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| Unique Guitarist Andy Mckee Found on YouTube Have to 2nd the comment on Michael Manring - probably one of the most underrated bassists of all time. I think probably because the music and ensembles he chooses are a little too laid back to bring much notice to himself. | |
| Speaker disappearing act? I have fairly big conventional box speakers, and find that if I place my wife directly behind either the left or right speaker, I can get HER to disappear for a while. This may not work with a larger wife though - unless you have planar speakers. | |
| Dahlquist DQ-20 Fan club Rant Mingles - if you're out there, I'd be interested in hearing how the 1" ScanSpeak tweeters worked out? Did you give them a try? | |
| Rat Shck Presidian 40-5053. Next Sonic Impact? Hi again - Sorry for the long delay, I've been very busy and somehow missed your last post. I've been running the stock and litekeys speakers in mono in my bedroom (not continuously) since my last post to really break them in. The litekeys has de... | |
| Rat Shck Presidian 40-5053. Next Sonic Impact? This morning I A/B'ed the single Litekeys Presidian against a Dick Sequerra Metronome, which is admittedly a dated design - but cost about $800 for the pair new, and the Presidian was hands down the winner - with the one drawback being that softne... | |
| Rat Shck Presidian 40-5053. Next Sonic Impact? Well - I completed the upgrade on one of the Presidian speakers tonight and A/B tested against the still stock one. I used an old Marantz receiver for 2 reasons - it has the ability to run R & L speakers from one mono source AND it has excelle... | |
| Vince Guaraldi recommendations BTW - if you like Bola Sete w/Guaraldi, he's got a great solo album on Fantasy from the same era called "Tour de Force" which I'd also highly recommend. | |
| Vince Guaraldi recommendations The "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" album on Fantasy is very enjoyable. It sold well originally so not too hard to find at a reasonable price. You would want the red label (earlier pressing) over the blue label. | |
| Dahlquist DQ-20 Fan club Rant Hi - When I posted initially I had the 20's, but now have the 20i's. Not long after my last post we had a baby, which scrapped my time to do any major "projects" for now - so I have not upgraded the 20i's at all - except to replace the woofer surr... | |
| Analog experiment p.s. Though I was somewhat critical of your software choice for comparison purposes, I also meant to applaud your A/B technique in attempting an "objective" comparison - something sorely lacking in many audiophile opinions. I use a similar "parall... | |
| Analog experiment Without knowing the specifics of which lp's you used - keep in mind that many of the so-called 180 gram "audiophile" remasters are nothing of the sort. Many (if not most) have been digitized, slightly re-EQ'ed, and then pressed into mediocre vinyl... | |
| SPICA revival and modification Here's a Spica story for ya' - Around 1987 or '88, after having heard new TC-50's in a showroom, I bought a used pair at Stereo Exchange (in NYC). When I got them set up, I was pleased but they didn't seem as incredibly magical as the new pair had... | |
| Need help choosing capacitor upgrades in crossover I have done a fair bit of experimenting with DQ's, which are IMO still very competitive with many current designs from an overall "listenability" perspective. I've found their main weaknesses to be somewhat "soft" highs and a bit of a suckout in t... | |
| Rat Shck Presidian 40-5053. Next Sonic Impact? I'll post a follow up as soon as I finish them - my plan is to upgrade just one speaker first so that i can compare side by side. I don't expect them to become world beaters, and it practically doubles the cost of the speakers which I was about to... | |
| Rat Shck Presidian 40-5053. Next Sonic Impact? Thanks for the heads up - just bought them. I'd assume he'll post another set soon. Now wondering if I should have waited for a litekeys upgrade2.0 - which would undoubtedly convert these into a line-array 3-way design with the addition of two mor... |