terraplane8bob
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| Can anyone tell me when XLR connections were first used on stereo equipment. (what years)? I have a Burmester 838 phono preamp and an 868 preamp/DA convertor and two 878 amps, all of which have XLR connections. Burmester used a system to identify his components : 838 [ August of 1983 ] 868 [August of 1986 ] 878 [August of 1987]. Year f... | |
| Holy Holostages!! Has anyone noticed that "Holostages" is just two letters away from being "Hostages" ? | |
| Physical degradation of CD's I owned a small recording business and would routinely furnish my clients with copies of their performances that were burned with a pro level CD recorder. On rare occasion I would get a complaint of "drop-outs" on the disc. At first I attributed ... | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones I am surprised to not have seen STAX "ear speakers" mentioned. They are light, open back and sonically speaking are extremely accurate. I worked as an audio engineer and used Sennheiser 600 earphones for convenience during the recording sessions... | |
| Open baffle speakers I had the good fortune to be good friends with Don Barringer who worked with Siegfried Linkwitz on the Linkwitz "Orion" speaker design. Don and I were both professional musicians. Don worked for a number of years as the recording engineer for the... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project As a point of reference : Has anyone here ever heard a Garrard 301 in its original plinth ? You know ---- the one that the designers of this marvelous TT chose as its companion plinth ? | |
| How do you add remote control to a preamp, here's how. Clio09 posted : " I have seen situations where people wanted to use a passive as a remote and the Placette passive remote was one of the best to accomplish this." I could not agree more. The Placette uses Vishay resistors with very tight toleran... | |
| Speakers that disappear Linkwitz "ORION" open baffle speakers. Truly amazing ! | |
| You're not a true audiophile unless... The definition of an audiophile is when the LOVE of music inspires you to delve even deeper into the mystery of music through the use of artificial reproduction. For all the infatuation that we have for music, no one that I am aware of has ever m... | |
| HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SYSTEM IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS An acoustical recording of an orchestra, chamber group or vocalist/vocalists is the only way to hear the real thing. Not that overly processed recordings aren't exciting with thumping bass, dazzling highs and dynamic range beyond imagination, but... | |
| Vibration Control I've had some experience with using a "Vibra-Plane" device to quell vibration. It was a total surprise to hear the results of placing a preamp, a CD player and a turntable on it in rotating sequence. An immediate improvement was obvious on all c... | |
| Rondi H. D'Agostino Obituary I once met Rhondi briefly when visiting the Krell plane in Orange, CT. She and Dan D'Agostino were still an item at the time. A sad ending to a nice lady. RIP | |
| Hearing aid question After a long career as a symphony trombonist and an equally long period as a recording engineer I finally realized that the high end of my hearing spectrum was less than optimal. Fortunately, I was a VET and was able to work with my VA audiology ... | |
| little big win To get back to your altruistic gesture ----- GOOD on You !! A little bit of proselytizing on your part will not only bring someone from outside of the hobby "in from the cold" but will provide a lifelong gift that will not be forgotten ! GOOD o... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Emmetropia refers to great eyesight and hyperosmia refers to great sense of smell but if you have great sense of hearing you currently are considered to be an audiophile. If you are blessed with any or all of these conditions, exploit them to the... |