shadorne
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| Jeff Beck "performing this week" OMG Bongofury,Funny you should say that - I liked Beck's work when he is not so busy too. He has great timing and I felt that the less aggressive numbers they played at Ronnie Scott's showed his real skills. Like the drummer who plays incredible polyr... | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" So are photography analogies -- over- and underexposed, lighting, soft focus, Kodak vs. Fuji color (hmmm...not sure I remember what those two look like these days). Not sure of the photo analogies but the bokeh on my Nikon AF-S VR NIKKOR 300mm f/... | |
| Anyone else in my shoes? Ears going......... I have always had the tiniest ringing in the ears when things are extremely quiet (the woods, the lake on a perfectly still winter morning) - even as a child - to me this IS the sound of complete silence. It does not change the fact that I can sti... | |
| Made in Canada conundrum In my experience both Fedex and particularly UPS exploit customs situations to their advantage - whenever they are involved I have paid 90 % handling/brokerage fees to Fedex/UPS and 10% or less of the fee is actually in tax. (Yes a I have paid bil... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier the low-mid transition is that of a horizontally-placed design. Yes but at 410 Hz (the crossover) the wavelength is about 2.7 feet (30 inches)! Given the drivers are only about 12 inches apart the lobing should not be apparent except at extreme a... | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" Actually the wide cabinets are preferable to narrow cabinets for edge diffractionNot really. Narrow cabinets less than about 5 to 10 inches wide can be very good (smallest is best and this is important in the mids and HF which is why you sometime... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier Vertical mounting of course doesn't eliminate the crossover-related off-axis lobing, but it places it entirely on the vertical axis . . . and the vertical-axis listening position in the control room varies far less than the horizontal. Kirkus,Goo... | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" They were principally designed with voice in mind - drama and radio for BBC. They have a great midrange and will help make a bad recording enjoyable. I don't think they are exciting or the last word on a full orchestra, big band or rocking out the... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did Nor would you be likely to find any physicists who would say there could be no effect. I know what you mean, this is the type of argument used by the "catastrophic" Global Warming advocates - they all point out that C02 is a greenhouse gas theref... | |
| Jeff Beck "performing this week" OMG Jax2,Yes - keep spreading the word. Thx should really go to Jim for starting this thread. | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did No one needs to pay any heed to you nor your willingness by self-selection to serve as a Scam Police I quite agree - everyone is free to spend as they wish. I just report what is common thinking in science circles. Wrong they may all be, but you ... | |
| Solo Violin...suggestions. I am not a fan of Joshua Bell but I do like Anne Sophie Mutter and yes the Pablo Sarasate arrangements are pretty exciting if you want a demo of violin. However, IMHO, violin is better as playing its part in an orchestra rather than profilled too ... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did I really don't understand why some have to take it on themselves to be judges of what is worthwhile, what I call the Scam Police. What purpose do they serve? Certainly when some were selling worthless elixors as cures for ailments with those taki... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did Shadorne, the comment you quoted was regarding putting speaker cables on risers, not putting the speakers on risers. Oops my bad. I retract my statement then. There is indeed no strong reason to use cable elevators in that there is no credible sc... | |
| Do Audiogon members like DIY cable projects? I do this quite often but I don't exactly design them. I just grab the soldering iron, buy the wire lengths and connectors I want and make up what I need. I modified my PS2 Rockband so that it would work with a Roland V-drums set - initially just ... |