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| Classic el34 tube amps versus current models Mani-2, Roger Modjeski himself agrees with you about SET amps! He makes a number of different models of them, for use with high-sensitivity loudspeakers. But for use with low-sensitivity designs, including the OP’s LS3/5a and Tablettes, SET’s are ... | |
| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? OMG, "Our Day Will Come"! The version by Ruby & The Romantics is just sublime. | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Oops, forgot Pearl spells it Harbour. She's half Japanese/half American, so the name has a special significance. She useta do "Fujiyama Mama", the old Wanda Jackson Rockabilly song. Funny! Pearl is quite an amazing looking woman, very sexy. And wh... | |
| Subwoofer without hi pass filter 1- The L12 doesn’t contain a filter because it uses the economy Rythmik plate amp, not their full-feature model, which does.2- However, picky listeners have found that many subs contain high-pass filters that aren’t the most transparent around, in... | |
| Wrapping Up 2016 Excessive weight is a HUGE problem in the USA, an epidemic even. I don't know about the rest of the world (except Asia, perhaps because of their leaner diet?), but it's even worse up here in the Northwest than it is in S. California, I have discov... | |
| Tom Petty Box Sets Great info Brad. I can add only the following. On their drive from Florida to L.A. to pursue a recording contract, Mudcrunch stopped in Tulsa Oklahoma to talk with The Dwight Twilley Band, to get their advice and possible connections. The DTB Sinc... | |
| 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. |