bdp24
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| Transformer coupled vs Capacitor coupled? Tim de Paravicini uses transformers on the balanced/XLR inputs and outputs of his EAR-Yoshino 868 and 912 pre-amps, but of course not on the RCA's. | |
| Magnepan needs your help Josh, a pair of the 12" woofers is plenty punchy for me, but I don’t prioritize reproducing the hyped-up bass heard in Pop recordings. The planar bass produced by the Tympani-model Magneplanars (and now by the new 30.7) has long been my standard, ... | |
| Magnepan needs your help Thanks for the link to the HiFi Plus article, Josh. It confirms the design I anticipated and described on your thread over on the Planar Speaker Asylum, right down to the 6.5" woofers! Good to hear the subs will be self-powered, and I imagine a "s... | |
| Everything a crossover has to do ... Danny Richie explains all in his series of GR Research Tech Talk Tuesday You Tube videos. | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner @stringreen, so a sweep with the Hunt brush (which I also own, along with a Decca, Audioquest, and Discwasher) gets all the "stuff" out of the grooves and off the surfaces of the used LP's you add to your collection? Or you don't buy used?I've bou... | |
| New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies Alright @oregonpapa, now you HAVE gone too far, disparaging my blended Johnnie Walker Black like that. :-(But Geoff came to the rescue, making me laugh out loud for the first time in quite a while (the donkey joke). :-)Back on topic: Audiogoner fo... | |
| Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner Right @kozzmo999, and the price had crept up to $3000. Not cheap, but lower priced than both the KL Audio and Audiodesk @ $4000. A DIY ultrasonic cleaner can be put together for under $1000, but the Degritter has it all. | |
| Bi-amp crossover recommendations The best one I know of is the Pass Labs, but it ain’t cheap. Is cost an object? Nelson was also offering his excellent First Watt B4 ($1500 list, but discounted), but it’s now out of production. Call Reno Hi-Fi (a major Pass/First Watt retailer), ... | |
| Abbey Road MoFi or Reissue I bought the UK version upon it's initial release, and though I've never liked it much (I realize I'm in the minority ;-) I still have it. If it's fetching over $200, maybe I'll sell it! | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers? If you still really like the Maggies, get a Sanders Magtech amp to drive them. Or, get a pair or quad (swarm) of good subs to augment the 3.6’s. Getting the deep bass out of the panels will make the upper-bass, midrange and up cleaner. | |
| Need Tonearm help for a Thorens TD124 Mark II The Zeta is imo a good recommendation. If anyone finds one that could use some TLC, Johnnie at Audio Origami is very familiar with the arm, and himself holds it in high regard. He will take yours apart, clean, repack, and adjust the bearings, and ... | |
| Top five live Rock And Roll Albums Hmm, Lou Reed live and The Band Live At The Academy of Music 1971 sound very different from one other to me. When The Band played The Hollywood Bowl in ’71, they were given carte blanche for their opening act. They chose The Miles Davis Group. Gar... | |
| Looking for a small tube amp (possibly integrated tube amp)... low power, nice sound There is a real nice used Music Reference RM-10 Mk.2 listed at $1400 on U.S. Audiomart right now. 35w/ch from a single pair of EL84's/ch. If I hadn't just bought myself one exactly like it, I'd buy it myself. | |
| Congratulations Atmasphere! It's funny, 'cause most brilliant designers look like nerds. Ralph looks like a musician, which he also is. | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation I saw Bloomfield (and the awesome Buddy Miles) in The Electric Flag in the Summer of ’68, at The Santa Clara County Folk-Rock Festival. Mark Naftalin was playing piano, Harvey Brooks bass, Nick Gravenites singing, and four sax players---two barito... |