crustycoot
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| Who uses ADS Speakers From 1974 into the 2000’s I worked for Tweeter, which was Boston’s main a/d/s/ dealer. Took dealer training and factory tours with Dr. Goderhard Guenther, Mike Kelly, Dave Marshall. I owned many models, but not the really big ones like the L2030 s... | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Rubber Soul (US Atco version) The 1st Paul Butterfield Blues Band album Junior Wells’ Hoodoo Man Blues Mississippi John Hurt Today! Axis: Bold As Love Gasoline Alley Moondance Workingman’s & American Beauty Blue Alone Together Low Sp... | |
| Suggestion between benchmark Ahb2, Bob carver crimson 275 and rogue atlas magnum 2 amos I’d be reluctant to send my preamp output through a powered subwoofer crossover in order to high pass the satellites. If the Metas can’t deliver the SPLs you want then you need speakers that can. But I suspect that you have already decided they me... | |
| Soldering Help Soldering pipe fittings is a very different technique from electronic circuitry. the main difference being the heat tolerance of copper pipe vs. the lack of same for electronic parts. I have used 33W and 40W pencil irons with narrow tips, and sma... | |
| Soldering Help I learned to solder by building Dynakits. My first one was constructed with a Radio Shack 25w pencil iron, a Swiss Army knife and a pair of needle nose pliers. When done, it worked! Today you can build an Akitika GT-102 and have a nice medium pow... | |
| Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears Despite my self-given username I am a sentimental softy where music is concerned. Some of my trigger songs or compositions: Schubert String Quintet in C Chopin Prelude in Gm Mozart Clarinet Quintet K581 I’ve Got A Mind To Give Up Living; Paul ... | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Hypoman nailed it. I once shared a house with an amateur recordist who recorded a local orchestra for his own personal library of master tapes. He used a Nakamichi Tri-mic setup with CP1 omni capsules, a Revox A77 and a DBX compander. Those tapes ... | |
| How to tame a bright system? I would advise you to take painter24’s advice and contact GR Research about their upgrade kit for the 606S2. Then I’d focus on speaker placement, make sure you have properly damped stands, and treat the room for early reflections, if that applies... | |
| The response for REL regarding subwoofers Seems to me the answer is simply to use an amp for the Khorns that has an input level control to attenuate its gain to the desired level to match the gain characteristics of your sub. Then use a preamp with sufficient output voltage to drive the s... | |
| The Decware Pill - Any Experiences? Sounds like something you might put in a tape loop for occasional use. Not all digital sounds the same, so I wouldn’t want a filter in line between the DAC and preamp. | |
| Audioquest speaker cables Auxinput is right on the main point...better to go with single wire WT and upgraded jumpers than RH Combo, but wrong on the detail about how AQ works in the Folk Heros range...the Combo is in fact a pair of Zeros and a pair of Bass in parallel. T... | |
| Why do all Mahler recordings seem too bright? Listen to the Ben Zander/ Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra recordings of the 6th and the 9th. Recorded live in Boston Symphony Hall, with, to my ears, no EQ or compression. Multi miked but mixed to a very naturalistic stereo. Sounds great on... | |
| Best light weight full range speaker recommendation. What I'd like to know is what is the reason the OP wants a light weight? If by full range he means no sub needed, that's a tough nut to crack. Inert cabinets with large or multiple woofers tend to be quite hefty. One brand that gets low colorati... | |
| Bands/artists you never got to see live in their heyday, but would've liked to. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band w/Mike BloomfieldBob Dylan in the Folk City & 'Blonde on Blonde' time frameJoni w/Jaco+1 Stones w/Brian Jones Yardbirds w/Clapton, w/Beck, w/Beck & PageEarly Fleetwood Mac w/GreenieLed Zep early onAllmans w/... | |
| Great song to test bass Boomer favorites:Little Feat; 'Long Distance Love', Last Record AlbumHendrix: 'Hey Baby', Rainbow BridgeMahavishnu Orch: 'Vision is a Naked Sword', ApocalypseLoggins and Messina; 'Pathway to Glory', Full SailStravinsky; 'Le Sacre du Printemps' Val... |