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| Salk Audio Sound Salk builds into some of his loudspeakers a Rythmik servo-feedback subwoofer, which automatically raises tremendously the speaker's capabilities. Very few even "full-range" speakers are truly capable of reproducing at lifesize SPL the 20-40Hz octa... | |
| Your favorite Electrostatic, Panel spkr A true ribbon CAN be made in a wide width (Apogee did it), but it's expensive. Such a ribbon is very insensitive, and apparently it's impedance has to be very low (Apogee's sure was). A difficult loudspeaker to pull off, but some consider the Apog... | |
| Your favorite Electrostatic, Panel spkr Not to pick nits, but the famous tweeter in the big Maggies---3.7, 20.7, 30.7---is not a magnetic-planar, but a true (not quasi-) ribbon. So is the tweeter in the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. | |
| Turntable feedback I bought a slab of marble in the 80's, and yes, it rang like a bell. Granite, no, it's pretty well self-damped. I'm about to try two granite shelves put together with constrained-layer damping between them. Finding a place that will cut granite fo... | |
| Why HiFi manufacturers don't make active crossovers anymore? I have a First Watt B4 (designed and built by Nelson Pass) that I will never sell. He also makes a x/o under his Pass Labs brand name, but it's a LOT more money. | |
| Turntable feedback If the feedback is ground-borne rather than acoustic, a set of Townshend Audio Seismic Pods under the granite. | |
| Your favorite Electrostatic, Panel spkr As always, no mention of the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. Like Maggies, a magnetic-planar from 180Hz to 10kHz (push-pull drivers, unlike the single-ended in the cheaper Maggies), an 8" dynamic woofer for 180Hz down, and a ribbon tweeter for 10kHz up... | |
| Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise... Ooh yeah @slaw, everybody I knew bought Taj’s first album in ’68, as well as his second (Natch’l Blues). My band included "She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride" in our repertoire. The great Jesse Ed Davis plays guitar on both albums (Ry ... | |
| Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise... Yep @gosta, all the above are LP's. Mobile Fidelity also offers Bring The Family on SACD, but I haven't heard it.The Eclipse Recordings is on John's current label, the great New West Records. Also on that label are Buddy Miller, Richard Thompson, ... | |
| Two great recent books on music. @valinar, I should have emphasized that Levon’s book is an autobiography---he tells the story from what he calls "the best seat in the house".....the drum throne ;-) .The Kubernik’s book (once again, the actual title is The Story Of The Band; From... | |
| Two great recent books on music. More excerpts from the book:Jim Keltner: "Carl (Radle, bassist in Derek & The Dominoes, Delaney & Bonnie) knew Levon and all the guys, and he was the one who turned me on to the Music From Big Pink album. That album blew my mind. I listene... | |
| Echo in the Canyon (documentar movie) Yeah David, The Wrecking Crew is fantastic! I have that on DVD, and by the way, I learned Echo In The Canyon will also soon be available on DVD. | |
| Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise... Oops, I can't let John Hiatt remain unmentioned! He enlisted Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner to help him record his breakout album Bring The Family. John's kind of a Blues singer, and BTF was recorded in excellent sound at Village Recording ... | |
| Two great recent books on music. @valinar, I haven't read "Testimony", but Levon's book (my copy is autographed, as is Ringo's ;-) and the Kubernik's are very different things. Levon's book tells HIS story, which of course includes The Band. The Kubernik's book tells the story of... | |
| Can you over damp with isolation products? If so - How do you know you've done it? @insearchofprat, have you read Shannon Dickson's article "Bad Vibes" on the Stereophile website? You can find the answer to your question (and more) there. |