bdp24
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| Should I eliminate my preamp? Ralph Karsten (Atma-Sphere) has in a few threads here lately discussed the issue of the benefits of an active pre-amp in certain system set-ups vs. the penalties. If you can find them in the Audiogon Forum, you will learn all there is to know on t... | |
| Trying different output impedance taps with tube amps As Ralph Karsten (Atma-Sphere) and Roger Modjeski (Music Reference) will tell you, the lower the impedance tap on a tube amp, the lower the output impedance (higher damping factor) and distortion, generally speaking. Unfortunately, that comes with... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist Agree about Gatton and Thompson, onhwy61. The difference between them and Vai is a question of taste, which is of course highly subjective. I find Danny and Richard's playing to be cool, Vai's corny. But that's just me. | |
| Over time, with playing constant playing, do vinyl records wear out? The Last Factory makes a vinyl preservative that prevents wear in the groove of an LP (an LP has only one continuous groove, not multiple grooves). It is used by The Library Of Congress and many record collectors & audiophiles. But you need to... | |
| Have you moved from tubed amplification to solid state amplification... Why? Some speakers are optimized for, or are more appropriate for use with, either a tube amp or a ss one. terry9’s Quads were used by Roger Modjeski in the development of his Music Reference RM-10 tube amp, and the pairing is to die for. That amp is, ... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist Douchiest---love it! All those hair/metal band musician’s are like "Don’t look over there, look over here. Ain’t I great?!" The singer, the guitarist, and the drummer, all trying to steal the spotlight from each other. Embarrassing.Drummers have a... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist I am apparently incapable of making myself understood. No matter how many times I plead my case against technique being viewed as the NUMBER ONE or MAIN criteria by which a musician’s playing is judged, I still am perceived as being anti-technique... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist I have found that many musician’s who have highly developed technique are often prone to play in a manner as to make sure that fact is obvious to all. Guitarist’s parts are arrived at with a few factors involved, the balance between those factors ... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist Stewart, my musings on this subject are once again not understood. My point is not that technique is not a factor (or even requirement) in being a superior musician, but rather that technique is often the sole (or at least main) criteria with whic... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist aalenik's post begs the important question: Is technical ability what distinguishes one as a superior guitarist---or singer, or drummer, or whatever? Or is it something some elusive, more abstract, more, dare I say it, artistic?In the mid-70's I j... | |
| In need of some Amplifier advice. Is therereally any point in it with my current setup? Yup audiothesis, it’s all good! Newer enthusiasts are commonly scared off by warnings from more experienced ones, causing them to over-think things. That commonly involves the amplifier/loudspeaker pairing. But anyone contemplating ANY planar shou... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote One man’s technical jargon is another’s facts about the magnetic behavior of wire, as explained by an electrical engineer. No harm in that knowing the basics, unless one harbors an irrational fear of commonly-agreed-upon facts, or a distrust of an... | |
| In need of some Amplifier advice. Is therereally any point in it with my current setup? The ET (Eminent Technology) LFT-8b does indeed far exceed the sound quality of any Polk I've ever heard (they're all over SoCal). It's good enough to lead VPI's Harry Weisfeld to proclaim the speaker to have the best midrange of any speaker he has... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote PS Audio part of a Belden Cable ploy? If Paul McGowen was going to push any cable, it would be those he has in the PS Audio sound room system, those made by his buddy William Low---Audioquest.While Bill Low, Ray Kimber, George Cardas, and other HI... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I haven't read through this thread, so forgive me if someone has already mentioned that Galen Gareis of Belden Cable has been writing some articles for Copper, PS Audio's free online magazine. I'm finding them well worth the time it's taking me to... |