terraplane8bob
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| 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... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? "Hypoman" made a comment about "eye candy" often being placed between loudspeakers and how distracting it can be. I once owned a gorgeous pair of B&W 801 speakers finished in Rosewood and sold them to buy the exact same speaker in black becau... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? In the real world ---- not the make-believe world of the recording engineer [I can say this because I was one] --- musical instruments and the human voice have special characteristics depending on your proximity to them. The degree of warmth that... | |
| where and how to find blank "music" CD's I have had three TASCAM CD-RW2000 CD recorders that I used in my live music recording business. My recollection is that I could write a disc that could be copied an unlimited number of times or a disc that could only be copied once. How that was... | |
| OMG Moment I was one of a group of about 6 who regularly gathered at a friend's home to listen to his exceptionally good system in a room specifically designed for audio listening. One evening we found his system to sound less than ordinary. We realized th... | |
| Some famous reviewers have atrocious listening rooms! I recall posting a reference to a thread about "simple tweaks" to our systems and mentioned one of the easiest tweaks for people who normally wear glasses was to simply remove them ! Apparently the idea is still met with derision judging by this... | |
| Open Baffle Experience Since both "russbutton"and "eric_squires" both mentioned the active crossover in Linkwitz designs, I thought I might elaborate on my last post. I was fortunate to be good friends with one of Linkwitz's collaborators on the "Orion" loudspeaker. ... | |
| Open Baffle Experience I own a pair of Linkwitz "Orion" loudspeakers mated with Burmester amps, pre and DAC and can't imagine a more open and natural sounding speaker. If bass is on the recording it is heard in full bloom. The very complex crossover network is crucial... | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them I'm amazed that I am the first one to respond to this post with a "classical music" response, but here it is. Gustav Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder" - "Songs on the Death of Children". His loss is so great that he can envision the lost child enteri... | |
| Why not? Regarding the "Harley" post : I had a friend who was the sales manager of a large motorcycle dealer. He told me that the first thing they did when they traded in a bike was to remove all the accessories. Why GIVE the customer the accessories whe... | |
| Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true? I got a real chuckle out of the aforementioned article by Bill Sommerwerck in the Stereophile magazine in which he mentions a reviewer's "One Speaker Room" devoid of any other speaker including a telephone. When he pointed out that the reviewer ... | |
| Something on top of a speaker=okay? The Victrola company once made a model with a gently rounded top to prevent users from placing ANYTHING on them. Anyone ever notice how many old speakers have flower pot and Martini glass stains on them ? | |
| most beautiful (looking) speakers Believe it or not --- "Terraplane7Bob" WAS already taken ! | |
| most beautiful (looking) speakers I realize that it is often the case that loudspeakers share a living space with other household members and that a certain attractiveness is a bonus and sometimes even a requirement. I credit Lewis Lipnick, when writing for Stereophile, for creat... |