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| Wrapping Up 2016 Oh, I’m fine jetter, one of the healthiest people I know. I take no credit for that, other than having observed the old expression about doing everything in moderation, nothing to excess. I owe my health to genetics, my Dad passing his healthy gen... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? I felt a certain kinship with Ralph and Michael Green, we three the only longhairs at CES in the 90's. I cut off my mop in 2003 when Pearl Harbor (whose band I had just joined) asked me if I would not mind doing. She was a London-type Punk/Rockabi... | |
| You were right about adding a sub. Gary, the Rythmik F8 (dual 8" woofers) or FM8 (the same, but with a midrange x/o frequency for those wanting not just bass, but also midbass from the sub) at around $850 would be a great choice for your speakers.As for high-filtering your mains, y... | |
| Classic el34 tube amps versus current models For an EL34 amp, a Music Reference RM9 Mk.2 was listed on Audiogon just yesterday with an asking price of $2250 I believe. It is a far better amp than the Marantz 8b and Dynaco ST70. Dick Olsher did a great review of it in Stereophile when it was ... | |
| Repair service in Southern California I like Tom at Brooks Berdan Ltd. in Monrovia, just East of Pasadena on the 210 Freeway. He’s a great tech, and a swell guy. He's in the shop on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the rest of the week he maintains the electronics at one of the L.A. TV stati... | |
| Subwoofer options for Magnepan with crossover betwen pre and amp? Brian's quite a guy. Danny too. Brian found the OB/Dipole sub to be too lean sounding, without the weight he expects from a sub. But that leanness is one reason it works so well with dipole speakers. And their dipole figure-of-8 radiation characte... | |
| Wrapping Up 2016 Here's one that has more resonance with me as my end approaches: "If I'd known I was gonna live this long I would have taken better care of myself". I have friends already gone exactly because they didn't. Smoking, alcohol, even one from his bad d... | |
| Subwoofer options for Magnepan with crossover betwen pre and amp? Your in Austin, ay limniscate? Check out an ol’ pal of mine from San Jose, Cornell Hurd. He fronts a Western Swing Band, and plays around town regularly. Cornell’s a great songwriter---Junior Brown for one has recorded a song of his.Regarding call... | |
| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? Oh yeah Slaw, hearing a song from Bookends brings a 1968 rush like no other, as Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme does 1966. Very evocative. The S & G sound is very nostalgic, even when it was new. | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Some people's ego doesn't allow them to contemplate how little of our brains do we use, how little we know. A healthy dose of a psychedelic can help with that. | |
| You were right about adding a sub. A great way to high-pass filter your mains is to install a single capacitor at the input of the power amp (or power amp section of an integrated). The value of the capacitor determines the corner frequency of the filter (3dB down point), and the r... | |
| Question regarding the EAR 834P... Just as an economy try out, Schiit Audio has a really cheap mm/mc phono amp that can be picked up for almost pocket change---$129. Perhaps not as good as the EAR, but maybe good enough for awhile. | |
| New Townshend Rock 7 owner Ooh, how cool Slaw! I didn't hear about K & K until after I had already gotten my Herron phono pre. I'm impressed by what I've read on the K & K website---very impressed. | |
| Blues "must have, top 100" list? Did Blueshammer, as seen in the great movie (oops, film) Ghost World, release an album? ;-) | |
| Wilson Audio Haters I actually heard the original WAMM's, at John Garland Audio in San Jose. I think they were priced at around $80,000, in 1980's money. Didn't think about them again for years until Brooks Berdan, shortly before his death in 2011 (seems like a lot l... |