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| Denver record store s with Classical vinyl? Goto the Black and Read in Arvada, right by the Hobby Lobby.Also check out Wax Trax in Denver 2 blocks south of Colfax, 2 doors west of Washington. | |
| Opinions on Graaf Amps Monostrapping any Circlotron-based OTL is an easy thing to do. The speaker terminals are placed in parallel and so are the inputs. This will usually more than double the output on smaller OTLs like the GM20 or the Atma-Sphere S-30 (which goes from... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive Chadnliz, the point is that if/when the album is ripped and posted, after that the sales are limited. If you are watching the bottom line, this is an impediment to doing big numbers. But- if you make LPs, smaller projects will be able to do bigger... | |
| speakers for classical music Acoustat6, I'm unwilling to dive for the volume control once I have established the right volume level otherwise. With most systems, Das Reingold forces you to otherwise keep the volume at a level that is unrealistically low.Shadorne's comments ab... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive Chadnliz, here's why: you can hear our band and do a download at myspace.com.thunderboltpagoda (the cuts are from a live show), but if we make a CD, somewhere someone will copy it and post it online. CD sales will then be weak. This is what is hap... | |
| speakers for classical music One recording that seems to have nearly everything is Das Reingold on Decca, conducted by Solti. If you have an original pressing, side 6 is nothing short of spectacular- nearly everything a stereo could be evaluated on: delicacy, bandwidth, impac... | |
| More evidence that LPS are still alive Several bands here in the Twin Cities (including mine) are releasing LP only. Five years ago this would have never happened.RCA had announced back in the 1980s that by 1987 they would be done making vinyl (boy were *they* wrong). In the course of ... | |
| speakers for classical music I use the Rite of Spring that was recorded by Kenneth Wilkenson for the RCA/Reader's Digest's box set 'Music of the World's Great Composers. It is a spirited performance and the sonics are spectacular but natural. I've often demoed it at shows.For... | |
| speakers for classical music Hi Dave, We will be at RMAF. Bring your classical torture tracks! Our room is very large, but I am hoping we will be able to take advantage of that by having a soundstage as wide as an actual stage. A nice big soundstage where the musicians seem l... | |
| speakers for classical music Dcstep, your goals and mine look identical on paper. We are thinking the same way there, but went about it differently. I use tubes *because* I can get them to be more neutral, detailed and relaxed; I'm not looking for coloration. On my speakers, ... | |
| speakers for classical music Dcstep, until you have heard all the tube amps in the world its hard to say that they all sound the same isn't it? That was all I was trying to get across, not that tubes are inherently superior.Of course I do believe in what I am doing. Making tu... | |
| Need help What monoblock power amps for bass? A nice trick with Maggies, at least with tube amps, is keep the speaker cables short, really short, like maybe only 6 inches. I've heard that make a profound difference. | |
| Can tubes ever be as quiet Solid State The trick to getting tubes to be really quiet is the same that is used by transistors- fully differential circuits with really good constant current sources, with a well-regulated bi-polar power supplyThis is not to say that such a circuit will be... | |
| What do defective phono tubes sound like? Sirspeedy, I would be suspicious that the CD player is making either RF, DC or both. I'd pull it out of the system altogether, as if it is RF, well, that stuff can get in everywhere!Given what you have told me its *not* the tone arm that did that.... | |
| speakers for classical music Shadorne is right about 'damping', and in fact its more profound then that- once damping factor exceeds about 20:1 or so, there is no improvement gained. 'Damping factor' is a bit of a misnomer, as it assumes more about the load being inductive th... |