bdp24
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| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Good points, halcro. True, the Decca/London does not have the delicacy in high frequencies of a great moving coil. As with every link in one's Hi-Fi chain, priorities must be chosen, as no one product is better than all others in every way. For me... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges I'll give it a shot, k. The five current Londons---the Maroon, Gold, Super Gold, Jubilee, and Reference, all share the same identical internal design and structure (how could it be otherwise?---it's what makes a London a London!), but differ in th... | |
| If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one? Two sides of the same coin, Schubert ;-)! | |
| Harvey Rosenberg: Did he or didn't he...... "Harvey came to be associated with those mods via his close connection to NYAL". I'll say it was close---Harvey owned NYAL! In his search for the best amp for his Quad loudspeakers, Harvey learned of Julius Futterman and his revolutionary and radi... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today As I was composing my post directly above, Doug posted his. Also well reasoned, I second his recommendation to augment the Quad with a pair of subs. But not just any sub---the GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Sub. It is in some ways similar to the on... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Well said trelja! You (and I, and ct0517) are not alone in finding enduring merit in the original Quad when used within its limitations. Yes, those limitations are severe, making it unsuitable for many applications and listeners, Douglas Schroeder... | |
| Mass Loaded Vinyl (MLV) Acoustic Treatments - A Question MLV is designed to absorb physical resonance (vibrations), not acoustic. It works well when sandwiched between two layers of MDF in a speaker enclosure, for example. | |
| Schiit Ragnarok Mike Moffat was the designer of the initial Theta products. He then had a company named Angstrom and made a good surround sound processor. | |
| If you could have only one Christmas album/CD, which one? tostadosunidos, I have four "Period Instrument/Historically Informed" versions (Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Leonhardt) of St. Matthew Passion on CD, Gardiner or Herreweghe being my first choice. Yes, I like the "no vibrato" movement! On LP ... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Warren Gregoire, whom I've never met, seems to be quite a character. When I talked to him on the phone about the current Londons, he was rather brusque, coming across as someone who has had his fill of dealing with consumers, with which I can symp... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Some other arms people have found to work well with Deccas and Londons: The Arm by David Fletcher (designer of the original SOTA table); Mission Mechanic (a U.K. arm similar to The Arm); Fidelity Research FR-64/66; Keith Monks (a somewhat rare U.K... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges I was wondering the same myself, halcro. I have to reread what Art wrote, and see if the answer is in there somewhere. If it is, I missed it last night. | |
| Why do some dealers Yep taters, Brooks was the dealer in numbers 2 and 3 in my posting above. He was a very opinionated, self-assured guy, but idealistic to a fault. If he sold, say, two speaker lines that both included a $10,000 model, and found one of the speakers ... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Received the January Stereophile today, and whatta ya know; in it Art Dudley reviews the Tzar DST! It seems like last months review of an old Decca was a prelude to the Tzar review. I'd love to hear one, but that's unlikely. What dealer is going t... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only The separation of Classical and Pop musics can be indefensible in purely artist terms. A fair amount of 20th Century Classical barely qualifies as music at all, imo, and an album of the most artistically ambitious and rewarding music of the Centur... |