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09 Jul, 2014
THE streaming device to own
1 of 1 found this helpful I own two of these. I use an Excellent ipad app called SqueezePad to control them. This app costs about $10 or so and is a true killer app for the ipad. I found my SBs easy to set up. If you had anything to do with setting up your own household network you should have Zero issues connecting SB. It does require an application on your computer (also connected to your network) and this software, being pretty vastly functional, does appear daunting at first, but it's been rock solid for me, and I don't have to interact with it all that much. Not a big deal. I have about 800 CDs and perhaps 300 or 400 LPs ripped to a format called FLAC, stored on my computer. I have a better than average stereo system. The result is nothing less than Excellent. If you stream mp3 files through inexpensive stereo equipment the sonic results will reflect that, but it will likely Still whip the listening experience you get with your earbuds or ordinary headphones. Basically the reason to get a SB is because you want to hear Really Good quality music on a nice system in your home, rather than crap sound over crap earbuds, and you don't want to drop a small fortune on a Mac and Sonos equipment. There's no need -- spend $80-$200 and get a SB. Think of this as your non portable much higher quality iPod. For ease of use, I don't think much needs to be said -- it's pretty intuitive and does more or less what you'd expect, once you have all the network/music storage stuff cared for. As for sound quality, that's relative. If your amp, preamp and speakers cost more than about $2500 new, then you're approaching the quality level where you May, possibly, be able to pick apart the SB's output and find noteworthy shortcomings. If your system is small or not terribly refined, I defy you to tell the difference between a well made flac file and the original cd, and many folks won't be able to distinguish between the cd and an mp3 -- it's like knowing food, or wine, or a good golf stroke or the rules of soccer or anything else -- it takes interest and experience. But basically, the internal DAC in the SB is just fine for most folks and situations. If you have the means and the interest, you can take the digital output from the SB and run it into an external, higher quality DAC, and get better results, if your system is able to resolve music to a sufficient degree of accuracy and detail. So, if you are tech savvy enough to have built up music on a hard drive which you're currently dumping to iPod or some other portable device, and if you want to fill your living space with excellent quality sound, THIS is the device to explore and to buy. This is one -- well, actually Two -- of the best purchases I ever made. Can't recommend it enough.
23 Apr, 2010
Arguably the best ELO release
1 of 1 found this helpful ELO was always a fringe band. where did they fit? Never quite as ponderous or pompous as some, never quite a rock band in the usual sense. And eventually the ELO sound became so pop oriented that it sort of shrilled itself to death like Alvin Chipmunk on speed. As a result, despite a number of huge hits, ELO never quite made it into the Mainstream club house.
I happen to like ELO and at least parts of all their releases, but this... THIS is the ONE. Perhaps Face the Music has aged well. Perhaps it looks good with just a touch of grey or something, but anyone who can stand 70s music to begin with is missing a true gem if they don't give Face The Music a listen.
The opening track -- Fire on High -- might be recognizable to new listeners because it's appeared in its share of commercials. It makes a good companion to Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding or Hells Bells; they build slowly, climax thunderously, and benefit from an amplifier setting of 11. Fire on High is five and a half substantial minutes of ornate multi-track production, drama, and kick-butt rock. If, after listening, you Don't want to drive to the hoop for a dunk, or smack some backhands down the line -- all in high-def slow motion -- then have someone unplug you and turn out the lights, cuz yer Dead. Almost worth the price in itself.
Evil Woman and Strange Magic, two of ELO's biggest hits of course, appear here. What needs to be said about them is that yes, Virginia, ELO features strings, which makes ELO 'weird' for some listeners. However these two hits virtually define the use of high-art strings in pop-rock music. If you want to know why this is The quintessential ELO album, that's it. Mr. Lynne never nailed the combination quite so well again -- A signature sound, where banks of lush strings play nicely with a jangly, sometimes jazzy (and now nicely retro) 70s-period guitars, a big, booming drum kit, and tasty vocals.
There are two songs on the album I consider weak -- Nightrider and Down Home Town. They strive to be pop songs like most of their companions here, but they fall short, being a bit twee and having less imaginative song structure. Weaker material, but not unpleasant.
The great news is there are three other tracks which I've always felt were potential hits. One Summer Dream, which closes the album, starts like a movie soundtrack, briefly flirts with the Beatles, and then gracefully drifts along for over five minutes. I'm a huge fan of Roxy Music's Avalon album, and this track would fit nicely in the same playlist. Track 2, Waterfall, is similarly romantic and it wears well. And Finally, track 5, Poker, picks up where Fire on High leaves off with some wicked guitar, a fer-real rock drum kit and fun 70s Moog synth. Fun!
Throughout the album there are small stereo-field flourishes which are a nice touch and keep me engaged whenever FtM is on. The lyrics, overall, tend to be trite, slight and all but bright -- this is not Leonard Cohen here -- but the production and the hooks almost entirely sweep such concerns away. I'm not saying this is The Find which will have you calling your friends, but it certainly is A find!
21 Aug, 2018
Almost like they never left....
There's another version of this album available, with a re-recorded version of "Starry Eyes" Which John himself recommended to me (That was a fun exchange!). However, as a long-time fan of The Records, I was delighted with This version as well. I hope you can acquire Either. There are a couple tunes here which burrowed into my head, and have me returning for multiple listens, and the whole thing is basically like a time capsule -- as though time stopped in 1980 or so -- which, in this context, is a Great thing.