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| Best power amp for Martin Logan Expression 11a @mike_f, did you try the RM-200’s 1 ohm tap? | |
| Audio Additives Stylus Force Gauge inconstantcy The body of the Riverstone gauge---they actually make two, but get the one with the extension arm which puts the stylus at playing height when measuring VTF---is made of a tough plastic, and that extension arm of a non-ferromagnetic grade of stain... | |
| Woot! Decca cartridge bargain The Garrott brothers' improvements to the old Deccas are legendary. I tried a couple of times to talk Ken Kessler (Hi-Fi News & Record Review, author of books on QUAD and McIntosh), a big fan, to sell me one of his. To no avail! | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? 1- My first ESL tweeter, the three RTR's in the ESS TranStatic loudspeaker, also used by Arnie Nudell in his Infinity 2000A. The TranStatic employed the KEF B139 woofer in a quarter-wave transmissionline enclosure, the B139 also used by Dave Wilso... | |
| Audio Additives Stylus Force Gauge inconstantcy Go onto Amazon and take a look at the Riverstone Audio gauge. $28.95, none better. | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" In loudspeakers, it is those which provide a "looking down on the soundstage" perspective, and/or which put a vocalists mouth at waist height. I like to look up at the stage, and I want a vocalists mouth at least 5' off the floor. Point source lou... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... I still love those first two McCartneys. Paul played and sang all the parts on the first (as did Emitt Rhodes on his even better s/t 1970 debut), but had hired Studio/Jazz drummer Denny Seiwell by the time of Ram, paying him $150 a week to be on r... | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" Unipivot tonearms, flopping around like a fish-out-of-water. | |
| Electrostatic pros and cons. @clio09, were the speakers on the side wall ESP’s, and the designer’s name Sean McCaughan? I saw and heard them in the 1990’s at Acoustic Image in Studio City, CA, a great high end shop in SoCal. Never got to hear the Beveridge, though I heard the... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Yup @n80, on Rick’s first album. I have all his solo stuff, as well as that of Levon and Garth. Robbie, uh, no ;-) . I was so happy that Levon received the recognition he did on his later albums, including three Grammies! But it was Richard Manuel... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? If one does not require the gain provided by the pre-amp section of an integrated and most separate pre-amps, a power amp with a built-in passive pre-amp (control of volume, switching, etc.) is an attractive alternative to a conventional integrate... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? All The King’s Men. For all ya’ll who like The Rolling Stones, on "Deuce & A Quarter" Keith Richards gets together with those HE likes: Scotty Moore (guitar) and D.J. Fontana (drums) from Elvis’ original band (Keith brought along his dad to me... | |
| Group delay in subwoofers @mkgus, Rythmik provides very detailed information about phase and loudspeaker/subwoofer integration on the company website (rythmikaudio.com). The Rythmik A370 and H600 lines of plate amps include a "PHASE/DELAY" continuously variable knob contro... | |
| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. My kinda gal, Liz ;-) . I had one like you (she loved Lucinda Williams, Memphis Minnie, Dave Edmunds, and The Plimsouls---hip, man), then she got back into ’erb in her late-40’s, and it ruined her. I can’t stand being around potheads. No offense d... | |
| Alternatives to Stillpoints The original, cheapest Ingress is indeed a Symposium Jr. imitation. The higher priced Ingress are a very different story. Larger diameter bowl with a shallower slope for the ball bearing to climb (that climb the most important isolation design ele... |