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| Which magnepan The MG 1.7 has some stiff competition in the Eminent Technology LFT-8b, another speaker employing magnetic-planar drivers. The ET also contains a ribbon tweeter (10kHz and up) and dynamic woofer (180Hz and down), and is about the same size as the ... | |
| A shout-out to Manley Labs customer service Manley Labs has received some negative comments here lately, so it's nice to see some positive. When I was going to the Winter CES every January in the late-90s/early 2000s, EveAnna would great me like we were old friends, though we knew each othe... | |
| Highest detail cartridges I very much agree with sqlsavior's advice to get the Decapod version of the London pickups. It is available for the Gold and Super Gold models, the Jubilee and Reference models not needing the Pod, as they don't suffer from the plastic mounting br... | |
| $1000-1500 range for phono preamp... what to buy? I called Keith Herron to inquire about the discontinued VTPH-1mm (mm for moving magnet), and he happened to have one in Mint condition to sell (a trade-in, perhaps). Keith optimized the phono amp for my cartridges (lowest possible gain for my very... | |
| Listening Height Adjustment -- Is This Why Two People Don't Hear the Same? This is one reason I prefer line source speakers to point source. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Oops, that was Ruth Brown! We did some Etta too, like "Tell Mama". The Blues has a lotta "mama" in it’s lyrics ;-). | |
| 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. |