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| Impedance - The most ignored and useful measurement tool All of Danny Richie's (GR Research) loudspeaker evaluations include impedance measurements. | |
| Frank is gone. AVA lives on! Frank was a no-nonsense, "traditional" engineer who didn't go for questionable hi-fi tweeks. Though Bill Johnson was considered "the" tube amp designer of the 1970's (and beyond), Frank studied the ARC SP-3 pre-amp and came up with fixes for th... | |
| Woodstock 1969, or 1967? You’ll notice that after hearing Music From Big Pink, Clapton himself no longer wanted to do what Cream did, told Jack and Ginger it was over, and made a pilgrimage to West Saugerties, sitting around waiting for The Band to let him play rhythm ... | |
| What has been a favourite moment in Audio? Definitely the day I first visited the new high end shop in the Bay Area, Audio Arts In Livermore California. It was owned and operated by Walter Davies, later gaining notoriety for his LAST record care products. It was the spring of 1973, and ... | |
| My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought Nice O Brother, Where Art Thou reference @reubent. | |
| Modular LP record storage suggestions The Boltz LP-2012-1 (storage capacity 90 LP’s) costs $269. The single cube IKEA EKET (capacity 60-65 LP’s) costs $20. The 4-cube EKET (capacity 250-260) costs $60. The fifteen 4-cube EKETs I bought cost me $750 (current price $900), and will ac... | |
| Marianne Faithfull At the dawn of the 20's, I anticipated this would be a brutal decade for 1960's generation bands, musicians, and singers. Think about how many we've already lost in the first four years. | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade I guess then that the wood used to form the plywood is Beech, not Baltic Birch. But "placed under extreme pressure and heat to create an entirely new, solid and massive material." Is "plinth" the term the English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh use fo... | |
| Modular LP record storage suggestions For those with a nearby IKEA, compare the KALLAX to the EKET. The superiority of the latter over the former will be glaringly obvious. Push on the side of the KALLAX (near the top) and see what happens. Then do the same to an EKET. | |
| Modular LP record storage suggestions A 4-cube EKET costs $60, two for $120, four for $240. Each 4-cube model holds around 250-260 LP's. Comes with a back panel, no wood, glue, and screws necessary. Better looking (in dark gray) than the KALLAX, and more structurally stiff and soli... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade Looks like Baltic Birch plywood, a great stiff, low resonance form of wood (most popular in it's 19mm/13-ply form). Art Dudley made the base for his TD-124 out of the stuff. It’s also great for equipment racks and/or shelves. | |
| A great has died Wow @petaluman, I’ll second @rpeluso’s perfect comment. The best summation of Garth Hudson’s character and talent I’ve ever read, and I’ve read everything ever written about The Band, my by far favorite musical combo (Rock ’n’ Roll or otherwise... | |
| Modular LP record storage suggestions @ozzy62: I picked a cube in which all the LP’s were single discs in non-gatefold covers, and counted them. How many LP’s will fit in each EKET cube (and any other storage rack) will of course be determined by how thick your LP packages are, how... | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) @rayd and @slaw: That original Mom's Apple Pie cover was a result of no one at the record company noticing the female genitalia hidden inside the pie. No pun intended. | |
| Favorite Cover Album Bloody Mary's in the morning, beer in the afternoon, and whiskey at night. |