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| The Slow Secret Death of the Guitar Good article. There’s another element not touched upon, which I became aware of in the 1990’s. I met some young guys in L.A. who had a band playing showcases (not paying gigs), trying to build a following and get a record deal. When they talked ab... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system Good point about the LFT-8b maintaining it's resolution at lower level/volume. It's more like an ESL than a magnetic-planar in that regard. That Maggies need to be cranked to a certain level to fully "open up" is widely acknowledged, being somewha... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system aniwolfe, why the ET's aren't as commonly owned or even discussed as are Maggies is a mystery to me. The 1.7i with the essential Mye stands cost more than does the LFT-8b with Sound Anchor stands, and are simply not as good a speaker (okay, imo). ... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system If you’re in the northern Washington state area, there are a pair of LFT-8b available from Planar Speaker Asylum forum member "Davey". His asking price is only $1500, a ridiculous bargain. | |
| Standing waves The first question needing to be answered is the dimensions of the room. Generally, the smaller the room, the worse the standing waves (eigenmodes). | |
| Lifters ForGetting Cables Off The Floor, Worth It Or Snake Oil Can't get any cheaper than empty paper towel and bathroom tissue cardboard tubes. They're free (you can't buy the paper without the tube)! | |
| Isolation footers for amps Brass had better be soft---it's what cymbals are made of! I don't believe tiles sound too good when struck with a drum stick ;-). | |
| Curved and Straight Tonearms Roy Gandy, designer and manufacturer of the game-changing Rega pickup arms, proselytizes that it is a straight wand which can be made stiffer than an S-shaped one. SME, whose arms in the 1960's and 70's (Series 2 and 3) were S-shaped, does the same. | |
| Jerry Garcia, A Legacy? The idea that technical proficiency is the enemy of soulful music is a very common one. It is also mistaken. Danny Gatton produced far more fire than do less proficient guitarists. Ry Cooders ability at bottleneck slide guitar playing is legendary... | |
| Jerry Garcia, A Legacy? For anyone loving Garcia’s mix of all forms of "Pop" music, check out Danny Gatton, a true "guitarists guitarist". Now THAT guy could play all strains of music, and really, really well---a true master. No excuses necessary, unlike Jerry’s sloppy, ... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system They were recommended to me by the late Brooks Berdan. He included an evaluation of the design and theory behind Hi-Fi products when deciding what to sell in his shop, and was a long-time Eminent Technology Air-Bearing Arm dealer. He installed tha... | |
| If bi-amping is so great, why do some high end speakers not support it? Adding (a) powered sub(s) with built-in x/o filters IS a form of bi-amping, but doing so does NOT replace the speaker-level x/o, which is left in place to divide the signal for the speakers’ (not the subs’) woofers vs. tweeters.There has been ment... | |
| Eminent Technology LFT-8b in Harry's system As does ET’s Bruce Thigpen! His TRW-17 Rotary Woofer is the product of a very creative and talented designer, unlike anything else in the field of audio engineering. Brilliant, I tells ya! There’s a guy over on the Planar Speaker Asylum who augmen... | |
| Herron 1A,, Herron 2A, Modwright LS100 or Aesthetix Calypso? There is a VTSP-1A/166 on Audiogon right now, at an asking price of $1295. Buy it! | |
| Preamps with two main-outs What I would do is disconnect the ic going to the amp/speakers not wishing to be heard, at the pre-amp end. |