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How to get the impact of a live concert?
I agree with an earlier post in this thread by Wolf Garcia that it is virtually impossible to get that explosive quality of a kick drum right over a home system. I use very efficient horn speakers which have a self-powered dynamic subwoofer system... 
Why does better power = better sound?
I'll share a few anecdotes based on my experience in my system, for what they are worth:first, I use very efficient horn speakers and it took some doing to get the line quiet. Not 60 hz hum exactly, but you could hear a sort of hash that was reduc... 
Speakers to hang on to for LIFE
WillemJ- I have had my pair of ESLs since 1974, but they need to be restored. I will continue to use them, and will probably add a second pair to do a stacked array. I still have my Decca ribbon tweeters, which also need to be restored. And a pair... 
NYC new LPs store ?
I used to drive to Princeton back in the day for vinyl. Now i just buy online. Interestingly, I've have had fewer problems with used records on places like e-bay than I have had buying reissues from the usual online sources- lot's of crappy re-rep... 
Audio Research SP3A-1 or Conrad Johnson PV11
Rrog, you and I had the same electronics, for me this was circa 1975. I used the SP 3-a-1 and Dual 75a with a pair of Quad ESLs. What about you? 
Audio Research SP3A-1 or Conrad Johnson PV11
I had an SP3A-1 back when they were still made, mid 70's and it was better than just about anything else, save perhaps, for a well-tuned Marantz 7 (tube) preamp. It had a holographic quality, which was rare in preamps of that era, most of which we... 
help with audio resesrch d76
The D 76 is pretty old school, i have a D 75a that I bought new back in the mid-70's. It is not bloated sounding, but it doesn't have the resolution in the midrange that their later amps did. I don't know the D 90 at all. There is a database of al... 
Silly turntable question
My apologies to Elizabeth. My reading skills are obviously going south. Mea culpa.(Although I admit to having projects, like getting my old Quads restored, that have just languished). And Doug, thank you for the kind correction. 
TW Raven Owners: Set Up Questions
I use an HRS platform for my table- a big Kuzma that weighs about 160lbs. It will not isolate footfalls from a springy floor (which required more work including isolating the big antique table on which the whole affair sits). I would have preferre... 
Silly turntable question
But Elizabeth, isn't this part of what we do as hobbyists- consider changes and enjoy the process, from conception to implementation? I didn't read the OP as someone who deserved thrashing for failure to implement after years of kicking around the... 
Silly turntable question
You might ask Albert Porter here for some thoughts, he has marketed a custom plinth for the SP-10 (I'm not shilling for him, just making it clear that he does business in this space) and has fooled around with a number of different arms, including... 
Blackness - how quiet does it need to be?
Ralph, i was summarizing what was said in that Hoffman article that Nonoise posted a link to. Perhaps I summarized it inaccurately, to the extent that the limits placed by the engineers were solely due to playback limitations, not to limits in wha... 
The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig?
Years ago, using a far different system than I do now (a pair of old Quad ESLs, driven by ARC electronics and of course a vinyl source, cheating a little by using a small set of rear speakers on a delay line), my dear, late audio friend Chuck Lamo... 
Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green
I have loved the blues since I was a kid and straddled the classic players like T-Bone Walker with the rock-oriented guys like Clapton, Page and Duane Allman when they were at their peak, in the late 60's. (Well, Duane died young, so we'll never k... 
What is approx. percentage of your total
Moon- in the process of moving, and relocating, my plan is to organize the LPs properly. It is at best controlled chaos right now, i have a general section of jazz and a few of the labels are grouped together, e.g. older EMIs, Lyritas, but I do in...