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| Spiking speakers not designed for spikes? Yup, the GAIA first came to my attention via a quote from VPI’s Harry Weisfeld, who put them under his KEF Blade loudspeakers and loved the results. Others have also reported hearing benefits from their use, so I've been waiting for someone to com... | |
| A reappearance of Black Diamond Racing? George Merrill was at one time (in the 1980’s, at least) putting a top layer of lead on his turntable platters, in support of the notion that lead provides a better mechanical impedance to the vinyl of LP’s than does any other material. That was f... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? @n80, you've discovered the main failing of electronic drums, that of dynamic graduation. Don't worry about that for now, there's nothing to be done.Excellent advice from shadorne, the George Stone book is the standard. He also brought up the wris... | |
| A reappearance of Black Diamond Racing? mc, Groovetracer makes both an acrylic and Delrin version of their Rega replacement platter, which are reported to sound quite different. VPI switched to acrylic for their platters for a while, but quickly considered it a step backwards from the D... | |
| 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... |