bdp24
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| Reference Recordings only doing hybrid cd/sacd now, sad I'm gone. George, you don't care for SACD? Esoteric makes some "pretty good" (;-) machines that will play them (and standard CD's). | |
| A reappearance of Black Diamond Racing? Oy millercarbon, a lead shot loaded acrylic turntable platter! Geoff also disapproves of lead. Both of my VPI’s have the 1.25" thick TNT platter with a thin sheet of lead bonded to the bottom of the aluminum, a very effective vibration sink. I hav... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? @n80, I just recalled a piece of advice from an old master I read years ago: when going about your everyday life activities, use your weak hand instead of your strong one. Brushing your teeth, opening doors, cooking, even try writing with your les... | |
| Demo'd a few sets of speakers over the past 2 weeks... If you have an Eminent Technology dealer near you, consider giving their LFT-8b a listen. It has a pair of magnetic-planar midrange drivers (similar to those in Maggies, but with magnets on both sides of the Mylar, for push-pull operation, hence l... | |
| Paper cone woofers died in 1962 .... a look back @lastperfectdaymusic, the ESS Transtatic put the KEF B139 in a transmissionline enclosure (hence the "trans" part of the name; the "static" for the RTR electrostatic tweeters). That enclosure was very similar to that of the IMF Monitor, which also... | |
| A reappearance of Black Diamond Racing? The shelves are pretty expensive, but sets of Those Things (2.75" square by 0.75" thick blocks) show up used occasionally for around $100, and may be just as effective. The cones new were only $60/3, and are even cheaper used. | |
| Spiking speakers not designed for spikes? @jkuc, although I have mentioned them several times (to bring them to the attention of anyone who might find them worth looking into), I decided against purchasing any GAIA. I like to analyze the concept and design of any product I am considering,... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? @n80, the way to strengthen your left hand is to lead with it. If you are practicing rudiments (do it on a practice pad, rather than sitting at your set), play the "R" parts with your left hand, the "L" with your right. Set your kit up backwards, ... | |
| R.I.P. Dr. John A little bit Jazz, a little bit R & B, and a whole lotta Nawlins. One of a kind, like all great artists. I fear Van Morrison will also soon leave us, and the world will really be a poorer place. | |
| RIP, Dr John His performance was one of the highlights of The Last Waltz. I love how he walked right past Robbie to shake Levon’s hand as he was leaving the stage. A very cool cat. | |
| Paper cone woofers died in 1962 .... a look back I heard a Leak loudspeaker with a "sandwich" cone woofer in 1971---it was excellent, the best speaker I had heard until hearing my first ESL later in the year. That year I also heard the ESS Transtatic I, which had three RTR ESL tweeters and the l... | |
| Exceptional vendor support Bruce Thigpen has sometimes answered the phone when I have called Eminent Technology. Funny, he sounds like a normal guy (he's not, he's brilliant). I've gotten Roger Modjeski when I've called Music Reference too. And Keith Herron as well. I love ... | |
| 'Unlistenable' early digital recordings? It was Ry's idea to record Bop Til You Drop digitally, and damn was he pissed when he heard the results. He eventually heard a Water Lily LP, and couldn't wait to be recorded by Kav Alexander (on A Meeting By The River). Kav's recorder's electroni... | |
| R.I.P. Roky Erickson. It would be great to have The Sonics albums in better recorded sound too. I didn't manage to see them in their mid-60's heyday (I did have their records, though, and they sound SO bad), but I did see The Lyres in the 1980's, about as close as you ... | |
| 'Unlistenable' early digital recordings? In the rush to get CD’s to market in the format’s early days, record companies used the old production masters made for the pressing of LP’s. Those LP-mastered tapes had their low frequencies filtered out to make the records playable by the cartri... |