My gears for my ears: I love music. A typical human frequency hearing is between 20Hz to 20KHz (60Hz to 45KHz for dog) and about 120dB in dynamic range (the ratio of the loudest sound to the quietest sound). In simple technical term, the frequency response should be flat from 20Hz to 20KHz and the frequency spectrum should be more than -120dB. The most important gear is the speaker or headphones, then the pre-amp/amp. For many years, I have owned many very good music systems... Due to my background in semiconductor (solid-state) electronics, I knew that we can control noise (jitter) down to picosecond and frequency dynamic range down to more that -100dB, all my music gears were solid state transistors not tube !!! Then about 20 years ago, I changed my mind (or my ears ?) and I now owned a combo mixture of tube gears and DACs for a better "more pleasant" sound. CD music sampling rate is 44.1KHz with 16 bit (also probably for most of "youtube" music), my DAC is 192KHz with 24 bit.





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If I listen to these same songs (by window media player/groove music), it sounds much better than the youtube video version.
So let’s relax and enjoy the music that I tend to listen at late nights, my personal favorites (no particular reason and there’re not much of rock-and-roll or heavy metal music at midnight !), it may or may not be the favorite type of your music, if you listening directly from cell phone or computer, it’s best to use a headphone for better sound :
Âm thanh ngày cũ và những kỹ niệm thời xa xưa …
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 1
- https://youtu.be/oOhfPkWtF5M (Rừng Chưa Thay Lá – Ngọc Lan / bass rất hay)
- https://youtu.be/BVspYjJJzEc (Dấu Tình Sầu – Khánh Ly / nhớ những buổi chiều ra về từ Camp Pendelton thời April-1975)
- https://youtu.be/D0xSRK28a-c (Historia de un amor – George Davidson)
- https://youtu.be/UJ8RBj_P0KQ (Can’t help falling in love – Chris Isaak)
- https://youtu.be/Mb3iPP-tHdA (A whiter shade of pale – Procol Harum / Beatles’ favorite song)
- https://youtu.be/IuXzaVlHyV0 (Adesso si domani no – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/H6v6Ah3jeWk (Oh! Mon amour – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/EJ72bYyEtBg (Imagine – John Lennon)
- https://youtu.be/fR4HjTH_fTM (The long and winding road – The Beatles)
- https://youtu.be/-8l3ntDR_lI (Girl – The Beatles / kỷ niệm một lần vào tiệm Wherehouse đã tình cờ nghe bản nhạc này thật hay)
- https://youtu.be/lW5D7HpYhBU (This Boy – The Beatles / wow !!!)
- https://youtu.be/jxhlCzhhRcM (Mưa Trên Biển Vắng – Ngọc Lan)
- https://youtu.be/Rx8q7WWwEws (Mùa Đông Của Anh – Hồ Hoàng Yến/Quốc Khanh)
- https://youtu.be/lJKWcMDd5fo (Con Đường Xưa Em Đi – Ngọc Ngữ/Hoàng Nhung)
- https://youtu.be/5KVZS1ulb50 (Hạ Trắng – Khánh Ly)
- https://youtu.be/N-aK6JnyFmk (California Dreaming – The Mamas & The Papas)
- https://youtu.be/NO6pdJQhrUI (California Dreaming – Foxes & Fossils)
- https://youtu.be/7I0vkKy504U (San Francisco – Scott McKenzie / nhớ thời 1960s tại VN ước mong được biết SF và lần đầu tiên đến SF 1971 vẫn còn thấy “hoa cắm trên đầu” – love the hair band style of the girls)
- https://youtu.be/jGW4o3Tf7Jk (If – Bread / nhớ thời sinh viên đi học mổi chiều về…)
- https://youtu.be/YTaWayUE5XA (Yesterday once more / The Carpenters / bây giờ nghe và nhớ lại thời xa xưa …)
- https://youtu.be/_Gdbo97NlWc (First of May – The Bee Gees)
- https://youtu.be/FuoWykVNwyI (Massachusetts – The Bee Gees / nhớ lần đi xem Bee Gees trình diển thời 1970s, thật tuyệt vời, wow …)
- https://youtu.be/juU5UUorx9I (Em Hiền Như Ma Soeur / Duy Quang / nhớ thời 1973 đưọc anh LQ Phước “Người Đẹp Bình Dương” chỉ chơi đàn guitar bài này)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 2
- https://youtu.be/gsA-Xc6gWDE (Do you know where you’re going to – Diana Ross / đã nghe câu này “… do you know where you’re going to when you look behind you there’s no open doors …” mùa hè 1975 vào lúc sắp ra trường)
- https://youtu.be/jT0IXTXAnmo (The way we were – Barbra Streisand)
- https://youtu.be/YVpGDJu6M28 (To Sir, with love – Lulu / một thời trung học 1960s…)
- https://youtu.be/vG4qBpCXPdQ (Ngày Xưa Hoàng Thị – Thái Thanh)
- https://youtu.be/U07bCVvLzFM (Trúc Đào – Mạnh Đình)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw4ZyPuiKPM (Mal – Christophe)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E35mJSY5y0A (Voilà – Francoise Hardy)
- https://youtu.be/gijK_HQT_Xk (If I could reach you – The 5th Dimension)
- https://youtu.be/3R878g-SppU (When will I see you again – Three Degrees)
- https://youtu.be/xFB1yytGLRA (Torn between two lovers – Mary MacGregor)
- https://youtu.be/2oSjhuIb6Us (I’ve never been to me – Charlene)
- https://youtu.be/T6WsbBu-ARc (If you leave me now – Chicago 1976 / 1976 – I was able to reconnect with my high school best friend’s “TMM” family in San Diego)
- https://youtu.be/QFWSFhXgUbc (If you leave me now – Peter Cetera 2004 / 28 years later… Wow… pure talent !!!)
- https://youtu.be/HQ_j4Ytecgg (If you leave me now – 2017 Russian version… more Wow !!!)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 3
- https://youtu.be/S1_xDytEB1Q (Nadia’s theme/The young and the Restless – Henry Mancini 1973)
- https://youtu.be/k1K7wv311AQ (Yesterday when I was young – Roy Clark)
- https://youtu.be/hLbsZ8tUehE (Il n’y a pas d’amour heureux – Françoise Hardy)
- https://youtu.be/qarnzcRbPMk (And I love you so – Don McLean / the song author)
- https://youtu.be/SKp1HKM_4TY (And I love you so – Perry Como)
- https://youtu.be/NUrf0CgTuVU (Poor side of town -Johnny Rivers)
- https://youtu.be/-hkMwXNJ_cM (Traces – Classics IV)
- https://youtu.be/5Ks-t1yjoiE (Tình Khúc Buồn – Thu Trang)
- https://youtu.be/okjsNSE_5cg (Mộng Dưới Hoa – Jo Marcel)
- https://youtu.be/4fWyzwo1xg0 (Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel / Wow… the best)
- https://youtu.be/-BakWVXHSug (Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkel / Wow… the best)
- https://youtu.be/l3LFML_pxlY (The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel / Wow… the best)
- https://youtu.be/4G-YQA_bsOU (Bridge Over Trouble Water – Simon & Garfunkel / Wow… The best – piano was played by Larry Knechtel of the Bread band)
- https://youtu.be/6eWPVJf8g2I (Emmanuelle – Pierre Bachelet)
- https://youtu.be/V5pSQFG_nD4 (You’re My Everything – Santa Esmeralda)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 4 (no idea why I’m French for the moment ???)
- https://youtu.be/sfiuaOWjEkI (La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser – Sylvie Vartan – 1963)
- https://youtu.be/LcMszGOmOqg (La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser – Sylvie Vartan – 2011 : 48 years later… Wow !!!)
- https://youtu.be/5oqqt9pqZyM (Ce train qui s’en va – Hélène)
- https://youtu.be/VmAyixsKRa8 (Donna Donna – Dorothée et Hélène)
- https://youtu.be/bTpr3WNUgKI (Amour secret – Hélène)
- https://youtu.be/2ICFtXx546A (Mon amie la rose – Françoise Hardy)
- https://youtu.be/g1cuQF8sEGA (La maison où j’ai grandi – Françoise Françoise Hardy)
- https://youtu.be/FMZ0B1ab8dE (L’amitié – Françoise Françoise Hardy)
- https://youtu.be/OY0jePdv2VQ (L’amitié – Françoise Françoise Hardy / live version – love the piano)
- https://youtu.be/tOGyT8e9R4c (Main dans la main – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/HbDik04Mu88 (Les Amoureux qui passent – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/0xSyxS5pnPc (A ceux qu’on aime – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/nVR2rGg_9zI (Maman – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/02rRXLiwYQ4 (Les Marionnettes – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/VfJAfqsPJmg (Je ne t’aime plus – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/haHoDJfcOvI (Love me, please love me – Michel Polnareff / my favorite high school year 1960s song and still today – love the piano played by my best friend TMM, the tender years…WOW WOW WOW..)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 5 (still French ??? yes, these French girls know how to say : “Je t’aime…moi non plus”)
- https://youtu.be/MqwVpFb1HUk (L’amour avec toi – Michel Polnareff)
- https://youtu.be/pJhUQ2CWlY0 (La nuit – Salvatore Adamo)
- https://youtu.be/UFTws7CTMS0 (Tombe la neige – Salvatore Adamo)
- https://youtu.be/Jm2BblcJS2M (Mes mains sur tes hanches – Salvatore Adamo)
- https://youtu.be/rcefF7d_K2w (Inchallah – Salvatore Adamo)
- https://youtu.be/Rd_laNIsDkI (Une mèche de cheveux – Salvatore Adamo)
- https://youtu.be/pmfGoHwEMfQ (Je chante pour un ami – Christophe)
- https://youtu.be/2ICFtXx546A (Mon amie la rose – Francoise Hardy)
- https://youtu.be/c71u9E3EjAA (Marilyn & John – Vanessa Paradis / later on Vanessa was the wife of John Depp : Pirates of Caribbean)
- https://youtu.be/8WqPtjB9Gg8 (Coupable – Jean Francois Michael / a song from Lebanon)
- https://youtu.be/cIkkPgsp39o (Je n’ai que mon ame – Natasha St-Pier)
- https://youtu.be/5Xuz_FFnTCE (Quelque chose dans mon cœur – Elsa)
- https://youtu.be/_HzPiYBBjGg (Pour l’amour d’un garçon – Hélène)
- https://youtu.be/QR59Vh_mbQc (La Maritza – Sylvie Vartan)
- https://youtu.be/3O2jPPDYMD8 (Je t’aime… moi non plus – sax)
- https://youtu.be/k3Fa4lOQfbA (Je t’aime… moi non plus – Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg / the real deal !!!)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 6 (my tender years…we grew up together, my high school friends Mẫn, Cúc, Đức : Nhạc Bạn Trẻ show before 1975 of Channel 9 TV in Saigon, những ngày xa xưa ấy…)
- https://youtu.be/s_zuiTeb1X4 (Imagine – Tran Minh Man / a very talented guy, played many instruments…and “very well educated, went to the top”)
- https://youtu.be/kg274PYdz1I (The long and winding road – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/8RgrOJNl-so (Let it be – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/dITKzB_4zBY (Bridge over troubled water – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/HtenboDe6_Q (Here comes the sun – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/xgeq2Y5q1k4 (Sleep walk – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/OfVyDxD2yfI (Make it with you – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/71qkdM4e0vM (My Way – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/CkZDExCxarY (Rhythm of the rain – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/pU36fccHVas (Love on the rocks – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/qb2uBkxfQAQ (Yesterday – Tran Minh Man)
- https://youtu.be/-DjaKhwxWts (Bài Không Tên 101 – sáng tác Vũ Thành An & Trần Thị Thu Cúc)
- https://youtu.be/M5CEezuox3o (Tình Ca Áo Trắng – sáng tác Trần Thị Thu Cúc – người em gái áo trắng…)
- https://youtu.be/aY0o1-aRYi0 (Sầu Tương Tư – sáng tác Trần Thị Thu Cúc)
- https://youtu.be/B1MULEvYyhQ (Ngày em mới biết yêu – sáng tác Trần Thị Thu Cúc)
- https://youtu.be/QsYzRPvV0IQ (Khoảnh Khắc Phù Vân – sáng tác Trần Minh Đức / another very talented long-time friend)
- https://youtu.be/H8uANlkAD-g (Cho Kỹ Niệm Dần Xa – sáng tác Trần Minh Đức)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 7
- https://youtu.be/TanvLm1gQLM (How Can I tell Her – Lobo)
- https://youtu.be/pGoKJgpnxWc (I’d Love You To Want Me – Lobo / You told yourself years ago, You’d never let your feeling show…)
- https://youtu.be/FIdewXHh3eQ (Don’t Forget To Remember – Bee Gees)
- https://youtu.be/mHONNcZbwDY (Hello – Lionel Richie)
- https://youtu.be/vc8IN-FnRic (Lady – Kenny Rogers & Lionel Richie)
- https://youtu.be/U3-XGqhN3h0 (Penny Lover – Lionel Richie)
- https://youtu.be/v5tr_L31StI (If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot)
- https://youtu.be/wpBp81O_l3I (Rainy Day People – Gordon Lightfoot)
- https://youtu.be/YwJqnh8qBCI (A Man Without Love – Engelbert Humperdinck)
- https://youtu.be/gB-szamMr6s (Release Me – Engelbert Humperdinck)
- https://youtu.be/V43fGInXiLE (She’s a Lady – Tom Jones)
- https://youtu.be/ulyy3kCkVr0 (I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Tom Jones)
- https://youtu.be/zo2O5E9Ea9Y (Delilah – Tom Jones)
- https://youtu.be/j64H2aWWU0E (Green Green Grass of Home – Tom Jones)
- https://youtu.be/s0KXV0gB0dw (Make it with you – Bread)
- https://youtu.be/9IWxocGm21U (Aubrey – Bread / we tripped the light and danced together to the moon…)
- https://youtu.be/2i43aAn2rq8 (Everything I Own – Bread)
- https://youtu.be/JVTyENKmQiQ (Lost Without Your Love – Bread)
- https://youtu.be/rO3Gk_d6tt4 (Dairy – Bread)
- https://youtu.be/iTkgVvmca1k (Stay Awhile – The Bells / I guess I’m gonna stay…)
- https://youtu.be/32OSn3iNw9A (Never My Love – The Association)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 8
- https://youtu.be/bO28lB1uwp4 (Have you ever seen the rain – CCR)
- https://youtu.be/lIPan-rEQJA (Who’ll stop the rain – CCR)
- https://youtu.be/yA7iGxV6rt4 (Lodi – CCR)
- https://youtu.be/_PpmxyK6MUA (New Kid in Town – The Eagles)
- https://youtu.be/IdZgagSFKCk (Hotel California – The Eagles / classic acoustic, Wow…)
- https://youtu.be/-uDwBABnMUg (Sound of Love – Bee Gees)
- https://youtu.be/b3kBDtjRtB0 (I Started a Joke – Bee Gees / still remember a high school event…)
- https://youtu.be/ZInWGC5L2T8 (How can you mend a broken heart – Bee Gees / pure talent !!!)
- https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc (How Deep is your Love – Bee Gees)
- https://youtu.be/HBwqiq1PN0E (Alone – Bee Gees)
- https://youtu.be/nw830SLOhJ8 (Immortality – Celine Dion & Bee Gees / WOW…)
- https://youtu.be/GgKwicHNjrE (in the year 2525 – Zager & Evans)
- https://youtu.be/2i46s52JAUE (Year of the cat – Al Stewart / song title was from a Vietnamese calendar, a great song !!!)
Music for Life, Lovers and Friends # 9
- https://youtu.be/Dpt_Az2ICGU (Your song – Elton John)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2U7oiBoc0 (Take that – Back for good)
- https://youtu.be/eBIzCF-8xSg (Back for good)
- https://youtu.be/1SCOimBo5tg (When you say nothing at all – Alison Krauss
- https://youtu.be/DdsNy86ivec (When you say nothing at all – Foxes and Fossils)