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| "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... | |
| What are the best subwoofers to use with Magnepan 20.1s? +1. Well said johnny, agree 100%. That continuously variable phase control is absolutely mandatory in a sub; the Rythmik plate amps have one as well. That, added to the Open Baffle/Dipole design of the GR Research/Rythmik Sub makes it a particular... | |
| FR64s & Orsonic Av-1s Effective mass ? An alternative way to get damping for the arm and/or Decca is to mount them on a Townshend Rock turntable, which has a damping trough at the headshell end of the arm. The Townshend damping system also reduces the Q of the arm/cartridge resonance. | |
| speaker coupling question A three-legged stand. | |
| What are the best subwoofers to use with Magnepan 20.1s? If you have a big enough room, there is nothing like a pair of Tympani panels, the T-IV or IVa. Make sure they have been to Magnepan to have their wires re-glued. | |
| suggestions on upgrading my system The SB13 Ultra is a real good sub. It's competition is the Rythmik F15HP. | |
| What are the best subwoofers to use with Magnepan 20.1s? The GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Subwoofer. |