bdp24
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| Magnepan 20.7 and Subs Don, I share your amusement at you being lectured to on the subject of Magneplanars. Those who know Don are aware of the fact that he has forgotten more about that loudspeaker (having owned them since the 1970's) than most will ever know. Don also... | |
| Real world life expectancy of a high end cartridge? @wqgq_641, did you see my post on 7-4? Even after that, mijostyn continued to say Stylast is Freon. Repeat a lie enough and people will believe it? Works for some people, even those in high places. | |
| Mapleshade or Butcher Block Acoustics @tonyptony, in my area (Portland, OR) there is Mr. Plywood, who stock and sell 13-ply Baltic Birch in three different size sheets, including the most common 4 x 8 and 5 x 5. Rockler also sells BB, but you don't want to pay shipping, do you? Just G... | |
| Your favourite music movie? Two recent ones are Ain't In It For My Health (documentary on The Band drummer Levon Helm, the title a response to a comment by Robbie Robertson), and Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson And The Story Of Smile. I also neglected to mention A Mighty Win... | |
| Cartridge Inspection Bay Area Give Walter Davies at The Last Factory in Livermore a call. He has an electron microscope (if you don't know, Last makes products for reducing wear of styli, LP's, recording tape, etc.), and may be willing to take a look at your stylus. If not, he... | |
| So this is probably a really stupid question! Brian Wilson mixed to Mono because Phil Spector did (Spector was his role model and idol), but also because he was and is for all intents and purposes deaf in one ear (his dad when displeased with them liked to smack the three boys upside the head... | |
| Real world life expectancy of a high end cartridge? Rather than relying on someone who obviously knows very little (if anything) about the products of The Last Factory, head over to the company’s website and have your questions answered. Neither Stylast nor Last Record Preservative (used by The Lib... | |
| What equipment upgrades or tweaks will improve the sound of drums? A Decca or London cartridge ;-) . No, seriously. I saw and heard Nigel live with EJ in 1971, and his Slingerland drum kit sounded similar to Keith Moon’s Premieres: big and boomy! | |
| Your favourite music movie? By "music movie" I presume you mean a movie in which music is the central theme, not just it’s soundtrack? Crazy Heart, Coal Miner’s Daughter, Tender Mercies, The Rutles, Riot On Sunset Strip, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, The Wrecking Crew, George H... | |
| Subs on stands If you put your room dimensions into one of the room mode calculators on the ’net, you can see where in the room it’s modes and anti-modes are located (always but not exclusively at the wall/ceiling/floor intersections. Other locations are in the ... | |
| Paypal issues through Audiogon U.S. Audio Mart is admitting they have a problem with Paypal. When buyers send Paypal through the USAM system, the Paypal payment is made, then almost immediately cancelled. USAM is suggesting sellers have their buyers send payment directly from t... | |
| Power Pop lives! Billy Bremner and Terry Williams are also a large part of the Rockpile sound. They played three nights at The Country Club in Reseda, CA on the Seconds Of Pleasure tour, and I went all three nights. I was surprised by how many of the cool guitar p... | |
| Does anyone have any impressions about the Aphex Sound Exciter ? A reasonable question, @kalali. For the answer, watch the video from the Burning Amp Festival in San Francisco from a couple of years ago (available on You Tube), in which Nelson Pass explains why. | |
| Power Pop lives! @slaw, as you probably know, Prophet lives in the Bay Area. All us locals (I grew up in San Jose, a short 45 minute drive south) consider The Groovies local heroes, fighting on in the face of the unstoppable hippie horde that was dominant when Cyr... | |
| Weight, Clamp or stabilizer? A set of four IsoAcoustics GAIA III (which support up to 70 lbs.) retails for $199, $189 on Amazon. |