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Are REL the most Musical Subs?
  Very, very few @jim2. In regard to the servo-feedback subs of Rythmik Audio it is because RA is a direct sales (to consumers) company, so being able to hear a RA sub before purchase takes some work. The same is true for GR Research, with the ad... 
New In 2024
  Due out October 18th is a 30th Anniversary reissue of Iris DeMent’s fantastic second album, entitled My Life. Originally released om CD only, this LP release had it’s lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at his Cohearent Audio facility, and is being press... 
Best Covers
  My point of view about songs is that the better the song, the greater the likelihood that every version of it will be at least good. To me, the song itself is akin to the script of a movie. Of all the versions of "That’s How I Got To Memphis" ... 
Best Covers
  Bonnie Raitt's superb performance of "Dimming Of The Day", aided by the song’s writer Richard Thompson.   https://youtu.be/1o8M74ufF4Q?si=AWXwIdHLDc9OOePX    
Tune of the Day
  Lou Ann Barton’s recording of "Maybe", originally a hit for The Chantels. Lou Ann was the singer of Triple Threat, a trio with Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar only. She now tours regularly with Stevie’s brother Jimmie. This song is on her great As... 
Can anyone identify this equipment?
  Plant’s pose and attire look like those of a teenage girl.    
Are REL the most Musical Subs?
  And like REL subs, many of the Rythmik plate amps provide the ability to be connected to either a low-level source (a pre-amp) or a high-level one (a power amp).    
A nice tribute to my favorite living musician, the last man standing.
  Yeah @mashif, older artists are leaving us behind in increasing regularity. The rest of this decade is going to be brutal. I'm encouraged that there are plenty of younger artists capable of taking their place. Maybe not on the level of a Bob Dy... 
A nice tribute to my favorite living musician, the last man standing.
  @mashif: I too am grateful for having been born in 1950. But when I met and became acquainted with Billy Swan in the 1990’s (we both lived in Sherman Oaks, California, as did Johnny Ramone and Dave Edmunds), he told me about seeing Elvis, Scott... 
The criteria for loudspeaker choices.
@cbrunhaver: The sensitivity measurement Atkinson got was for the original iteration of the LFT-8, reviewed in Stereophile way back in 1993. In 2007 the original woofer and crossover were replaced with new ones (and renamed the LFT-8a), which rais... 
The criteria for loudspeaker choices.
  @kennyc: The title of the thread was made in relation to what PS Audio had to say about planar-magnetic drivers, which they choose to employ as tweeters in all their loudspeaker models. In their promotional literature for their speakers, they c... 
The criteria for loudspeaker choices.
  @cbrunhaver: You raise some justified issues, and make some excellent points.   The shallow crossover filters employed in the ET LFT-8 (1st-order) are also used by Magnepan in their planar-magnetic loudspeakers (PS Audio’s Paul McGowan’s refe... 
Are you familiar with this guitar virtuoso
  Danny Gatton is a virtuoso guitarist who isn't nearly as well known to the general public as he should be. Vince Gill nicknamed Danny "The Humbler."     
VPI Industries---Love the Company as Much as their Turntables
  If anyone is interested in an Aries with the TNT-5 platter I described above, Audio Element in Pasadena, California just listed one here on Audiogon. The shop is owned and operated by a great guy, Brian Berdan, Brooks' son. Brian worked in Bro... 
Speakers that disappear
  Here are some of the better planar-magnetics, as reviewed by Steve Guttenberg:   https://youtu.be/KQh66jM7aLE?si=DOZY9T_YQK_Xs09c   https://youtu.be/R4vC3V00-3Y?si=WG3jeG-w0JoIjt-0   https://youtu.be/Uc5O5T1UHkE?si=f6EKNO__s2ZVusje