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| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Tony Rice Unit: Backwaters. In honour to Art Dudley---Tony was his favorite flat picker. As a bonus, an old bandmate of mine plays upright bass on the album, Todd Phillips. On Rounder records, one of the couple best labels of all-time. | |
| RIP Art Dudley What was Art, in his 50’s? I loved his Listener mag, and his subtle dissing of HP (he worked for him at TAS). He brought the discussion of "tonal density" and "color saturation" in music reproduction to my attention, and some other sophisticated m... | |
| What is the average dealer mark up? One reason Tower Records couldn’t keep it going was the tiny margins in the music business. I was a product buyer at one of the stores, and typically paid $10.35 to $10.70 for $15.98 list albums. New releases sold for $11.99 or $12.99 in the store... | |
| The bass is the place... And, our hearing sensitivity significantly drops off at lower frequencies. To sound as "loud" as higher ones, bass must be played at higher SPL than almost all woofers and subs are capable of producing (the lone exception being the Eminent Technol... | |
| Art Dudley passed away. Rest in Peace OMG. I too am shocked. He’s been one of the few current pro reviewers whose opinion was of any interest to me. His writing was full of humour and wisdom, and he was just a damned good writer. I anticipate his disappearance from the mag will greatl... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Oh yeah @artemus_5, I forgot Albert played a Tele, not that common amongst Blues players (though Mike Bloomfield played one in The Butterfield Blues Band.). The Tele is just about the ipso facto standard in Country, of course. I’ve played with a l... | |
| What is the average dealer mark up? Retailers paying the manufacturer 60% of list price is the industry standard. | |
| Eq to pre amp The advantage of the tape loop arrangement is that the extra connections and cables will be in the signal path only when the equalizer is engaged. | |
| Equipment Rack - How important in the grand scheme of things? 1- Buy a rack or two from Sound Anchors (they’ll make it/them with as many shelves as you want).2- Make of have made shelves using two stiff and dissimilar materials (slate and Baltic/Russian Birch plywood is a good combo), with constrained layer ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report I hear ya @artemus_5 . That kind Strat tone is what turned me off towards that model. I first heard it seeing Hendrix live in ’67 and ’68, and later in my own bands. Especially bad when plugged into a Fender Twin---SO piercing! I liken it to chewi... | |
| Listening Room Dimensions... I'm building one and need your help True @artemus_5, the ratio is not of Cardas' invention, merely his "re-discovery". He uses it in the construction of his cables too, the relative sizes of the various gauge strands of wire he combines. | |
| Great country recording Plus Kasey to SO easy on the eyes, like a young Jessie Colter. Waylon Jennings was one lucky guy. Roy Orbison had a real good lookin’ wife too, Barbara. I saw her at the tribute show to Roy held at The Wiltern Theater shortly after his death, and ... | |
| BEST HARMLESS/SIGNATURELESS SPEAKERS CAPACITORS. Good post, Raul. The beauty of the bypass test is, when "A" is compared to "B", you aren't listening for a preference, only a difference. That's why the device under test must provide no gain, no filters, no nuthin', just pass the signal through e... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks @tomic601, I'll look for the article. | |
| Tune of the Day "When You Walk In The Room" by Agnetha Faltskog (from ABBA). I just keep plating it, over and over, unable to get enough of it. A 2004 recording of the Jackie DeShannon song from '63. The Searches had a hit with it in '64, which is also good. |