whart
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| Image/soundstage and punch/bass Man, I didn’t know ET was still around, let alone making speakers. I have a bunch of Rythmik subs here, but the ones in my main system--- a pair of sealed 15" are crossed over pretty low- and "punch" to me, is more upper bass, not just deep bass. ... | |
| Doncha get bummed? I have found so many good sounding records, old and new, that I’m not deterred by the ones that sound bad. Yeah, there are some records that I love that sound kind of terrible, but I’ve gotten more open minded about more different kinds of music (... | |
| Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus @terry9 "I use high purity vodka every 5 hours or so."....That's cool. What do you do with the cartridge? | |
| Reel to reel @benjie- I didn't read that review, but i've heard some of the high end decks as sources using tapes sourced from masters. Some are just spectacular. There is a very 'filled in' sound and even with a top tier turntable, less of a sense of a machin... | |
| Reel to reel Tape from masters doesn't necessarily have summed mono bass either. It can be a killer depending on the provenance of the tape. That's the hard part. If you are having fun recording LPs knock yourself out. | |
| Quad ESL 63 In Another League Now Kent does good work. I don't know if we talked about him on another thread, I had him restore my '57s, which I've owned since 1973. I had 63's modified by Crosby for a long time as well. They were good. What stand are you using for yours? I had th... | |
| Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus To answer @uberwaltz’s question about what ME is exactly, it is melamine foam. It was originally developed as a soundproofing material and I’ve used it as such --in large sheets combined with mass loaded vinyl- this is not ’acoustic treatment’ thi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados thanks, I do want to avoid the socio-cultural issues raised by the film. So, I guess the better question, more broadly, is classical piano influenced jazz- I found some Jacques Loussier Bach. Others? I guess we all have in our mind's eye (or ear) ... | |
| Reel to reel Thumbs up for @benjieRight. I found the ATR stuff too. Most of the tape heads I know are using it for a "higher fidelity" medium than LP (i use the quotes only because I don’t want to create an argument about whether tape is better than LP, just n... | |
| Jazz for aficionados OK, so riddle me this. I just saw the Green Book and liked it. (I'm not much for Hollywood 'big' movies but thought it was good). I was aware of Don Shirley as a name before and when the movie was first released, researched his recordings, most al... | |
| Reel to reel let’s see @mylesastor@gregberonI don’t know if this will work.Myles writes for Positive Feedback and also has a chat board on audio.Greg is a dealer--very involved in the revival of the hi-end tape phenomenon. (United Home Audio, I think is his re... | |
| Should I expect a discount from dealer for buying and installing complete system I’ll add that despite the fact I haven’t done any major home theatre stuff in a while, I’ve had work done recently, including ethernet stringing, wall punching and routing, by an A/V contractor here in Austin, based on a flat rate. He went into th... | |
| Reel to reel I’d reach out to Myles Astor or Greg Baron, who are both into the high end 15 ips 1/2 track 1/4" playback thing of pre-recorded tapes. But, they should both know what the best current reel tape formulation is and where to get it. A bridge I have n... | |
| CD Transports I’m an analog guy in a digital world... but I decided to finally install a digital front end in my main system. I used an Oppo BDP 95 as an interim step, with a Border Patrol DAC. I bought the entry level CEC transport and it sounds better than th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I've been on this Nathan Davis kick lately- aside from that recent issue of previously unreleased material from Paris on Sam Records that Mike Fremer reviewed, some of the albums he recorded once he returned to the US, and took a position as the h... |