shadorne
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| New Tom Petty I am up North in Canada. Perhaps Steve will head North one day on a drum clinic for Gretsch. I saw a clinic with Dennis Chambers last year with Ndugu Chancler in the crowd. Dennis paid a huge tribute to Ndugu - a real gentleman - and then he proce... | |
| System versus live With the right recording completely live.Tower of Power Soul Vaccination Live "Diggin' on James Brown" is a good example of a really live feel - simply crank it - -totally convincing.Another is George Benson Weekend in LA Live "On Broadway".There ... | |
| New Tom Petty Just saw your name linked to the Tom Petty thread and checked in. Are you a fan? Not a great fan myself but my cousin is in the band - Steve Ferrone (drummer). I have been following your cousin Steve since the days of AWB. I first saw him in 1977... | |
| A New Believer Interesting thread. It seems that even some believers have a limit to what they are willing to accept when it comes to the amazing purported properties of wires.Perhaps there is such a thing as too much marketing hyperbole? | |
| All time favorite speaker cables Home Depot. They were the cheapest and they worked perfectly. | |
| PMC EB1i v. Thiel CS3.7 v. Pioneer S1-EX v. ??? The carbon piston driver is a real winner in his opinion creating very realistic well tuned bass. Like the heat sink on the outside, the flat looking driver is largely a cosmetic effect which helps sell the speaker ("technology" one can "see" help... | |
| PMC EB1i v. Thiel CS3.7 v. Pioneer S1-EX v. ??? 20 Hz via that scary-looking bass driver with the exoskeleton.That is a kind of external heat sink to dissipate heat from the voice coil. The benefits are probably negligible but it looks way cool. | |
| "Best" DAC for a grand or less It appears to be silly to waste more energy on the "accuracy from specifications" nonsense. You are definitely correct from your perspective that "accuracy from specifications" is nonsense - it is also silly for any of us to "fight" about this. H... | |
| A New Believer Some gear will be affected much more than others. The magnitude of difference a cable makes is largely dependent on what it is connectd to. It makes little sense to speak of cables without the specific equipment. Cables are passive. Ideally they s... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? martin collums measured THD at 110 db! the midhorn had only around 0,1% THD and the tweeter 0,3%. I doubt even a speaker like wilson's alexandria could compete with that. That is exceptional compared to most conventional speakers. It suggests the... | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Shadorne you do not mention SPL level for conventional design distort much when near max SPL. John - yes that is true. I was just passing on info on horns. In conventional designs if you need higher SPL and need good linearity then big and beefy ... | |
| Do you remember your first cd? Duran duran's decade. In the late 80's. That album was a good collection of the radio single hits, however, Strange Behaviour is the one to go for with the glorious club extended mixes with extreme dynamics. Duran Duran roots was as a night club d... | |
| Transiberian Orcestra Seen them live and yes it was indeed a great show and way better than I ever expected. | |
| What does one purchase after owning horns? Here is some info on horns. Non-linear distortion in the compression chamber rises with output as well as with higher frequency and is exacerbated by long horns with less flare. Distortion can be as high as 20% or more in 2nd and 3rd order harmoni... | |
| For all you Clapton fans.... How about the John Mayall 'Blues Breakers' album......mid 60's?WITH Eric Clapton in a pre-cream appearance. Yup - a great album. Try also Peter Green and Stan Webb while we are discussing British versions of the Blues.As Pee wee Ellis once said (... |