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| Rolling Stones Mono Box Set (lp or cd) drsteve, you are so right about semi-pro (or even amateur) recordings being better sounding than many commercially produced ones. I recorded the Jump Blues/Swing band I was playing in with a pair of omni condenser mics straight into a Revox A77 at... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Damn oregonpapa, that is a BIG room! In the 80's I heard the Acoustat 1+1, 2+2, Three, and Four driven by ARC (D-75 and D-150), but they can use all the power they can get. Same with Maggies, of course. I'll be setting up a pair of Tympani T-IV's... | |
| When will there be decent classical music recordings? ptss, I wish more companies put a polarity reversal switch on their pre-amp(s). Ralph at Atma-Sphere is one of the few. And a mode switch (stereo/reverse/mono/left/right) too. | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Robert, the drum suspension system I referred to is called R.I.M.S., the letters standing for Resonance Isolation Mounting System. An L.A. studio drummer named Gauger invented and introduced them in 1980, and licensed the manufacturing rights firs... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK Yep, that's a good one oregonpapa. I believe I have every J.S. Bach title HM put out. Some on LP and CD, which I haven't gotten around to a/b'ing yet. They have a world-class roster of Baroque specialists. | |
| Tube Amp vs Solid State Amp HELP What good tube amps are known for is making music "seem more interesting" ;-) | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. If one can bi-amp Maggies (or any other magnetic-planar speaker), solid state on bottom and tubes on top is a killer combo. It's the bass drivers that suck up all the current. | |
| Why has amplifier power become a big issue I blame it on the Bose 901. Prior to the introduction of that power-hungry loudspeaker, a 50 or 60 watt (per channel) amplifier was considered all a speaker, even the inefficient acoustic suspension designs of the day such as the Acoustic Research... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Cymbals and snare drums too. | |
| Put a lid on it (or not?) Well! | |
| Anyone with experience with the effectiveness of the AVA HUMDINGER? Emotiva makes a product similar to the Humdinger. Both are designed to rid the line of DC offset, I believe. | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Good info Lew. Yup, 14k is inaudible to me too now, thanks to over fifty years of performing and attending live shows, some with excruciatingly loud SPL. I had molded ear plugs made when I was in my 30’s, but the damage had been done. Youngins’, d... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK Oh man Frank, Harmonia Mundi is SUCH a great label! Repertoire right up my alley, performed so well and in those ancient rooms, and in great recorded sound. You’re right, you can really hear the room the recording was made in, something I absolute... | |
| Polarity of speaker drivers Very important points Tim. Excellent! | |
| What tonearm will better mine? The red plastic mount wasn’t designed for damping, but merely for mounting the cartridge, and perhaps for easy switching between models---elliptical, spherical, the version for 78’s. The cartridge originated in the 1950’s, long before people were ... |