A lot of people were giving him a hard time. I feel like they are his speakers. He should be able to listen to what he wants on them. I see a lot of people leave rude comments on youtube stereo videos.
For example,
If I was Magnepan I would do everything in my power to have this video removed.
I don't want to jump on anyone's politics here, but just a comment on this line. I'd say Cohen v. California (1971) had more to do with the public's right to publicly, and in the views of some, profanely, express their views about authority figures. The Supreme Court said it was acceptable 17 years before Straight Outta Compton was released.
As for listening to music on Maggie's, if you are listening to music with plentiful bass, add a sub or two. Great speakers but several models are a bit bass shy.
Not bad. Not quite my taste, but that's the beauty of the whole dance/electronic music genre scene. There is tons of diversity between house, progressive house, nu disco, trance, hardstyle, drum 'n' bass, dub step, electro house, techno, hip hop, old skool, trip hop, etc.--way more than most people would imagine.
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Not bad. Not quite my taste, but that's the beauty of the whole dance/electronic music genre scene. There is tons of diversity between house, progressive house, nu disco, trance, hardstyle, drum 'n' bass, dub step, electro house, techno, hip hop, old skool, trip hop, etc.--way more than most people would imagine.
It wasn't Girl Walk All Day , was it? I saw it at the SXSW Film Festival this year. Girl Talk's music had people dancing in the aisles during the film. LOL
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It wasn't Girl Walk All Day , was it? I saw it at the SXSW Film Festival this year. Girl Talk's music had people dancing in the aisles during the film. LOL
YA! Brett got some great footage there for sure! The film of his it's in is called RIP! A Remix Manifesto but it's also in that video if it's the same footage I'm thinking of.
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Not bad. Not quite my taste, but that's the beauty of the whole dance/electronic music genre scene. There is tons of diversity between house, progressive house, nu disco, trance, hardstyle, drum 'n' bass, dub step, electro house, techno, hip hop, old skool, trip hop, etc.--way more than most people would imagine.
The setup I have when I listen to this techno/dance tracks is essentially 4 outdoor speakers powered by a Sherwood stereo amp strategically placed on 25ft ceilings in a closed environment.....it feels like I want to dance all day.
Cool speakers wrong type of music for them. Makes you wonder how someone comes accross a 2k pr of speakers and knows nothing about them spending that type of coin and runs them off a cheap receiver. Maybe with a sun they woudl be better.
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The reason, specifically, that I don't like much of the rap format is not because of the genre, the beat or the sound... it has to do with the message and the image projected by the artists that perform it today. Rap has evolved radically from it's humble beginnings in the early '70's and did not really gain popularity until it morphed into the coercive, negative style of today. Thanks to bands such as N.W.A(and i knew the members of this group PERSONALLY) it became acceptable to "F*&^ da Police".
Rock music has always had it's share of angst, but rap and a few non-rap groups("pumped up kicks" anyone) are filled with imagery promoting lack of respect for human life, raping and killing, mayhem and destruction. When I fire up the two channel rig, I want to relax, not become angry and agitated.
I understand more about rap than you know. I know it's history of violence and I choose not to participate in it.
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Having served my country, I will defend your right to do just that, but don't insult my intelligence by saying that this nation is an oppressor of anyone. And before you spout some left-wing ideology on me( I was raised by the best) I suggest that you read your history and know it well. Has America been perfect, hell no! have we lived up to our founding principles...hell no! In spite of this, do people still come from all over the globe to become a part of the greatest nation on earth? HELL YES! You should ask yourself why that is before you buy into the OWS hype.
The other part of your post... the "inequality" part is also basically bs. If that were the case today, as it certainly was in the beginning, you wouldn't see so many blinged out Phantom's and Lambo's in the videos of today. I see gangster-style rap as nothing more than a recruitment tool for the thug-life.
Easy now man, I don't think he was calling the US oppressors. I think it was more on the line that the artists in the RAP genre feel like they are being oppressed
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Cool speakers wrong type of music for them. Makes you wonder how someone comes accross a 2k pr of speakers and knows nothing about them spending that type of coin and runs them off a cheap receiver. Maybe with a sun they woudl be better.
As many of us have already stated there is no "wrong type of music" for any equipment. They may be less than ideal, but who is to say that rap is the only music listened to on them. I spent 3k on a set of Dynaudio Audience 82s and the only system I had to drive them for about 6 years was a 40watt (total) telefunken component system from the 70s. It was definitely not ideal and was only able to enjoy at lower listening levels, but that was the first stepping stone and it took that long for me to be able to afford an amp to properly drive them. Now I am running a Perreaux PMF3150 at 500wpc into 4Ohms and man can those puppies sing! There are people out there that would still try to dictate what I should listen to on my setup or tell me that what I have isn't good enough.
Music is all about personal choice and not what others think. Equipment is the same. We may not agree with how the equipment is being used, but the best thing that we can do as audiophiles is be constructive and offer suggestion rather than jumping all over people about how they build their systems and telling them they are idiots.
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Easy now man, I don't think he was calling the US oppressors. I think it was more on the line that the artists in the RAP genre feel like they are being oppressed
Not in the sense of the extreme oppression of totalitarian regimes (although, one can argue that the US foreign policy did contribute to that during the 20th century). But the theme of some rap music does center on social injustices that are considered a form of oppression, such as racial profiling.
Shout out to nooshinjohn for completely derailing this thread and spewing nothing but complete and utter ignorance due to subjective (and skewed, IMHO) outlook and generalization of music.
I guess all country singers are poor, ignorant southerners who sing about their dogs dying and all rock bands shoot heroin and cry about how hard life is. What otehr stereotypes can we throw out there?
And back on subject of this thread, i would like to quote Devin The Dude: "Do what the f*&$ you want to do!" Adults dont care what other people think of them, what they do, or how they go about doing it. If it makes you happy, do what you do.
Not in the sense of the extreme oppression of totalitarian regimes (although, one can argue that the US foreign policy did contribute to that during the 20th century). But the theme of some rap music does center on social injustices that are considered a form of oppression, such as racial profiling.
Unfortunately its a stereotype that happens to be true in many cases. I used to listen to rap music back when it first came out and occasionally a rap song is released that i like, but in general the genre lost me when it went gangsta. I dont understand the lifestyle. Dont agree with the violent lyrics and feel that it simply helps to give validity to many of the stereotypes that african americans have to deal with on a daily basis.
Well, it's certainly something you used to become very familiar with when you went to high-end trade shows/conventions. Diana Krall on every other system is an example. Slowly I think that's gone a bit out the window as people find great recordings in all genres they enjoy.
Speaking of rap and speakers that are supposedly too good for it. My friend and I went to this local shop to listen to some early (this was a good 20ish years ago) Wilson Watt/Puppies. The system was nicely configured with a Well Tempered Labs turntable (some Benz cartridge), Theta digital front end, Rowland pre-amps and power amps, and a Velodyne ULD18 in a fully treated room. We thumbed through their vinyl collection and the first thing we threw on was RUN-DMC's "Christmas In Hollis". Loudly. Sounded great. They looked through the glass door, but never bugged us. Hey, it was from their collection. My friend and I were satisfied. Then we moved on to Skinny Puppy and a whole slew of other things nobody except for us had ever bothered to bring in there. It just proved that a great system brings you closer to the music. Any music.
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