terraplane8bob
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| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers The Siegfried Linkwitz "Orion" speakers are natural sounding and superb examples of open baffle design. Check "Linkwitz Lab.com" for more info. | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition What a fabulous piece of music and a fabulous piece of orchestration by Ravel ! I agree with the assessment of the version with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Kubelik conducting. it is a great MONO recording on the Mercury label. I performed... | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Linkwitz "Orions". | |
| Heavy Vinyl Does it occur to anyone that a thicker LP would alter the VTA of the cartridge ? | |
| If you were serious about sound you would... 2 ears = 2 microphones = realistic sound. " I would argue that the end result most certainly CAN be better than the original equipment it was recorded on." ------- Not BETTER ----- only DIFFERENT ! | |
| Does anyone repair.... Would you pay $$$$ to have a photo of your parents restored so that you can put it in a place of prominence in YOUR home ? Would you pay $$$$ to have a recording of your child's first words so that you can listen to it years later in YOUR home ?... | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? In 1956, as a student at The Eastman School of Music, I found that it was very convenient to pass by Craig Audio which was owned by a doublebass player in the Rochester Philharmonic, Dave Craig. It was only a block out of my way and was located i... | |
| Cable elevators It is possible in certain instances where electric lines are installed directly under the audio system cables where they can cause interference. When working as a recording engineer I always had a RF problem in a certain church and attributed it ... | |
| The damper, the tension wire and cantilever position On what planet is this discussion taking place ? | |
| Your experience of moving to two subs Ther seems to be an assumption that bass is omni-directional. It is not. There is a point of origin for the original signal and two subs can resolve that reality. It is like two ears helping locate the direction of a sound or two eyes resolving... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... I got a real chuckle out of "Mahler 123's" comment : "Hearing the spit clog a horn player's instrument is interesting, but ultimately distracting." Years ago, when my wife was still my girlfriend, I took a real chance when I pointed out to her... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... Adolf Herseth, the spectacular trumpet soloist with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, once told a story in a radio interview with Bill [?] Russo about Fritz Reiner who, in my opinion, was the most important conductor the orchestra ever had. Apparen... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... Viber 6's comment, "If I were a sitting giraffe with my head way over people, then the 2nd row might be nice." That is a great way of articulating my previous comment about achieving a "sight line" to every instrument in an orchestra. From that v... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... I had the opportunity to perform in the Berlin "Philharmonie" . During rehearsals I was able to go out in the hall and listen to the orchestra. When I returned, my colleagues asked what the hall sounded like. I told them that I was amazed at h... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... My 50 year career in music was pretty well divided into 25 years as a symphony musician and 25 years as a recording engineer. The major orchestra I performed in played in some of the world's best concert halls. Two of the best were the "Musikver... |