bdp24
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| EAR vs Audio Note preamp I believe that is incorrect, @montesquieu. My 868L (line only) contains two 7DJ8 tubes, the 868PL (phono and line) contains an additional two 7DJ8's for RIAA amplification. | |
| Turntable Set-Up @rwanda, I'm going to Pearl Audio this afternoon for the world premiere of the Magneplanar MG30.7. I'll check out their service department, and ask them about table/arm/cartridge work. Check back later today (Monday, 3-5). | |
| Turntable Set-Up Good advice from raymondo. I watched Brooks and Brian Berdan install, align, and test table/arm/cartridge set ups for years, but have always done my own. It's not brain surgery! You just have to know a few principles, have the right tools, good li... | |
| Turntable Set-Up @rwanda---Unfortunately no. I visited Echo Audio, Fred’s House Of Sound, Pearl Audio Video, and Stereotypes, and was thoroughly unimpressed. I admit to having been spoiled from living in SoCal for thirty five years, with access to Brooks and Brian... | |
| John Prine I learned of Iris from Merle Haggard, who loved her. John Prine obviously does. I think she’s an Angel sent from Heaven. As my Mama useta say: "Each to her own, said the lady as she kissed a cow". | |
| Open Baffle. Why are they mostly limited to DIY? @gnjtack. you are SO right about the OB sub and dipole speaker pairing being a great one. There are a number of us Maggie/Eminent Technology/Quad speaker owners using a pair of the GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Servo-Feedback Subs with them. But a... | |
| John Prine John and the wonderful Iris Dement sometimes tour together. I’ve seen Iris live a few times, but not John. | |
| odd music times pieces Not to be argumentative, but "Take Five" is in 5/4, not 5/8. Don Ellis' Big Band was (is?) INSANE! Saw them live in '69. | |
| Infinity RS1B ? Buy or runaway $4000 is too much. I bought a mint pair from Brooks Berdan in the late-90's for $2000. | |
| What is your listening chair? A 1930-40’s Art Deco stuffed chair with ottoman. Deep, deep blue cloth (so deep it appears to be black) with cream piping, the top of it’s back 32" from the floor, below my ears. Elegant and comfortable! | |
| Tonearm Advice Needed I'm no arm & cartridge expert, but many mc cartridges benefit from not a lower mass arm, but a higher mass one. It has to do with the compliance of the cantilever, and the resonance resulting from the combination of that figure and the arm's m... | |
| Best analytical loudspeakers for strings (midrange)? As so many are saying here, just about any planar loudspeaker; Electrostatic, Magnetic-Planar, or Ribbon. In the past, there have been only a few available at any given time; now there are many, at all kinds of price points. Truth-of-timbre is one... | |
| Greatest rhythm sections @dragunski , you are quite right. The same can be said about the guitarists role in Jump Blues bands, one of which I worked in during the mid-70’s. I love focusing on the guitarist in such bands, as they play lots of passing chords, often with bea... | |
| If your system were a car! I second gshepardbuster’s nomination of a DeLorean DMC-12. Via my system, I am transported back to the first half of the 18th Century, when J.S. Bach was writing his masterpieces. And to the 1940’s-50’s, when Hank Williams was writing his. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Well I DO listen to ABBA, and unapologetically! Fantastic Pop music, with excellently crafted chord progressions, melodies, and harmonies. Frida made some great solo albums, and does a killer version of Jackie DeShannon's classic "When You Walk In... |