whart
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| Audirvana problem @kacomess Keith- for what it is worth, I've found the user forum there to be faster than starting a "support ticket" (or whatever Audirvana calls it). You post in a new thread with a descriptive title and often, other experienced users will chim... | |
| Every day I see another turntable recommendation... To do vinyl playback right, you are going to spend some money. Turntable, arm, cartridge (yes, I know there are advocates of relatively inexpensive "giant killers"), phono stage (ditto) and potentially, a rack or other platform on which the table ... | |
| “Faithful to the recording” Jules Coleman- anybody remember him? He was a professor of jurisprudence, not a lawyer but a philosopher, who also loved audio and wrote some reviews or thought pieces back in the 00’s or maybe earlier. One questioned the primacy assigned to the r... | |
| 5AR4 rectifier tube question Andy is real good. I would recommend doing a browser search for DubStep Girl’s Massive 5ar4 Shoot-Out. It is comprehensive and has her comments on the sonics of each tube. I have a number of these rectifiers. My fav, which is not a direct equivale... | |
| 2nd systems- who’s got one? My main system is posted in "systems" on the ’Gon. My second system consists of a pair of Quad ESLs (aka ’57s) that I have owned since 73-74 and had Kent McCollum of Electrostatic Solutions refurbish several years ago. Amps: Quad IIs, restored by ... | |
| The price of used LP's. It depends on what you are looking for. I wanted a pristine green Warner label of Herbie Hancock’s "Crossings, " part of a trilogy of spiritual jazz. Audiophile is expensive, but I got a sealed Warner green from the period from him. I thought the ... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. @jkf011 said: "This is what happens when people read the Robb Report." Ha. Or Connoisseur Magazine. The Bling Report. Our objective is to find the most expensive, extravagant example of certain "lifestyle" product categories, regardless of the a... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. Redd is a down-the street guy, as is Bill Kirchen, both superb players and entertainers. The Continental Cafe is one spot among many where they play. I haven't seen David Lindley here in Austin, one of the best players I've ever encountered live.... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. Clapton developed a psychedelic aspect to the electric blues, along with a few others and to me, that is what he is best known for---- in the period between Mayall and Cream. He also paid Skip James for the right to adapt "I'm so Glad"--fairly g... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. Lawrence of Arabia was into Brough motorcycles- he died on one. Don't look up the cost of one of the original 100 (mph) models- you could buy a lot of stuff for one of those bikes. I find it ironic? that people who are into a niche hobby- at le... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. Clapton was pretty amazing in the early days-- riding distortion on "Stormy Monday" at one of the London clubs when he was playing with John Mayall. I think the old Les Paul he had at the time went missing. The best Cream record is, sadly, a boot... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. I'm old school. I like the feel of a proper watch on my wrist. I have a few nice ones, some older, but nothing like the big dollar bling that is thrown around these days. Watch-making is both science and art. Some of the designs are fascinating (a... | |
| Western Electric surveying market for (domestic?) mfg. of other tube types? ibmjunkman- Outside of audio gear what is the market for tube? Instrument amps. For gee-tars, basses (not to be confused with the fish), keyboards and other instruments that are "electric" (pedal steel?). :) The musicians look for robustness... | |
| Western Electric surveying market for (domestic?) mfg. of other tube types? @Dweller said: "I put this bug in their ear a few years ago. Asked why they wouldn’t produce other kinds of tubes. Hope they listened. I’d like to see them make a Russian military-grade 6H30-DR tube." I made the same request. I use old stock DR v... | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing Just for fun, I once wrote a parody template of an audio review that had a fill in the blank feature along with an assortment of standard tropes. I advanced the draft and on reflection, decided not to post it--it was just too snarky. I don't read... |