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| Stand out phono stages Jwilsco---A more complete and detailed explanation is that sources other than a record player (turntable/tonearm/cartridge) have an output voltage of 1 to two volts, commonly. The non-phono inputs on a pre-amp/integrated amp/receiver provide about... | |
| Is it possible to down-mix stereo outs to mono amp Sure, all you need in a Y-adaptor jack or Y-cable. The jack has two RCA jacks at one end (into which the RCA plugs of the stereo cable coming from your source are plugged into) and one RCA plug at the other (which goes into the single input jack o... | |
| It Was 40 Years Ago Today... I forgot one thing. I agree with you Marty, my description of the ingredients necessary for a recipe to be Rock n' Roll IS too narrow, and was said mostly as a means of explaining why I don't consider what Springsteen does to being R & R. Whil... | |
| It Was 40 Years Ago Today... I was away for a few days, and missed all the excitement!Marty, I have the live ABBA CD, but haven't listened to it yet (it's only been, what, ten years? I have about 6,000 of them left from my days as the Indi CD buyer at a Tower Records store, m... | |
| Well Tempered Signature turntable and arm Yeah, but 8 power tubes for only 60w! Double that for two channels. I didn't ask Elliot why he was giving up the Atma-Sphere line. I know he liked the Joule products a lot, but that was a while back. | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s One last note on a related matter, that of a musician's "taste". When a musician has attained a certain level of technical proficiency, he will (hopefully) come to realize that technique is of value only in the service of playing what that musicia... | |
| Quad 2905 ESL Arcing Sparks That is great news Goofyfoot, I'll have to look into that. I already have the Quad voltage clamps which limit the input to them. | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Oh, here's something some may find interesting: The piano part in the middle of "Layla" was composed and played by drummer Jim Gordon. Jim was a 1st call session drummer in L.A. whom George Harrison had brought over to England, to play on his firs... | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Sorry for my sometimes "tone", Ghosthouse. When I use a work like "stinks" to characterize the quality of, say, a Group/Band's playing, it is done in a very literal sense. In other words, it means they play poorly, objectively. That does not neces... | |
| The Feelies update Isn't it amazing that some of the underground late 70's (or even earlier!) Bands are still together and producing music? Talk about a labor of love! | |
| Preamps without built in DAC silly question A pre-amp is designed to drive the input of a power amp. A DAC may not possess this capability, the design intending for it to be connected to only a high-impedance pre-amp input (the higher the better. Some power amps have a low impedance input).... | |
| Beveridge speakers-does anyone still use them? Modjeski has sheets of Mylar for the panels. | |
| It Was 40 Years Ago Today... I loved ABBA (still do!), and no one who knows me could understand why. It was a new experience for me, being part of the audience of a big-selling mainstream entertainment act. Most of my favorites are cult-level artists, but then there's AC/DC t... | |
| Quad 2905 ESL Arcing Sparks New panels every few years comes with Quad ownership, it seems. With the old 57's even more so! Mine are in storage, replaced by Eminent Technology Magnetic-Planars (like Maggies, but double sided magnets for push-pull operation, like ESL's). | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s There is a really great clip on You Tube of Clapton talking about The Band and what he thought when he heard Music From Big Pink. That hearing resulted in Eric's disbanding (ha) Cream. It's funny, because when I finally got The Band (took about a ... |