Whats on your turntable tonight?

@spiritofradio 

Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake, Op. 20
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 68
Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker

James, I like that album a lot. My sister used to dance ballet in our youth, and brings back memories of their/her performances every time I listen to it.

Brian,

I know it’s early on, ......

I just haven’t heard the normal "hell yeah" on each and every record so far .

I felt you were too early on in trying tube dampers. Let the Trumpet be itself for 100 hours.

@slaw

Brian,

I know it’s early on, ......

I just haven’t heard the normal "hell yeah" on each and every record so far .

lol, well, I’m trying not to inundate the forum of my pleasure with the Trumpet on every post, but believe me, I do say ‘hell yeah’ to myself often. If not just sit here and smile. A lot.

As far as the dampers, I’m just experimenting; On/off, high/low. pre/drivers, etc. There is time, I’m sure I’ll figure out what sounds best over time.

Brian,

I, for one, love to hear the process from others.

Are you using Herbies tube dampers? I find their simple, yet highly effective, stiff "ring" to be a superb way of mounting/controlling the damping. All the while, allowing for different damping methods to be used.

@slaw 

Nope, not Herbies, but have seen them. Jim sent a full set of inexpensive ’ring’ dampers with the Trumpet. Small, but very nice touch to include I think. I noticed on some earlier development photos of the Trumpet, he was actually using them.