tkhill
Responses from tkhill
| At this level of high(er) end audio why not offer balanced connections? When we agree on which pin is hot so we can make adaptors. That's when. | |
| How much is about the recording The late Rudy Van Gelder once said "I love re-mastering early recordings. Those engineers wore ties to work." | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? While I've not heard the amp in question, I'm very familiar with their mic pres. I loved them because they were so incredibly transparent and accurate. | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? Is this the same Benchmark that makes the exquisite mic pre amps? | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. Toni Tenille (of the Captain &) is a terrific singer. Don't let her popular success fool you. | |
| Low buzzing through speaks Back in my radio days we designed a very nice control room. Then the engineer laid all the mic lines on top of the data lines. I was the only person who could hear the problem, therefore it didn't exist. I'd try a trial separation, or, if it's n... | |
| Inherited a pair of JBL 4350 -- Need Advice Send them to me. I'll take care of them. | |
| Background noise. Boxcarman: Absolutely brilliant. It's nice to know vaudeville is still alive! | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear | |
| are we also coffee connoisseurs? Or wine enthusiasts? Grislybutter: You are thinking of the Croatian wine master Mike Grgich. He did a huge amount of work (uncredited) putting California wines where they are today. Croatian reds, b.t.w., can be astonishingly good. | |
| WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? My wife, a professional orchestra and chamber music player and singer much prefers tubes. Me too! | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? JBL 4311. C.S.I., the soffit or bridge mounts with 2 6" woofers | |
| 1st full tube amp Oldchen EL34 I'm on my second Chinese amp. The first, Music Angle 6n1p, class A, sounded good. It was even better after a capacitor & pre-amp tube replacement (7199 for whatever came with it). An unqualified American tech killed it. The second is a Sophia ... | |
| Direct Drive Direct drive's "rumble", which is almost unmeasureable, always trumps belt drive's speed instability and having to replace the damn belts. | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Look for anything Ivie Anderson recorded in the studio with Ellington. The material was recorded by guys who wore ties to work. |