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| Any modern band that comes close to Mahavishnu Orchestra ? I saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1972 or 73. Great concert! My very favorite album is probably Visions of the Emerald Beyond which is best enjoyed with the volume turned up very loud. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Johnk is right---Experience does trump conjecture. How can anyone argue otherwise? The problem here is that so few audiophiles have actually heard the speakers he is referencing. My experience is not as vast as Johnk or Larryi but I have enough... | |
| Equipment Rack Where are the moderators? This thread is screaming for some heavy editing. It's a shame to see a discussion on such an important subject as racks degenerate into personal attacks. Sistrum and Geoff Kait should take their dispute off the forum. ... | |
| Ebony Denon DL 103. 50 years too late? Pryso, I couldn't agree more. Most of my favorite cartridges have been conical starting with Grado FTR (in 1969) and continuing with Decca 4RC, Decca Mk5, Shure V15-IIIG, V15-IVG and Denon 103R. I have certainly had other types as well and ellip... | |
| Ebony Denon DL 103. 50 years too late? Fortunately my experience is the 103R stylus lasts considerably longer than 300 hours. As I said I had nearly 1000 hours when I replaced mine. I say "fortunately" because the 103R took a full 100 hours to reach its fully broken in performance. ... | |
| Ebony Denon DL 103. 50 years too late? Why are you only expecting 300 hours of stylus life? My 103R had nearly 1000 when I replaced it with another 103R. | |
| What is more accurate: magnetic anti-skating, or barrel weight attached a fishline? My experience supports the No Antiskating option. Each arm where I have tried removing the AS has sounded better than with any amount of AS. These arms include Triplanar VII, Analog Instruments Siggwan, and Moerch DP-6. I also used a VPI JMW-10... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Do you have contact info for this cabinet builder in TN? | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Larry,Yes, there is something about the old school paper cone woofers. The Jensens may not go as deep as modern woofers or have the same impact, at least in my bass reflex cabinets, but they somehow are able to blend seamlessly with the 32 horn a... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Whart, I use an Altec 802-8G compression driver on the 32A horn. Woofer is a Jensen P15LL which is a 15" with paper cone. Both drivers have Alnico magnets. The drivers and horn date from the 1970s, I believe, but are still available on Ebay at ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? The diversity of opinions in this thread demonstrates once again the diversity of viewpoints in audio, which is a good thing in my opinion. We approach the listening experience with different attitudes, priorities, life experiences, etc. which gi... | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 Well, that was an interesting follow-up to the problems in the Brinkman/Tidal room. It certainly sounded like the channels were out of phase. I am pleased the room sponsors were able to fix the problem before the end of the show. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2016 The story about the Brinkman demo is absolutely right. When I entered the room, there was an empty seat in the front row on the center line of the speakers. As I started to sit down, it was immediately evident that the sound was out-of-phase. T... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Johnk gave a good description of the sonic advantages of good vintage speakers, one borne out in my experience as well. I would just emphasize the realistic dynamic swings that a good vintage speaker can provide, both low-level, subtle shifts in ... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? As usual LarryI has a balanced and measured post which means I agree with him. There is no question that modern speaker design software and measurement tools have contributed to an overall improvement in speaker sound quality. For those of us wh... |