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| New in 2017 Right Marty, Hiatt's Perfectly Good Guitar album tour. That album was a radical change from the previous two, Bring The Family and Slow Turning, both of which I loved (still do, of course!). I had mixed feelings about PGG upon it's release, but he... | |
| Tune of the Day "Somebody Loan Me A Dime" by Boz Skaggs. A great recording with Duane Allman on guitar, Tracy Nelson on piano, Barry Beckett on organ, David Hood on bass, and the incomparably great Roger Hawkins on drums. A stone classic! | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? One great way to add bass to the 57 is with a pair of Magneplanar Tympani bass panels. They take a fair amount of floor space, however---each is 32"w x 6'h! That's what Harry Pearson mated with the m/t panels of the Infinity IRS to create his hybr... | |
| Best female vocal recording on CD? Old favorites of mine are Maryann Price and Naomi Ruth Eisenberg, the two singers of Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks in the 1970’s. They’re great on the studio-recorded Striking It Rich and the recorded-live-at-The Troubadour Where’s The Money? As a b... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Chris (ct0517), I believe the RM-9 is no longer available, even as a special order. I could be mistaken however. Roger has relocated to the Bay Area, and appears to be more involved in his Audio Engineering school than in running Music Reference. ... | |
| Why are low impedance speakers harder to drive than high impedance speakers Bruce Thigpen, designer and builder of the Eminent Technology LFT-8b magnetic-planar loudspeaker, states in the product’s literature that he could have made the speaker any impedance he wanted, and chose a nominal 8 ohms. The LFT-8b is a hybrid (e... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? I was aware of the out-of-body-experience phenomenon, but this was beyond that. It was an "out-of-universe-experience" ;-). And it was not just my own individual consciousness, but a feeling of being part of a group consciousness (for lack of a be... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? I bought a Bedini 25/25 in the 90’s, specifically for my Quads. Pretty good for ss, the poor mans ML 2! I still want to get a little Music Reference RM-10 for them, which is THE amp for the speaker. But I’m presently focused on my Tympani T-IV’s, ... | |
| Why are low impedance speakers harder to drive than high impedance speakers Charles and Al, absolutely correct as always! | |
| New in 2017 I met Lucinda at a Long Ryders show at Club Lingerie in the mid-80’s. I was there because I liked them, she was there because she was married to LR drummer Greg Sowders (she’s been married to quite a few musician’s!). I was on the floor talking to... | |
| Dust Off compressed air to get dust off of vinyl records Oops---slightly moistened pads. | |
| Vandersteeen 2wq (or any sub) in small room The Richard Hardesty Journals have a lot of great information, ideas, and opinions. Hardesty was (R.I.P.) a big fan of Vandersteen. | |
| Dust Off compressed air to get dust off of vinyl records The talk of a slightly moistened pas reminds me of my youth. Any old guys remember the Watts Preener? The introduction of the Discwasher pretty much killed sales of the Watts. LP cleaning didn't get serious until the Keith Monks machine appeared i... | |
| Makeup brushes for Christmas I use a shaving cream brush to dust my turntable platter. | |
| TOWNSHEND ELITE ROCK MARK 2 UPGRADES Those are some very interesting ideas animal. The one thing I have considered over the many years I've owned my Rock Elite is a motor upgrade. The Elite's motor is mounted directly onto the plinth, an upside-down "baking dish" filled with Plaster-... |