whart
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| The Decline of the Music Industry True there, @bob540 and kinda vapid post-Kardashian twerking, etc. but remember the Elvis hip grind was considered too risqué for TV back in the day? Sex definitely sells. It's certainly part of the appeal of music videos going back to the MTV era... | |
| Guttenberg and Quad Electrostatics The old Quad can actually reproduce some bass given the large-ish panel size so they work for small jazz combos, any smaller scale stuff; it isn’t what I would play Sabbath on at high db because that isn’t what the speaker’s strength is-- but voic... | |
| The Decline of the Music Industry Nobody was ever able to predict what would hit. There were some notable record men (I can’t think of any women who ran labels back in the day) who had a good ear, or were artist friendly. Mo Ostin at Warners in the ’70s built a substantial empire,... | |
| Guttenberg and Quad Electrostatics Dunno. I have a pair of Quads I bought in 73-74 that I had refurbished a couple years ago that run in my second, vintage system. And I switched to horns in my main system from a pair of Crosby modded Quad 63’s back in 2006 when I finally signed up... | |
| Stereo systems are like Harleys Weekend Warriors? Accessorizing because from the factory, the thing is kind of disappointing? Weight to power ratio? I dunno. I had a "not real Harley"-- a V-Rod which was a great motor in search of a frame that didn't flex, had brakes that didn't... | |
| Finally found THE SPEAKER!!! A facility with 75+ editing rooms is a pretty serious operation. So I looked you up based simply on the information in this thread and found you at Pixar, which would make sense. As to whether your are "real" or a shill, I would think you could wo... | |
| Sell LP's: No visible scuffs. Let buyer remove static if needed? @chakster said: "It’s better to buy on discogs as you can see exact pressing, deadmarks and all details about each version."My reaction: unless the seller misgraded and/or put the record in the wrong category. I usually converse through the Discog... | |
| Sell LP's: No visible scuffs. Let buyer remove static if needed? I actually prefer buying records that haven’t been cleaned by the seller given big questions about how effectively they clean (I have a very good regime) and whether the "cleaning" is really further contaminating the record. I don’t know why you h... | |
| I Just Inherited 4,000 LPs Have fun. Sorry your friend passed. I bought the collection of a friend whose wife/widow kept them in an air conditioned room dedicated to LP storage for 14 or 15 years after he died. She had attempted a few times to sell them and I finally said, ... | |
| Off center (not bent!) stylus? @hauie88--Nope. Back in the day, I often only listened to a selected track or two from an album, then flipped to something else. I was pretty careful to drop in the dead space between tracks, but I'm human and that's an imperfect process. These da... | |
| Off center (not bent!) stylus? Keep in mind that those needle drops may leave a click in the record (even when the stylus/cantilever is fine, that's a risk, unless you are dead-eye on the space between tracks). Thom/Galibier explained the issue very clearly in terms of the skew... | |
| Off center (not bent!) stylus? They aren't the same as the original. Peter did re-do my Airtight Supreme without changing the cantilever, but sticking a fresh stylus tip in the factory cantilever, but even that may change the sound. (I have not mounted it since it came back, it... | |
| Off center (not bent!) stylus? @hauie88- our member @chakster seems to be a guru for these old gems so he may know what the replacement stylus market is like for this piece. I think Mr. Pickering only died a few years ago, but it's been years since I played with one of their ca... | |
| Off center (not bent!) stylus? I wouldn't play a record with a cantilever canted that much. Out of curiosity @millercarbon, do you own a Soundsmith cartridge? I know you cite to him constantly but have you ever even talked to the man?I suspect if you sent that pic to Soundsmith... | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? This was 45 years ago:1975 SystemTechnics SP 10 in custom plinth, AT arm, AT cartridge,* ARC SP3-a-1, Dual 75a and old Quads. I still have the SP 10 and old Quads refurbished and running in my vintage system, and the Dual 75a is just sitting, need... |