bdp24
Responses from bdp24
| Talk but not walk? MG, the one studio I would love to record in is Ocean Way in Santa Monica; a lot of great sounding recordings come out of that place. I believe it is a favorite of Ry Cooder. | |
| Talk but not walk? In one interview in England, when asked at a press conference what he considered himself, Dylan replied "A song and dance man". He couldn't hold back the wicked grin that then appeared on his face. | |
| Talk but not walk? As an addendum to my above comments about the spacing of planars from the wall behind them, 5’ or more is no guarantee that the resulting sound will be good. In 2018 I attended the U.S.A. premiere of the new Magneplanar MG30.7 at a retail location... | |
| Talk but not walk? I did a session at a studio in (coincidently) Studio City (in the San Fernando Valley, just over the Hollywood Hills from L.A.) and the engineer instructed me on where he wanted the drumset. That location happened to put the drum throne about 3’ f... | |
| What class of amplifier has the most high definition sound ? Though I haven't yet heard one (soon to be rectified), I am curious if the answer turns out to be a direct-drive tube amp driving an ESL loudspeaker. No amp output transformer, no ESL step-up transformer---sounds very promising, right? An OTL driv... | |
| Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy? Not to mention the 16Hz tone of the lowest pipe organ pedal! Some of the other lower pedals also create sub-40Hz tones, as does, as wolf said, the far left end of the grand piano keyboard. Recordings made in large venues (cathedrals, churches, lar... | |
| Talk but not walk? MG, I (bdp24, not dbp24; bdp for black diamond pearl---my favorite vintage drum shell finish, and 24 for the diameter of my bass drums in inches) intentionally didn’t include your acoustical products, fine as they are (I have your Room Tunes, Corn... | |
| Talk but not walk? My 5’/10ms figure was suggested as the minimum distance a planar should be expected to need for anyone contemplating such a speaker. Of course reflections are more than a single line from the back of the speaker to the wall behind the speaker, and... | |
| Favorite band or artist of all time? No fair schubert. Everyone pales in comparison with JSB ;-) . | |
| One Only Please- Your Favorite Track from which album and Artist please "I Hear You Knocking", off Dave Edmunds debut solo album Rockpile (also later the name of his group with Nick Lowe). Daves guitar solo on "IHYK" may be my all-time favorite (its main competition being Ry Cooders on John Hiatts "Lipstick Sunset"). | |
| Talk but not walk? One thing I can contribute to this discussion happens to be where the subjects of planar loudspeakers and technical facts (at least those posited above by kosst) overlap. Though they are my over-all preferred design, there are very valid objection... | |
| We are buying and reviewing gear all wrong Well, adding a single component to an already existing system is also a service offered by a hi-fi-retailer. In that case, the consumer would likely be the instigator, the retailer providing guidance and advice and potentially a loaner piece for t... | |
| We are buying and reviewing gear all wrong Assembling good systems is what being a hi-fi retailer is all about. At least it used to be. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Oops, left out U2 and REM! I could name a hundred others if pushed. In my youth in San Jose, it was the groups who had singing that were considered the best. Stained Glass had a couple of albums on RCA, but never broke nationally. I saw them first... | |
| We are buying and reviewing gear all wrong High End brands offering complete systems have included QUAD, Linn, Naim, Acoustic Research, and McIntosh. Hmm, the first three from the UK, where system-building has always been taken seriously. |