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| Speaker recommendations wanted for Quicksilver M135 amplifiers Eminent Technology LFT-8b ($3200/pr) or -8c ($4500/pr). Unlike the similar Maggies (both being planar-magnetic designs), the LFT is an appropriate candidate for a great tube amp like any of the Quicksilvers. | |
| Amps on top? Roger Modjeski recommended at least two feet of air space above his Music Reference tube power amps. Lack of ventilation greatly reduces component (capacitors etc) lifespan. The companies that mount their output tubes on vertically-orientated circ... | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones The most cost-effective way to reduce enclosure and/or panel resonance is to brace like Hell. Look at the bracing Jim Salk uses in his subwoofer enclosures (into which he installs the Rythmik Audio 12" or 15" DIY kits). | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Iris DeMent's latest: Workin' On A World. Sorry @slaw, released on CD only. | |
| Turntable Isolation Journey Max Townshend used his fabulous Seismic Pods as the suspension for the Mk.7 iteration of his Rock turntable. I have the earlier Mk.2 version version, which didn't. No problem, the Pods can be added under any un-suspended table (two sets of springs... | |
| Micro Seiki ma-505 x is a low or heavy tonarm? The effective mass of a tone arm is effected by the location of it’s counterweight. Increasing the distance of the c/w from the arm’s bearings increases the arm’s effective mass. To decrease an arm’s e/m, add weight to it (wheel-balancing stick-on... | |
| New to Preamp - Preamp suggestion around 10k Ear-Yoshino 912, Atma-Sphere MP-3 (or MP-1 used). | |
| Top two most important sound qualities The lifelike reproduction of vocals is by far my first priority. If a loudspeaker fails that test it is immediately eliminated, and most are (vowel coloration---though significantly improved since the early days of hi-fi---remains a problem). Clos... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Speaking of The Funk Brothers: has everybody heard Joan Osborne singing "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" backed by the bros? It’s in the documentary on that outstanding band, and is astoundingly great, the equal imo of the original (which featu... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: I heard Jourard when he was in The Motels, who were pretty big in L.A. in the early-80's. At that time I was playing with a real fine songwriter-singer who loved them, but they didn't ring my bells; too New Wave for me (the same reason I don't lik... | |
| The one, the only Garth Hudson. Minkwlder: Great post! The Band and those like them (The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section aka The Swampers, Ry Cooder, Richard Thompson, Dave Edmunds, Albert Lee, Buddy Miller, Los Lobos) play in accordance with the old axiom (I’ve seen it attributed ... | |
| The one, the only Garth Hudson. @stuartk: Not at all a dumb question; in fact an excellent one. I'll collect my thoughts on the matter, and respond asap (I'll endeavor to be as concise as possible, hopefully not too verbose ;-) . Your question and it's answer gets to the heart o... | |
| The one, the only Garth Hudson. @minkwelder: Music From Big Pink left me bewildered when it came out. At that time (Summer 1968) I was into power trios and similar kinds of music, and didn’t know what to make of Big Pink, couldn’t relate to it in the slightest. And that disturbe... | |
| New In 2023 On July 14th Yep Rock Records is releasing an expanded version of Marshall Crenshaw's 1983 sophomore album, on a single CD and double LP, the latter in a color exclusive at Barnes & Noble. | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! Oh, and by the way: For anyone with a Maggie model that includes an outboard cross-over box, the First Watt B4 can be used in place of that box. While almost all other loudspeakers have cross-overs that included driver-compensation networks, the ... |