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| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. Yeah tomic, Richard Thompson is one of the greats! Writes, sings, and plays guitar like no one else. I didn't catch up with him until his Shoot Out The Light album with Linda, but that album so knocked me out I got all his previous albums, and tho... | |
| Greatest American Invention that change music forever more: THE BASS DRUM PEDAL Yup @isochronism, it's my youngest sister and I on Christmas morning in Pacoima, California, 1955, I reckon. I didn't know it at the time, but Richie Valens lived not far away, and was probably practicing on his guitar at the time the pic was taken. | |
| Ikea Eket shelves with a large vinyl collection? I received a real nice PM from Erik in Stockholm, inquiring about the strength of the EKET cubes. He said he had bought one, and was concerned about its’ structural strength; he was worried the cube would collapse on him. A justifiable concern! I ... | |
| Greatest American Invention that change music forever more: THE BASS DRUM PEDAL I'll watch the entire video later, but for now I can say the introduction of their bass drum pedal in the second decade of the 20th century was the start of the Ludwig Drum Company. They were already one of the three or four major drum companies a... | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? If you value your SVS sub more than your BAK pre-amp, look for a pre that can drive a lower input impedance. EAR-Yoshino pre’s (tubed) are designed to drive a 600 ohm load (its designer, Tim de Paravicini, does work for clients in the pro recordin... | |
| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. Every medium has it’s own shortcomings. While tape has provided us with the bulk of our music recordings, that medium’s shortcomings are made crystal clear (no pun intended ;-) when compared to a direct-to-disk LP. Doug Sax made "safety copy" tape... | |
| Favorite band or artist of all time? I feel your pain, Steve. I too was enthralled with Ginger's playing, until I wised up ;-) . Buddy Rich referred to him as a clown. I didn't yet know Clapton had disbanded (heh) Cream after and a result of hearing The Band's debut album, but was st... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent, The Kinks are one of my favorite live bands. I saw them in '70 and '71, I believe it was (could have been '69 and '70). Also one of the loudest, louder than The Who! | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? Will, one thing you could try is a sub that provides high-level hookup from a power amp, rather than line-level from a pre. Two that do are REL and Rythmik. I don't know about REL, but Rythmik provides for both high (on binding posts) and low (on ... | |
| Reco for a low power amp to try Take a look at the low-power tube amps Music Reference is now offering. Triode, pentode, single-ended, push-pull, designed and hand-made by Roger Modjeski. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Thanks Al and Chris. I really gotta learn how to do that ;-) . | |
| What area or country do you live in ? @schubert, Robert Fulton's incredible Ark Records recordings were of local amateur Minneapolis choral groups and church organists. Sonically, they are amongst the best recordings I have ever heard, and are musically charming. | |
| New in 2019 Ha, good one @slaw! Weezer are my favorite "new" Rock Band, sort of The Ramones meet AC/DC. | |
| Shorter speaker runs or shorter IC Runs...Which is the better set up and why? For those wanting true balanced connections (for all the benefits afforded, including the elimination or at least minimization of cable artifacts), know that beside all of Ralph Karsten’s Atma-Sphere products, others doing balanced correctly are R... | |
| Best rock song of all times Great choice @mapman! There is a version of "Revolution" (perhaps taped on a soundstage for TV broadcast) in which they combine elements of the slow and fast versions; it’s really cool. |