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| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw: Sorry Steve, I’ve been suffering a little with some kind of illness. Really sore and achy all over. No fever or trouble breathing, plus I’m fully vaccinated, so it’s not Covid.Anyway, Leon didn’t choose Tom over Twilley; both were signed to... | |
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| Eminent Technology LFT8B’s reversing woofer polarity @clio09: The LFT-8b panel houses a pair of LFT midrange drivers, and a single ribbon tweeter. The x/o point between the two is at 10kHz, symmetical 1st order. The speaker is fitted with two sets of binding posts, one for the panel and one for the ... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT8B’s reversing woofer polarity @clio09, I believe the reason for the 180Hz x/o from the panel to the woofer is because the dual midrange LFT drivers don't produce enough output below 180Hz to do otherwise. But remember, the LFT-8b wooder is just that: a woofer, not a sub. Looke... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT8B’s reversing woofer polarity @ledoux1238: Yeah, the Marchand x/o’s are very well respected. They make filter "cards" for every conceivable need, the 1st-order you need being the most simple.As for using the volume control of the Mactone to balance the panels and woofers, reme... | |
| Speaker cone shape I imagine many of you are not old enough to remember the Leak "Sandwich" loudspeakers from the early-1970’s; Leak was one of the British companies that never really took off in the U.S.A. in a big way.Leak’s claim to fame was their flat-face drive... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT8B’s reversing woofer polarity @ledoux1238:1: You sure can. However, if the two amps don’t provide the same gain (fairly likely), you WILL need a means of adjusting the volume of the higher gain one. Some power amps include a volume control, but these days that’s rare. A simple... | |
| Your top 3 most EMOTIONALLY intense live concerts, and top 3 EMOTIONALLY intense records. I passed Steve Martin as he was coming out of the Classical Annex, musta been in the late-90’s. When our eyes met he smiled, with a "Yeah, it’s really me" look on his face. When I didn’t react, the look turned into one of embarrassment ;-) .Has ev... | |
| Cat Scratch Fever? Nelson Pass worked at ESS in the late-60’s/early-70’s.Their TranStatic 1 loudspeaker was the first high end one I heard (in 1970), and my first ESL’s (the three tweeters in it were RTR’s), before hearing the Infinity Servo-Static 1 in ’71. I didn’... | |
| Your top 3 most EMOTIONALLY intense live concerts, and top 3 EMOTIONALLY intense records. @plaw: Nope, didn't see EC. As you probably know, Dylan played five nights at The Pantages, every night with a different opening artist. The night I went it was Beck.I did see EC in Amoeba Records one afternoon in 2015. The thing about L.A. is tha... | |
| New In 2021 Recently announced: Lucinda Williams doing 60's Southern Soul Music (a major influence). I forget the title. Oughta be great.Out later this week: Fire It Up by Steve Cropper (I have no doubt Lucinda eagerly anticipates this one). The guitar riff h... | |
| Your top 3 most EMOTIONALLY intense live concerts, and top 3 EMOTIONALLY intense records. Whatta ya mean? It’s only 51 years ago .-) . I remember events that took place before I could speak. Sitting in a high chair in the kitchen, sucking on a bottle and watching my mom iron (on one of those ironing boards that folded down and out from... | |
| Why not more popular? Great post @phillb!The significance of your point about Clayton using drivers designed and built specifically for OB use cannot be overstated. All professional loudspeaker designers/builders know the importance of that, and proceed accordingly. I’... | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? Every song on Van Dyke Parks' debut album Song Cycle will sound odd to most listeners, none more so than "The All Golden." You think Syd Barrett sounds unusual?!After you listen to Song Cycle, go back and listen to Smile. You will then hear how mu... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @tomic601: Let me know when is good for you Jim, and I'll be up! My sister has a friend in Seattle she's been wanting to visit, so I'll have time to do whatever I want (include look for LP's, of course). I know Light In The Attic Records (record c... |