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| Audio Research Factory Tour As time went on, Bill was less and less at the center of design at ARC, even long before he sold the company. He had a couple of other long-time ARC designers (especially Rich Larsen) designing more and more of the new products, starting with the ... | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt The anti-high mass proponents will tell you that those designs don't "block vibrations", they just move them to a different frequency (lower) and transmit them longer---in other words, ring longer at a lower frequency for a longer length of time. ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Paul Simon: "One man's ceiling.....is another man's floor". | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? Great idea, Kenny. Danny comes at subs from a perfectionist audiophile, music-centric point of view. Brian is an unusual sub designer in that his priority is also music reproduction, unlike the home-theater orientation of most sub designers. But G... | |
| Great Stereophile article on a friend of mine, drummer Billy Drummond Ooo CT, Peacock Flame! That wrap is pretty rare, and has become very collectable. That snare you had weighed a ton, didn't?! The 6-1/2" Gretsch Chrome Over Brass snare drum is killer, but the snare pictured in Billy's kit is Ludwig's current COB w... | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt Folkfreak, I'm sold on Townshend's Seismic Pods, and am planning on putting them under my speakers, LP player, digital player, and tube electronics, but I gotta scrape together the scratch to do it. And the Pods ain't cheap! | |
| Beach Boys Pet Sounds by Analogue Productions The credibility of either Hoffman or whoever else at DCC claimed he/they "Remastered From The Original Master Tapes" when such was clearly impossible has been called into question numerous times. The Band's second album, for instance; the tapes ha... | |
| Great Stereophile article on a friend of mine, drummer Billy Drummond CT, if you decide you want to get another Gretsch kit, I would consider selling one of mine. I have a couple, both "Stop Sign" badged era, early 70’s. And each has a 24" kick! Hard to find Gretsch’s with 24’s. One is finished in genuine Brazilian ... | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? Kenny, Danny and Brian worked on the OB/Dipole Sub together, Danny instigating the collaboration. Danny is an Open Baffle enthusiast, Brian not so much. When Brian heard the sub, he has said he found it to sound somewhat "lean", without the weight... | |
| Where to get a reliable Cryo treatment service for Power cord? Geoffrey Owen of Helius Designs cryo treats the silver wire he installs in his Omega pickup arm, citing not only improved low-level resolution, but a decrease in the stiffness of the wire, a real good thing in an arm of course. | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt Inna, my guess is the sound of the wood compliments the sound of so many mc cartridges ;-). Townshend Audio Seismic Pods provide extreme isolation from whatever is under a table, making the material irrelevant. Same with the Minus K platform. | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt "Tuning" an LP player by using a resonant wood support structure strikes me as wrong-headed as adding a tube buffer or pre-amp (or whatever) to add "warmth" to a system, as is often done to offset a "cold" CD player. The value of tube circuitry is... | |
| Great Stereophile article on a friend of mine, drummer Billy Drummond Though I think electrostatics do cymbals better than Maggies (except perhaps the models with the ribbon tweeter), I'm with Billy on them for drums, especially the 3-panel Tympani's. I also share with him a love of Gretsch drums. It wasn't mentione... | |
| American Made Audio Unveils New Site For Made in USA Components I emailed John to let him know about Music Reference, and he responded thanking me. Great guy! | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? Um, make that "listened". |