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| Best Rock Album in 2012 The 2005 CD of Richard Thompson Live from Austin City Limits was a well-mastered recording, but the New West re-release on double LP is impeccable. A great uncompressed recording of a great power rock trio(hear Shoot Out the Lights.) Danny Thompso... | |
| Active FETs vs. Step-up phono stage designs The discontinued MAT02 is replaced by MAT12.http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/MAT12.pdfLike Lew I use this at input of phono in the bottom of a hybrid cascode. It provides huge gain, low noise, and great sound. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Sgunther, The short Tomahawk wand is too light for low-compliance cartridges like Shilabe. For those types I machined a heavier rear counterweight and several types of front counterweights that drop into the holes of the Tomahawk wand or slide alo... | |
| Which sub to buy: JL Audio f113 or Velodyne DD18+? If you're planning to roll in the sub without a crossover, consider that the Vel doesn't offer a corner point below 40hz. This may produce excess overlap with main speakers that go as deep as Legacy. | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spiritofmusic, I'm a slow learner. My modified TNT is all that it can be, easily surpassing the current HRX that I've heard at shows. The Terminator arm with Reso Mat, both before and after modifications, is so good that I'm inclined to trust Vic ... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2012 I accord with Fremer's rave review of Analog Productions/Rhino's double LP reissue of The Dead's 1981 "The Reckoning" acoustic performances recorded at Radio City, NYC and Warfield Theater, SF. This is perhaps the ultimate unplugged album and well... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable I have the Trans-Fi arm and the Reso Mat. Both are keepers. The arm is superlative. The mat benefits from light clamping, at least on my modified VPI TNT. | |
| Review: VPI Magic Brick Tweak For a large AC line transformer like the Topaz I would lean toward a heavy bag of microbearing steel available through eBay or a foundry supply company. The magnetic properties of the steel shot will improve coupling of the transformer electrical ... | |
| Auralex SubDude Mateored, rather than lead shot, you might try a bag of microbearing steel from eBay or a foundry supply company. I use this inside the enclosure and in an ultrasuede bag placed on top of my modified Merlin VSMs. The Merlin is particularly active ... | |
| Auralex SubDude I used a similar Auralex Gramma under a Vel DD-15 for a time. It is effective in isolating the room from the sub, but not much good in communicating LF with precision. A Star Sound SP-1 with Audiopoints brass cups gives more delineation in the sub... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2012 Public Image Ltd. "This is PiL"."This is PiL-- you have entered the pil zone." He ain't kidding-- suave strutting antics unsighted since Johnny Rotten(or Jagger for that matter) in their prime. Excellent master to double LP "recorded deep in the E... | |
| Any users of Teresonic Clarison speaker cables? At THE Show in Newport Beach this weekend I had the pleasure of hearing Mike Zivkovic's excellent Teresonic speakers, cables, and integrated tube amp. He mentioned that his cables are unique in the sense of being FULLY shielded via black box milit... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I'll fabricate for my Trans-Fi linear tonearm a two-point vertical needle bearing assembly that plugs directly into a standard SME headshell bayonet-- eliminating the tonearm tube entirely. This can be compared to several short wands of various co... | |
| MoFi Release Meets Expectations FINALLY MoFi Wake of the Flood and The Band Stage Fright are both better than the original LPs. Beck Sea Change is similarly satisfying-- on a par with the original SACD. I have my eye on Pixies Bossanova for the next one. Has anyone compared the MoFi Pix... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I'll take the black 2002 360 Modena that plays an important role and provides soundtrack "music" in Sofia Cuppola's film "Somewhere." Certainly one of Ferrari's most beautiful recent models. |