Jim Feeley Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Mr Young has for decades listened to his songs and those of his contemporaries in the control room of the recording studio. And the pond outside his barn. As Graham Nash tells Terry Gross during an interview: TERRY GROSS: In the acknowledgements to your book, where you're praising your friends and your family, you describe Neil Young as, quote, "the strangest of my friends." NASH: He is. GROSS: What makes him strange? NASH: The man is totally committed to the muse of music. And he'll do anything for good music. And sometimes it's very strange. I was at Neil's ranch one day just south of San Francisco, and he has a beautiful lake with red-wing blackbirds. And he asked me if I wanted to hear his new album, "Harvest." And I said sure, let's go into the studio and listen. Oh, no. That's not what Neil had in mind. He said get into the rowboat. (LAUGHTER) NASH: I said get into the rowboat? He said, yeah, we're going to go out into the middle of the lake. Now, I think he's got a little cassette player with him or a little, you know, early digital format player. You know, so I'm thinking I'm going to wear headphones and listen in the relative peace of the middle of Neil's lake. Oh, no. He has the - his entire house as the left speaker and his entire barn as the right speaker. And I heard "Harvest" coming out of these two incredibly large speakers louder than hell. It was unbelievable. Elliot Mazer, who produced Neil, produced "Harvest," came down to the shore of the lake and he shouted out to Neil: How was that, Neil? And I swear to god, Neil Young shouted back: More barn! You can listen to, read, and gloss the interview here: http://www.npr.org/2013/12/25/256590871/graham-nash-has-wild-tales-to-spare "Pono: It's like a Toblerone-shaped barn in your pocket." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Prono: It's like a Toblerone-shaped barn in your pocket." LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEndian Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Flawed experiment, refuted in many places, e.g. http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=1497 That article is flawed as well, as it dismisses the entire study based on the worst recording, completely ignoring all the of SACD content because of a low pass filter. While he is right that for the test to be complete, there has to be the accurate recording and playback of the entire frequency content and dynamic range capable of being recorded by high resolution (96khz max frequency content, 144dB dynamic range), I don't believe the equipment is available to do so. That is to say that every electronic part in the recording chain would have to allow high frequency content to be passed through unadulterated. Most equipment rolls off to 20khz. Some speakers would be destroyed by the higher frequency content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 More barn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 More barn! NAB T-Shirt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 I think a lot of it is a buncha hooey, but I have to say, I'm glad about the idea of allowing people to download uncompressed lossless music, which is a good thing. Empty-three's don't do anybody any good. And at least it's an opportunity for musicians and record labels to make more money in these difficult times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Dolinger Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Has anybody tried TIDAL? First FLAC streaming service I've seen. $20/mo is a bit steep for me but maybe they will come out with more options. http://www.tidalhifi.com/us/campaign/audio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 But c'mon...a man who's net worth is 65 million......using kickstarter to fund a business venture.... Note that Mr. Young just dumped the first wife for Daryl Hannah and lost half his entire fortune in the divorce... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 It's tough to get by with $32.5 million but my cousin Daryl won't be costing him anything --- her net worth is rather substantial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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