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| 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... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT8B’s reversing woofer polarity @ledoux1238, the LFT-8b contains two pair of binding posts, one for the panels, one for the bass bins. The speaker comes with a set of jumper wires between the two, to facilitate running the speaker with a single stereo amplifier (the power amp ca... | |
| Your top 3 most EMOTIONALLY intense live concerts, and top 3 EMOTIONALLY intense records. @ericsch: I’m gonna guess your name is Eric. Cool name ;-)Hey, do you remember when towards the end of The Kinks' set, Ray said to the audience: "Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to give a warm round of applause for Mr. Van Dyke Parks", pointing... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? Howdy, @edcyn! I wouldn’t be surprised if we were familiar faces to each other (in the 90’s I looked a lot like Neil Young in the Buffalo Springfield days, complete with the sideburns). Working in the Classical Annex (which I frequented at least s... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yup @slaw, saw the review (I’m on Bill’s blog mailing list. Though our musical tastes are very different, I like his writing a lot). If I was lookin’ for a mat I’d sure give yours a shot (still may, actually). I’m pretty darn happy with the Delrin... | |
| WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" by Doug Clark & The Nuts, a 7" 45RPM single in 1963. How on earth did that get by the censors?!My friends and I rode our bikes to the record shop in downtown San Jose (which had a bank of record players hooked up to... | |
| Angstrom 200 Preamplifier balance adjustment Moffat started Angstrom after he left Theta, where he was head product designer. Good engineer, and an interesting character. | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? I’m old enough for LP’s to have been the only album format available (my first records were 7" 45RPM singles). I never went for pre-recorded 8-tracks or cassettes, already being an audiophile by the time they were introduced. I held out against CD... | |
| Angstrom 200 Preamplifier balance adjustment They're cheap now, aren't they?! When I bought mine is was a couple grand iirc, and that was in the 90's. |