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| Sanders magtech or odyssey kismet Bombaywalla---Does the voltage-centric nature of the Sanders design make it a less-than-optimum match for the current-hungry Magneplanar speakers? | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands I have to mention The Everly Brothers, from whom lots of Bands and Groups (The Beatles merely copied the brothers and Buddy Holly), including Alt. Country ones, got their harmony formula. Of course, the brothers got their harmony from the old Blue... | |
| CJ ET-3 mods? A Mullard tube might be nice. | |
| Bookshelf speakers and record player for Marantz 2245 receiver? I would give a listen to the new ELAC B5 and B6 speakers, and look for an old AR turntable. | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists Bon Scott for me. But if Rock can include Rock ’n’ Roll and it’s Father Rhythm & Blues, Howlin’ Wolf and Big Joe Turner, then Johnny Burnette (the best "screamer" I’ve ever heard) and 1950's Elvis Presley. | |
| I admit it, I get skin orgasms. This is only somewhat related, but I have long been aware that the number one major difference between live music and reproduced is, for me at least, the lack of "physicality" in reproduced---the lack of feeling the music physically in one's body ... | |
| "New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl I gotta get me a mono cartridge. I have a fair number of original-pressing 60's mono LP's (Beach Boys, Kinks, Manfred Mann---a great Group) that I've always listened to with my Mode control (ARC LS-1) doing the mono-ing. With Decca and London cart... | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands Absolutely Slaw. The Byrds were pioneers with their Notorious Byrd Brothers and Sweethearts of the Rodeo albums, right around the time of Dylan’s John Wesley Harding and The Band’s Music From Big Pink, two other hugely influential Country-ish albu... | |
| AM and FM antenna systems wdebrow---what the couple needs is a directional antenna and a tuner with high alternate-channel selectivity, such as the McIntosh MR78. The MR 78 is easy to find, but I don’t know if there is such a thing as a directional indoor antenna. | |
| No mention of Audio Research in Absolute Sound Guess they don't spent enough on advertising in the rag. | |
| Your single favorite component It's a tie between the original Quad ESL and the London Reference pick-up. Then the Townshend Rock turntable. | |
| Relationship of amplifier sound to transformer quality? ptss---The DIY guys who build their own amps are the ones to ask about transformers. They all have their own personal favorite(s), but you see the name Magnequest a lot. rcprince is right, the Jadis transformers are really nice, but proprietary---... | |
| speaker coupling question Max Townshend posted a great video on You Tube displaying the effect of using his Seismic Pods under speakers. Well worth watching, even if you decide not to spend the considerable sum it takes to outfit a pair of speakers with them. | |
| engineering mistakes on recordings T-Bone Burnette's Truth Decay LP was originally on a small independent label, and the last song on side one ("Driving Wheel") had a false ending; after a brief silence, the song started back up again, playing through a fade-out. When the album was... | |
| Relationship of amplifier sound to transformer quality? Two tube power amp designers/builders who say yes are Tim de Paravicini (EAR-Yoshino) and Roger Modjeski (Music Reference). Roger will personally hand wind you one for $1,000. Tim says he can tell you how an amp reproduces bass by looking at the t... |