• The move to the new server is done. There are some software and database maintenance updates in process. This has us passing the hat around to help out. We appreciate any donations. Seriously, even a dollar helps. The payment page may be found here - https://www.audiokarma.org/support.html

What are you Listening To Right Now? - and more

A mix I put together (44 good cuts in there):

This genre of music got almost completely by me, because, when this music was firing on all cylinders, I was deeply consumed by things other than music. This stuff grabbed my attention recently, and so let's go exploring together. Alternative rock evolved during a time when music needed a bit of freshening up, with some revolutionary and new approaches, both in how the music was created, and how it was distributed. It stayed along a pretty much underground set of paths, but emerged and got mainstream attention in the nineties, when I was distracted with other things. So, this mix is an exploration of alternative, or simply alt, rock from that time period. There is so much out there that this is just a small sampling. I hope you enjoy...

What's a Good Alternative?

What's a Good Alternative? (playlist by pustelniakr)​

Please Note: This is a new development (a/o 12/19/24). If you have your ad blocker on for this site and for YouTube at the same time, the player above may only show and play the first cut in the playlist. If you turn off your ad blocker for either site, the above player will again show and play all the cuts in the playlist, ad free.

If you actually spin this mix, please let me know. That makes it worth the effort that went into its creation. Thanks.
Click to expand...

Enjoy,
Rich P
 
Had a bit of an electronics scare last night.

Wife and I were having "Music & Margaritas Night" in the music room. Probably had a couple too many and wasn't paying attention when a small thunderstorm popped up in our area. Was jamming to KISS via the WiiM when a gargantuan thunderclap hit and the room went silent (except for sound of storm outside). Didn't see the lightning but there's no thunder without lightning so I guess it was VERY close. But I don't think we had a direct strike.

Looked over at the brand new Marantz integrated amp (bought around July a year ago) and the display was blank . . . except for a tiny blinking orange LED at the bottom of the display. Couldn't get the Marantz to respond to any input including the power switch. Ended up pulling the power cord from the unit and let it sit for a bit and reset internally. Luckily when I reconnected the power the amp started up normally and seems to be operating normally.

The satellite system was also knocked off line and reset itself when restarted.

So today I am in the market for a "real" surge suppressor instead of the cheapo power strips with surge suppression that I currently have powering most of my audio pieces.
 
dswann01 said:
Had a bit of an electronics scare last night.

Wife and I were having "Music & Margaritas Night" in the music room. Probably had a couple too many and wasn't paying attention when a small thunderstorm popped up in our area. Was jamming to KISS via the WiiM when a gargantuan thunderclap hit and the room went silent (except for sound of storm outside). Didn't see the lightning but there's no thunder without lightning so I guess it was VERY close. But I don't think we had a direct strike.

Looked over at the brand new Marantz integrated amp (bought around July a year ago) and the display was blank . . . except for a tiny blinking orange LED at the bottom of the display. Couldn't get the Marantz to respond to any input including the power switch. Ended up pulling the power cord from the unit and let it sit for a bit and reset internally. Luckily when I reconnected the power the amp started up normally and seems to be operating normally.

The satellite system was also knocked off line and reset itself when restarted.

So today I am in the market for a "real" surge suppressor instead of the cheapo power strips with surge suppression that I currently have powering most of my audio pieces.
Click to expand...
Lightning rod?
 
dswann01 said:
Had a bit of an electronics scare last night.

Wife and I were having "Music & Margaritas Night" in the music room. Probably had a couple too many and wasn't paying attention when a small thunderstorm popped up in our area. Was jamming to KISS via the WiiM when a gargantuan thunderclap hit and the room went silent (except for sound of storm outside). Didn't see the lightning but there's no thunder without lightning so I guess it was VERY close. But I don't think we had a direct strike.

Looked over at the brand new Marantz integrated amp (bought around July a year ago) and the display was blank . . . except for a tiny blinking orange LED at the bottom of the display. Couldn't get the Marantz to respond to any input including the power switch. Ended up pulling the power cord from the unit and let it sit for a bit and reset internally. Luckily when I reconnected the power the amp started up normally and seems to be operating normally.

The satellite system was also knocked off line and reset itself when restarted.

So today I am in the market for a "real" surge suppressor instead of the cheapo power strips with surge suppression that I currently have powering most of my audio pieces.
Click to expand...
Hopefully you were lucky all components recovered…I lost my Linn Wakonda preamp to a surge…still miss that sound…
 
A Question Of Balance - The Moody Blues
Questionofbalance.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom