Putting Curtains in the Man-Cave

"Perfectionist Jazz" - Enjoyable but Not the best.  Sound quality 100% In my experience the journey though audiophilia really went in several stages. The first ones were yearning, and the initial plunge into a high quality stereo, followed by adjustment of components and other ancillary items to tease the most out of the stereo. But for music, there was a long dark period of musical enjoyment that I eventually busted out of.  That part was probably the most important thing I had to do ... Music bought only for sound quality is death to enjoyment ... Yes, sounds great.  "Meh" for enjoyment (Though fallen out of favor in audiophile circles these days) Early into audiophile exploration, I got a list of "demo quality music" - it was a 3 page small type single spaced list of CD's that the author used when setting up a demonstration of an audiophile stereo system.  I poured over the list, and had only heard of one or two out of the several hu...

Warning!  Spotify + Sonos + Family can lead to mayhem! It was time for bed - we old farts were tired. All six of us went upstairs: two yawning adults, one college kid, one high school kid, and two goofy Standard Poodles. Nice picture, right? Due to bathrrom scheduling issues (1.5 baths for 4 people is a bitch) Brent and I were crashed on our bed with our iPads while our daughter was finishing up in the bathroom. I was innocently playing Candy Crush on my iPad, cursing under my breath at this "ducky" level, and all of a sudden I hear a quiet snicker from the clown beside me. K: "What?" B: "Oh, nothing..." (grins evilly) Then the music starts. Okay, he's playing with Spotify, and probably found another theme song for the puppy, I think. Boy was I wrong... "Hey Mr, mistertambourineman. mistertambourineman, play a song for me!" Proof that if you are an actor stick to acting ... It was William Sha...