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| Storing Unused Audio Equipment @gdnrbob I’ve heard about using rice. But, for run & gun location shooting (photography), there’s too much danger of the grains getting pulverized. The tiny particles could easily find their way into the delicate camera or lens mechanisms. If ... | |
| Storing Unused Audio Equipment When working with professional camera equipment in extreme cold weather, all items would be double bagged in ziplocks before bringing back inside to room temperature. The danger to the electronics within the camera is the condensation when warming... | |
| Know about PranaFidelity? +1 markmike I heard the Fifty90’s at an audio show. Rich, full-bodied, organic sound - slightly on the warm side. Not analytical. There are toggle switches on the back for contouring the sound. You can set & forget them - or tweak them to your... | |
| How much difference does an anti-vibration audio rack make They make a big difference with turntables. Otherwise, not so much.Incorrect. Well designed racks and isolation devices provide a significant improvement with all audio components - in addition to TT’s. | |
| Ahhh--Problem solved. Adding a REL sub-bass unit... 2. A system with powered sub should use a XOver to remove the lowest frequencies from the mains and is preferrable ot trying to ’blend’. If the mains are capable of true 30Hz, IMO there is almost no need and even less probablity that adding su... | |
| My first Tube Amplifier I built a Dynaco PAS 3 from a kit in 1965. Matched it with a Dynaco Stereo 35 amp. They drove Voice of the Theater speakers - large but slim cabinets for hanging on the wall - a la early Danish Modern. That’s when walls were made of plaster, not s... | |
| The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passes away ". . . when Atlantic Records sent her down to Muscle Shoals, Alabama to record . . . "Yup! Watch this amazing documentary! Muscle Shoals. It revisits the creation of some legendary music. Aretha, Jimmy Cliff, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Traffi... | |
| Paul is Done If you get a chance, watch the documentary "Under African Skies". It’s about the making of ’Graceland’. But, the backstory demonstrates how Paul helped to bring South African music to the world. This was when apartheid and politics were formidable... | |
| Which of these tubes should I purchase for my BAT amp? 6C33C-B or 6C33C/6S33S? The 6C33C-B and the 6C33S-V is the exact same tube. Different translations of Russian. Check out this page and that page. The 6C18C is an older equivalent - not as good. Many factories made the 6C33C-B tube back in the day. I’m pretty sure that I ... | |
| Longer speaker cables or interconnects @almarg Way back when, I saw The Blues Project many times at the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village. Every year on a long Thanksgiving weekend, the Cafe hosted a blues festival called The Blues Bag - 24/7 for 4 straight days. It was some kind of w... | |
| The Difficulties in Component "Shootouts" Many years ago, I participated in a very comprehensive study by Eastman Kodak. Professional filmmakers (cinematographers, producers,directors, editors, etc) were invited to a 2 day screening for comparing different motion picture film stocks. The ... | |
| Schiit not that Good? Read this article about the Dead’s introduction to good sound - and parallel universes."At the time, live sound at rock concerts was extremely primitive. Musicians plugged their instruments into amplifiers connected to single-channel speakers. The... | |
| 6C33C tubes - sonics, implementation & availability Excellent info here: "The 6C33C Survival Guide". My 50w push/pull monoblocks use them. No need for a space heater in the winter. I’ve purchased many of these tubes from Russia via Ebay. The sellers were always trustworthy. Yet, some tubes... | |
| Why does it take so many hours to brea in arc preamps and amps? Bob Crump (TG Audio/CTC Builders) was contracted by John Curl to design/voice the Parasound JC-1 monoblocks - based on the HCA-3500 amp chassis. Break-in time with the JC-1s is horrible as it takes right at 30 days for the thinness to go away and... | |
| Sanders Sound Systems 10E - The Genius has done it. I heard the full Sanders Sound System at T.H.E. Show in Newport. The 10E’s were driven by a pair of his stereo Magtech amps (900 w/ch) along with his preamp + room correction software. Fantastic! The music had incredible dynamics. The panels were ... |