bdp24
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| I have seen a lot of ideas concerning Cable lifters @sbank: Thanks Spencer, now I just need to Google what "paste the ULR" means ;-) . Coincidentally, I've daily been watching the clip from The Last Waltz of The Band and The Staples performing "The Weight" live on a soundstage, and the clip of Emm... | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? - Acoustic Research XA turntable, $78 retail (!) in 1969. - Decca Blue pickup, $140 in 1972. - SME 3009 Mk.2 Improved, $295 (iirc) in 1973. - Townshend Audio Rock Elite turntable, $650 in the early-90’s. - A couple of used Zeta arms, $600 a... | |
| Is symphonic music kind of like Phil Spector got hold of chamber music? In response to the above post by @twoleftears, let me say that Spector didn’t have a deep enough education in music theory and composition to have alone created his 1960’s recordings, with their relatively-sophisticated horn and string arrangement... | |
| I have seen a lot of ideas concerning Cable lifters @lukemaximus: No problem! Providing a link is always helpful, as not everyone is motivated enough to do a Google search him-or-herself. I really gotta learn how to do the link thing. Is it simple enough to post here? Perhaps I'm not alone ;-) . | |
| Disservice: XLR interconnects @yyzsantabarbara: Yeah, my post was a sort of joke, as Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere has many times here asserted that hooking up two components which both adhere to AES 48 balanced pin configuration will result in the balanced cable contributing n... | |
| Is symphonic music kind of like Phil Spector got hold of chamber music? @edcyn: Did you ever hear The Ramones talk about their time recording with Spector? Hilarious! He pulled a gun on them in the studio, took them to his castle, locked them in, and wouldn’t let them out for quite a while (more than a few days). Oh t... | |
| Disservice: XLR interconnects Guess your components don't adhere to the AES 48 standard? ;-) | |
| Silver Speaker Cables The Clear Day Double Shotgun mentioned above by @dill are the lowest priced silver speaker cables I remember ever hearing of ($500 for an 8 foot pair). They are no longer in production (the designer/builder died a few years back), and rarely come ... | |
| 15 ohm speakers yea or nay? In the 1950’s all amplifiers were tube, and many loudspeakers 16 ohm (nominally). The move to solid state amps and lower impedance loudspeakers at the same time (mid-to-late 60’s) was not a matter of coincidence. One reason the QUAD ESL sounds be... | |
| Is symphonic music kind of like Phil Spector got hold of chamber music? In the 1960's Spector was referred to as the Wagner of Pop music. He was great with Girl Groups and other singers/performers, but when he tried to regain relevance in the 70's and beyond, it became anachronistic. The Ramones produced by Phil Spect... | |
| Its not vinyl When I saw the thread heading, I thought "Finally, someone is pointing out that LP's are not made of vinyl." I know it's a petty distinction---perhaps even just a matter of semantics, but LP's are PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride), not vinyl. Vinyl was wh... | |
| Beatles Get Back documentary I intend to eventually watch Get Back, even though I have found the album from the day it was released to be grim and unbearable to listen to (I still have my original UK LP). They sound so tired, so "done." "It’s" obviously over, they’ve all outg... | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? Magneplanar Tympani's. First ones T-I, replacements T-Id, then many years later T-IVa. | |
| I have seen a lot of ideas concerning Cable lifters Google "Grip-Rite Individual Rebar Chairs". I bought a bag containing 20 chairs at Home Depot for five bucks. Wrap a rubber band around the tops of the rebar support "arms", and lay your cables across the bridge the rubber band has created. | |
| Tuner - FM over the air - suggestions If I had $500 to spend I'd look for a McIntosh MR74 or MR77. |