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| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS @tomic601: Years ago Danny designed a 2 cu.ft. (I believe) sealed sub enclosure employing double walls, with the chamber between the two filled with sand. I designed my 4 cu.ft. sub enclosures for the Rythmik F15HP DIY Kit using that same idea (wi... | |
| Is today’s contemporary music lacking? @stuartk: Oh yeah, I get No Depression emails several times a week. I also have a complete collection of the printed version of the mag, which I have been reading since it's inception in the 1990's. That title is taken from Uncle Tupelo's debut al... | |
| Do you all agree when Prince said the 60s, 70s and 80s were the golden ages of music? Yes @coltrane1, The Band are too subtle for some listeners. They were for me, it taking me a year of listening to finally "get" Music From Big Pink. Perhaps you need to listen to them some more, or perhaps you, like some musicians I know, will nev... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS @rixthetrick: I take it you live in Texas. Have you visited Danny Richie at his GR Research facility, located in Iowa Park? He welcomes visitors, and will demo his loudspeaker models for you. He sells his designs as kits (only), so they aren't for... | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Absolutely @gpgr4blu. Hal Blaine was my first favorite studio drummer, once I learned there was such a thing. I left out Jim Keltner, considering him an obvious member of the musical drummer fraternity. His playing on Randy Newman's early albums r... | |
| Nirvana sued over "Nevermind" cover photo @mapman: Please don't use weenie and cut in the same sentence, okay? ;-) | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Charlie didn’t have to be "perfect", or technically advanced. In fact, if he was he would sound out of place in a band with Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. Like the often-denigrated Ringo Starr, he was the right drummer for the group. As was Keith... | |
| And Tom T. Hall makes 3 :-( Oops! I just again looked at the CD, and realized it is entitled The Real Tom T. Hall Project. "The real Tom T. Hall" is how he was referred to in Country music.Thanks @rpeluso, I'll look up that version. | |
| Another great gone, this time its Charlie Watts Like Charlie, once I heard a Gretsch drumset, that was it for me! Levon Helm also played Gretsch, including in The Last Waltz. A beautiful black diamond pearl-finished set. A have a set in bdp, and one in Brazilian walnut. Both with 24" bass drums... | |
| Is today’s contemporary music lacking? @stuartk: Beato's videos are fantastic! I watch at least one a day, often learning a lot. | |
| Discovered I had a One Step pressing....from 1978! @emailists: Oh yeah, d-2-d is very impractical. Very few musicians (or singers) can record an entire LP side live without playing a number of clams. I was speaking only of the best-sounding LP system, not the most doable.You use the term "older re... | |
| Does listening to music increase your IQ? There is a body of research that establishes the playing of Mozart music to babies increases brain activity, leading to early intellectual development. When presented with information it doesn't understand (Mozart music), the brain works to make s... | |
| VTL 300 Deluxe monoblocks @tomic601: I hadn't heard about Tom retiring. Glad I got the RM-9 Mk.2 he scrutinized for Sheila while I could! I assumed he wouldn't be coming along when she moves the Brooks Berdan operation up to Washington, sometime this year I believe. | |
| How to repair bottom diaphragm connection of Eminent Technology LFT8 planar speakers By the way, nice loudspeaker! An overlooked little gem. Only a little more $ than the Maggie 1.7i, and imo quite a bit better. | |
| Acoustic treatment for windows and a piano As @dekay suggested, damping the piano strings (two per keyboard note---that's a lotta strings!) is the first order of business. They ring like crazy when provoked, much more than an acoustic guitar or drumset. A folded furniture moving blanket wi... |