bdp24
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| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. Not to be argumentative @coltrane1, but I must disagree. My first concert was The Beach Boys in the summer of ’64, The Beatles the following year. After that it was up to San Francisco to see The Dead and The Airplane in Golden Gate Park, then a L... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. Good one Steve. That LP is on my list to acquire. I had it long ago, don't remember why I got rid of it. Early Bee Gees and ABBA, two guilty pleasures ;-) . | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Illuminating indeed, @tomic601. Modjeski gave hour long talks at three of the Burning Amp Festivals (videos available on YouTube), the audiences filled with some other pro hi-fi designers (Nelson Pass, Mike Sanders of Quicksilver Audio), a few rev... | |
| I feel bad for GenX'ers that missed out on the 60s and 70s. We're all "self appointed judges", aren't we? ;-) | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Good post @fleschler. Tim's U.S.A. doppelganger was Roger Modjeski of Music Reference and RAM Tubes. Roger argued that the use of costly boutique parts was often unnecessary, as their claimed superior involved matters unrelated to the part's funct... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) Thanks @orthomead and @whart.When I ordered the Vinyl Stack Spinner, I inquired as to whether or not they had any of the single-disc models left. That model was simply two of the Vinyl Stack "platters" with a handle attached, designed for pre-clea... | |
| Tune of the Day "Did You See What Happened?" by The Dwight Twilley Band. The KILLER, smokin’-hot Rock ’n’ Roll song that is the non-LP B-side on the band’s "I’m On Fire" debut single, which somehow managed to became a Top-40 hit in 1975.Having long-since listened... | |
| Designers -who's been around the longest ? Don’t forget about Frank Van Alstine, a designer talented enough to diagnose and fix the problems in early ARC designs (specifically the SP-3 pre-amp). As was just posted, Tim de Paravicini (EAR-Yoshino)---a master designer pretty much ignored her... | |
| Sonics? All Things Must Pass -50th Anniversary Thanks Stuart, I've been meaning to see what Fremer has to say about it. Though Bobby Whitlock is probably not an audiophile, and in all likelihood has a mid-fi at best system, his description of the 50th is right in line with your Fremer quote.To... | |
| Women In Vinyl ^ Or whipped cream. Remember that Herb Albert LP cover? | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) I bought the last Vinyl Stack Spinner the company had left. Phew, that was close! I had been procrastinating forever, but learning they were closing shop I finally took the plunge. The I got myself a cheap Vevor ultrasonic bath for now, the one th... | |
| In general, how does price relate to quality? For the companies that price their products according to the cost to manufacture, it can reflect the quality of the parts used. But there have been products made using the best parts available, and (some) people still don't like how they sound.The... | |
| Sad News-- Nancy Griffith Has Passed Our kinda artist, ay Stuart?---Eric. | |
| RIP Nanci Damn, whatta drag. Nanci was a class act. 68 isn't very old, younger than a lot of her peers. | |
| Sonics? All Things Must Pass -50th Anniversary Bobby Whitlock (organist, pianist, harmony singer on ATMP, member of Derek & The Dominos) savagely panned the LP version of the reissue. |