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| Which Magnepans for my small room? @smodtactical, if at all possible, try and give a listen to the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. It contains a pair of magnetic-planar drivers (in some ways similar to the 1.7, different in others) for frequencies 180Hz to 10kHz, a ribbon tweeter for 10... | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities Right @stfoth, the SVT. For reproducing bass, a second for the RM-200 Mk.2. I didn't want to be the first ;-) . | |
| Which Magnepans for my small room? Touche', Mike! I very much agree, the 3.7 is a far better loudspeaker than the 1.7, which I don't much care for (preferring the ET LFT-8b). The 20.7 I have not heard, but the 30.7 I would kill for. Just kidding, FBI. | |
| Music Reference RM-200 Me too, @pdreher. I bought my original for $2,000, and sold it for same when I found a Mk.2. Another balanced (via transformers) tube pre-amp that plays well with the amp is the EAR-Yoshino 868L (line only) or 868PL (take a wild guess ;-), or if y... | |
| Is soundstaging emblematic of reality? Since most recordings are made in a studio, the imaging heard in live performances (if any) has little to do with how most LP’s, CD’s, etc. "should" image. Studio recording engineers are for the most part not attempting to create a realistic, life... | |
| Music Reference RM-200 Ah, okay. I'm pretty sure the original went into Class A after it's review by Fremer, as did the MK.2 of course. I owned one of the originals, and asked Roger Modjeski about the improvements made in the Mk.2 version. Beside the capacitor forming c... | |
| Best rock song of all times Oh gawd yes, @oblgny! "Mercury Blues" absolutely smokes, and is a good recording ta boot (I've used it for years as material for speaker evaluations). I've seen Lindley perform it live with his great band El Rayo-X, and the room goes insane! Peopl... | |
| Music Reference RM-200 Actually, neither was Class-A, at least in stock form. Roger Modjeski offered the Mk.2 in Class-A as an option (there is currently one such listed on USAM), but I don't know if the same was true of the Mk.1. | |
| Linda Ronstadt Tomorrow I'm going to see the documentary film, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice. | |
| Which Magnepans for my small room? The max you would go to is the 20.7? That model IS the max Magnepan, except for the new 4-panel 30.7. I don’t recall what size room Elizabeth has her pair of 20.7 in, but 12’ x 16’ may not be big enough for the 3.7, let alone the 20.7. Either woul... | |
| Best rock song of all times Ooh, good one @oblgny! I'll add "I'm On Fire" by The Dwight Twilley Band, "Shake Some Action" by The Flamin' Groovies, "Play That Fast Thing One More Time" by Rockpile, and "Cadillac Walk" by Moon Martin (original) or Mink DeVille (great version, ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Lots of Richard Thompson. What a unique, gifted artist! | |
| Ceramic insulator cone under phono stage shocker! Both, or either, depending on frequency. Decouplers above resonance, couplers at and below. A mechanical low-pass filter. | |
| Favorite cover? Them’s version of Big Joe Williams’ "Baby Please Don’t Go", though they model their version on that of John Lee Hooker. Wicked, tough, Them make The Stones sound like the p*ssies they are.Another is The Guess Who’s (the first line-up, without Burt... | |
| Favorite cover? Oops, it was of course Gregory Peck who played Nolte's character in the original Cape Fear, not Mitchum. Haven't had any coffee yet ;-) .@roberjerman, I well remember the cover of Realization---kind of psychedelic. Everybody was trying so hard aro... |