NVA SuperSoundCord (SSC) Interconnects.

[brit-pop]

And here I was thinking a predilection for the Bolivian marching powder was essential to get ahead in either financial services or legal professions....

[Daniel Quinn]

believe you me , I never got ahead

[Macca]

Your choice of drug is a political choice - according to Danny the Dealer from Withnail and I, anyway....

[_D_S_J_R_]

... Just to see if it sounds even worse.

It sounds very bad on some systems because they have been voiced to make some snooze-fest like The Blue Nile sound exciting. Try it on a smooth, low distortion system that can do low bass properly and you will hear it as it was intended. if your system is already like that and it still sounds shit then I can't help you

The properly remastered Linn era Blue Nile CD's are absolutely awesome and I HAVE heard original two track master tapes of many Blue Nile tracks from both albums, played on the machine that did the original vinyl cuts. Not boring at all, but incredibly beautiful

[Macca]

The production may be be beautiful but the content is zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

For me anyway I suppose you could say the same about latter period Steely Dan

My point is there is way too much playing stuff because the production is good rather than because the music is something special. Particularly those sparse but lush productions i.e those with just a few instruments playing at once. see also: plinky-plonky jazz. Can't recall the last time I was in a dealers when they wern't playing plinky-plonky jazz. if you pullled out Metallica's Death Magnetic and asked for a listen to that they'd kick you out the shop.

And avoiding certain albums because you know they will sound shit on your system and blaming it on the production when it is actually the system. Everyone does it/has done it at some time.

[_D_S_J_R_]

Oh I dunno... I used to very much enjoy the different musical tastes of clients who came in for dems - and we rarely had the same boring stuff all the time. My record and CD collection is testament to this I think.