bdgregory
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| Totem Mani 2 At The Thrift I have a pair and love them. Soundstage is huge - deep and wide. They need power. I drive mine with a pair of B&K M200 monoblocks that were modded by musical concepts. You also need some good solid stands. I’m also using the Totem silver speak... | |
| Can the TDA7492 amp board consume 24W at 12DC? I assume you mean generate, not consume. The spec sheet says ~10 watts at 1% thd, and ~12watts at 10% thd. | |
| B&K ST-140 amplifier buying decision I also have owned several Eagle 2 models. I still own a 2C prime (the last one ever made - says so right on the serial #plate). Much better amp, especially if you get the Eagle 2c prime, or Eagle 4 versions. They will likely need recapping too, an... | |
| B&K ST-140 amplifier buying decision I’ve owned several of these - all of them the 105 watt versions. If that’s the 70 version in pristine condition it may be worth a little more, but if not it should sell for $150-$200 if it’s in excellent condition. | |
| Revisiting a piece of underground prog rock I kind of agree with simonmoon. I don’t really like the vocals on side 1. | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo Andy Latimer of Camel : “Ice” | |
| Request for a recommendation on a small footprint floor standing speaker Totem Sttaf are great in that room size and for your music preferences. They have a tiny footprint with big bass. | |
| Fix for B&K Component Reference 20 I doubt I would bother repairing it (it would depend on what it’s doing). There are lots of used B&K processors on the market in working condition, as well as other brands that may be superior to the ref 20 and for prices in the range of the r... | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo Duane Allman on Boz Scaggs’ “Loan Me a Dime”. | |
| Favorite Cowboy Junkies? Pretty much all of their albums are great, and I think I have all of them. “Lay it Down” and “Renmin Park” are up there on the rotation though. | |
| Any good experience in discovering new music via TV or movie recently ? Horace Tapscott on Bosch. I queued up his stuff on Spotify and listened for 3 straight hours - fantastic. | |
| Jazz newbie I’ll add a few here to get this on my radar.Miles Davis everything, but Sketches of Spain, Bitches Brew, in addition to KoB.I’m not fond of Coltrane, but Ben Webster - anything, and Dexter Gordon - Round Midnight, and The Other side of Round Midn... | |
| Musical Concepts modification of B&K pre and amp? I went through a similar process about 8-9 years ago with my B&K m200 Sonata mono blocks. I ended up having them upgraded, and still love them to this day. That said, I honestly can’t say whether I would do it again, but what I can say is it ... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear There’s a lot mentioned here that I don’t consider obscure at all, so maybe my 2 also aren’t obscure. But, here you go:Philip Catherine “Nairam”Beaver and Krause “All Good Men” | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? @whipsaw - I bought the Europe’s after reading all of the rave reviews. All I can say is every other speaker I placed in that room didn’t sound harsh and fatiguing as the Europe’s did. I guess I needed to power them with a Rowland amp, not Conrad-... |