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| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design I've said it before, and I guess I'll say it again: For lovers of Magneplanar speakers, there is another magnetic-planar that is much better suited for use with tube amps---the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. It's nominal impedance is 8 ohms, but the m... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Iris Dement's Lifeline album, in which she celebrates her Christian faith. Don't let that scare you off, non-believers! Remember how good Dylan's trio of Christian albums were? Audiophile favorite Alison Krauss does Gospel-influenced material, as ... | |
| Any one going to the new LA Audio show at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel Hey knghifi, being in Redondo and Hermosa, did you ever drink at Toe's Tavern, the Surf bar right on Pacific Coast Highway? I used to play there in an Instrumental Band (The Hillbilly Soul Surfers), the bass player of which is now in Los Straitjac... | |
| Isolation footers for amps Roller bearings. Ingress Engineering in Canada has a model that it sells for $85 for a set of three. | |
| Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist It's a timeless topic! Many (most?) artists have an arc in the quality of their output, working their way up to their peak and then descending again. Sad but true. And many also have only "so" many good songs in them. Ray Davies ran out of musical... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-1LP crossover owners Yeah Horacio, the GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Sub isn't exactly cheap, though it is worth what it costs. And the First Watt B4 x/o for dipole subs is about the same price as a pair of those subs, $1500 list, discounted to about $1200.Rodman, the... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-1LP crossover owners Good thought, rodman, but what f456gt is in need of is not a set boost of 5dB at 20Hz (or any other single frequency), but rather a 6dB/octave slope to counteract the dipole cancellation of his subs, adjustable for different x/o frequencies. THAT ... | |
| Jimmy Lafave Passes. Another Austin legend, guitarist/singer/songwriter/drinker Evan Johns, died a couple of months ago, in Austin. He told me a guy was okay as long as he stuck to beer, which he drank profusely. During the week I spent with him in Atlanta recording, ... | |
| Tune of the Day I made "Green Onions" the ring tone on my cell phone. Every time it starts playing in public, people comment on how much they love the song. Me too! | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? As long as Magnepan is being discussed.....I contacted them to ask if they still have the name plate with speaker terminals and fuse holders for the very old Tympani IVa model. No only do they (the speaker was discontinued almost 30 years ago!), b... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-1LP crossover owners The Dahlquist DQ-LP1 provides an 18dB/octave (3rd order) active low-pass filter, and a 6dB/octave (1st order) passive high-pass filter. So no, the DQ-LP1 will not give you the 6dB/octave boost you need to counteract the dipole cancellation in your... | |
| Who is the WORST Audio Shop? I don't know how he is as a dealer, but NYC's Wes Bender sure has a great product line-up. | |
| Best Debut Albums Yes Len! First Buffalo Springfield, too. The Ramones and The Beat (Phil Collins group, not The Beat U.K.) debuts as well. Lots more, if I could just remember them. | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? It has long been considered common wisdom that OTL amps are great with the original QUAD ESL. When I had just gotten my first pair of the speaker, I asked Roger Modjeski at an instore seminar for his view on amps well-suited for the QUAD. He had w... | |
| Anyone else try this? George: "Let's go bowling!"Elaine's boyfriend: "I get no rush from bowling. Rock climbing." |