zaikesman
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| What did you own in the 60's? Did someone say Fisher? How about Fisher-Price?! (Hey, I was born in '64 ;^) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? P.F. Sloan - "Here's Where I Belong/The Best Of The Dunhill Years 1965-1967" [Big Beat '08]Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff - "Kirk's Work" [Prestige '61/'07] | |
| bi amp imrpoving? My tests with double runs of cable vs. various types of jumpers lead me to agree that one of the main (but often glossed-over) benefits of biwiring lies simply in the elimination of jumpers which are inferior to the cable being used. (FWIW, I neve... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? The question Psag poses could be taken, or rephrased, either of two ways: 1) Is there any advantage in going to biamping (by doubling up on identical amplifiers) if the single amp already in use is high-powered to begin with and the speakers are o... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? Hi Ngjockey, in reference to your response, one of the reasons I go with very similar amplifiers (having basically the same gain) is that I prefer not to have to introduce outboard attenuators into the system, in addition to wanting as uniform sou... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? Sorry Al, I suppose I worded that poorly. I didn't mean that max volume levels are prima-facie beside the point -- I'm a big believer that realistic volume levels, and good sound at those levels, are required for convincing reproduction. (In fact ... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? Ngjockey wrote:Don't see the point of using identical amps to biamp. Ya, it makes it easy but you're not taking advantage of mixing different characters. The result may be schizo but it's entertaining.The point, at least in my case, is that biampi... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? Hi Al, although I think a potential increase in headroom of up to 3dB is nothing to sneeze at (and although I happen to be one one of those who feels that, other things being equal, more power -- and a realistic playback level -- is better for lif... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? Some of the above responses seem to imply that when "passively" biamping (i.e., using two amps on a biwirable speaker with no external line-level crossover added, be that active or passive -- "passive" biamping is actually a misleading/confusing t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Illinois Jacquet - "The Cool Rage" [Verve 2LP '82, rec. '51-'58]Kenny Dorham - "Jazz Contrasts" [Riverside/OJC reish, orig. '57]Big Maybelle - "The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-55" [Epic/Legacy '94]Jimmy Page - "Session Man" [Sony Special Products ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? some vacation driving CDs...Nico - "Chelsea Girl" [Verve '67]Richard Hell & The Voidoids - "Blank Generation" [Sire '77]Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - "The Singles" [BR comp. '99, rec. '65-'72]The Five Royales - "Sing For You" [King ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Oliver Nelson - "A Dream Deferred" [Flying Dutchman 2LP comp. '76]Modern Jazz Quartet - "Blues On Bach" [Atlantic '74]Bill Evans - "The Interplay Sessions" [Milestone 2LP '82, rec. '62]George Harrison - "Wonderwall Music" [Apple '68] | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dig the "Cosmic Wheels" Jaybo, "7-Tease" was another underrated hip later Donovan (though "Essence To Essence" in between was kind of a dog IMO...)Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers - "That Motown Sound" [Motown '65]The Zombies - S/T [Parrot '6... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Donald Byrd - "Royal Flush" [Blue Note '61/'06]Sonny Rollins - "The Sound Of Sonny" [Riverside '57/'07]Paul Desmond featuring Jim Hall -"Bossa Antigua" [RCA '64/'99]Buddie Emmons - "Steel Guitar Jazz" [Mercury '63/'05]Mosaic Select: McCoy Tyner [M... | |
| Equi=tech 2Q transformer hum, other options? I recently got a 2Q used (made in '05, with 10 outlets instead of current version's 12, but as far as I know Equitech's Plitron LoNo transformer remains the same). My example is silent and makes no detectable vibration. (I note however that it doe... |