bdp24
Responses from bdp24
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. @jrpnde: Gordon Lightfoot's Bobby McGee is my favorite version of that song. Good recording, too. In 1973 I was visiting the newly-opened Audio Arts in Livermore California on the very day Bill Johnson was delivering and installing his complete A... | |
| American Made Audio Products I have owned three pair of Magneplanars (including one pair currently), and the Eminent Technology LFT-4 and LFT-8b. None of them are perfect, Neither are my QUAD ESL's, or the Infinity RS-Ib I formerly owned. Anyone who claims ANY loudspeaker to... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. @tablejockey: In the 90's I had a '66 Deluxe Reverb, but the reissues are great too. In December of 2007 I played a 3-night gig with a singer (L.A.-based Jonny Kaplan) who is a really good rhythm guitarist, and his Les Paul Jr. into a new DR sound... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. The Deluxe Reverb (blackface, of course ;-), my favorite amp. Dwight Twilley’s long-time guitarist Bill Pitcock IV (now RIP) used a pair of them with an MXR digital delay between the two, with an ES335 plugged in. Awesome live sound! When I recor... | |
| Does measurements really matter? Timely: In his latest GR Research YouTube video (posted today, Wednesday 3-23-22), Danny Richie examines the Magnepan Mini send him by a customer. In the video you see not only how Richie evaluates a loudspeaker---and designs a cure for it's ills,... | |
| American Made Audio Products Bruce Thigpen invented his Eminent Technology LFT driver in response to the original, single-ended Magnepan planar-magnetic drivers, still found in most Magnepan models. I own a pair of Magnepan’s Tympani T-IVa, which features single-ended bass an... | |
| Anyone out there own a Clearaudio Double Matrix Pro Sonic? @lewm: I keep my HW-17 in a walk-in closet, and close the door when running the vacuum. Cheap US machines emit a very high frequency buzz, sort of like a bug zapper. Again, mine’s in the closet. | |
| Anyone out there own a Clearaudio Double Matrix Pro Sonic? The Project vacuum cleaning machines (two models, priced at around $499 and $699) are also bidirectional, AND have an LP platform the size of the label, for those who don’t want the full-size VPI-style platter. I don’t know about the Project, but... | |
| Mono Recommendations I believe the mono Springfield albums were offered individually, though I haven't seen them in any of my record stores. I'l check next time I'm in one, and let you know. | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. I've never understood or related to the fetish for expensive watches. UK reviewer Ken Kessler is a collector, occasionally dropping a watch reference into a review. There in no time, man, only the eternal present. Unless you have to be at a record... | |
| Records Everywhere - Help! Unfortunately the IKEA Bonde was discontinued many years ago. I have and like their EKET model: a 27.5" x 27.5" x 13.75" deep 4-cubicle storage unit priced at $55. I have fifteen of them, stacked three high, five wide. A wall of LP's! | |
| Mono Recommendations @goofyfoot: No, not Neil Young’s albums, the Buffalo Springfield boxset (you know he was a member, right?) he did of the three Springfield albums, as part of his ongoing Neil Young Archive Performance Series reissues. The boxset contains five LP’s... | |
| Changed subs from speaker level to XLR after many years. Wow! While REL Acoustics (a favorite sub of many audiophiles) is a well-known proponent and champion of speaker-level connections, Brian Ding of Rythmik Audio---who also offers models with provisions for speaker-level hookup---prefers and recommends a ... | |
| DIY TT Townshend Audio offered their damping trough separately in the late-80's/early-90's. I've never seen one for sale used, but one could be taken off a "sacrificial" Townshend Rock table and used on any other design. The cheapest Rock to find used is... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Great Emitt Rhodes album, @bslon! Emitt wrote, played, and sang every note on his debut, a perfect album. I was in the band hand-picked to back Emitt when in 1997 he played his first live show in a quarter century. We performed only six songs, in... |