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| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. They made the gatefold cover of The Steve Miller Band's Children Of The Future album look great. Never liked strobe lights though; they made playing a fretted instrument on stage difficult! | |
| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. There are now Black Light bulbs, shaped just like an incandescent. I'm gettin' one, but no acid ;-0 . | |
| The truth about why modern music is so awful. Somebody needs to tell the narrator that timbre is pronounced as if it were spelled tamber. Other than that, spot on. | |
| Ampeg Reverberocket 212 Reissue or Fender Hot Rod Deluxe? When I saw Little Village live, Ry Cooder had a whole stack of about 7-8 vintage combo amps---Fenders, a Gibson, a Silvertone I believe, all mic’ed up. Best live guitar tone I’ve ever heard, and his playing was pretty good too ;-) The most interes... | |
| Life of KT150 tubes on ARC Amps Oh no, I forgot to mention one thing. Last one, I promise. Brooks wasn’t an ARC dealer (he had sold the brand when he was at GNP in Pasadena in the 80’s), but he loved having customers who owned them. He sold them a lot of RAM tubes, and also made... | |
| WHAT TURNTABLE? For those perhaps wanting a VPI, but not liking unipivots (I am such a person), consider looking for a nice used Aries 1, which can be had, if like me you get lucky, at a very reasonable price. I found an Aries 1 plinth and motor in Mint - conditi... | |
| Life of KT150 tubes on ARC Amps I know man, Roger Modjeski and The Band, my two crusades. Also Bruce Thigpen and Iris Dement. I shall attempt to curb my enthusiasm out of consideration for ARC apologists, if for no other reason. Before I do though, I wonder how many have actuall... | |
| Alternatives to Stillpoints Symposium Acoustics is the best known maker of roller bearings, and their Rollerblock Series 2 and Rollerblock Jr. are fine products at a fair price, really well made. Before ordering either, consider the roller bearings offered by the Canadian co... | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? In the 1970’s JBL put out an LP intended to be used to evaluate the sound of their new L100 loudspeaker. The LP contains tracks from commercially released albums, one of which is "Donovan’s Colors" from Van Dyke Parks’ Song Cycle album. The record... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... George suggested The Beatles stop touring as the 3rd USA tour grinded on, as he (and Ringo) didn’t think they were playing as well as they once had. They didn’t even have stage monitors, to be able hear their vocals! I therefore don’t fault them f... | |
| Life of KT150 tubes on ARC Amps For the price of retubing a big amp directly from ARC, one can buy a used Music Reference RM-200 (100w/ch), which needs it's four output tubes (a pair of KT88 or 6550 per channel) replaced only every 10,000 hours. And like folkfreak's VTL, the MR ... | |
| Ampeg Reverberocket 212 Reissue or Fender Hot Rod Deluxe? I second Wolf’s advice to get a low-power (15-25w) combo amp with a single 12" driver. There are a LOT of them available, from both small boutique companies and majors like Vox and Fender. I’ve been on stage with a number of them, and a particular... | |
| HELP ... Need Advice/Recommendations on Tube Amp Take a look at the modulus of impedance the speaker exhibits (fancy term ;-) . If it strays far from it's nominal impedance (4 ohms, 8 ohms), you will want a tube amp with a low output impedance to keep the frequency response of the speaker from f... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... Harold, I very much enjoy your post directly above. Nice to hear someone else give ABBA their due!I imagine you know John Lennon loved "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", playing it incessantly they say. But I really must dispute you assertion that Gary Bro... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... Discussions about The Beatles never fail to get everybody goin'! We who bought their albums at the time of their original release have unfortunately heard them far too many times, and it's easy to take them for granted. Rubber Soul is a really, re... |