Wow.
Clean.
Precise.
Impeccable.
I have listened to many versions of this. Live and recorded.
This is just amazing.
@voltronic
Man I want that in 24 bit flac.
So I can play it on my good speakers.
@corlin
Ok, you and I share a brain. I went searching their site for that exact thing. I'm honestly going to email them and ask if they would sell a lossless download. It exists somewhere!
@corlin
Email sent. I expect a cold shoulder, even with my glowing compliments, but you never know.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
youtube-dl COULD be your friend.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
Yeah, that works, if you want to save a copy. Won't get you FLAC, the audio is an m4a...
ran into the USB-B port on my Sprout100, and out to the KEFs and sub. and turned it way the hell up. so spacious and dynamic.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
My belief is that the likelihood that any difference I might hear between an m4a version and a FLAC version is imaginary. I'm highly skeptical I could tell the difference blind.
you’re probably right. my high frequency hearing suffered from stupidity and lack of protection when i was playing, so much of the spatial and harmonic info the lossless formats provide isn’t going to make it to my brain anyway.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
I used to have friends who were into "high-end audio" when turntables were still an Actual Thing.
They were buying equipment based purely on specs that you'd have to be a frigging BAT to be able to discern.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
One guy was seriously considering a pair of flat speakers the size of sheets of drywall that had to be connected to tanks of helium to work.
I'm not making this up.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
Here: "Plasmatronics".
They sold a whole fifty-two pair of these suckers before the company went tits-up.
@mcfate
Those plasma speakers are ridiculous.
I will say that planar-magnetic speakers are legit though. I have heard Magnepan speakers on more than one occasion and they are stunning.
@voltronic @northernbassist @corlin
I suppose $650 for a pair of these isn't crazy money, if they're that good.
@voltronic @northernbassist @corlin
"You TRADED the BLUESMOBILE!? For WHAT!?"
"A microphone."
"Okay. I can see that."
only if it was a Neumann. he prolly traded a car for a Green Bullet.
Maggies need power and current to really shine. They also need a couple of feet of space around them to really show off.
I heard the Infinity Reference System, version lll iirc at the CES in Vegas many years ago. Horrible room, great gear, made me wish I could hear them set up well.
Turntables are the best value I've ever seen these days. I'm looking hard at a Fluance RT-85 that comes with an excellent point (Ortofon 2M Blue) for under $500.
@northernbassist @voltronic @corlin
I think my space is too small. I'm better off getting a better set of cans.
@voltronic @northernbassist @corlin
On the plus side, you could paint 'em blue, and pretend they were TARDISes.
@corlin
That was pretty much my reaction. I've heard NYP play it live before too. This beats all that I've heard. The tuning is so precise!