bdp24
Responses from bdp24
| Where did you sink the most cash into? My music collection! LP's, 7" 45's, CD's/SACD's, tapes. Somewhere around 10,000 of them. | |
| Your "eureka" analog moment Definitely hearing my first Decca cartridge (a Blue) in 1972, being used in a full ARC system (Magneplanar Tympani I's bi-amped with D-75 and D-51 amps, and an SP-3 pre) by Bill Johnson. Mounted in a prototype ARC pickup arm that never made it int... | |
| Help needed for isolation under the power amps Mass loading via sand dates back far more than thirty years, to the 50's, when it was used in the huge bass reflex enclosures of loudspeakers such as Wharfedale, their large unbraced plywood panels resonating like crazy if not so damped. The Briti... | |
| Speaker help under $2,500 Coming in at a buck under your upper limit is the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. Similar to the Maggie 1.7 and .7 in being a magnetic-planar dipole, but with a push-pull design and structure (magnets on both sides of the Mylar diaphragm, resulting in ... | |
| What I did to my Magnepan MG12's and I'm doing with my new 1.7's RHanson---Danny Richie at GR Research builds x/o's using premium parts for a reasonable charge. You need only provide him with the schematic.GKR---Also from Danny is a very special sub that would be incredible with your 1.7's (as well as any and a... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved A lot of Dylan fans reacted negatively to his 1980's "Christian period". I wasn't one of them, loving those albums. | |
| Help needed for isolation under the power amps For mass loading, nothing is better than the no-longer-made Bright Star Big Rock, a shallow (2-4", depending on model) sand filled box. I already sold mine, but they are out there somewhere! You can then use the Symposium products on top of the Bi... | |
| If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one? J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion | |
| Scott Weiland dead at 48. And Jerry Lee Lewis! | |
| No cartridge is good enough. If one is sincere about wanting to hear a direct-to-disc LP, they are available. Why expect someone else to send you one? Weird. | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? ct0517---Being aware of the problem of dust covers resonating, I modified the base/dust cover of my Townshend Rock Elite table. The Rock's solid/non-suspended plinth (a folded sheet of steel, filled with plaster-of-paris) has three squishy (Sorbot... | |
| No cartridge is good enough. I'm with Ralph. Direct-to-Disc LP's sound more like a "live feed" (THE ultimate test, with the sound directly from the mics in the recording room compared to the resulting recording, listened to through the studio's monitors, A/B'ed in real time) ... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I asked Rick if the adapter was available in XLR form, and he said no but that he was working on it. | |
| Did you get your copy audio porn? Me too John, cringe more than smile! | |
| Cleaning records. How often really? Dust a lot, Chris! A turntable with a dust cover that can be in place during play is a must, and I use an old-fashioned shaving cream brush to dust my table's platter. I will face a different challenge when relocated up in Portland, that of moistu... |