bdp24
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| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? A long time ago it was direct-2-disk LP’s (Sheffield Labs, etc.). Then it was the Water Lily Record label LP’s (A Meeting By The River, an album of duet improvisations between Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt). Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? You make a good and important point @vthokie83. Having a large album library (on LP and CD) is the result of a lifetime of buying physical "media" (I hate referring to music as media, but it’s now the common nomenclature), starting in the earl... | |
| New In 2025 Out today on LP (in regular and Indi exclusive versions) and CD: Lonesome Drifter by Charley Crockett, produced by Shooter Jennings. Coming out on CD on May 9th: Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day---The Unreleased Atco Recordings 1970-1971 by Jes... | |
| George Kaye One serious problem with most OTL amps is their very high output impedance. When that behavior interacts with a wildly-varying modulus of impedance (the fancy way of saying impedance) in a loudspeaker (such as the QUAD ESL), the result is a dif... | |
| George Kaye Right you are @frogman. Harvey (I’m sure Harvery was just a typing mistake) was well known for his love of three hi-fi products: The Futterman OTL amps, the QUAD ESL loudspeaker, and Decca pickups. Harvey befriended Julius Futterman, eventuall... | |
| George Kaye Not mentioned in the article is that George played a large role in the design of the New York Audio Labs line of hybrid (tube input stage, mosfet output stage) electronics. I owned the NYAL Super It phono amp in the mid-80’s. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @slaw: Yeah Steve, The Green Mile was the first performance by Rockwell I saw, and was knocked out by him. The only other movie I've seen him in is the Three Billboards one. It's funny, I didn't think he was great in that one, yet he won an Aca... | |
| Tune of the Day I've been listening to "Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands" for days now, alternating between the versions by Dylan himself and Joan Baez. Hypnotic, mesmerizing. | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound One label not yet mentioned is Lyrita, a UK company. Another I like that receives little notice is CRD (again UK), who released some fantastic recordings of Baroque material from the likes of harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock. Stunning sound qualit... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Absolutely @mofimadness! Bring The Family is an all-time Top 10 album for me. I have in on a USA original, the UK pressing on Demon Records (with a bizarre alternate cover), and the MoFi. The MoFi One-Step of Tapestry is the only version of t... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @br3098 and @jimcrane: Yep, that's the Classical station I also listen to (it's on one of my car radio's preset buttons). I especially like that they play complete works, not just, for instance, one movement of a symphony. They treat their audi... | |
| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers @steve_a001: Here is a 15 minute video in which Danny Richie of GR Research tells you all you need to know on the subject of bi-wiring (and bi-amping): https://youtu.be/908BWw1Bx4U?si=qJ_sOf1LhzPNigzM | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Damn @thecarpathian, I wasn't even close! Wrong continent, wrong century, wrong war. Now I REALLY want to see it again. | |
| Danny Richie of GR Research describes and explains how he designs loudspeakers. @tomic601: The following may be of interest to you Jim, as it came from Roger Modjeski. I gave him a call, knowing that he used subs with his QUAD ESLs. Danny Richie always talks about designing crossovers for specific drivers, using the x/o t... | |
| The "young people' music thread - Artists younger than 40 years old People who like the Singer/Songwriter, "Hard" (traditional) Country, and Bluegrass genres (three included in the term Americana) are in luck, as those styles of music have a new generation of practitioners making records and touring. @slaw has ... |