 (184.186.216.232)
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365: Inmate Central, Come on... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-19, 13:52:36 (184.186.216.232)
There wasn't even a penalty on the play and the late whistle came after the receiver jumped for the ball. The Bengals would have been allowed to replay the down and they were in field goal range. If a .......

366: Inmate Central, RE: These are wild turkeys and more elusive. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-19, 09:38:32 (184.186.216.232)
I think that was the function of the geese - watch geese. They would raise a stink whenever someone came on the front of the property. We had dogs behind the house. We had a horse property that was fu .......

367: Inmate Central, I grew up with geese and turkeys - both are a-holes capable of drawing blood (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-19, 08:24:29 (184.186.216.232)
A capable 13 year old boy probably could fight off a pack of attacking geese. Grab one by the head and beat the rest of the pack off. The aftermath would be tough to deal with so we ignored them. Turk .......

368: Vinyl Asylum, Sorry to hear that (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-18, 23:30:51 (184.186.216.232)
Maybe when you get around to comparing them your opinion will change. I was very disappointed with the Classics version of Tapestry. Like from the needle drop I thought it sounded very different, and .......

369: Inmate Central, I'm surprised you would be surprised (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-18, 16:24:50 (184.186.216.232)
I would take the Titans to win against the Bengals. What would surprise me is if both Tampa Bay and Green Bay win. .......

370: Inmate Central, And that's a good thing! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-18, 09:37:35 (184.186.216.232)
Cardinals beat the Cowboys after losing 3 in a row and before losing to Seattle in the final game of the season. Doesn't say much for the 2nd seed Cowboys. The 2nd week of playoffs will be better with .......

371: Inmate Central, The weakest teams play the strongest teams - what else would be expected? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-18, 08:16:24 (184.186.216.232)
So there was a couple of extra blowouts this year. I appreciate the extra games and some years those extra spots are going to give us a Super Bowl winner. Won't happen often but it will happen. What I .......

372: Inmate Central, Yea and here in Az. there was plenty of talk that we don't care about OBJ (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-18, 08:06:15 (184.186.216.232)
With DeAndre Hopkins out OBJ was enough of a difference to give the Rams the win without Murray's meltdown especially with J.J. Watt and Conner just back from injury. Cards would have been better keep .......

373: Inmate Central, I disagree (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-16, 18:31:22 (184.186.216.232)
It was a touchdown. If they had reversed the call and Bengals failed to score and lost by less than a TD they would have been robbed of the victory. If you watch and listen closely the defenders had a .......

374: Vinyl Asylum, That's a big hint (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-16, 08:59:31 (184.186.216.232)
There was a couple of different album covers prior to the remix too. .......

375: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Alan Parsons Project Tales...on LP and CD (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-15, 09:47:06 (184.186.216.232)
I don't have a problem with it. Though it would be nice, if they are going to change content that they would label it as revisited or something like that. .......

376: Vinyl Asylum, RE: always order the yellow vinyl (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-15, 07:48:21 (184.186.216.232)
Music lover, audiophile & record collector - in that order. I think the record collector in there is making up for the loss of concert going due to the Covid-19 nightmare. So I can to my database and .......

377: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Tom Port- The Ultimate salesman providing enhanced value to collectors, or harvester of rubes, you pick. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-14, 22:15:06 (184.186.216.232)
"The amount of internet space the guy commands and the effort the guy puts in gives him credibility in the same type of way. And given the way hearing is so receptive to hype, I doubt the guy has man .......

378: Vinyl Asylum, I bought something from him years ago (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-14, 16:24:12 (184.186.216.232)
A set of Led Zeppelin AMJY series (Japanese) complete with OBJ in vg++/nm condition minus The Song Remains the Same. $400. Picked up a copy of the Live record to complete the set. At the time his opin .......

379: Vinyl Asylum, I'm gunna order the yellow vinyl (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-14, 14:10:06 (184.186.216.232)
From the Record Collector Facebook page. .......

380: Inmate Central, Ask not what you can do for your country... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-14, 10:48:20 (184.186.216.232)
ask what your country can do for you they said to a few. .......

381: Inmate Central, We're doing the frozen cauliflower crust pizzas (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-14, 09:16:39 (184.186.216.232)
Not the same as eating the greasy salt bombs we learned to love over the years but a very good one on it's own merits. We've had good luck with these at both Costco and Sam's Club. .......

382: Inmate Central, I don't buy this at all! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-12, 21:51:08 (184.186.216.232)
As if there was less hurt and perversion when people were bound into roles and stifled if they tried to complain about it. I'm supposed to fear this movement from non-binary roles at the same time .......

383: Rocky Road, Thought that was a nice touch (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-11, 20:05:05 (184.186.216.232)
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384: Rocky Road, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Rag Doll (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-11, 19:05:10 (184.186.216.232)
View YouTube Video .......

385: Inmate Central, Yes (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-11, 13:23:24 (184.186.216.232)
It's a real good idea to see a doctor at least once a year. And yes things like heart failure, diabetes and high blood pressure if diagnosed and treated can lead to much longer and much healthier live .......

386: Vinyl Asylum, Nice! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-11, 13:07:30 (184.186.216.232)
Any chance it's the Krazy Kat mono reissue? .......

387: Inmate Central, RE: This is America - if you regularly go to a doctor you probably have a comorbidity or two (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-10, 23:32:50 (184.186.216.232)
I agree. It's kind of weird here in the US where so much money is spent on health care but healthy lifestyles aren't being promoted. The alcohol and food service industries are big burdens on healthy .......

388: Inmate Central, RE: This is America - if you regularly go to a doctor you probably have a comorbidity or two (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-10, 22:36:38 (184.186.216.232)
Hardly a skeleton but whatever. .......

389: Inmate Central, ***** (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-10, 21:43:53 (184.186.216.232)
Great - thanks much! .......

390: Inmate Central, RE: This is America - if you regularly go to a doctor you probably have a comorbidity or two (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-10, 21:28:12 (184.186.216.232)
He wasn't my birth father or so I was told when at age 50. He was a doctor and a type A personality. That said much of it is heredity - but this is kind of my point. People who used to die in their 50 .......

391: Inmate Central, This is America - if you regularly go to a doctor you probably have a comorbidity or two (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-10, 20:31:07 (184.186.216.232)
People who don't go to the doctor don't have any. My father was never overweight, never smoked and always exercised by the time he was 60 had 1/2 dozen serious issues, heart failure, blood disease, st .......

392: Rocky Road, Kevin Rowland - Rag Doll (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-10, 20:08:56 (184.186.216.232)
Kevin Rowland - Rag Doll from My Beauty Lp 1999. Rowland's, from Dexy's Midnight Runners fame, 1999 My Beauty album is being reissued on clear splatter vinyl by Cherry Red records. View .......

393: Inmate Central, I like the Chargers but... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-10, 09:44:57 (184.186.216.232)
that game was a stinker. It was almost painful to watch. .......

394: Inmate Central, Yes so nice all around and nobody feels like they owe anybody something! nt (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-08, 20:25:09 (184.186.216.232)
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395: Inmate Central, That's how I feel about working out (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-08, 17:12:27 (184.186.216.232)
When I start off feeling like doing it I end up feeling ok about it. When I start off feeling like not doing it at all I feel great about having done it. .......

396: General Asylum, It's official (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-08, 14:16:42 (184.186.216.232)
Screen shot Saturday 1/8/22 at 3:09 pm (Az. time) yesterdays results updated - US new cases exceed US total deaths. Fridays wins. .......

397: General Asylum, Good thing I didn't put money on it! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-07, 18:00:38 (184.186.216.232)
Looks like today's going to be the day. .......

398: General Asylum, RE: Today or tomorrow? I might take that bet (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-07, 17:28:28 (184.186.216.232)
I'm seeing 858,312 total deaths and 797,301 new cases so far today. I think they added more than 50,000 new cases to yesterday's new case total (now > 802,000 ) since it became "yesterday" at 7pm (Az. .......

399: General Asylum, RE: of course it will (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-07, 14:28:11 (184.186.216.232)
"But your eye is on the wrong stat. " No you aren't responding to the point of my post. I even said at the start of the Pandemic new case counts were always higher than the total death count. Total d .......

400: General Asylum, Today or tomorrow? I might take that bet (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-07, 13:53:37 (184.186.216.232)
Looking at worldometer US data about 750K new cases yesterday, 857,xxx total deaths. The weekend days + Monday usually have less reporting. Todays will be the best bet but 100,000 new case increase mi .......

401: General Asylum, Taking bets (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-07, 07:55:22 (184.186.216.232)
Will daily US new case count exceed total US death count? Happened every day early in the pandemic. .......

402: General Asylum, Finally something about this topic is beginning to make some sense (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-07, 07:48:46 (184.186.216.232)
This was the first one of these auto tune videos that made sense to me. It's one of those things where measurements of technical accuracy leads to a less captivating performance. This is not to say a .......

403: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Now spinning "Sharkey Bonano & His Sharks of Rhythm 1936-1937" Some really great Dixieland on a bilious green ... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-05, 14:51:32 (184.186.216.232)
Hex Color code for Bilious Green color is #a9d171. RGB color code for Bilious Green color is RGB(169,209,113). .......

404: Vinyl Asylum, The MFSL super vinyl (59.99) release has been in my order history since September. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-05, 12:36:02 (184.186.216.232)
It's listed as unshipped in my Music Direct order history (have to pull down and select "past year" for it to show up). It's still being advertised as for sale at date TBA so it just hasn't arrived ye .......

405: Vinyl Asylum, Maybe someone else can chime in. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-05, 08:17:09 (184.186.216.232)
I don't know - this is actually the 3rd CD recorder I've used in this adventure. There are ADCs available that should provide a PC/laptop interface and sw (maybe even free) that could be used to captu .......

406: Inmate Central, I have feelings too. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 20:04:18 (184.186.216.232)
I acted like that when in 2nd grade when people hurt them then I got punished for it. Seeing an adult acting like that is hilarious and it's even funnier she didn't end up being arrested and put in ja .......

407: Inmate Central, Is it pc to laugh at drama queens? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 16:38:20 (184.186.216.232)
Or is that considered insensitive the someone's gender identification? .......

408: Inmate Central, RE: Im 74. The battery is supposed to be good for 3 years. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 15:44:29 (184.186.216.232)
I'm dependent on the pacer - that's why I only get 10 years or so. Some people get 14 years or more on the same model. I think if the defib gets used the battery doesn't last as long. I can have the I .......

409: General Asylum, A musical interlude (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 15:36:23 (184.186.216.232)
Crank it up! View YouTube Video .......

410: Inmate Central, RE: Yep have a little box on my night stand. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 12:35:21 (184.186.216.232)
It's actually pretty cool. A couple of months back the monitoring signaled the battery on my device reached the point where it could be replaced per insurance standards - so we scheduled the surgery a .......

411: Inmate Central, I expect that when hiring a pro (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 12:19:59 (184.186.216.232)
When deciding to do a job myself or hiring an expert lots of variables come into play. Even more when city codes are applicable. We very much value quality craftsmanship. We're are already aware of t .......

412: Inmate Central, RE: I had an irregular heart beat for a while last year. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 10:54:42 (184.186.216.232)
Yes I have had a pacer and ICD since 2001. Never had any kind of major event - the device stores it's data and uploads regularly via a communications device placed in the room where I sleep. ::: TOPI .......

413: Inmate Central, If it's a nice door I would have hired a pro for that job. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 10:23:51 (184.186.216.232)
I do door standard dead bolts and handles on doors in my house - but if it was a nice door I would hire a pro if the new hole had to be drilled. Otherwise I'd get another set if it didn't fit the hole .......

414: Inmate Central, She would definitely be a high maintenance project (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 10:14:41 (184.186.216.232)
Under taking such projects can yield great rewards. .......

415: Inmate Central, Laugh! A jolt (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 10:06:48 (184.186.216.232)
When we bought this house I upgrade most of the electrical outlets, plugs and switches, and often worked with the power on. We've since replaced all the aluminum wire in the home with copper and updat .......

416: Inmate Central, Depending on the faucet it might be money well spent. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 09:54:08 (184.186.216.232)
Since my hip and knee replacements plumbing jobs requiring contortion have become challenging but I can still get most of them done. Digging and working in trenches is pretty much out - sad because it .......

417: Inmate Central, Old news - eat well and take care of yourself! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 09:28:08 (184.186.216.232)
Yea the food service and alcohol industries and probably even our health care industry won't have much to do with that. Take away age and comorbidities from flu sufferers and we'll see an increase in .......

418: Inmate Central, That's good to hear (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-04, 08:49:21 (184.186.216.232)
There was a couple of times when I was in my teens and 20s when I quit or got fired from a job because me or my boss lost our heads. Only to find myself back on job the next day or shortly after. One .......

419: Inmate Central, RE: Sure and you trust the counting or lack of it (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-03, 20:40:29 (184.186.216.232)
I think we had/have some of that going here in the States. .......

420: Inmate Central, Yes but you made it about the U.S.. Remember? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-03, 15:55:02 (184.186.216.232)
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421: Inmate Central, It's all a show (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-03, 15:35:07 (184.186.216.232)
America doesn't give anything away. Someone is paying to put on the show. .......

422: Inmate Central, Sure and you trust the counting or lack of it (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-03, 15:32:26 (184.186.216.232)
Not sure it's not fair to compare countries where it may be advantageous monetarily to have higher counts to countries where nobody gets anything for counting. .......

423: Vinyl Asylum, If you want to carry the CDs around - or you can rip them to a hard drive. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-03, 11:00:10 (184.186.216.232)
I'm sorry I just assumed you had vinyl too! You'll record your vinyl to CDR (record once only) if you want CDs of them. Use CDRWs (re-recordable) if you want the digitized vinyl on the hard drive with .......

424: Inmate Central, RE: No worries... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-02, 21:40:56 (184.186.216.232)
It's just artillery for their enemies. .......

425: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Have not popped in here for a long while (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-02, 14:03:56 (184.186.216.232)
I connect the recorder to the tape out of my preamp, insert a CDRW into the recorder, then play an album side. I can usually get 3 or 4 album sides per CDRW. First time do just one album on one disk - .......

426: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Have not popped in here for a long while (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-02, 09:28:41 (184.186.216.232)
Record your music to a hard drive and carry back and forth when you travel. You could have physical media in both places but access to all your music where ever you go. .......

427: Vinyl Asylum, Final vinyl 2021 (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-01, 22:17:41 (184.186.216.232)
Went over to Stinkweeds and Zia (with a Christmas gift card) and made my final purchases of 2021 - haven't listened to any of them yet. Also have some pre-orders going PJ Harvey Let England Shake (rei .......

428: Inmate Central, RE: My New Years resolution! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-01, 18:58:21 (184.186.216.232)
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429: Inmate Central, Wow how fun (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-01, 09:41:30 (184.186.216.232)
I'm not much of a fan of drunken celebrations. You would think these major media outlets would strive to promote moderation given the wretched effects of drug use and alcohol abuse on our society. Pro .......

430: Vinyl Asylum, Thank you and same to you! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2022-01-01, 08:43:26 (184.186.216.232)
Time flies! .......

431: General Asylum, RE: "No I don't agree" Then you havesome sort of personal defenition of the word "accuracy" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-31, 10:46:48 (184.186.216.232)
"If a shit recording doesn't sound like shit then how will a great recording sound great?" Recordings make no sound - stereos do. A shit recording should sound like a shit recording - however how goo .......

432: Inmate Central, Yes a big what you say. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-31, 08:32:11 (184.186.216.232)
I'm a big proponent of our 2nd amendment rights and would think others like me would be calling for tougher laws for slackers and misusers of firearms. But no all I see are 2nd amendment rights people .......

433: Inmate Central, 3 year old who accidently shot herself in head on Christmas Eve has died (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-30, 20:10:23 (184.186.216.232)
Tough week for children of gun owners. .......

434: Inmate Central, or a golf cart. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-30, 18:58:01 (184.186.216.232)
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435: Inmate Central, There might be spins on the idea that I like. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-30, 16:10:45 (184.186.216.232)
How about neighborhoods or communities where parking is on the perimeter? One can walk, bike or drive a golf cart from home to car. My sister has a home on Fire Island - we got off the boat and grabbe .......

436: Inmate Central, Now now lets be real about this (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-30, 14:33:46 (184.186.216.232)
He's not a blood thirsty ghoul. Just trigger happy with little/no concern with who might have been on the other side of that wall. .......

437: General Asylum, No I apologize (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-30, 10:16:36 (184.186.216.232)
You're right I don't want to discuss these things because I disagree with you, the point was to shut you up and the throwing baseballs and grenades wasn't intended to forward our conversation on refer .......

438: Inmate Central, Some will agree the man was reasonable in fearing for his life (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-30, 09:24:41 (184.186.216.232)
Depends on what State you are in but here in Az. this would likely be a perfectly legal shooting. .......

439: Inmate Central, We had a guy in Scottsdale who killed 6 (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-30, 09:20:17 (184.186.216.232)
SWAT. Specialty shooting people standing in the front doors of their own homes - one of the guys was holding a baby if I remember correctly. All justifiable under law. .......

440: General Asylum, . (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-29, 22:30:42 (184.186.216.232)
View YouTube Video .......

441: General Asylum, And here I thought we were having a friendly conversation! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-29, 22:28:04 (184.186.216.232)
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442: General Asylum, Hey - that's kind of my point! (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-29, 22:07:42 (184.186.216.232)
Or one can buy one of those systems that run a sweep tone to create a transfer function to adjust the input signal so the results in the room better match the input. .......

443: General Asylum, RE: "It's fair to assume people aren't clueless in their audio objectives" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-29, 15:03:01 (184.186.216.232)
Because I don't agree with your characterizations. .......

444: General Asylum, Correct I don't (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-29, 14:30:51 (184.186.216.232)
accurate 1. (of information, measurements, statistics, etc.) correct in all details; exact. "accurate information about the illness is essential" ------------------------------------------------------ .......

445: General Asylum, I have no problem defining accuracy the way I do (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-29, 11:21:00 (184.186.216.232)
"Or you can call it like it is, audiophiles build systems that sound good to them subjectively and then try to call that accurate when it isn't accurate by any defenition of the word." Good sound is .......

446: General Asylum, No I don't agree (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-29, 09:18:37 (184.186.216.232)
No I don't agree with your comment again. The fact is copying a sculpture or painting isn't art. Audio equipment design and assembling audio systems can be as much art as science. By the very nature .......

447: General Asylum, RE: I was asking you a question (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-28, 22:26:48 (184.186.216.232)
Yea I'm waiting for something about music to become part of the objective. .......

448: General Asylum, What difference does it make what other people do? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-28, 20:51:17 (184.186.216.232)
It's fair to assume people aren't clueless in their audio objectives. Objectivists favor references that lead to assembling systems that enhance the enjoyment of some recordings while making other rec .......

449: General Asylum, I was asking you a question (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-28, 19:35:29 (184.186.216.232)
You said - "Accuracy has a specific end point. It's not subjective in nature. Even if one is using something as imprecise as their senses there is no qualitative judgement in play *IF* it's about acc .......

450: General Asylum, Accuracy to what? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-28, 15:38:49 (184.186.216.232)
The live performance, the master tape, the intentions of the person(s) making the music? .......

451: General Asylum, Sorry to hear that but good for them (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-27, 19:30:18 (184.186.216.232)
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452: General Asylum, RE: Single live sound? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-27, 12:11:12 (184.186.216.232)
Regardless of absolute objectivity, that kind of Absolute Sound / Holy Grail philosophy, is a fine methodology for assembling a satisfying audio system if one is interested in listening to those kinds .......

453: General Asylum, RE: yeah, I think we pretty much agree (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-27, 09:17:30 (184.186.216.232)
I concluded long time ago that manufacturers actually produce equipment that favors such recordings in order to convince those kinds of believers that their equipment is more accurate. .......

454: General Asylum, Single live sound? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-27, 09:04:02 (184.186.216.232)
No the idea was to use a set of references not just one. And the idea was that it would be a better way to evaluate audio performance than measurements. I have no familiarity with any venues except lo .......

455: Inmate Central, I thought it was strange but funny (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-27, 08:56:54 (184.186.216.232)
The seat geek ads bug me. View YouTube Video .......

456: General Asylum, That record/CD/download is not a keeper. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-26, 10:37:28 (184.186.216.232)
We can't have it all. .......

457: Vinyl Asylum, +1 (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-25, 15:57:01 (184.186.216.232)
If the price is right sometimes I'll take risks. Sometimes it works out - sometimes not. Best values I ever got were from new sellers or people trying to recover from bad FB. Generally speaking the ru .......

458: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I recently received two jazz LPs from discogs and eBay, and they both (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-24, 18:39:51 (184.186.216.232)
Craig Moerer Records in Oregon. - I had an issue with him too. Last year I missed "CRC" on the record label twice. What a piss off I hate record club pressings more than cut outs or punch holes. :: .......

459: Vinyl Asylum, RE: And try to stay away from anything beliw NM. nt (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-24, 16:57:25 (184.186.216.232)
I regularly buy vg+ records from sellers I can trust. There are sellers out there who are as critical as you. Like anything audio it takes some work. .......

460: Inmate Central, Vax is kind of a low standard (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-24, 14:18:55 (184.186.216.232)
Vaxxed people can get infected and show no symptoms. .......

461: Inmate Central, RE: Got my second Covid test today (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-24, 14:16:29 (184.186.216.232)
Over at Walgreens they do Covid testing in lane 1. So I pick my prescriptions up in lane 2. Those people stick the qtip in and do the swipe themselves. I had a new pacer installed a couple of months a .......

462: Vinyl Asylum, A couple of used record dealers I trust in the USA (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-24, 14:08:19 (184.186.216.232)
I've bought from rowdy7698 and bobdjukic on multiple occasions. rowday7698 does sales with best offer options. At first look the asking prices might seem high (they are at least fair) so you can make .......

463: General Asylum, RE: Live acoustic vs Live amplified (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-24, 08:30:37 (184.186.216.232)
The care taken by the musicians and venue to make good sounding music is a key to this. Some venues are difficult others more easy - but ultimately if no one cares for the quality of the sound it's un .......

464: General Asylum, RE: *if* "live acoustic music" is the reference for judging audio what is the reference for judging live acoustic music? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-24, 08:00:09 (184.186.216.232)
Ideally one would "judge" how challenging it would be to reproduce the live acoustic music from a "quality" recording of it. A set of reference disks that fully reveals an audio systems abilities is t .......

465: Inmate Central, Got my second Covid test today (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-23, 17:50:08 (184.186.216.232)
Went to Mayo Clinic. Some sadistic feminazi crammed a long qtip into my eye via my nose and twisted it. My first test was nothing like this! Family gathering tomorrow. No virus detected. .......

466: General Asylum, RE: I don't think the mission was nearly the same (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-22, 22:48:31 (184.186.216.232)
"I'm all ears ... the early efforts to reproduce an acoustic event lending a sense of the venue it was recorded in differ from modern techniques recording acoustic events attempting to be '3D'" That .......

467: General Asylum, RE: I don't think the mission was nearly the same (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-22, 18:39:16 (184.186.216.232)
"I think that you're drawing too fine a point on this Scott though I understand those you've made" I disagree. It's a very important distinction. .......

468: Inmate Central, RE: The sentence is ridiculous (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-21, 21:31:51 (184.186.216.232)
Sure and I've read at least some of the victims family think it's ridiculous that the drivers family could lose their father for life. .......

469: Inmate Central, If he was white with tattoos on his face he would be in jail. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-21, 17:24:45 (184.186.216.232)
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470: Inmate Central, The sentence is ridiculous (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-21, 17:13:24 (184.186.216.232)
Apparently the Colorado law allows the judge to adjust it after 119 days. This is a process and I kind of like it. .......

471: Inmate Central, We are having a massive increase in cases (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-21, 16:03:42 (184.186.216.232)
Aren't most of them delta? I read a UK story today that claimed Omicron was just as deadly as Delta but more contagious, previous stories had claim it was less contagious. Looks like 2000 deaths + (ma .......

472: General Asylum, Not sure what that has to do with buying or enjoying a stereo (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-21, 15:14:36 (184.186.216.232)
He showed me. His $600 stereo is 100% purer and more exact than my more costly system. Boo hoo, waa waa, I'm going to go cry. .......

473: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Spinning "The Wild Tchoupitoulas" RSD colored vinyl. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-21, 07:30:41 (184.186.216.232)
Sounds good - hope I can find a copy. .......

474: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Another pre-order alert : Cadence Calling (new group) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-21, 07:24:57 (184.186.216.232)
Sounds like it's worth a try thanks for the heads up. Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have a new record out too for those who are interest in their work. .......

475: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Shangri-Las didn't play instruments... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-20, 16:07:36 (184.186.216.232)
Couldn't find those epic battles but this one isn't half bad. View YouTube Video .......

476: Vinyl Asylum, Ok now I get it (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-19, 18:49:10 (184.186.216.232)
The Blackhearts and Sleater Kinney are not girl groups because they play instruments. .......

477: Vinyl Asylum, RE: "Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm release of I-Robot" (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-19, 11:44:32 (184.186.216.232)
How much is "that much better"? Only you and your system can answer that. Worth $75 more than the $50 45 rpm version - I can only hope. The packaging and limited edition is probably worth something in .......

478: Vinyl Asylum, RE: More than a song or two. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-19, 10:17:13 (184.186.216.232)
I went to youtube and was reminded of some of Lobos other songs. Pretty sure I never owned one of his records. View YouTube Video .......

479: Vinyl Asylum, That's really cool (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-19, 09:08:14 (184.186.216.232)
Wonder if they paid someone to flip them over and put on the next disk or just put it on repeat? Do you have a date for those? .......

480: Vinyl Asylum, Lobo or a Lobo song or two? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-19, 08:47:13 (184.186.216.232)
I've always made the distinction - got more than 100 compilations in my collection (at least 30 are Blues comps). I was never into putting an LP on just to hear a song I liked, generally those kinds o .......

481: Vinyl Asylum, Girl groups? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-18, 17:17:25 (184.186.216.232)
What do you mean by girl group? Bikini Kill? The Supremes? .......

482: Inmate Central, It's a double whammy with merdy's tag line. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-18, 14:21:36 (184.186.216.232)
First time I saw it my thinking was to give someone a call. .......

483: Inmate Central, Sensible as the average politician (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-18, 09:16:37 (184.186.216.232)
Probably could run and win in some districts around this great country of ours. .......

484: Inmate Central, It's sad (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-17, 15:31:18 (184.186.216.232)
The young people are going to pay a higher price in the long run because of Covid-19 than the old and sick people who have died from it. And I would submit this, the hubris of the healthy and the youn .......

485: Vinyl Asylum, I think that's bizarre.... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-17, 15:03:39 (184.186.216.232)
collecting mofi releases. But it's actually kind of cool. I once had a set of about 15-20 of those thin covered Vietnam era rock records, usually in colored vinyl, of some of my favorite bands. I trad .......

486: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Count me out. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-17, 08:06:02 (184.186.216.232)
I'm sticking with the Super Vinyl edition on that one. The only One-Steps for me so far are Blood On the Tracks and I-Robot. My understanding is they might be doing $35 gain versions of these as well. .......

487: Vinyl Asylum, New Mofi release set for pre-order (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-16, 21:26:03 (184.186.216.232)
Lots of new listings on Music Direct. Interestingly single disk ($100) and 2 disk 45 rpm ($125) versions of I-Robot will be available from the One-Step process. I have the Mobile Fidelity 45 rpm relea .......

488: Inmate Central, Running for office in Palestine are you? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-16, 11:09:52 (184.186.216.232)
I get your point but if you want to sell it here you better put a pro-American spin on it. .......

489: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I listened to a new podcast interview with Bruce Botnick a couple of days ago (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-16, 09:59:15 (184.186.216.232)
That 2016 "digital" reissue is my best vinyl version of DSOTM and Animals. I'm waiting to find a 30th Anniversary reissue of DSOTM and an UK early press of Animals. I shop at the In Groove on occasion .......

490: Inmate Central, Most of the time I despise chicken but chicken sausage is supreme (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-16, 09:30:00 (184.186.216.232)
Haven't tried the microwave for the chicken sausage but that's how we heat Morning Star meatless breakfast sausage. There's 4, maybe 5, varieties of chicken sausage in the freezer right now, and a pac .......

491: Inmate Central, Not everyone feels that way (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-16, 09:16:42 (184.186.216.232)
The family and friends of those who serve are full of pride and embrace the concept of the hero. It serves no real purpose, other than to divide, to demean them. It works out well carrying out whateve .......

492: Inmate Central, Works out well for those whose will directs the military (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-16, 09:06:12 (184.186.216.232)
We see similar exploitation of blue as we do with red, white and blue. It's all part of the divide and conquer strategy of the rich and powerful. It's working. .......

493: General Asylum, Community? (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-15, 20:39:37 (184.186.216.232)
What should we expect with a community chock full of pseudo-science, guru wannabees, objectivists, detectives and a holy grail in conflict with most stereo buyers purpose? I'm pretty sure someone writ .......

494: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Doors Rhino Box Set, The Doors & LA Woman DCC reissues, Pink Floyd Animals sticker stinker (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-14, 17:48:40 (184.186.216.232)
My comment was about Pink Floyd's Animals LP - a rather crummy version of a LP that I've never heard an excellent version. One of my favorite Pink Floyd records. Roy Orbison? Only when he was with the .......

495: Vinyl Asylum, RE: DSOTM... (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-14, 12:10:46 (184.186.216.232)
It's ok. I think it's better than paying hundreds of dollars for Crime Of the Century or The Wall reissues when the originals are so exceptionally good in the first place. .......

496: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Doors Rhino Box Set, The Doors & LA Woman DCC reissues, Pink Floyd Animals sticker stinker (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-14, 10:50:37 (184.186.216.232)
I didn't compare them to anything - my "rating" is based on the listening experience. In general the only audiophile editions I buy are of familiar and favorite LPs and usually (at least with past gen .......

497: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The original white label MFSL "The Doors" is pretty good. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-14, 10:03:02 (184.186.216.232)
I've never heard the MFSL version of The Doors - DCC was my reference copy until the Analog Productions 45 rpm came out. But it was, like I-Robot, one of my favorite records that I had wished was bett .......

498: Vinyl Asylum, Doors Rhino Box Set, The Doors & LA Woman DCC reissues, Pink Floyd Animals sticker stinker (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-13, 16:05:36 (184.186.216.232)
I didn't intentionally compare these releases. It just happened in an effort to get all my vinyl transferred to digital. I did not go into more detail than matrix number excellent - a great listeni .......

499: General Asylum, I wasn't the intended audience for that video. (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-13, 09:50:39 (184.186.216.232)
More power to those who enjoyed it! .......

500: Rocky Road, Sounds about right to me! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Goober58 on 2021-12-11, 17:29:56 (184.186.216.232)
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