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| Jazz for aficionados Oh man, schubert....what a trio! I played with a black woman from East Palo Alto (across the "tracks" from Stanford University) in the 1970's. We did some Etta James songs, including the fantastic "Mama, He treats Your Daughter Mean". SO great! | |
| Stands, to couple, or not to couple, contradicting products and positive reviews Roller bearings employed in conjunction with springs provide, as Geoff again correctly postulates, isolation approaching that of the much more expensive Minus K, Newport, Herzan, Vibraplane, etc. platforms. | |
| The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passes away As am I, schubert. With Richard Manuel singing harmony! | |
| The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passes away She was accompanied by the best recording ensemble in the history of recording when Atlantic Records sent her down to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to record. It was there Jerry Wexler produced her best work, employing the Fame Studios house band, | |
| Stands, to couple, or not to couple, contradicting products and positive reviews Roller bearings isolate laterally, couple vertically. Symposium Acoustics Roller Blocks and the similar bearings made by Ingress Engineering in Canada are a great value, if the Townshend Seismic Pods are out of reach. | |
| Aretha Franklin RIP Ray Charles was THE male singer of out times, Aretha the female. Her Jerry Wexler-produced recordings done in Muscle Shoals, Alabama are as good as music gets. | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? Thanks for providing the links folkfreak. Damn, the Townshend protractor has a Buy It Now price of only $15! | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? Yep Lew, Max Townshend (Townshend Audio) did back in the 1990’s. Fremer discussed Max’s alignment protractor and the theory behind it in the November 1997 issue of Stereophile. It is based on minimizing distortion, rather than pure alignment geome... | |
| Electron Kinetics Eagle 2 Repair Help I can second the recommendation of Brooks Berdan Ltd's tech, Tom Carione. The same with mrdecibel's comments about the Eagle 2's capabilities as a woofer/subwoofer amp. | |
| Stands, to couple, or not to couple, contradicting products and positive reviews Consider watching the Max Townshend (Townshend Audio) video on You Tube in which he explains and demonstrates the properties and performance of his Seismic products. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw, are you getting the deluxe box Music From Big Pink? 2 LP's, a 7" 45, an SACD/DVD, and a book. Can't wait! | |
| Trouble Contacting Clear Day Cables I've had some interaction with Paul, and as schubert said, he walks it like he talks it. | |
| Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap? The rational for constrained layer damping is that the product absorbs vibration and converts it to heat---not reflecting the mechanical energy back to it’s source, but instead dissipating it. That’s the theory, anyway. I really doubt damping tape... | |
| EAR 912 impression Yeah, I was speaking in terms of the line stage only. I run a Herron phono stage into one of the inputs on the 868L. | |
| Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap? Geoff’s dislike of EAR damping products reminded me that he also dislikes lead, and that rolls of lead tape are also available. A roll of 3/4" cost less than $10, for those wishing to give it a try. However, lead is relatively heavy (in relation t... |