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Comment on The NAD 3020 and My Quest for the Holy Grail: Exit to Vintage Street by Gary Dingman

Gary Dingman — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:56:52 +0000

In reply to Nicholas Comber. I had a 3020 and found I could sweeten the sound by pulling the pins in the back a replacing them with some cheap patch cords.

Comment on Tournez La Page: Inside Japan’s Concert Hall Jazz Kissa – Exit to Vintage Street by renaud pfeifer

renaud pfeifer — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 01:18:39 +0000

Amazing, thank you!

Comment on Tournez La Page: Inside Japan’s Concert Hall Jazz Kissa – Exit to Vintage Street by Fred Hill

Fred Hill — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:52:35 +0000

Excellent write up – thanks 💯

Comment on Magnetar UDP800 / UDP900 MKII Earn THX Certification: What Does It Mean for 4K Blu-ray? by Thomas Vinelli

Thomas Vinelli — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:32:33 +0000

Wonderful but you need a budget player that doesn’t freeze or skip like all Panasonic and Sony players do. Physical media is on thin ice. Super expensive players ain’t going to cut it.

Comment on Best Wireless Headphones of 2026: Editors’ Choice by Ian White

Ian White — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:26:07 +0000

In reply to Dutchkarma.

Dutch,

Happy that you found what you like. Others definitely prefer the others. It’s a personal thing. I don’t think the headphones are meant to really replicate the speakers. I’ve never listened to any that did.

I use the Px8 S2 on a daily basis along with two pairs of Sennheiser wireless cans and they do the job.

Comment on Best Wireless Headphones of 2026: Editors’ Choice by Dutchkarma

Dutchkarma — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:47:00 +0000

I had the PX8s2 and for the first time in my life i returned a product after 39/40 days. The sound to me is nothing like their speakers. Problems in the lows and also some in the highs. Mids sound without any soul because they are overblown by the problems. I then went to Dali io12. Nice sounding headphones but they do not hold my attention. They sound a bit muffled in the end. So despite not having LDAC as promised i went back to the H100 from B&O. Couldnt be more happy. Also bought the Beograce. Both to me are the best wireless. So when i read the above mentioned headphones here among Sony and Focal my eyebrowes almost hit the ceiling and it nearly collapsed. No others for me anymore. I arrived home thank you very much.

Comment on WiiM Bar Review: Can This Dolby Atmos Soundbar Really Challenge Sonos? by Ian White

Ian White — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:20:04 +0000

In reply to paulf.

Paul,

What size is your TV? The soundbar category is weird. My wife liked the sound of the Bose Ultra that I reviewed but didn’t like how it looked under the TV. But she was fine with the 85″ Theory soundbar that I reviewed because it was bolted to the wall.

Comment on WiiM Bar Review: Can This Dolby Atmos Soundbar Really Challenge Sonos? by paulf

paulf — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:14:47 +0000

I like wiim products….but 42 inches wide is too wide for me…Beam is a better form factor

Comment on Bowers & Wilkins Brings Hi-Res Classical and Jazz Streaming to Its Speakers and Headphones With Presto Music by Ian White

Ian White — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:54:14 +0000

In reply to ORT.

ORT,

Every word. Requires brains to appreciate it. And be able to handle not listening to F bombs every twenty seconds. Real musicians. Playing complex music that has managed to survive centuries.

Comment on Bowers & Wilkins Brings Hi-Res Classical and Jazz Streaming to Its Speakers and Headphones With Presto Music by ORT

ORT — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:48:44 +0000

Some folk would claim, and falsely I must add, that Classical and Traditional Jazz music are not popular with today’s youth and all because of “cultural prejudices”.

Pfffffft! That’s B.S. Classical and Traditional Jazz are separated because of the downright stupidity engendered by the cRap and Hippity-Hop bias against musical intelligence and the sheer genius of the authors of both genres of music.

“Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.” — German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

To put it Emily Blunt(ly). Most kids today can’t count to 3 let alone say, “One…Two…Three” and then play music themselves. They are the first generation of IDIOCRACY. For decades now, cRap fArteeats have stolen, aka: “sampled” the genius of real musicians. Singers of this Age of IDIOCRACY use “AutoTune” to…”sing”. FTN.

If both Classical and Jazz Music want to become popular with more than just the IQ (well!) above 80 crowd, it is the parents of these pusillanimously puerile mental midgets that must roll up their sleeves and educate first themselves and secondly their offspring. Be a Father and Mother to your children and introduce them to something more than a 20Hz THUD and crappy Beatnik Poetry laced with violence and hatred disguised as justice and culture. Pffffft! “Justice” that is nothing less than “JustUs”. FTN.

Perhaps Classical music is avoided because it has the word “Class” in it and who knows why people don’t like both Traditional Jazz and Popular Vocals. Oh WAIT! IDIOCRACY.

Thus endeth the ORTwellian rant for today.

ORTson Welles