Phones, DJs, and the Death of the Dancefloor
Phones, DJs, and the Death of the Dancefloor
Tag: Views of Stu
Censorship in Music
Censorship in Music (in the light of last weekend’s Glastonbury festival).
Snobbery In The Audiophile World – A Discussion Starter
The original title for this week’s Sunday Thoughts piece was going to be “Stop Being An Arsehole” (asshole, for our US readers) but I didn’t think the SEO lords would like that very much. Anyway, read on…
Stu’s Views – The Neil Young Archive
THE NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVE – EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE Stu’s interest in the Neil Young Archive is piqued by David Solomon of Qobuz and Phil Baker, CEO of the Neil Young Archives.
Tools Of The Tirade – A Bit Of The Old Shouty-Shouty
As audiophiles, many of us will have amassed certain tools and the like to help them get the most out of their HiFi system and music. Only it’s not always plain sailing as Stu has found out over the years!
Adrian Audiophile – The Covid Years
Stuart Smith comments on the current situation, its effects on HiFi shows, people, and the world as a whole. He also mentions music a bit too.
2016, The Year The Music Died?
Cheerful as ever Stuart Smith makes a list of musicians that have died in 2016 and asks, was this the year that the music really did die?
Potrzeba Jest Matką Wynalazków
We recently spent a very good weekend as the guests of the Warsaw Audio Show and one thing that really stood out for us was how knowledgeable and passionate the people were about music and audio. This got me thinking as to why this should be and I formulated a couple of opinions and how […]
I Think I’ve Changed My Mind !
More piff and waffle from Stuart after a bit of a bar room psychology lesson courtesy of Auntie Beeb.
Come Together, Right Now !
Earlier this week we were saying goodbye to my Father and over the days that followed it really struck me how much of a force for bringing people together music is. Read on…it’s not as maudlin as you might think!
Not The B Bomb !
I saw a meme on the internet recently that said “I hope the next big trend in music is talent” and this got me thinking about how we form and develop our tastes in music and how that shapes the music we listen to in later life.
Machines For Joy
High-End audio and why people buy into the whole concept is a complex subject…Stuart Smith talks about very expensive cars instead.
2015 A Year In Hifi
Stuart Smith looks at the year that was 2015 and hints at a few things you can expect to see in the coming year from Hifi Pig.
Haters Gonna Hate
There seems to be a lot of in-fighting within the audiophile world about people’s personal choices and the equipment they finally place in their system. Stuart Smith takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what he thinks are the reasons for this phenomenon…
Cable Wars
Cable wars must surely be the biggest single cause of conflict and injury between audiophiles and the reason I’ve not got involved in one in a good old while…better just to keep quiet, watch from a distant hilltop and let the troops on the virtual front line battle it out ad-infinitum, though casualties will inevitably […]
CDs
The CD was a revelation in its day and I even recall one very animated presenter from Tomorrow’s Worldsmearing jam, or was it marmalade, over one of the discs, wiping it off and then playing the disc…But are they worth bothering with now?
