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Blimey, it's been a while since I've done this - trips abroad & other real life stuff have got in the way for a few weeks.
Here's a good one for fans of old stuff:
Posted by: Marco
Date: October 2010
Thread Number: 7906
Excellent retro article about binaural recordings and ancillaries
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This digressed into a rather more general discussion about cameras, but I thought some folks who missed it first time around might like the chance to learn some tips about taking decent photos of their gear - we do have a gallery, after all!
Posted by: Some eedjit
Date: October 2009
Thread Number: 2915
On-Topic Photographs - How?? (...please)
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I've linked to this little nugget of AoS 'local knowledge' a few times in the last couple of weeks, so I guess there are a few folks who don't know how to do image links, You Tube links and suchlike. Here's a list of stuff that helps you out while you're using the forum - boring to some of us, but vital to others.
Posted by: That eedjit again
Date: September 2010
Thread Number: 7549
How To.......
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How about a few suggestions to add to Will's list of wacky tracks?
Posted by: Will (WAD62)
Date: December 2010
Thread Number: 8656
Interesting and Bizarre cover versions...
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Right then you lot, it's time for another shameless plug of the AoS Library and a reminder that it was intended that some of the wealth of knowledge that is stored away in the collective noddles of AoS members gets transferred to the articles and features there.
We want you to contribute....................WE REALLY WANT YOU TO CONTRIBUTE!!!!
Posted by: Nick (Beechwoods)
Date: September 2009
Thread Number: 3983
How To Contribute to The Library
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From the Grave......From the Deaf............I said 'From the Deaf'
Posted by: Dave (DaveK)
Date: May 2009
Thread Number: 2858
Audiophilia and the Deaf
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A bit late this week, but this one is to remind you that we are always looking for manuals and suchlike to go in the Library Scans section. This is turning into a great resource, we reckon there's just a chance that you lot have documents that you're not telling us about. Come on guys, if you've got something of interest, we'd like to hear from you.
New Library Scans
From the Grave
Posted by: Steve (..inSpain)
Date: October 2009
Thread Number: 4207
Utter beginners guide to digital music set up needed please!
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Right then, here's an old one for you - it's AoS's 7th post, and Rob typed it up on the very first day that the forum existed.
This thread needs more input, so let's hear a little bit about your experiences with Denon turntables, shall we?
Thread Number: 7
Posted by: Rob (Filterlab)
In: January 2008
Denon Turntables
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Here's a bit of silliness revisited.
Posted by: Alex (_UK)
In: May 2010
Thread No: 6420
1944 Song & Dance routine with a twist - literally...
The link is dead, but I've found a new one & stuck it on page 2!
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An interesting subject & one not easily answered, I don't suppose.
Posted by: Pete (zanash)
In: February 2011
Thread Number: 9807
How to listen .........
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Interesting question - anyone else got any thoughts or experiences on this?
Posted by: Mike Reed
In: January 2010
Thread Number: 5274
Do valves burn in?
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This week, I'm linking to a thread about interconnects........sort of........
I reckon it's time to get some new folks involved in the Degrees of Separation malarky. It's a thread that's been going for over two years now. However, it's been spluttering and wheezing a bit of late, so it needs some new life breathing into it.
Do you know which famous guitarist's sister was formerly married to the uncle of the guy who played nose flute on 'Up The Jacksie With a Kipper Fillet', the second album by the long lost renaissance/hippy/punk/reggae band Gluteus Maximus. If not, do you know how to use Wikipedia?
Yes?
Well, in that case, you're our man/woman!
Posted by: Alex_UK
In: August 2010
Thread Number: 7365
Degrees of Separation
I've linked to the last page because you don't even need to read right through the thread to know what's going on!
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Just a quick on this week - I'm not moaning at the quality of work of yer average AoS wordsmith, honest. Some might find it helpful.
Posted by: Mike
In: January 2010
Thread Number: 5180
Hopeless at Spelling?
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Hi-Fi - So what's that all about then?
Posted by: DaveK
In: August 2008
Thread Number: 3723
The Vain Pursuit of Excellence - Discussion.
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We've skirted around this in one or two threads over the last few weeks - sometimes fundamental questions are good.
Posted by: Barry
In: December 2009
Thread Number: 4835
Fidelity to what? Or what are we tying to achieve with all our expensive gear?
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I don't think I have ever done a sales and wants thread in 'From The Grave' before, so this is a first. It's also probably the most recent thread I've ever chosen to highlight and remember here.
But.....I liked it a lot and thought it was one of the funniest threads of 2012, so here's your chance to read it again........
Posted by: Steve(W)
In: May 2012
Thread Number: 17634
FS Salmon and Lettuce Sandwich
...........and maybe you could make an offer (I think it may still be on the market!)
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The recording process - analogue or digital and various combinations thereof: I reckon there could be some interesting discussion and discoveries to be had from some adventures around this topic.
Posted by: Marco & Alex(_UK)
In: November 2010
Thread Number: 8575
'AAD' vs. 'DDD' CD test
Well, first of all, in case you didn't know, The Art of Sound is five years old today.
"....as an ook cometh of a litel spyr" (Chaucer 1374). Which means something like "Mighty oaks from little acorns grow"
Right then, so which acorn did the mighty oak that is The Art of Sound grow from?
That would be: thread number one!
Posted at:7 minutes past 7pm on 21st January 2008
By: Marco.
Hello from Wales
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This was an interesting question and the thread got quite interesting as it developd...
Posted by: Haselsh1 (Shaun)
In: September 2009
Thread Number: 3916
How Much Would You Pay...???
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Right then - all of those AoS members who got away with it last time around; this thread has come back to get you! (Worryingly, I'm included in that list of people). What have you got lurking in the darkest recesses of your record & CD shelves then?
Posted by: Barry
In: January 2010
Thread Number: 5042
Skeletons in the cupboard
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Turning our attention to Krautrock for a moment.....
Posted by: DaveK (though he was called Dave&Sue then, I seem to remember)
In: June 2009
Thread Number: 3119
Tangerine Dream - My Appraisal
Many thanks go to Barry for the suggestion for using this thread this week.
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This is the third music related From The Grave thread in a row, but it's a good one.
Posted by: Nick (Beechwoods)
In: January 2009
Thread number: 1799
The Lyrics Thread
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From the Grave has has a few weeks off, but it's back now.
Craig wanted to know if hi-fi users farted about with fancy cables etc....
Posted by: Craig (icehockeyboy)
In: July 2011
Thread number: 12268
Back In The Day..........
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Back by popular demand, "From the Grave" has returned from the grave.
For new members, From the Grave was a feature started by Nick (Beechwoods) as a means of resurrecting old threads that had been forgotten but still had life in them for further discussion. For some time this task was ably carried out by Chris (The Grand Wazoo), now the baton has been passed to me.
So in honour of the founder, this week's From the Grave is from Nick himself who suggested Cover versions that are/were better than the originals. See if you agree with him and with the other members who contributed.
Posted by: Nick (Beechwoods)
In: October 2009
Thread number: 4297
Cover-Versions ...
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This week’s thread resurrected ‘From the Grave’ is ‘Six Degrees of Freedom’ . First started by Alex_UK, back in August 2010, is not so much a discussion thread but more of a game.
Based on the premise that anybody in the world is related, or connected, to everybody else by six degrees, Alex applied this to recordings. Staring off with Queens of the Stone Age and ‘Song for the Dead’, the challenge was to follow it with another recording that in some way might be related to the first: through a commonality of performers, or producers, or cover-work artist, or just about anything. Then this second recording was connected to a third, and so on.
In fact as the thread progressed the connections became more and more convoluted, complicated and spurious; which made the game even more interesting. So if you can appreciate the connection between Cliff Richard and Janis Joplin, or the connection between The Manic Street Preachers and Steve Winwood, you might like to play along.
For some reason the thread came to an abrupt halt after 756 posts with Chris’s (The Grand Wazoo) connection to Teenage Fanclub ‘Words of Wisdom and Hope’, but that is no reason why someone out there could not make a connection to a different recording. Go on have a go - you might enjoy it!
Started by: Alex_UK
Date started: August 2010
Thread number: 7365
Six Degrees of Freedom
This weeks ‘From the Grave’ nomination holds the distinction that it is, so far, the only thread that has been nominated before.
However I make no apologies for this as the subject matter: favourite female singers, is one that is well worth talking about and updating. It is always good to learn of artistes that had previously been unknown, as well as announcing any new discoveries that have been made.
So dating from April 2009, I give you this week’s ‘From the Grave’:
‘The Dancing Walker’s Favourite Female Singers’
There must, by now, be many updates and notification of newer artistes that can be made since the last posting; so all contributions will be very welcome.
Posted by: Sand Dancing Donkey Walker
Date posted: April 2009
Thread number: 2640
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...male-Vocalists
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'From the Grave' this week is a thread started by Chris (The Grand Wazoo) on Classic Hi-Fi Advertising made over the years.
Unfortunately many of the links to the images posted by members have become broken, but there are still some interesting advertisments to be seen. There is also the most appalling gaff made with a typo of mine - something which will take me a long time to live down!
But anyway, we like looking at pictures of audio equipment here on AoS; especially those of vintage equipment. So if you know of any interesting or amusing audio advertisments culled from the pages of the audio press, why not let us know and post them here?
Thread by: The Grand Wazoo
Tread started: May 2010
Thread No.: 6485
Classic Hi-Fi Advertising
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This week’s From the Grave is a thread started by Erik van Voorst back in May 2011, entitled ‘Hi There – My Homebuild Stuff’.
We on AoS were so amazed, knocked out, flabbergasted and generally impressed by Erik’s DIY skills that the thread was voted Thread of the Year in 2012. And as a reward, Erik was given a new title.
The thread has been chosen before in From the Grave, but I make no apology for bringing it to your attention again. Sadly some of the photographs are missing, and Erik no longer posts here, but what photos remain are sufficient to inspire all DIYers everywhere. And if you’re not a DIYer, well you can just admire Erik’s superb handywork: there cannot be that many people who have built their own CD player!
Thread by: Erik van Voorst
Thread started: May 2011
Thread number: 11349
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...omebuild-stuff
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For this weeks From the Grave, I’m rather embarrassed to say I’ve chosen a question I posed back in 2009, asking what is the purpose of our (often expensive) audio gear.
I chose this thread not because I started it, but because of the variety and, in some cases, the well-written replies it received.
Now that we are in the Prom season, some members I am sure will be attending these live performances, and there are those who may have attended Glastonbury this year. Both, I am sure, would agree that their sound systems cannot get close to reproducing the experience of these occasions – so what is it we are looking for to get out of our system?
What does it for you?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...expensive-gear
Thread posted by: Barry
Date posted: December 2009
Thread number: 4835
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Delving into the archives for this week’s From The Grave, I found this thread started by Alex_UK in December 2009.
Alex asked whether anyone cleans their CDs, apart from a perfunctory wipe on one’s T-shirt or jeans? Several methods were proffered, including the recommendation of some proprietary cleaners.
For my part, I have rarely found the need to clean CDs; only if there is a finger mark do I simply breath on the CD and wipe the mark away (using radial strokes) with a lint-free microfibre cloth.
So what methods do you use – are they as drastic as a method proposed by Alex in a different thread: put them in your dishwasher!?
Thread posted by: Alex_UK
Thread posted on: 7 December 2009
Thread number: 4739
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...D-DVD-Cleaning
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Rummaging through the dusty archives in Tabatha's gusset, erm, dungeon for this week’s From The Grave, I found this thread started by a big daftee in November 2010.
Since some of us have been chatting in Analogue Art recently about the 'old nail' (A.K.A Denon DL-103), and as I'll be taking my modded Technics T/T, fitted with said DL-103 to NEBO 4 next week, I thought it might be of interest to revisit my modifying (courtesy of Nick Gorham) of the venerable old Lentek MC head amp, which just happens to form a superb, musically synergistic, partnership with the DL-103.
Have any other DL-103 fans tried using a Lentek? Perhaps you hadn't thought of it - never mind the notion of modifying one and transforming it into a different sonic league entirely. Find out how, here:
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...entek+head+amp
Marco.
Rummaging through the dusty archives for this week’s From The Grave, I found this thread started by DSJR in May 2008.
Does your set-up, for some inexplicable reason, sometimes sound ‘off’? If so, what could be the cause?
Tell us your thoughts/relate your experiences here: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...bad-sound-days
Marco.
This week’s ‘From the Grave’ is a thread started by Alex (magiccarpetride) way back in July 2011.
Alex asked the seemingly simple question: “Is audiophilia not for everyone?”
Or to put it another way: “How can a music lover not be interested in sound quality?” There was some robust discussion, which only drifted off topic towards the end of the tread. However the question was never fully answered to Alex's satisfaction, nor was one that was also asked – why do many professional musicians have, and are content with, very modest sound systems?
What are your thoughts on the matter?
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...t-for-everyone
This week’s From the Grave is a thread about record cleaning machines, started by Baron on 3/5/09. As there has been a few queries recently on RCMs, I thought that this thread might stimulate more discussion on the subject, particularly as there’s a rather nice ‘before & after’ picture on the first page, showing just how effective wet cleaning and vacuuming is on dirty records:
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...aning-machines
Let’s hear what you folks have to say about RCMs… How important do you consider their use is to your enjoyment of vinyl? :)
Please respond on via the link above.
Marco.
Apologies for being a little late, this week's From the Grave is a thread started by Marco in February 2011 on the Koss Pro 4AA headphones.
I have chosen it as there was much discussion about the comfort (or otherwise) of using headphones and the possible trade-off with sound quality. Several other makes were mentioned as a valid alternative to the Koss (including a confusion with the '70s manufacturer Ross!)
Unfortunately, most of the images are missing or their links broken (a hazard when choosing old threads for resurrection 'From the Grave'), but the thread ought to encourage some new discussion amongst all you headphone users out there.
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...tage-headpones
Here’s an interesting (and hopefully informative thread for some folks), originally posted by Stephen, ‘worrasf’, on 3/5/11, seeking advice on which “old” DAC to buy to use in his Quad system: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...ny-suggestions
Perhaps some other members in a similar position will consider the suggestions therein useful? :)
Marco.
This weeks ‘From the Grave’ is a post made back in March 2008 (when the Forum was only 9 weeks old!): http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...Hi-Fi-Industry .
The original poster had a clear mistrust of hi-fi dealers, who in his opinion simply took their ‘cut’ without offering anything in return. It was speculated that in the future, with the emergence of the Internet and on-line fora, the presence of hi-fi emporia would disappear from the high street; those interested in buying audio gear would read reviews on-line and in audio discussion groups, also on-line, then having made their choice buy on-line from the likes of eBay and other Internet shopping sites.
A somewhat ‘lively’ and ‘robust’ debate took place from protagonists on both sides of the argument. Unfortunately however, both sides became entrenched in their views and the debate stagnated. Now that we are some six and half years on from the original post and on-line shopping is becoming more prevalent, do Members think there is still a place for specialist dealers or retailers, who will obviously charge for their service, but who, one trusts, can provide bespoke advice?
What are your thoughts on the matter?