bdp24
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| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Whipple Blower (supercharger) kits. My Chevy small block 350 V8 runs fine without one, but better with. | |
| Turntable platforms The Townshend Audio Seismic Pod is a spring inside a rubber sleeve, with a tiny hole that allows air to escape when the spring is compressed (somewhat reminiscent of a bellows). The spring provides isolation, the rubber sleeve and compressed air d... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @reubent, isn’t Geraint wonderful?! "Turn That Chicken Down" is a fantastic blend of "Field Holler Blues" and modern Trip Hop. His reimagining of Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks’ "Heroes And Villains" (into a Jump Blues!) is absolutely brilliant... | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? @lewm, my idea? Heck no! What did I say that gave you that impression? | |
| Great country recording Thanks @rpeluso, I'll look it up. | |
| Trading Magnepan 1.7 to Martin Logan Impression 11A worth it? Paul Seydor has also reviewed the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. For another loudspeaker option similar in many ways to Magneplanars, read his review in TAS. 5' tall, 13" wide, a thin dipole m/t panel atop a sealed enclosure containing an 8" woofer. 1... | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? This may be only tangentially related, but where damping is most advantageous, and is of most potential benefit, is at the pickup/cartridge/headshell end of the tonearm. In the late-60’s/early-70’s, turntable design was investigated in depth at th... | |
| Great country recording Some excellent new additions above.@reubent’s "Thinkin’ Problem" by David Ball, an absolute Hard Country classic in the tradition of Merle Haggard. I became an instant fan of David’s upon hearing it and him for the first time. Carrie Rodriquez &am... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Danny Gatton (a favorite of many other great guitarists), Robben Ford (the only musician who worked with both Miles Davis and George Harrison ;-), Mose Allison (a pianist/singer who should be quite accessible to a Van Morrison lover). | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? That reminds me @slaw: yesterday I received notification of the upcoming release of Lucinda's new one, later this month I believe. It was you who got me back into her, for which I am deeply appreciative! | |
| Turntable platforms Conspicuously absent is the Townshend Audio Seismic Platform (or set of four Seismic Pods). | |
| Should I be able to hear a 4Hz difference in my speakers? First of all, comparing the low frequency response specs of two loudspeakers provided by their makers, and thinking that the one whose specified response extends 4Hz lower than the other will do just that, is to buy into unproven marketing claims.... | |
| Schiit Loki I really miss not only the tone controls (a fair percentage of my favorite music was recorded in less-than-audiophile quality sound), but also the mode (stereo/mono/left/right) and balance controls all pre-amps used to have on their front panels, ... | |
| RIP Art Dudley 1954? Hmm, older than I thought. I WAS relieved that it wasn't the virus what got 'em. And I hadn't heard Clark Johnsen has also just died. Clark cornered me at one CES in Vegas, insisting I discuss with him his pet topic: absolute polarity. I was... | |
| MOFI Yes "Fragile" UD1S (One-Step, Supervinyl) Right, @uberwaltz?! $125 will buy a Schitt Mani, fer Pete's sake. No album is worth $125 to me, but hey, if you've got the dough, why not? I'm used to getting by on very little $, and have had to make sacrifices to get the hi-fi and music I want.A... |