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| Rock with strings Not Rock music (that didn't happen until he engaged Toto to play on his recordings, much to the detriment of his music, imo), Randy Newman's first album features fantastic orchestration. It's production, by Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks, is ex... | |
| Proper Room Acoustics/Designs Is Dennis' room dimensions recommendation in the 1.0 X 1.6 X 2.6 ratio? | |
| Jeff Buckley Jeff's version of "Hallelujah" is fantastic, as is any version (live or studio) by the song's writer, Leonard Cohen. | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? Bill, it is my understanding that all records are pressed with a thin coating of a mold release agent applied to the stamper. If the stamper is not so treated, the LP's resist detaching from it after the cooling phase of pressing. That agent is no... | |
| What's a contender to an Audio Reference 5 SE? Though not as trendy or talked about and owned here as those already mentioned, there is always the EAR-Yoshino 912 (the only pre Art Dudley likes in some ways more than his Shindo), or it's little brother the 868. | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? Speaking of the Zesto phono stage (and the Decca cartridge as I did above), at the last Irvine T.H.E. Show I asked George about the 47K/15K resistance switch incorporated in the amp, thinking the choice of 15K could be for only one reason---the De... | |
| "All Things Must Pass"-Tower Records Documentary There's a story on the documentary and an interview with Russ Solomon in the current issue of Record Collector News, the freebie mag available at a lot of good record stores. | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? Me too Czarivey. I still have my Lambdas---they're keepers. | |
| A new player in the quality Mono cartridge game Speaking of Art Dudley, and the "mono-ness" of the Decca cartridge (as I did above), Dudley talks about that in his review of the Decca Maroon (the entry-level model) in his column in the current (December) issue of Stereophile. | |
| Open Baffle Convert Have you guys heard of the DIY OB/Dipole sub from GR Research/Rythmik? Very special! | |
| Shipping damage I'm with Czarivey on this one. I've been shipping Vintage Drums via FedEx since 1999 without a single incident of damage. I've received drums shipped UPS, however, with less luck. I pack very well, using multiple layers of bubble wrap rather than ... | |
| ELAC Debut B6 speakers Oh, and Andrew Jones joins Danny for a discussion of the design the B6, cost vs. benefit ratio of parts etc., and Andrew's comments on Danny's mod to the speaker. Very interesting, even if you are not thinking of buying a pair. | |
| ELAC Debut B6 speakers Danny Richie has posted graphs (frequency response, waterfall plots, impedance curves) of the Elac B6 with his replacement cross-over for the speaker. You absolutely MUST take a look at them on the GR Research Audiocircle Forum. Be prepared to be ... | |
| Best used floor standers up to $1300 Eminent Technology LFT-8b's. About the same price as Maggie 1.7's, but an easier amplifier load (8 ohms and needing less power) and a built-in 8" cone woofer that blends well with the magnetic-planar panels. | |
| $510.00 for an Aluminum cover for the ARC Ref. 10? Good story from you too, Statman. I didn't see eye to eye with Brooks on all audio matters, but that was okay. My fondness for the Decca cartridge "amused" him, but he shared my enthusiasm for Quad ESL's (he was a dealer). I think he liked me comi... |