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| Dylan...whats the deal? That's a good era for Dylan in my estimation. (He's lived 9 lives, at least).I'm friends with Rob Stoner, who played bass and was his bandleader at the time. I seem to remember some fancy boxed set (Classic Records?) from the tour(s), but not sure... | |
| Oh no, there's metal in your records! I don’t know about metal, but as almost anyone who has handled LPs knows, they are prone to static charges. Thus, the use of additives, such as carbon black, which served several purposes, one of which was to make the record more conductive, to le... | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma I had great success using 60-70 watt ARC tube amps when I ran Quad 63s (mine were Crosby modified). I went from the 57, which was augmented with a sub and ribbon tweeters and found the 63 (without the need to supplement) to be the better all aroun... | |
| Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening The author’s premise is that technology has changed our relationship to recorded music- too many choices, too little understanding. Letting an algorithm "curate" is no substitute for learning and better understanding the music and its context. But... | |
| Article about us Audiophiles: 'Audiophilia Forever' Thanks for posting. More right than wrong with that article. I remember Denby as a film guy from my years in New York. Very few audiophiles in the mainstream press, and it's usually about how outrageous the prices are, or questioning the 'vinyl re... | |
| TX audio stores in Austin or San Antonio? @bdp24 -thanks for reminding me-- I will seek him out this year. New Year's resolution. :) | |
| TX audio stores in Austin or San Antonio? I moved to Austin full time this past year, after several years of shuttling back and forth between NY and Austin. Frankly, at least compared to NY metro, high end retail here is fairly limited. There are a few good record stores, including the us... | |
| DSPeaker Anti-mode 8033 ii works wonders with my new sub @aberyclark - you are correct that you can feed two subs but it is dual mono, not stereo. The owner's manual states that to get stereo subs you need two of the 8033 units or the bigger one @bdp24 mentioned. I have my subs hooked up in the manner y... | |
| DSPeaker Anti-mode 8033 ii works wonders with my new sub I use one with a pair of 15" Rythmik sealed subs to augment the bass on my Avantgarde Duos. It is effective and pretty straightforward to set up. Some of the test tones while in set up mode are earth shaking. Does the job at very low (relative) co... | |
| Why does all new pop music sound the same? @chayro - It’s a pretty good thread for other reasons too including musicology. The ’beat and hook’ formula fits with modern listening habits. We’ve all noted (I think) that music listening is background for other things, seldom an end to itself. ... | |
| Why does all new pop music sound the same? @chayro - that movie, of the three of them, was entertaining. I went with a guy who had at one point played with Link Wray. He was rolling in the aisle when "The Edge" claimed he invented the power chord. Pagey and Jack White are both OK in my book. | |
| Why does all new pop music sound the same? I fall between the extremes here, for several reasons. First, I think "pop" music was always cotton candy to some degree (though there was material I liked and still pull out occasionally). The major labels were dragged into the "youth explosion" ... | |
| Austin Texas area Audio folks? @lordcloud - any friend of Albert’s....You are welcome to get in touch with me. I relocated permanently to Austin early last year after about 5 years of shuttling back and forth between NY and Texas. I’m not much for audiophile spectaculars, but h... | |
| Vacuum tube suppliers I’ve used Brendan Bievers at TubeWorld for many years, though I got some NIB GEC driver tubes for my old Quad II amps from Tubemonger.Brent Jesse’s web site gives me a headache. Heard good things about Andy. I’m usually replacing ’small tubes,’ li... | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? I moved part way across the country earlier this year, few changes to the basic system components, but:1. room- longer, deeper room, with slightly higher ceilings;2. new power subsystem based on a 10kVa Controlled Power isolation transformer3. I i... |