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My old, trusty Velodyne f-1000 finally gave up the ghost after 20+ years of flawless service so I'm now looking at a pair of subs. I am leaning towards a pair of REL T5, yes money is an issue. The middle daughter is going to college next year and her first choice is circa $64k/year. Any other...

Let's begin with how I entered into this little experiment. Mad Scientist Audio (MSA) offers a birthday month discount. Having already used and liked their products I ordered four more of the mini Black Discus, intending to use them on the tubes in my phono pre-amp and the amp input tubes. On...

Just received the Schiit Audio Loki DSD dedicated dac US$149.00 and am listening to both true DSD and converted on the fly FLAC and WAV (both 96/24) files from a Toshiba Laptop (JRiver MC19, Win7, Audioquest Forest USB) and the sound is really good. This is a inexpensive way to try out DSD and...

I've been building a new plinth for the Linn for a number of months, actually on and off for over a year. After building things for the house/wife, I finally got around to completing it. It is Lacewood with all of the support pieces made of hard maple. It is oversized compared to a standard...

In what is to me is one of the best albums of the year, Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi is a moving tribute to the city of New Orleans. As I wrote on AA "I've never been to New Orleans but the sounds coming off this album make me feel like I'm there. This is one excellent recording...

I finally finished my new rack, Solid cherry with mortise and tenon joints. The old one had the look of an audio store, the new one is better in a living room. The amps are on separate maple and plywood laminated stands on HVAC isolators on the floor but within the frame of the rack. The...

Last night at the Honda Center (formerly the Pond) in Anaheim, BJ and EJ went for 3.5 hrs of classic rock songs. Of course it was too loud and the sound system sucked but none of that actually mattered, live musicians playing for a lively crowd makes music matter in a way that recordings can't...

check out the inside of a tube piece by piece as a 6L6GC is deconstructed. Fascinating! http://tubedepot.com/jttcoat.html?utm_source=newsletter3&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spring_2009

Cannonball Adderley—Somethin’ Else AP 81595 Ike Quebec—It Might As Well Be Spring AP 84105 Dexter Gordon—Go AP 84112 Art Taylor—A. Ts. Delight AP 84047 45 rpm Analogue Productions reissues of selected Blue Note Recordings Jazz: Bop and Hard Bop These titles represent the next four (10...

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers—Moanin’ AP 84003 Jackie McLean—Jackie’s Bag AP 84051 John Coltrane—Blue Train AP 81577 Kenny Burrell—Midnight Blue AP 84123 Fred Jackson—Hootin’ ‘N Tootin’ AP 84094 45 rpm Analogue Productions reissues of selected Blue Note Recordings Jazz: Bop and Hard...

Dexter Gordon—Dexter Calling AP 84083 Jackie McLean—Capuchin Swing AP 84038 Lee Morgan—Lee-way AP 84034 Kenny Dorham—Whistle Stop AP 84063 45 rpm Analogue Productions reissues of selected Blue Note Recordings Jazz: Bop and Hard Bop Originally released on the Blue Note label in the late...

Recently I purchased some 65Hz high pass (they also have them @ 85Hz) filters from Audio Concepts Inc Audio Concepts. and placed them between the preamp and the amp to roll off the bass to the amps/main speakers (65Hz @ 6dB/octave). I was not expecting the improvement that I am hearing in...

I just received the first two (Dexter Gordon's Dexter Calling and Jackie McLean's Capuchin Swing) of twenty-five Blue Note reissues from Analogue Productions and I am amazed. I was aware that the Blue Note sound was special but these are just amazing recreations of musical events. Pressed on...

Last night my daughter's HS music dept. had a concert with all the vocal and instrumental groups performing. Live music once again recalibrated my perspective that recreating music in the home is but a facsimile of the absolute sound. The dynamics and explosiveness of the adv. jazz band, the...

I don't know how or why but treating CDs, SACDs, and DVD-As with the Optrix CD Clarifier/Cleansers leads to an increase in well, clarity and a decrease in high frequency grunge. Images are more clearly outlined with a better 3D appearance. Why this works I have no idea, but I have two...

Audio is in the living room so I needed a place to put the RCM and couldn't find anything that both looked good, had room for storing small items and was affordable so I built this.

Artist: Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama Title: There Will Be a Light Year of Release: 2004 Record Label: Virgin Record 7243 5 71206 1 6 (LP) Genre: Gospel/Blues Ben Harper is known as an eclectic musician well versed in a number of different styles. The album "There Will Be A Light"...

I have been meaning to post this review for quite a while and decided that now is the time. Artist: Eduardo Eguez Title: The Lute Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, volume two Released: 2002 Label: M A Recordings (www.marecordings.com) Genre: Solo Lute This CD is composed of transcriptions of...

I just received a new DAC from Tube Audio Design for evaluation. First listen indicates that digital can be better than I have had but still not vinyl:o Connected with Zu "Firemine" digital coax and Audioquest Diamondback IC. PC is a Iron Lung Jellyfish from the same company. Very good...