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1: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Stock market (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-08-11, 12:39:57 (66.65.7.94)
Not in 1933 it wasn't! More than that the Dollar (and the Euro) both continue to slide. The US has lost its hegemony and what overcame Rome, Egypt, France and the UK is on our menu. It is to be expect .......
2: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I stopped buying Lps off eBay a long time ago. The nasty sellers got me to quit. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-07-06, 11:45:51 (66.65.7.94)
I have had no such bad luck with classical/opera releases, especially sold out of Europe. Must have been very good and many have been superb Folk . . . mixed but not with a positive bias Jazz . . . mi .......
3: General Asylum, RE: REVIEW: Otari MX 5050 BII Tapedeck (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-03-31, 08:57:10 (66.65.7.94)
Dave, I agree that the Otari sounds better than the TEAC. In the fashion I received it, however, I disagree about good sonics and it was just recalibrated and rejuvinated. However, I am picky enough t .......
4: Vinyl Asylum, RE: "they are LPs!! use them!!" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-03-09, 16:02:10 (66.65.7.94)
Me to, but I also make a R to R that I can bear to listen to. There must be a CD as audio tape is not a good archival medium. As I am now transcribing (for an Opera house) their R to R archive to CD . .......
5: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Then you should be ok with any of the cartridges you listed as the Bluepoint is generally thought of as having (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-03-09, 15:54:53 (66.65.7.94)
Howzat, Mike. One of my increasingly scarce visits. The blue point is on my highly disfavoured list. Hope you are well. .......
6: Vinyl Asylum, RE: it's a digital recording; SACD will be very similar to the vinyl so why bother? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-03-09, 15:52:47 (66.65.7.94)
Maybe not. For SACD, that should be true . . . but it usually isn't. There was considerable debate about high frequency content of SACD and the problem may certainly be in the reproduction of the indi .......
7: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Get Solti on Decca (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-03-09, 15:45:26 (66.65.7.94)
I always found the 2nd particularly good. .......
8: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Hi, John. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2011-03-09, 15:41:16 (66.65.7.94)
In general, the highest quality deck that is not subject to the poor compatibility problem (yes, you are right . . . it is well documented) is the last, top of the line Tandberg 3014. Soundsmith repai .......
9: General Asylum, REVIEW: Otari MX 5050 BII Tapedeck (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-09-02, 11:38:29 (66.65.7.94)
Model: MX 5050 BII Category: Tapedeck Suggested Retail Price: $? Description: Professional Model Reel to Reel Tape deck Manufacturer URL: Not Available Review by Auricle on September 0 .......
10: Vinyl Asylum, Based on long, very deep and often painful experience. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-08-29, 04:46:40 (66.65.7.94)
Part of it is that people simply don't take care of their tapes. The earlier formulaions were subject to substrate separation and print through. Radio stations in the 1950s and 1960s would reverse the .......
11: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Blue Originals vs re-releases vs Audiophile (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-08-28, 14:16:17 (66.65.7.94)
Though I do not always agree with Tom at Better Records (nee DCC Blowout) I find myself on his side most of the time when it comes to original issues. While it is true that the originals had more nois .......
12: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I went with linear tracking... (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-02-09, 07:54:20 (66.65.7.94)
I swapped out an SME for the Rabco in 1973 and never looked back. I still use a highly modified (Jonas Miller) Rabco SL-8E which I prefer to many of the air bearing arms and to the Goldmans. Adjustmen .......
13: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Phono Preamps (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-02-09, 07:45:49 (66.65.7.94)
1. Camelot Lancelot, battery powered solid state. Not a lot of gain and the MM section is not special. The MC is exceptional. One of those rare times I agree with Mivhael Fremmer. Dead quiet with plug .......
14: Vinyl Asylum, RE: BACH on Piano............besides Glenn !! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-02-09, 07:29:55 (66.65.7.94)
Pogorelich English Suites 2&3 Early in his career. Beautifully played on DGG Digital recording still easily had on CD, and Vinyl copies show up now and again. Especially good for those who find Gould .......
15: Inmate Systems, Auricle's Audio (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-02-07, 19:37:53 (66.65.7.94)
Auricle 's Audio System
IP Address: 66.65.7.94
Last Update: February 07, 2010 at 19:37:53
Amplifier: Citation II
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): Citation I
Speakers: EV TRXs i .......
16: Video Asylum, RE: Bill: regarding Panasonic PT-AE700U issue (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2010-02-07, 12:03:54 (66.65.7.94)
Sent to your Asylum Mailbox. .......
17: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Highest frequency an adult male can hear. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-25, 14:54:31 (66.65.7.185)
If you are (were) an organist as your moniker implies, 32' (even 16') stops wide open can cause a lot of damage, as can trompettas but for a very different reason. I am genuinely very sorry about your .......
18: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Highest frequency an adult male can hear. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-25, 14:18:25 (66.65.7.185)
Usually about 16khz in the early 20s. There are radical exceptions. I know because I was one. I could still hear beyond 24khz well into my 30s (see my response to Werner). I mention 24khz because that .......
19: Vinyl Asylum, Good Job Werner. As you point out (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-25, 14:11:01 (66.65.7.185)
Vinyl can go to 40k hz, especially in D2D and quad carrier frequencies. But it doesn't happen that often. Worse, the harmonics generated by the quad carrier created an artificial brightness to most of .......
20: Vinyl Asylum, RE: chaos ... (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-25, 11:53:45 (66.65.7.185)
A seperate room (or closet) makes a difference. That difference can be moderate or considerable depending on construction. A simple example is that walls form both reflection and constraint layers. On .......
21: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Suspensions Introduce Chaos? Yes . . . but (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-25, 11:33:12 (66.65.7.185)
Lloyd Walker is the creater of the Walker Proscenium Gold turntable and many other things. A link to his site is below. I must tell you that he does sell from the site. He and I have no connection. In .......
22: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Suspensions Introduce Chaos? Yes . . . but (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-25, 11:22:05 (66.65.7.185)
"Non-suspension decks don't have to deal with this particular issue, " The reason I prefer them. Additionally, they degrade far less over time. "they must deal with other problems associated with vibr .......
23: Vinyl Asylum, Suspensions Introduce Chaos? Yes . . . but (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-23, 15:13:31 (66.65.7.185)
Suspensions are extremely complex and (at their best) have offsetting resonance frequencies that (more or less) cancel each other out. There are many variables, e.g. whether or not the suspension is a .......
24: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Auricle makes one good point (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-22, 07:28:04 (66.65.7.185)
1. I almost always use a closet within the room or backing the room and can get to my seat as rapidly as someone with the table between the speakers or off to the side. I started this "in the day" wit .......
25: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Avid (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-22, 07:05:00 (66.65.7.185)
The exception actually serves to prove the rule. I hope more manufacturers address this but I am not holding my breath. Armboards are designed to be as dead as possible. That is the antithesis of drai .......
26: Vinyl Asylum, RE: What makes the biggest sonic difference in turntables ? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-21, 15:40:56 (66.65.7.185)
Funnily enough a major improvement can be had by doing something most people never think of, refuse to do or cannot easily do. Get the table out of the same room with the speakers and put it on a very .......
27: Cable Asylum, RE: My experience is about the same but . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-16, 13:56:49 (66.65.7.185)
only on analogue connects. I use them for CD to DAC where they instantly counteracted the forwardness of Redbook CDs and their video preformance is excellent right out of the box. My analogue connects .......
28: Vinyl Asylum, Not really the point . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-16, 13:42:42 (66.65.7.185)
60 hz becomes 30 Hz and all transducers (carts and speakers) have difficulty below about 40 Hz. There is a great deal of material at 60 Hz. The critics say that half-speed bass is "flabby" whilst admi .......
29: Vinyl Asylum, If it is The Metropolitan Opera Guild/Club label (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-16, 13:30:16 (66.65.7.185)
I have it and mine is fine. These were available to club members and Guild members. They were also sold in the gift shop at the Met as I recall. If yours is the same as mine (I think there was only on .......
30: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Long time, Mike. An insurance question. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-16, 08:56:16 (66.65.7.185)
I have a question on a different matter. I am fighting like the devil to get my collection insured in the same manner as a book or stamp collection. Essentially the parameters for "Fine Arts" apply, .......
31: Vinyl Asylum, Flyin' fingers got me again. It was 78s not &*s (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-16, 08:41:41 (66.65.7.185)
Musta held down the Caps Key. D'oh. Thanks to those who figured it out and responded constructively. Any more responses that might help are welcome. .......
32: Vinyl Asylum, Price guide for &*s and pre microgroove? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2009-09-15, 12:21:27 (66.65.7.185)
Does anyone know of one? This is not my area of expertise at all! Thanks for any and all assistance. .......
33: Vinyl Asylum, RE: As a PRC4 owner... (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2008-08-07, 16:13:00 (66.65.7.185)
"my room treatment is '90's terracotta cheapo." Given the elegance of your post, I don't doubt it. .......
34: General Asylum, REVIEW: Loricraft PRC-3 Accessory (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2008-08-07, 14:32:46 (66.65.7.185)
Model: PRC-3 Category: Accessory Suggested Retail Price: $2570 Description: Record Cleaning Machine Manufacturer URL: Loricraft Model Picture: View Review by Auricle on August 07, 20 .......
35: Vinyl Asylum, REVIEW: Loricraft PRC-3 Accessory (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2008-08-07, 14:32:46 (66.65.7.185)
Model: PRC-3 Category: Accessory Suggested Retail Price: $2570 Description: Record Cleaning Machine Manufacturer URL: Loricraft Model Picture: View Review by Auricle on August 07, 20 .......
36: Water Cooler, Becoming? -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2008-02-25, 07:00:23 (69.203.28.223)
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37: Tape Trail, RE: I still remember (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2008-02-23, 18:13:27 (69.203.28.223)
Michael Kay is a terrific guy. Even in the 1970s he had various tape decks in his sound room including the ubiquitous Crown 700 (7.5/15 IPS half track). BTW, he is now retired (he is in his 80s) but h .......
38: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Anyone has experienced "print thru" grooves? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2008-02-23, 13:20:11 (69.203.28.223)
Print through on tape takes some time to occur. For obvious reasons it occurs on tape with thinner substrates that sit tightly wound and undisturbed for some time. Then the magnetization bleeds throug .......
39: Video Asylum, Re: projector pros and cons (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2007-02-18, 08:23:14 (141.149.50.182)
I have both though the plasma resides in the bedroom and the projector in a pubic area. The plasma is used for most casual and TV viewing with exceptions (The Super Bowl, occasional HDTV broadcasts th .......
40: Music Lane, Re: Great Orchestras and halls (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2007-02-15, 12:55:16 (141.149.50.182)
Orchestras accomodate themselves to the acoustic of their halls. Fisher Hall has such thrust (it is an exponential horn, after all) that the horns throttle down to allow other instruments to be heard. .......
41: Music Lane, Re: Rostropovich (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2007-02-15, 12:41:08 (141.149.50.182)
Stunning musician and cellist with very interesting ideas on music and a fascinating man. Let us hope that all is well, and, if it isn't, that he is not in pain. .......
42: General Asylum, Why do you care? Remember Mark Twain . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2007-02-15, 12:37:23 (141.149.50.182)
"The easiest way to confound a wise man is to pit him in an argument with a fool, for there is no arguing with a fool" Ivy league graduates can be just as bad. Seems to be an illness of the time. And .......
43: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: "Summer of '42": was there an adolescent at the time of that film's (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2007-02-15, 12:29:40 (141.149.50.182)
Condom ruse was well known and used in the Hinterlands, with a wink and a nod from the local pharmacist. As for such affairs . . . we have become appallingly puritanical about such things. Things like .......
44: Vinyl Asylum, Re: "I still want more detail so a re-tip is on the list." - get the 103R instead.... (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2007-02-15, 12:16:45 (141.149.50.182)
The cart body is a good idea, IMHO. The 103R is a different cat altogether, more "modern" and "Hi - Fi". The 103 actually benefits considerably from a linear arm (as does the R) but they are extremely .......
45: Vinyl Asylum, Just my method (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2007-02-15, 12:12:17 (141.149.50.182)
Classical by Composer, then by work Pop by performer Compilations by the person/group I most care about. It is a PITA because the whole collection must occasionally be re-shelved to keep everything in .......
46: Vinyl Asylum, Re: My new DL 160 (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-04-04, 13:39:13 (151.204.152.187)
The cart can sound hard/forward in some setups. All things are synergies, of course, and much depends on the tonearm, phono section, speakers (hard sounding tweeters and this cart are not a good idea) .......
47: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Rediscovering Julie London. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-04-04, 12:53:38 (151.204.152.187)
Good on ya, as they say. In the early 1960s I had a job at a radio station in the "dyed in the wool" bible belt. Being young and fuzzy cheeked I got the Sunday Morning show with music filling in betwe .......
48: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Seymour. Met him several times as well (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-02-18, 08:07:23 (151.205.108.250)
and, because I was one of those who got private IBM briefings "back in the day", I asked him if he was doing any research on deep cryo to reduce his cooling requirements (Cray's refrigeration was inde .......
49: Vinyl Asylum, Of course. Most people are sub-literate. Count on it! -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-02-17, 10:07:39 (151.205.108.250)
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50: Music Lane, It also has the "Bell Song" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-02-17, 10:03:57 (151.205.108.250)
The most popular recording is the Sutherland which may still be had on CD. Though not Otello or The Ring it is filled with beautiful melodies. In a way it is like the Pearl Fishers . A beautiful, .......
51: Tweakers' Asylum, Not optical. Electrical (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-02-17, 09:40:42 (151.205.108.250)
To my knowledge IBM never published, but other supercomputer manufacturers did, including Seymor Cray. I have neither seen nor heard of any research on optical transmission changes through a cryo'd tr .......
52: Tweakers' Asylum, Temporary only (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-02-16, 11:22:20 (151.205.108.250)
The pertinacity of proper cyro is well documented. Even liquid NOX is temporary. Not to mention the deep freeze. Though no one has ever documented the same molecular changes in a deep freeze that one .......
53: Video Asylum, Re: Test Tone Differences, Preamp vs. Set Up Disc Experience (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-02-16, 10:31:42 (151.205.108.250)
The difference is in the electronics before the tone generator in the amp (or equalizer/processor). All such setups whether DVD, CD, Laserdisc, Videotape, or even vinyl should be done from a source . .......
54: Water Cooler, Some drives are far more prone to failure that others. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2006-02-14, 10:13:39 (151.205.108.250)
bwkendall is correct, however. Give the puppy the big BJ and see what happens. Frankly, these drives are exceptionally cheap, especially used. If it is a software or firmware problem (less likely), a .......
55: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Why does this work???? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-12-14, 10:24:29 (68.161.46.246)
Is it decoupling the arm/cart somehow? Yes. But that is not all good. For years the concept of "drainage fields" for acoustic resonances has been widely accepted, but not in audio. Idealy everything .......
56: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Light SME and DL 103 experiences? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-11-08, 05:46:52 (151.205.110.113)
On paper it is a bad mismatch. In reality, in part because the lateral compliance of a 103 is much greater than vertical (the stat they quote), it isn't so bad. however (and this is a huge however . .......
57: Vinyl Asylum, Re: I keep hoping to find a NOS 103D or 103S. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-11-01, 04:44:51 (151.205.110.113)
All things are tradeoffs. Though there seems to be more high end and inner detail on the D and S they are much (and I do mean much) more sensitive to SRA. The conicals are not. I love the D but the S .......
58: Vinyl Asylum, The 160 is amazingly good for the money (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-10-29, 05:34:26 (151.205.110.113)
AS Raskin says, it easily has the best diamond in its class and Denon have kept the price low. There is an advantage, I suppose, in having amortized development cost years ago. The cart displays some .......
59: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Santa Sangre (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-10-22, 14:01:39 (151.205.110.113)
Compared to El Topo , Sante Sangre is beautful and reasonably normal, for Jodorowski, that is. El Topo played at the old Elgin Theatre (now the Joyce) in Chelsea (NYC) for almost a year at midnig .......
60: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Where can I buy lead shots in NYC area? Thanks!(nt) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-10-06, 05:02:53 (151.205.110.113)
The advice below to call Winchester is a good idea. Many states, including NY (if memory serves), have outlawed uncoated lead shot and it mam be difficult and/or expensive to get in NY. Then again, an .......
61: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Yes. A convert, I must say. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-10-01, 10:42:35 (151.205.110.113)
And also a convert to classical music. But, there are purchases aplenty, though, like me, pop purchases have been uniformly dissapointing whilst classical has been much better. It simply seems that mo .......
62: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Hmm... (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-20, 14:32:17 (151.205.110.113)
It seems a slightly better/more humurous way of saying "old fart" . . . but that's just me. .......
63: Music Lane, Re: Let's keep it simple: your favorite performer with guitar and vocals (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-20, 13:14:14 (151.205.110.113)
In no particular order and much more than you asked for. I couldn't choose if I had to. Even worse, I could go on! Doc Watson: anything in the first 5 years Ian and Sylvia: Ditto Bob Dylan: Ditto, but .......
64: Vinyl Asylum, $89. Solti Planets MOFI UHQR -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-20, 12:51:51 (151.205.110.113)
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65: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Well, perhaps not all of it, but you have a point (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-20, 12:48:20 (151.205.110.113)
I have had far better luck with classical and opera (particularly opera). It may be because so many people bought them to demonstrate their "good taste" (Charlie the Tuna lives) and/or because many su .......
66: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: "I was suprised that . . ." (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-14, 06:32:47 (68.161.42.82)
It had quite a following in the midnight rerun "camp" crowd for a long time. I saw it in the original theatre run and (hard to believe I know), girls in the audience actually screamed. But it was a lo .......
67: Shady Lane, Re: Audiogon scammer "Tommy Lee" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-14, 06:27:44 (68.161.42.82)
I wish this were amazing or surprising. But it isn't. And I have no doubt it has worked for him. As the old canard goes: "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American publi .......
68: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Wait until he receives the bill of listing charge from Ebay (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-14, 06:16:44 (68.161.42.82)
You do not really expect him to pay it, do you? Look for a new seller with dark glasses soon! .......
69: Video Asylum, Re: Barco . . . I can't blame you (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-12, 04:54:34 (151.205.187.91)
but I already have one major tinker (vinyl) and one is enough. I have a friend with a Zenith 900 Pro which I love . . . I go over and watch, he keeps it tweaked. Rather like a neice or nephew (or a gr .......
70: Vinyl Asylum, Re: About phono preamps (again) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-09, 07:15:19 (151.205.187.91)
As you probably know, Arthur Salvatore agrees about the mega-bucks seperates. I am not sure I entirely agree, some of the seperates are excellent indeed but extremely pricey. Though there are some goo .......
71: Films/DVD Asylum, The stories are varied. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-08, 10:34:43 (151.205.187.91)
Another story is that McCall thought Hickock had killed his brother. Hickock was a bit of a has been and boozer by this point anyway so shooting him in the back of the head was probably easy. As the v .......
72: Music Lane, Re: Have you heard the Munch recording? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-09-08, 10:18:41 (151.205.187.91)
As some may remember, I published a series of reviews of 15 different recordings of this work some time ago. The Classic Records 45 RPM Reissue and the SACD seem to have been made from the "recently d .......
73: General Asylum, They will be fine . . . unless . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-29, 13:29:00 (151.205.103.157)
those that maintain their seal from the manufacturere and have not been "shaved" or rounded, et al will be that same as in a pristine environment. Those with faults that admit air (whether the fault c .......
74: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-29, 13:15:41 (151.205.103.157)
One of the reasons Hitler was so popular was that he got Germany out of the Depression, and long before any country (other than Italy) crawled out. And he expressed "populist" German sentiment, includ .......
75: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: "The Panic in Needle Park" Yeah, get it (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-29, 08:11:43 (151.205.103.157)
Like many 1970s movies it seems a bit dated but it presents a time that people have forgotten. BTW, just so you you know, "Needle Park" is actually Verdi Park just above the 72nd St. subway station on .......
76: Vinyl Asylum, There are several past threads on the topic (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-29, 07:31:55 (151.205.103.157)
Checking them might be beneficial. .......
77: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Kris Kristofferson is the American folk version of (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-24, 04:49:04 (151.204.158.83)
Kris . . . wonderful fellow Once upon a time a helicopter pilot and Rhodes scholar. And a notorious "swordsman". And he could hold his own in a "piss-up" with anyone. Dunno if he still can. As for act .......
78: Tweakers' Asylum, It does happen, to do it right . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-23, 13:30:13 (151.204.158.83)
get a drill press and a vise. Sometimes the headshell pins are held in a dielectric that is removable from the metl surround. You might check that out first. Otherwise, have a good eye, steady hands a .......
79: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: "Ben Hur" aspect ratio is not 1.76 to 1 (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-23, 07:19:36 (151.204.158.83)
but is Ultra PanaVision70 which is 2.76 to 1 (flying fingers got you Rico? I assume this was a typo) and even that is too narrow. My source is yours, the Widescreen Museum. In fact, I had a special ed .......
80: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: "Ben Hur" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-23, 06:31:34 (151.204.158.83)
The scene purportedly remained in the film. The other nominee for dead stunt man was the charioteer who fell and tried to roll out of the track. There was a chariot out of place and his neck was broke .......
81: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Boring thru tonearm headshell to direct wire cartridge (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-23, 06:22:32 (151.204.158.83)
This query might be better placed on Vinyl Asylum but the answer to the question is yes. Often one need not bore as the contacts are spring loaded and removable (with varying degrees of difficulty). E .......
82: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: "Ben Hur" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-22, 14:23:14 (151.204.158.83)
Re: Aspect ratio. Standard Cinemascope is 2:35/1, Panavision (virtually the same as HDTV) is 1.85/1. Ben Hur was over 3/1 and was correct on my Laserdisc. It was a bit like watching an image through .......
83: Tweakers' Asylum, Source for lead lined drywall, and other comments (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-21, 06:41:47 (151.204.158.83)
Lead is one of the best materials for reducing bass but there can be no voids in the lead shield and it is illegal in many places. Alternatively layering different materials (e.g. drywall, cement boar .......
84: Vinyl Asylum, The "noise floor" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-17, 18:45:05 (151.204.158.83)
It is very subtle. It is objectionable to me and others, but not to many. And it is not as objectionable as major wow and flutter. Or cheap bearing rimble. In day to day existance the SL 1200 is a won .......
85: Films/DVD Asylum, It was a project that Douglas was in to his eyeballs (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-17, 13:52:19 (151.204.158.83)
A great deal of his money went into it. It was, in large part, his idea. Mann crossed him. Mann was gone. I do have some time for Kirk. Unlike most of the Primo Machos in Hollywood he could actually h .......
86: Films/DVD Asylum, After Curtis uttered "Yonda lies de Teepee of my fahduh" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-17, 13:42:12 (151.204.158.83)
his lines in Spartacus are sheer bliss! .......
87: Vinyl Asylum, Without reinforcement, Office Max will sag but (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-17, 11:54:38 (151.204.158.83)
Crate and Barrell may as well. When people used to build record cabinets they always used 1/4 inch supports every 6 to 9 inches with a large semicircular cutout to make grabbing the LP easy. Because t .......
88: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Rumble and noise floor (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-17, 11:45:48 (151.204.158.83)
The noise floor in DD tables that bothers me (and many others) has nothing to do with rumble. It is much higher than that and is a concomitant of mechanical feedback from the motor. However, the SP-10 .......
89: Tweakers' Asylum, This particular wire . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-17, 10:11:44 (151.204.158.83)
has a number of detractors for tonearm use . . . indeed for any audio use. This query would serve you better if placed on the Vinyl Asylum. However, Chris VH has some silver wire that may be suitable .......
90: Vinyl Asylum, They have different virtues. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-17, 09:57:07 (151.204.158.83)
The SL 1200 (especially the improved, later models) are tables with very good speed stability and rapid start-up. The problem with all direct-drive tables has been the difficulty is isolating the moto .......
91: Cable Asylum, Re: Magnet Wire (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-08, 10:26:16 (151.204.158.83)
Radio Shack now use a coating that is tougher than 20 years ago. Whether it is as tough as the Chimera coating, I do not know. I have done cables for people out of both (depending on what they want to .......
92: Cable Asylum, Re: Cotton / silk hollow braid, a correction to Andy's post (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-08, 10:08:06 (151.204.158.83)
And Dawnrazor's response. Silver tarnish is not an oxide, but a sulfide and is a far better conductor than copper oxide. Additionally, tightly would silk around a wire can seriously retard oxidation o .......
93: Vinyl Asylum, Basically, I would sstore at the 'rents, but if you must (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-05, 10:28:46 (151.204.158.83)
Get a larger truck than you need and put the boxes with the vinyl in the front, under, say, a mattress and jeep them tightly packed latterally. Do not stack them on top of each other. If you must buy .......
94: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Loricraft Cleaners (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-05, 06:34:24 (151.204.158.83)
I find them quieter (by a lot) than the VPIs and I find they clean better. In a VPI with fresh (sterile) brushes the difference is minimal. In VPIs that are not cleaned reqularly, the difference is no .......
95: Water Cooler, The difference between a fair tax and VAT I understand (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-05, 06:24:46 (151.204.158.83)
the problems with the fair tax as proposed include the requisite for an instant move and the perfidy and weak-kneed nature of congress. If the instant move occured the dislocations and readjustments w .......
96: Water Cooler, The other respondents have a point, and there is another (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-04, 11:00:11 (151.205.160.115)
No government I can think of has actually replaced Income Tax with a consumption tox (or VAT). In spite of commitments to the contrary the consumption tax almost invariably suplements income tax. Simp .......
97: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Where can you find the Magic Erasure? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-03, 12:47:40 (151.205.160.115)
It is generally available in NYC. In virtually every supermarket I frequent and even in CVS and Rite-aid stores. You might enquire of the store manager if you cannot find it. If all else fails you may .......
98: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Thorens TD-125: stiff and tight or loose and wobbly? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-03, 12:31:01 (151.205.160.115)
The other posters all have a point. The critical thing is the verticality of the bounce. And it should basically bounce twice and quiece. Unfortunately (and I have done a few of these recently) often .......
99: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, they need not be but the alternative is a royal pain (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-03, 05:44:25 (151.205.160.115)
The alternative is to enclose the turntable and phono section in a Faraday cage, providing one actually has EMI/RFI problems (I live in Manhattan; I certainly have such problems). Another solution is .......
100: Vinyl Asylum, A little science (or knowledge) is a troublesome thing (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-02, 10:15:41 (151.205.160.115)
On a high school science table, you are correct. (Interestingly enough, facility of transmission also works for heat . . . copper pots I got, silver is a bit too far for me). Now for the problems with .......
101: Vinyl Asylum, A caveat (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-08-01, 06:53:41 (151.205.160.115)
In several listening tests the results you express seemed to be the same if I used the early London pressings. The later London pressings, however were a different story. These later London pressings .......
102: Shady Lane, Re: Paypal being abused? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-30, 09:22:41 (151.205.160.115)
The first is a bit clever. One must indeed link one's account to the PayPal account to be verified. However, I never remember an email from them on the topic, they just urge me to do so as I pay for s .......
103: Music Lane, Re: Lyric (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-18, 06:19:41 (151.205.160.115)
Michael Kay, the founder of Lyric, has retired but is still present occasionally. Michael had a reputation of being a bit prickley but he truly cares about music. Lyric had to leap into the Home Theat .......
104: Music Lane, Irish tenors and "Boccelli" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-15, 08:20:33 (151.205.160.115)
I have no idea what caused the "Irish" tenor to be held in such disrepute. Perhaps we have heard too many horrendous versions of Danny Boy . Nevertheless, Tynan is a singer of great, totally unfulfil .......
105: Water Cooler, Re: We already know what the CIA thinks about all this (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-15, 08:04:34 (151.205.160.115)
Uh, no! We do not. In fact, Wilson apparently said to the grand jury that his wife was not a covert operative at the time, information I did not have at the time of the original post. Additionally, .......
106: Water Cooler, Re: Should the President dismiss Karl Rove? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-13, 08:15:40 (151.205.160.115)
It seems that Democrats cannot decide whom they hate most, Carl Rove or Rep. Delay. And I doubt I would ever invite either to dinner. However, these two episodes point out something distressing about .......
107: General Asylum, However . . . (Clark, I'll bet you know this) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-05, 15:21:55 (151.205.160.115)
In doing this one runs the risk (on some small percentage of disks) of actually allowing the penetration of oxygen and you get Ta...Ta LaserRot. I have not had it happen to me (but I do not do this). .......
108: Music Lane, Aw . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-05, 12:48:51 (151.205.160.115)
that I do not swoon over the Missa Solemnis should come as no real surprise, given my previous comment (though there are great things in it). The Brahms Requiem as well I find stunning in bits. Ev .......
109: Music Lane, Not the only one . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-05, 10:43:07 (151.205.160.115)
When Tchaikovsky heard the Violin Concerto he wrote in a letter that, The first movement is an admirable pedestal for a statue. Unfortunately, the second movement is a second pedestal placed on top o .......
110: Vinyl Asylum, Good advise and insight from others (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-07-05, 08:47:49 (151.205.160.115)
Any cart needs time to break in, and the OM20 is no exception. The symptom of a new cart is as you describe. The OM20 has a rep of being sensitive to SRA so arm height is critical. There may indeed be .......
111: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Right. He (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-30, 06:51:44 (151.205.160.115)
Re: hairpiece. Well . . .the original didn't have one originally, though even in Dr. No it was obvious one would soon be required. Speaking of Sean, man oh man, the fight he is in re: renovations in .......
112: Vinyl Asylum, Considering the performance (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-29, 08:38:04 (151.205.160.115)
it was a fabulous deal. Still a good deal, provided the quality holds up. I always wondered how in the world he could make the arm and make a profit at that price. .......
113: Music Lane, Re: Jascha Heifetz / Igor Piatagorsky / Alfred Wallenstein / RCA Symphony / RCA -BINGO (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-29, 05:25:45 (151.205.160.115)
They seemed almost joined at the hip. Their tones were especially similar, lean but large. Of the excellent cellists in the era, Piatagorsky seems to have had the leanest tone of all. But the "singing .......
114: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: I hate to admit this.... (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-28, 12:12:19 (151.205.160.115)
Bergman, Garbo, Grace Kelly and Catherine Deneuve are distant, beautiful on camara and are attractive for that reason. If one thinks of sexy as appealing only to an area between the legs, I agree. But .......
115: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Liz . . . and a meeting "past her prime" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-28, 09:37:08 (151.205.160.115)
It was in the 1960s and, in keeping with my adventurous past, I was invited by a couple (the male of whom was a body guard for Liz and Dick) to come to Boston and join them for a banquet at the Copley .......
116: Shady Lane, What Reuben said . . . NOW!!!! -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-28, 09:09:57 (151.205.160.115)
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117: Water Cooler, Re: And this is bad why? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-28, 05:05:11 (151.205.160.115)
My response was that such things do occur. The previous poster implied that they do not. In fact, an extremely high percentage of the rich are penalized in such ways. Yours is a different point. It is .......
118: Water Cooler, RE: Imagine a community taking a large estate for a college or hospital or moderate priced housing (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-26, 08:41:17 (151.205.160.115)
It has already happened, and more than a few times. Typically with some involvement of the owner of said estate, however. Often the owner accepts a reduced tax burden in return for deeding much of the .......
119: Shady Lane, Re: Here's an address that I gave to a Nigerian scammer. What phone number should I give him? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-24, 07:34:19 (151.205.160.115)
There are two: The private number of an FBI or Interpol agent you know The number of someone who knows how to contact the ex-Rhodesian Paratroopers and South African Commandos who may be paid to "ma .......
120: Music Lane, Re: Old news here. . . me too (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-20, 06:43:29 (151.205.160.115)
Opera works well, but twin 18" subs headed outside with the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony ain't bad either, even (especially) against car subs! Put differently . . . if they wanna get into that kinda pis .......
121: General Asylum, Stale question? Yep . . . responses nonetheless (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-20, 06:23:07 (151.205.160.115)
Are there measureable sonic differences in audio components after a certain period of time? In any component with transformers and capacitors, certainly. Though, as with many things, the measured di .......
122: General Asylum, Good for fast freezing fruit at home. . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-20, 06:08:50 (151.205.160.115)
The effects and pertinacity of slow, deep "immersion" cryo on electrical circuits have been known for 2 decades. As in some other areas, much of the research was done by IBM, Fujitsu and (in this case .......
123: Water Cooler, Things do have cycles (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-16, 08:33:55 (151.205.160.115)
Truly free trade (which doesn't really exist, as you point out) raises the overall wealth of the world and levels the participants. Unfortunately, the levelling raises the have-nots and reduces the ha .......
124: Vinyl Asylum, And it is superb on soap scum in the tub! -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-16, 05:27:51 (151.205.160.115)
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125: Vinyl Asylum, For this twit? I would say . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-16, 05:21:10 (151.205.160.115)
pay my consulting fee and I'll tell you! .......
126: Films/DVD Asylum, A subject of some considerable controversy, Victor (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-09, 09:06:43 (151.205.160.115)
If Hamlet was a youth, then much can be readily understood. But some scholars believe Hamlet was much older (though 30 something, not 40 something) and either certifiable or bent on power and revenge. .......
127: Vinyl Asylum, melomane is on point, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-09, 08:27:53 (151.205.160.115)
the requirement for oils varies. Systemdek (another table with a slight bit of an incestuous relationship with Ariston ) mandated 90 wgt gear oil. Thinner and slicker is not always better. Things are .......
128: Vinyl Asylum, Yep, the Daytona was a bear as well (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 18:25:15 (151.205.160.115)
and required massive shoulder and trunk strength to get it to behave. When asked my favourite car I am always at a loss. There probably isn't one . . . but I did own a gray market Jalpa . . . There wa .......
129: Vinyl Asylum, Henry . . . tsk, tsk (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 13:46:54 (151.205.160.115)
You are right on one point, the 911 wasn't a F-1. In fact, the Corvair Supercharged Corsa was less dangerous (but not much). What Porsche was doing was trying do was to delay the advent of "snap overs .......
130: Vinyl Asylum, Like a heavy bumper at the end of a formula one (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 12:19:10 (151.205.160.115)
the weight on the headshell may cure the obvious problem (and it usually does) but it sets up others. And it doesn't cure resonance peaks induced by a tonearm wand and and bearings that are too light .......
131: Vinyl Asylum, Re: 103 and compliance (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 12:11:03 (151.205.160.115)
Your post makes salient points. The 103s do not like warps. And, in fact, they do not like truly deep bass (much vertical modulation). But most recordings . . . indeed no recordings before good D2D an .......
132: Vinyl Asylum, There are various things, so . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 12:01:40 (151.205.160.115)
The 103 requires (so the literature goes) a resistance of 13Ω and the regular 103 a resistance of 40Ω. The difference is, at least in my experience, rather important. 100Ω (the standa .......
133: Vinyl Asylum, What Garth said -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 08:08:27 (151.205.160.115)
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134: Vinyl Asylum, Re: 103 and compliance (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 08:04:36 (151.205.160.115)
the 103's static specs would lead one to conclude what you concluded. However (and I have posted on this before), its lateral compliance is 3 times its vertical compliance (only the vertical is quoted .......
135: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Fairly low mass??? How about Ultra Low Mass. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-06-02, 07:46:31 (151.205.160.115)
Ya think!!!! As for the build quality, I didn't think it was poor for such a low mass implementation and there are some carts that mate well (mostly from the 1970s when the low mass fevour had ever .......
136: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Time to move on from my VPI HM-19 (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 21:54:51 (141.149.60.219)
There should be (at some point) a time when digital finally equals analogue. After all, digital has billions of dollars in research in the last 30 years, analogue has had zilch. To me (and I am sure I .......
137: Films/DVD Asylum, Tin . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 21:36:22 (141.149.60.219)
the most successful assassins seem to be wimps. Ask Trotsky . . . Oh, wait. You can't! Axe in his head, and stuff! Obviously, you ain't been there. I did not say that the film has no problems. I did s .......
138: Films/DVD Asylum, Tin . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 16:57:36 (141.149.60.219)
the most successful assassins seem to be wimps. Ask Trotsky . . . Oh, wait. You can't! Axe in his head, and stuff! Obviously, you ain't been there. I did not say that the film has no problems. I did s .......
139: Water Cooler, Air Traffic controllers, Microsoft, et al (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 15:54:17 (141.149.60.219)
Re: Air traffic controllers. An illegal strike is an illegal strike. For good or ill, Reagan brought to bear the sanctions the union agreed to when they signed the contract. I am not anti-union. But t .......
140: Water Cooler, Air Traffic controllers, Microsoft, et al (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 15:48:29 (141.149.60.219)
Re: Air traffic controllers. An illegal strike is an illegal strike. For good or ill, Reagan brought to bear the sanctions the union agreed to when they signed the contract. I am not anti-union. But t .......
141: Films/DVD Asylum, For you, perhaps . . . not for most, nor for me (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 13:01:35 (141.149.60.219)
Sheen seemed to me to be the classic "conflicted innocent" thrown into the situation. I have always thought that Apocalypse Now was very successful in getting the audience to feel what the director .......
142: Vinyl Asylum, As others have said . . . it depends (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 11:46:51 (141.149.60.219)
and it depends on the turntable the cartridge the structure and materials of the clamp viz a vis the preceding A clamp may (or may not) help with warps. Those that help warps the most are peripher .......
143: Water Cooler, Re: but Reagon opened the floodgates . . . the data disagree (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-25, 08:49:59 (141.149.60.219)
I realize many people (perhaps you) have a pathological dislike for Reagan but I alluded to the reality in my previous post. Let me rephrase. Reagan was anti-statist and populist. That led directly to .......
144: Water Cooler, Ike warned of many things in that speech (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-24, 11:54:15 (141.149.60.219)
and correctly so on most counts. However, Ike was also a bit disturbed at breaking up major corporations (trusts). In fact, one of the evils Ike warned of in that speech continued apace and has perver .......
145: Vinyl Asylum, Like bkearns, I have posted on this before . . .no! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-24, 11:28:57 (141.149.60.219)
extensive tests were conducted in the heyday of vinyl (1960s and 1970s), some by Audio magazine. If the stylus is damaged, or if rapid fire replay occurs, yes. Even so it is intuitive that heavier sho .......
146: Vinyl Asylum, Ah, but that was an easy fix. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-24, 11:15:41 (141.149.60.219)
A sheet of glass damped the platter and damping material (lead in the old "dangerous" days) damped the plinth. The motor was terrific and the tweaked table was a joy. I could never get excited over th .......
147: Vinyl Asylum, I have dealt with the issue several times (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-21, 10:45:54 (141.149.60.219)
I have included one link, but a search of the archives would be beneficial. .......
148: Water Cooler, As you can see, it depends where you are . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-10, 12:37:40 (151.205.112.60)
and who the provider is. Cable is, generally, easier to set up. Cable is, when on a resonably loaded node, faster. But my exprience in a few locations in NYC, including my home, was that cable was far .......
149: General Asylum, 40 years ago . . . this is not new! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-05-07, 11:33:06 (151.205.112.60)
If you read the warrantee card that comes most any gear it essentially absolves the retailer of responsibility and mandates return to the manufacturer. In many states, starting in the late 1960's the .......
150: Music Lane, Why is Carnegie seldom used for recording? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-19, 14:21:38 (151.205.112.60)
The subway! The bass input is fierce and NYC has never agreed to stop the trains for a recording session. It was used some in the early days and actually records rather well . . . between trains. ::: .......
151: Music Lane, Beranak, et al (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-19, 10:54:15 (151.205.112.60)
Leo Beranek Like everyone I sometimes agree and sometimes don't. I did quick reviews of the halls when I did the reviews of the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony two of which I have linked to directly. th .......
152: Films/DVD Asylum, In rather accented French . . . but "nevermind" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-14, 12:06:37 (151.205.112.60)
When I saw the news footage I sort of sat in "wonderment". Bruno was a good bartender (yes . . . he actually served me, though I never heard him perform) and one of a bevy of "kick-ass" stars (I like .......
153: Tweakers' Asylum, Have you tried C37 elsewhere? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-11, 09:01:56 (151.205.112.60)
There are many places to do so that are less permanent. Two friends have actually painted bare wire/ribbon (copper and silver) with it and had generally positive results they claim (caveats; both have .......
154: Vinyl Asylum, The reason for the conflicting information is . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-11, 08:35:58 (151.205.112.60)
that it depends on how the stylus is bonded to the cantilever. Styli that are glued on (depending on the glue) will come off eventually. But frankly, even liquids with no alcohol may affect those styl .......
155: General Asylum, Everyone sleeps sometime (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-09, 12:31:46 (151.205.112.60)
My cures for these "oblivions" is that I simply figure out when they sleep, put the twin 18" subs against the wall, put on music that is the antithesis of their preference (with a lot of bass) at mons .......
156: Music Lane, He was in the queue when the "petrol" gave out (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-08, 12:46:58 (151.205.112.60)
Many people (even Arthur Salvatore) like that recording a great deal. And I have bought in a few others for a latter pass-through of additional recordings. But not immediately, por-favor . I will say .......
157: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, VDH is more adamant that that (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-06, 10:41:00 (151.205.112.60)
He maintains in his "white papers" that he prefers not to rebuild a cart from any manufacturer (and he rebuilds many) if it has be "fluxbusted". It is not that he doesn't recognise the benefits . . . .......
158: Music Lane, Auricle makes sound like Marge Simpson! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-04-01, 10:28:56 (151.205.112.60)
But I ain't gonna do the blue hair thaing. No way! .......
159: Music Lane, Re: With Ansermet, the organ is an equal partner with the orchestra (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-31, 09:01:09 (151.205.112.60)
"You remark that the deep bass is not there with the Munch. This is true for the LP but it is certainly not so for the CD." The review was based on the Shaded Dog. However, I do point out that the C .......
160: Music Lane, Thank you very much for your responses. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-31, 06:52:05 (151.205.112.60)
I hope these will continue to be useful! .......
161: Vinyl Asylum, To all who have responded, thank you! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-31, 06:45:51 (151.205.112.60)
I hope these will continue to be of use. .......
162: Vinyl Asylum, It really depends on so many factors (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-31, 06:43:09 (151.205.112.60)
Whether the client goes to the hall often Where the client sits in the hall (front row center is very different from my favoured rear third of the parquet or the Grand Tier) What kind of music the .......
163: Music Lane, Todd, I just went stale and to continue . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-31, 05:51:55 (151.205.112.60)
would have been unfair to subsequent recordings. The Chung was in the queue and may yet be done after I recover. Some others are in the queue as well and more may be added based on responses. However, .......
164: Vinyl Asylum, Re: A daunting task, Bravo! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-30, 13:27:58 (151.205.112.60)
Thank you! As for being tired of it I actually grew to appreciate it more as I heard it done well. It may be that the piece is like a Spencer poem, more appreciated with dissection and intense study t .......
165: Music Lane, Oops. The Levine is in the reviews, the Plasson isn't -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-30, 13:22:51 (151.205.112.60)
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166: Music Lane, That recording was also extremely high overall (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-30, 10:34:58 (151.205.112.60)
the detailed review explains why. It is a treasure. .......
167: Digital Drive, Reviews of 15 Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony recordings (4 Digital) posted (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-30, 09:57:57 (151.205.112.60)
This has been in progress for some time and I said I would make them available when they were finished. There are omissions, but if one reads through the amount of time devoted it is easy to realize t .......
168: Vinyl Asylum, Reviews of 15 Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony recordings (11 Vinyl) posted (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-30, 09:52:26 (151.205.112.60)
This has been in progress for some time and I said I would make them available when they were finished. There are omissions, but if one reads through the amount of time devoted it is easy to realize t .......
169: Music Lane, Detailed reviews of 15 Saint-Saëns 3rd (Organ) Symphony recordings (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-30, 09:39:24 (151.205.112.60)
This has been in progress for some time and I said I would make them available when they were finished. There are omissions, but if one reads through the amount of time devoted it is easy to realize t .......
170: Vinyl Asylum, Yep. The greatest improvement seems (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-20, 06:37:18 (141.149.34.206)
to be speed stability. But to be quite honest, the difference is very subtle and probably not obvious to many people. There is a slight reduction in spindle bearing noise when measured by a stethoscop .......
171: Inmate Central, The slavery analogy does break down, but (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-19, 10:40:19 (68.161.32.99)
some slave owners in the US (not many, but some) paid their slaves and eventually allowed them to buy their freedom. The most famous example is probably the Lee family. The practice was continued by R .......
172: Vinyl Asylum, Some more, and some refinement of others (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-19, 05:32:41 (68.161.32.99)
Telefunken (black and gold label) London ffrr (English pressings, early) Telarc D2D EMI (English) EMI/Pathe Argo .......
173: Films/DVD Asylum, From an "Elderly Flatulent Gentleman" . . . unlikely nominations (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-18, 14:59:58 (68.161.32.99)
I thought the latter day Cape Fear was a pale imitation of its precursor. Mitchum and Peck were stunning in that. I do not know of anything (for an entire film) that I would nominate. Every film has .......
174: Films/DVD Asylum, Well done, Clark. Not that you seek agreement . . . or approval (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-18, 12:51:34 (68.161.32.99)
The subject was rich. I have met "la Motta" on several occasions. Not a "primal force" but more accurately "a petite primal force". I actually think the film captures his intellectual prison, his pett .......
175: Vinyl Asylum, Well, once again, most of the research was done (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-18, 11:55:33 (68.161.32.99)
in the 1970s. And (if I remember correctly) by Audio magazine. Their assertion was that repeated and/or prolonged exposure would "leach" the plasticisors out of the vinyl leaving it prone to damage. .......
176: Vinyl Asylum, I agree wholeheartedly with the recomendations . . . but . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-18, 11:47:12 (68.161.32.99)
(now for something completely different) sometimes I find myself in the mood for the Piatigorsky (with Ormandy). There is a spare/lean quality to his tonality that allows for a very different point of .......
177: Vinyl Asylum, XLM and Vestigal . . .not good in my experience (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-17, 06:32:48 (68.161.32.99)
I had them. Horrible tracking ability at the fabled "low" VTF except in chamber music. Tried the XLM in a Rabco as well (SL-8E) and wasn't near the MC I had at the time (an Ortofon, as I recall). The .......
178: Vinyl Asylum, DL 160 availability (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-17, 06:05:19 (68.161.32.99)
readily available. Price has now gone to $180. The dollar bubble had to burst sometime. Both the 110 and 160 have terrific diamonds in their class and the 160 in particular is a screaming bargain. The .......
179: Cable Asylum, Clamping (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-13, 09:20:55 (68.161.32.99)
doesn't clamping has the same effect as using bare wires with a binding post, as far as varying degrees of resistance is concerned? A binding post clamps a round (I am assuming here) wire to a flat, .......
180: Music Lane, Someone must have put that online, more interesting tidbits (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-13, 07:52:51 (68.161.32.99)
Using Sunday as a surfing day, I came across a site that credits Heifetz with 2 Strads The Heifetz-Piel made in 1731 The Dolphin made in 1714 in addition to the Guanari de Gesu David which was m .......
181: Music Lane, I agree with Brian (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-12, 12:58:12 (68.161.32.99)
additionally, Heifetz was a bit biased toward his Guanarius which had a "fuller"* tone than his Strad. Heifetz's bowing technique and small finger tips created a sound that was a bit lean rather than .......
182: Vinyl Asylum, Even if they are not . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-12, 11:29:19 (68.161.32.99)
creating a new armboard (probably out of better material) is a 1/2 day project at most. .......
183: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, the old bumper stickers for Jaguars (1970s) applies . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-12, 11:26:54 (68.161.32.99)
But when it runs . . . I have owned both. I remain a Jag enthusiast, though the more Ford influences them the more I worry. The Shelter usually stays in storage, excellent though it can be now and ag .......
184: Cable Asylum, Teflon tape is gas permeable except as a thread wrap (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-12, 10:29:28 (68.161.32.99)
and is not an ideal way to shield the connection from degredation. The seepage of gas is slow, but occurs nonetheless. Additionally, clamped wires can be unstable and may have varying degrees of resis .......
185: Vinyl Asylum, Your guess makes some sense (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-12, 07:15:29 (68.161.32.99)
and is as good a SWAG as any. .......
186: Vinyl Asylum, Re: "A good tangential tames the inner groves a bit" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-12, 04:09:44 (68.161.32.99)
I don't suppose you'd include my old HK/Rabco ST-8 in the "good" tangential category, would you? No. But the SL-8E might surprise you. Its mass provides a stable platform. And the M&K and Shreve mod .......
187: General Asylum, Home visit in that price in Manhattan? Oy! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-11, 14:56:14 (68.161.32.99)
If the "rents" are good cooks and serve dinner, maybe. None of the better salons I trust would bother. Not trying to be nasty, simply playing the "Comes the Dawn" message. The commission is not enough .......
188: Music Lane, Yup! Braces ="{ }", brackets = "[ ]" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-11, 14:47:58 (68.161.32.99)
I assume everyone actually knows parentheses "( )"? .......
189: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Sorry, but you have great ears! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-11, 14:37:57 (68.161.32.99)
They did not track well. Inner groove distortion was untameable on some records no matter what I tried, including upgrading from a modded OL Silver to a TriPlanar. A friend's Graham 2.2 and Basis Vec .......
190: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: I loved the movie, and Binoche (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-11, 12:46:03 (68.161.32.99)
until I saw a full length shot. Movies are about fantasy, and the fantasy in this movie was sex. I had sex on my mind when I saw her face, I had sex on my mind when I saw her body . . . but when I saw .......
191: Critic's Corner, From an occasional reviewer and consultant . . . answers (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-11, 10:45:27 (68.161.32.99)
1. Without giving the standard "weakest link" or "synergy" answer, what would you as the most important component? Actually, the recording process. A lousy recording (and there are many). After that .......
192: Vinyl Asylum, I concur with Bigi absolutely -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-11, 06:29:31 (68.161.32.99)
.......
193: Music Lane, I have oft regretted not making time (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-11, 04:04:56 (68.161.32.99)
to hear Frick. As for Chaliapin, actually I did mention him toward the bottom of the original post (and Marcel Journet). Chaliapin's voice, to quote one critic, was a Russian bass with the flexibility .......
194: Vinyl Asylum, I'll go the the library in the next week or so (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-10, 14:45:51 (68.161.32.99)
and see if I can find the article. The main NYC library should have it, or (maybe) Lincoln center. If you get the photos I would be interested to see them. It would be interesting to review their meth .......
195: Vinyl Asylum, Stylus profile, tracing and wear (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-10, 14:33:47 (68.161.32.99)
I thought that agressive stylus profiles are generally better performing and more accurate at tracing groove modulations because of larger contact area. Also, as John Elison pointed out, they result .......
196: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Do MM cartridges need a pre-amp? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-10, 11:58:52 (68.161.32.99)
That depends entirely on the quality of the phono section (if any) in your pre-amp/integrated amp/receiver. The uses of the various terms has become confused. Originally Phono Stage referred to a st .......
197: Vinyl Asylum, There are MCs which do not require (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-10, 08:45:55 (68.161.32.99)
grounding after break in. The least expensive and most common is likely the Denon DL 160. It is not my main cart. Indeed I use it mostly for testing changes to my tonearm (I'm always tinkering). Never .......
198: Vinyl Asylum, Yep, And Walker, Forsell, . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-10, 07:26:07 (68.161.32.99)
virtually any high mass platter (not the Rockport Sirius, of course) .......
199: Vinyl Asylum, I did not say I knew, I repeated an article (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-10, 04:52:59 (68.161.32.99)
How do you know, that tracking at 4 to 5 grams does not increase wear? I don't "know" nor did I say so. What I said was that below that level there is no evidence that higher forces increases record .......
200: Vinyl Asylum, The article (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-10, 02:45:40 (68.161.32.99)
was in the middle 1970s. I used to have the mag but it got lost in one move or another. The article was accompanied by photos taken from a microscope. My own experience is close to yours, I find if th .......
201: Cable Asylum, Without taking sides (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 15:47:40 (151.205.98.242)
Theoretical perfection Bare wire freshly "de-ox"d is a better conductor that a spade a spade is a better conductor than any solder (the reason to use solder is to fasten two conductors together and se .......
202: Vinyl Asylum, So one might intuit, but there is no evidence (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 15:14:10 (151.205.98.242)
Great studies were done in the 1970s and there was no documented detriment to a properly tracking cart at any less than 4 g. The most extensive tests (including the rapid repeated play test, which was .......
203: Films/DVD Asylum, Nope. IMDB link inside (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 15:03:21 (151.205.98.242)
Michal Mann produced and directed Thief . and in addition did the screenplay from the book The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer. The movie was the basic progenitor of the style developed by Mann in .......
204: Vinyl Asylum, Low level signals suffer from bad noise rejection (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 13:39:54 (151.205.98.242)
I do not like shielding and I don't use it. But my entire setup is in a Faraday cage, has no AC and the step-up transformers are shielded to a faretheewell. I can get away with no shielding. Short of .......
205: Music Lane, Hard to disagree. As I said, a tough catagory (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 12:42:11 (151.205.98.242)
I especially like Kipnis (I even liked his son, but I totally digress . . . I mean . . . a harpsichordist issuing from a bass?) and Frick. Pinza I admired but he wasn't my cuppa tea. The only one I ac .......
206: Video Asylum, Sure, but (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 08:31:43 (151.205.98.242)
as Abe pointed out, you may not be happy. 15 pin RGB works into RGB or DVI-I input. There are plenty of video cards that have DVI-D or component out. The cost varies. As one who has done the HT-PC thi .......
207: Music Lane, Yep and . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 08:19:52 (151.205.98.242)
Remember the shortstop (I think, maybe 3rd late in his career) Rico Petrocelli (pronounced "Petroselli")?. There was a TV detective who pronounced it Italinianately ("Petrochelli"). Drove Rico nuts! : .......
208: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Vinyl break in . . . yes . . . in a way (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 08:12:15 (151.205.98.242)
First of all the mould release agents must be dissipated, though a good cleaning solution for new LPs is adequate for the purpose. Like most things released from a mould, LPs contain tiny "jaggies" an .......
209: Films/DVD Asylum, There are some thoughtful folk who suggest . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-09, 07:58:55 (151.205.98.242)
that this was too near Brando's zenith. The common (mistaken) perception was that they were both "method" actors. Hollywood is reluctant to embrace wholesale change and the searing memories of Street .......
210: Music Lane, Well, in Britian (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 13:30:15 (151.205.98.242)
" Porsh " seems rather common, but then Brutus's wife is oft pronounced "Por tee ah". So Dr. Ferdinand's plaint might have been of little benefit in the UK But then they also say "Jag yew ahr", for bo .......
211: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Recommendations for well recorded/mastered 60-70's rock LP's ? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 12:31:50 (151.205.98.242)
As many will know, this is not my prime interest, but I agree with Abbey Road Dark Side of the Moon Led Zeplin II Additionally, my copies of (softer stuff included) Elton John On Unicorn .......
212: Vinyl Asylum, FYI, the 125 Mk II also suffered from this (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 12:16:29 (151.205.98.242)
the 125 did not. The Mk II wow could be clearly seen in the strobe window and I have never seen a Mk II without it (and I have seen more than 30). I have heard various explanations, most of which did .......
213: Music Lane, The 3 basses (Oy!) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 11:10:48 (151.205.98.242)
Okey - dokey Possibly even more difficult than tenors, because the catagory of Basso Buffo comes into play. And that has to be Fernando Corena. There is also a Basso Cantante probably best exemplified .......
214: Music Lane, That's it -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 10:20:06 (151.205.98.242)
.......
215: Music Lane, There are many more (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 10:19:04 (151.205.98.242)
We, the Brits, the Australians, the South Africans, and others are all people divided by a "common" language! .......
216: Music Lane, Ah, The "3 Tenors" and Melchior, Vickers, et al. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 10:11:24 (151.205.98.242)
The "Caruso, Gigli, Björling" were selected (and not by me) I suspect for the beauty of their voices. Melchior was the Wagnerian tenor. Hands down, no ifs ands, buts or maybes. I have a link below t .......
217: Music Lane, "Luciano" improperly pronounced by folks (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 08:38:35 (151.205.98.242)
who are probably the same lot who pronounce Porche as Porsh rather than Portia . Dr. Ferdinand himself used to say, "Think Brutus's wife". Drove him nuts. A lost cause now. I suspect the English start .......
218: Music Lane, Re: Pavarotti in his prime (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 08:12:12 (151.205.98.242)
In the early 1970s I quite liked Pavorotti in Donizetti, for example. His voice also had the size to team with Joan Sutherland, who had a huge voice for a lyric/colouratura soprano (hence her nickname .......
219: Critic's Corner, According to the conversations at the time (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-08, 06:29:31 (151.205.98.242)
the affects were the same but greater in thin film. One must remember, most IBM mainframes of the era used at least some round wire connections so it makes sense they would have looked at both. The co .......
220: Tweakers' Asylum, The experience varies wildly . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-07, 15:44:48 (151.205.98.242)
"hip joints" are lateral decouplers and vertical couplers. As such their results are totally dependant on the materials of the balls, the cups, the amount of damping in the cup or its mount, the size .......
221: Films/DVD Asylum, Always enjoyed Ms. Kael's comments (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-07, 12:18:01 (151.205.98.242)
whether I agreed with her or not. Compared with many of her contemporaries (Judith Christ, Rex Reed, Archer Winston, et al) she was an absolute delight. John Simon was also a delight but was often fla .......
222: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, Academy is on W. 18th (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-07, 10:00:15 (151.205.98.242)
between 5th and 6th on the south side of the street. About 2/3 of the way toward 5th. It is always well to go through the new arrivals. They are in no special order, so patience and sharp eyes are req .......
223: Water Cooler, Re: Maybe its time to dissolve this Forum. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-07, 08:03:17 (151.205.98.242)
The forum, whilst an interesting attempt to fill a void, has never generated critical mass. I think it has come to have the approximate utility of mammaries on a bull. .......
224: Critic's Corner, Actually, if IBM would ever publish . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-07, 07:57:49 (151.205.98.242)
there should be much data on "burn-in" and cryo. As one who was privy to some of their briefings in the heyday of such research, there is (they said) considerable evidence of the effect and some regar .......
225: Films/DVD Asylum, Sequel. Why did they make this? Oh, I remember . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-07, 07:18:37 (151.205.98.242)
teens who cannot drive yet go to movies. I find it interesting that parents are now willing to dumb down to their child's level rather than attempt to bring them to an "adult" level. Of course, "adult .......
226: Films/DVD Asylum, Directing style (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-07, 06:55:27 (151.205.98.242)
Eisenstein created a "Moving Frieze". It is high relief sculpture in motion. Interestingly enough one Boris Godunov was presented in that style at the Met (with Jerome Hines who had the size {6'8"} an .......
227: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: relation to Raj Kapoor (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-06, 09:54:23 (151.205.98.242)
dunno, but I would not be surprised if there were. Anglicized spellings have changed over time (Bombay to Mombai for example). I do know that this young man's maternal Grandfather was a major musical .......
228: Films/DVD Asylum, Agreed. And some mention should go to the director . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-06, 06:45:19 (151.205.98.242)
Shekhar Kapur as well. In a strange happenstance, there was a young Indian from Mombai who was the son of the owners of my favourite North Indian Restaurant (in Bryanston, South Africa funnily enough) .......
229: Video Asylum, Agree about the CRTs. One other point . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-06, 05:37:50 (151.205.98.242)
I have personally found the D-ILA projectors to be the best of the digital lot. Pricey (very pricey) but true colors and the least inter-pixel gap (pixelation). As for CRTs, they are a true PITA but t .......
230: Films/DVD Asylum, Interestingly enough, Eisenstein often said (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-05, 10:39:52 (151.205.98.242)
he thought this was his best work. Most critics disagree but after time and many viewings of Eisenstein's works I have come to agree. .......
231: Vinyl Asylum, Always keep in mind (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-04, 08:38:37 (151.205.98.242)
that the Soundstream Masters had far more information than a CD. Whatever the problems of a vinyl from a digital master (noise, speed instability, wear, etc) by the time digital came along vinyl was c .......
232: Vinyl Asylum, One would hope, but the results are not good thus far (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-03-02, 08:12:51 (151.205.98.242)
the reason is simple, I suspect. These fill routines are done by 25 year old (or less) computer fundis who haven't the fogiest notion what an instrument sounds like. There is actually a large amount o .......
233: Vinyl Asylum, Good fellow. More work than I had time to do! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-22, 06:37:10 (68.161.37.119)
My fear is that the 103 series will become overbid and that serious bargains might happen less often. That has actually happened with the very different sounding OC9 series and the Benz-Empire. Whatev .......
234: Music Lane, Farewell, John Raitt. My deepest sympathies, Bonnie. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-21, 15:25:18 (68.161.37.119)
John Raitt was easilly one of the best lyric baritones I ever heard in musicals. Possessed of incredible range, true pitch and marvelous stage presence. In his genre I never heard a lyric baritone voi .......
235: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, specs were posted in 2001 (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-21, 04:45:39 (68.161.37.119)
in this asylum by tvi . For somereason the html table code caused the table to be far below and you must skip down to it. The entire original thread may be seen at the link below. Cartridge .......
236: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Table rumble (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-20, 16:00:44 (68.161.37.119)
You have received some good practical advice. Virtually all tables rumble. The low frequency noise can be generated by the motor, the bearing, or even cut into the vinyl from the master (that can happ .......
237: General Asylum, Re: Buying / Selling on Ebay = BIG problems right now (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-19, 05:12:31 (68.161.37.119)
I have not had the problem either and I still use IE. I do run both Ad-Aware and Spybot daily and I use a Windows file cleaner 3 times a day and on every browser close. The Washer is set to DOD "bleac .......
238: Music Lane, Ah. Boing Boing! (Bonynge) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-17, 10:05:04 (68.161.37.119)
When informed that La Stupenda insisted that her husband (Boing Boing) must conduct, Sir Rudolph Bing once remarked, "Well, I supose one must take the chaff with the wheat!" Bonynge just never gets in .......
239: Music Lane, Great story! -nt (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-17, 09:56:25 (68.161.37.119)
.......
240: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Are they steppers? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-17, 09:20:03 (68.161.37.119)
they do not vibrate nearly as much as the AC motors they replace, however they do emit a slight "snick" sound that fades with use. The other motors I mentioned are dead quiet and smoother. They are al .......
241: Vinyl Asylum, Re: VPI Flywheel (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-17, 08:59:01 (68.161.37.119)
I have not played extensively with this table, though I did a custom custom design of a similar assembly with a slightly larger and heavier flywheel for someone. There is some advantage to be had from .......
242: Music Lane, Re: booing . . . particularly needed in opera (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-16, 05:15:44 (68.161.37.119)
Our audiences are far more "polite" about booing than audiences in France, Germany and Italy. They still (on occasion) sell "extremely ripe" fruit and vegetables (including the legendary "rotten tomat .......
243: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Why do these motors improve the sound? (Do they?) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-16, 04:31:08 (68.161.37.119)
They are drop-in (well, almost) replacements for AC motors. Typical AC motors vibrate as much as a sex toy on steroids. In tables like the Dunlop, Thorens 125 and their like some of that vibration fin .......
244: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: Train Station (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-15, 06:53:22 (68.161.37.119)
the thread was about Klute .......
245: Films/DVD Asylum, Victor, thou art too modest (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-14, 15:29:25 (68.161.37.119)
From some of your previous posts (including our exchange about the train station in Philly) I suspect your wife is lucky to have you! Re: your comments: T'would be a good sequel. Cheers, and best rega .......
246: Films/DVD Asylum, The film was notable for the amount of booze consumed (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-14, 14:14:01 (68.161.37.119)
and that it still came in on schedule. .......
247: Films/DVD Asylum, Re: The Professional: disgusting. NOT! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-14, 14:10:13 (68.161.37.119)
Ask a few simple questions, in sequence, por favor . 1. was the girl well off with her parents? 2. was the girl SOL when her parents died? 3. did the girl realize that Leon was "intellectually and emo .......
248: Films/DVD Asylum, "Of course the plot was too intricate and far-fetched" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-14, 13:20:11 (68.161.37.119)
Actually, far too many would be conspirators eventually get too clever to succede. Especially spies and "smart" criminals. Things like this (and things even more fantastic) have occurred and still do. .......
249: Films/DVD Asylum, It used to show on TBS and/or TNT now and then (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-14, 06:57:36 (68.161.37.119)
perhaps it still does. I think it was only a year or so that I flipped by it. It isn't as bad as everyone says. There are thousands of two reelers and "B" films I have seen. But as an ambitious, big b .......
250: Films/DVD Asylum, Personally, I think Kubrick was grinding a different, more subtle axe (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-10, 15:40:22 (68.161.37.119)
but this exposition grabs onto various interesting facets of the film. The beauty of 2001 is that it allows everyone to interpret it acccording to his/her own biases and predilictions. And whether the .......
251: Vinyl Asylum, The Redpoint/Galibier, but it is quite heavy (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-10, 10:52:23 (68.161.37.119)
probably too heavy for your bearing unless you go to a harder substance. However, clamps need to be mated to the table and the rest of the vinyl system. One-size-fits-all does not apply here. ::: TOPI .......
252: Vinyl Asylum, Should have been fine, in that case (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-10, 10:44:55 (68.161.37.119)
Even so its personality was quite different from the 103 series and the 304 wasn't to my taste either. I like the 103R better. Much better. .......
253: Films/DVD Asylum, Interesting . . .my results may differ (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-09, 12:05:12 (68.161.37.119)
but most of my comparisons were on a CRT projector. All of this has to do with many things. The LD-S2 had a far better LD transport, indeed it was progenitor of the HLD-X9 and had no transport comprom .......
254: Films/DVD Asylum, Sure, but on a 52" by 92" digital projection (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-09, 06:16:51 (68.161.37.119)
the VHS and LaserDisks that are older suffer in sharpness a bit. I often watch them on my smaller bedroom system where the difference is far less obvious. Even so, before my LD-S2 went on the fritz a .......
255: Music Lane, The skills you site are generally improvisational skills (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-09, 06:01:31 (68.161.37.119)
and I agree. And there are certainly some exceptions to the "lack of schooling" problem. But not many. As I said, I am uncertain where I might eventually stand on the issue but open minded about it. : .......
256: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Is Denon DL103 really that good? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-09, 05:57:03 (68.161.37.119)
Let us say that it has strengths far less common than the strengths of the AT OC9 series. The strengths are the lack of a rising high end (quite unusual for the day) and an ability to render the subtl .......
257: Vinyl Asylum, RE: "I used to own a DL-304 . . ." (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-09, 05:39:50 (68.161.37.119)
The 304 was a more "modern" or "analytical" sounding cart than the 103. The 103 is more "musical" Unless you bought your 304 from a reputable dealer when still in active production you may have enco .......
258: Films/DVD Asylum, Two politically incorrect facts (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-07, 09:18:10 (68.161.37.119)
Grits: Stalin killed more Jews in the pogroms and purges than Hitler. I've seen very little about that in the press or in art. Some deaths may have been incidental to Stalin's destruction of the intel .......
259: Music Lane, Penderecki - "The Devils of Loudun" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-07, 08:38:19 (68.161.37.119)
but I like "Sacre" too. .......
260: Music Lane, Rare, but Maurice Andre did, as I recall (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-07, 08:34:26 (68.161.37.119)
and Dennis Brain did Mozart Horn concertos that early. But you are right, they are very rare. .......
261: Music Lane, That could be a difficult stretch (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-07, 08:32:10 (68.161.37.119)
here's why I say that (though I am not sure I disagree). As Zubin Mehta discovered when he tried some joint concerts with "rockers" as had been done with jazz musicians, the majority of these people a .......
262: Vinyl Asylum, Re: South African Pressings - Opinions? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-04, 09:37:18 (68.161.37.119)
It was common amongst the Progressives in South Africa to denigrate everything in their society, including their pressings. And since the Progs held sway in the English Press . . . well . . . you get .......
263: Vinyl Asylum, and mine (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-03, 13:07:32 (68.161.37.119)
the VTA adjustment (and VTF, for that matter) seem extremely critical for this cartridge. .......
264: Films/DVD Asylum, Alex has done a pretty good job of explaining (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-03, 09:39:24 (68.161.37.119)
Brando broke the rules he established, instead of a non-possessive sex fantasy that existed outside of their regular lives, he tried to make it part of their lives. She grew more and more afraid as sh .......
265: Vinyl Asylum, Re: One-sided 78s (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-03, 07:08:14 (68.161.37.119)
I had good success cleaning them with an old Rec-O-Vax with just a hint of moisture on the bristles. The down side was that the method would worsen any flaw (a beginning "crack", for example). I also .......
266: Vinyl Asylum, Depends. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-02, 13:32:49 (68.161.23.213)
Arthur Salvatore thinks stand alones are hype and not worth the money. (see the link below). But he hasn't tried everything and his system has particular needs. The Audible Illusions 3 is excellent, i .......
267: Vinyl Asylum, It works if you do not have a scope. . . Sorta -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-02, 12:43:06 (68.161.23.213)
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268: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Can I wash 78s too . . . The same way I wash vinyls? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-02-02, 12:41:32 (68.161.23.213)
Jack has spotlighted the problem. Natural shellac was not used in most recordings past 1910. However, all 78s were all vulnerable to alcohol. Natural shellac is also vulnerable to water, but those are .......
269: Vinyl Asylum, The RCA Ormandies are a variable lot (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-31, 09:37:14 (68.161.23.213)
though the Utrenja (Penderecki) is excellent, many other problems reared their head on other recordings. They avoid the sins of the late Columbias, but commit sins of their own. And, as RCA always w .......
270: Video Asylum, Joe Murphy, Jr. was not emphatic enough. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-31, 08:55:33 (68.161.23.213)
the Advent in question was essentially a Kloss Novabeam. Unless this model was modified to accept computer inputs (VGA - 15 pin . . .a few were) in fact, even if it has been modified a scaler has the .......
271: Films/DVD Asylum, Not so, see the IMDB link within (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-31, 08:47:35 (68.161.23.213)
my LaserDisc, as stated, was 1988. The IMDB film release date was 1987. Not that the IMDB are perfect, they are not. But since I saw the film in Johannesburg in 1988, that would seem to make sense. Th .......
272: Vinyl Asylum, Which labels in what era? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-31, 08:35:41 (68.161.23.213)
it changed. .......
273: Vinyl Asylum, Tonearms, yes. TTs no -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-31, 08:34:32 (68.161.23.213)
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274: Vinyl Asylum, The OC9 always scopes with a high requency hump (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-31, 08:19:08 (68.161.23.213)
en fin , it has the signature of many 1970s MC designs; a slightly "hot" high end. Usually that was counteracted by electronics and speakers and, in truth, the area of the hump isn't audible . . . th .......
275: Vinyl Asylum, Actually; it does and is visible on a dual trace scope (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-31, 08:10:56 (68.161.23.213)
The horizontal and vertical comments stem from the early days (one brand of carts remained horizontal and vertical for some time . . . the Deccas). If you have early stereo recordings you will notice .......
276: Vinyl Asylum, Some few profess to hear it (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-30, 12:12:33 (68.161.23.213)
but the most likely downside is that it contributes to "inner groove distortion". However, that distortion is the product of many problems, some of which are actually helped by the stylus profile. The .......
277: Vinyl Asylum, Different from, and appealing to different tastes (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 13:49:26 (68.161.23.213)
There are some Ortofons and the Denon DL 160 that deserve some mention as well. Again, all systems are synergies and your ears, room and gear are your own. Find what matches them. Coming to these fora .......
278: General Asylum, I think there is something lost in translation (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 13:05:31 (68.161.23.213)
sometimes, tape monitor inputs are cleaner than the regular inputs if all of the controls (tone, loudness) cannot be removed from the input circuit. What is almost always true is that tape monitor out .......
279: Music Lane, Agreed,-nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 12:55:41 (68.161.23.213)
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280: Films/DVD Asylum, Agreed -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 12:54:08 (68.161.23.213)
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281: Films/DVD Asylum, The husband (Joss Ackland) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 12:51:58 (68.161.23.213)
is still very active. Outside of his great voice, there is his penchant for portraying great, evil South African protagonists (given the accent usually employed, Afrikaans protagonists). As are all of .......
282: Tweakers' Asylum, In the "Jon" lies the clue. In the "John" reside other matters. -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 09:17:10 (68.161.23.213)
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283: Films/DVD Asylum, Far earlier than 2002 overseas (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 09:14:15 (68.161.23.213)
was it that late here? My Laserdisc is 1988. It also contains one of my favourite lines when Sarah Miles wakes, walks toward a typically and staggeringly wonderful African sunrise (I lived in Africa f .......
284: Vinyl Asylum, The Hi-Fi nut was Dr. Herman Horne (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-29, 04:49:54 (68.161.23.213)
lecturing on Hi-Fi. Some of the bits are contained on the 2 LP release with excerpts from his radio show. There are two Herman Horne routines as well as Incident at Los Vorocies Bang Gunleigh, US M .......
285: General Asylum, Re: Go to your bank and ask to deposit it. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-28, 18:29:42 (68.161.23.213)
Depends on the bank, but I was indeed speaking of USPS Money Orders. Some of the more agressive, newer retail banks handle International MOs with a minimum of cost and time. .......
286: General Asylum, Re: Graphic Equalizer . . . see the linked post (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-28, 06:01:03 (68.161.23.213)
there are tradeoffs and an equalizer with only 10 bands of adjustment is of less benefit than a 1/3 octave unit. .......
287: Vintage Asylum, Yep . . . Saturdays were a western feast (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-27, 10:20:49 (141.149.47.11)
preceded by Perry Mason. Have Gun Will Travel (Paladin)followed by Gunsmoke .......
288: General Asylum, Go to your bank and ask to deposit it. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-27, 10:11:43 (141.149.47.11)
Many banks used to clear them overnight but a few years ago there was a flood of forgeries and many now clear them as a regular out of state check. For most banks that means days. Some banks stopped t .......
289: Vinyl Asylum, Many of the research projects and data on this (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-24, 10:34:40 (141.149.47.11)
come from other fields (including, believe it or not, race car and even jet fighter design, but including data disc drive head design) In all things with a real pivot (tonearm) or implied pivot (racec .......
290: Vinyl Asylum, The 160 (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-24, 08:41:54 (141.149.47.11)
the 160 has, as Raskin says, the best diamond at anywhere near the price. It tracks well with good micro detail retrieval. It is generally excellent bang for the buck. In certain setups it can sound a .......
291: Vinyl Asylum, Your supposition requires a bit more data (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-24, 08:32:35 (141.149.47.11)
The DL 103 is much more compliant laterally than vertically, a fact that is seldom recognised. It is this factor that causes many people to accept its use in less than high mass tone arms. Your implic .......
292: Vinyl Asylum, Doug is absolutely correct (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-24, 08:16:22 (141.149.47.11)
including the reason he mentioned. The proposal started in the 78 era but never gained traction. When LPs came out, the proposal was put forth again, but a de facto standard existed by then. Neverthel .......
293: Water Cooler, Harmonia has offered good advice. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-23, 08:52:07 (141.149.47.11)
I've had both and in Manhattan I have found Verizon better. But neither is perfect. As Harmonia said, check with users in your area. .......
294: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Vinyl does bass RIGHT ! A little review of bass favorites on my VPI (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-21, 12:20:24 (141.149.47.11)
There is a bit of ships passing in the night here. There is a reason that CD advocates often think that CDs have better bass. A technical answer is that CDs are capable of 2 Hz. Until the twilight of .......
295: Films/DVD Asylum, A story about the filming (perhaps apocryphal) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-20, 08:05:27 (141.149.47.11)
of course there were no computer/digital effects. When the faithful were led out of Egypt, DeMille had thousands upon thousands of extras. The story has variants, but the most common one was that he h .......
296: General Asylum, There is at least one reason you might want to keep it (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-20, 07:40:42 (141.149.47.11)
PITA though it is. Some material available on vinyl has never come out on CD and will almost certainly never see the light of day on SACD. If that is important to you you will have to transfer to CD o .......
297: Music Lane, Some say Beethoven suffered as well -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-20, 06:41:36 (141.149.47.11)
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298: Music Lane, Re: Van Cliburn or Alan Parsons... tough decision (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-20, 02:33:34 (141.149.47.11)
Cliburn was rumoured to have through an accident to his hands many years ago that affected his playing. What ever the cause he left the syage for a bit. Most think he has never been the same since, th .......
299: Vinyl Asylum, This might be "OK" on a toy for 6 year olds (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-20, 02:26:17 (141.149.47.11)
but nowhere else. Seek remedy. Now. .......
300: Vinyl Asylum, In addition, the earlier Susskind is even better played (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-20, 02:22:58 (141.149.47.11)
the sonics are not as good but the playing is amazing. Heifetz always treated the piece as a vehicle for virtuosity, which doesn't bother me but bothers some. .......
301: Vinyl Asylum, Ah, Denon and what they say about production (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-20, 02:18:12 (141.149.47.11)
they have indicated a number of times that the 103R was dying and even the 103 itself. It may be true this time. They finally killed off the 304s. Even so, the 103s stay quite good on the shelf and NO .......
302: Vinyl Asylum, I agree in general but with a quibble (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-19, 13:25:36 (141.149.47.11)
I agree about the quality control in all eras, and the quality of the pressings. They are usually superb. But when they changed their microphone amplification and their control boards to SS they also .......
303: General Asylum, And in NC (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-19, 10:33:14 (141.149.47.11)
the shift in the economy caused by online sales indeed decreases State Sales Tax Revenues, and at a time when unfunded mandates from Washington are increasing. The amount of the decrease is debated bu .......
304: Films/DVD Asylum, Agh! Sorry 'bout that. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-19, 09:33:06 (141.149.47.11)
As for lessons learned, when we stop learning we die . . . or become politicians! .......
305: Music Lane, There was a great cartoon in the 1970s (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-19, 09:29:02 (141.149.47.11)
(in Stereo Review I believe) showing a fellow with a blissful smile on his face listening the Gould's Goldberg Variations. Why was he smiling? His new bit of gear, of course! The "Glenn Gould Hum Fi .......
306: Vinyl Asylum, That's actually under $200, the 103R is under $300 (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-19, 09:21:17 (141.149.47.11)
and, like the 103 still available. I think it notably better than the 103. The Denon DL 301II is also available for @$200 and is quite a cartridge for that money. The AT OC9s are excellent values but .......
307: Films/DVD Asylum, Rico! Did your DVD of . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-17, 12:50:06 (141.149.47.11)
To Kill a Mockingbird arrive and if so was it OK? I trust it doesn't bother you (artifacts, et al) the way it bothers me. Just curious. .......
308: Music Lane, Re: Beethoven Bummer! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-17, 12:16:30 (141.149.47.11)
there is the possibility that he put(s) a thing(s) out there to see if he gets a nibble from a person who merely collects and never plays. (Both that type of customer and seller exist in abundance on .......
309: Vinyl Asylum, Re: good analysis (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-17, 11:19:06 (141.149.47.11)
Thanks. The transformer option was alluded to though not specifically mentioned. After you mentioned it I thought I would add a little. People I deeply respect are divided on the issue. All I can say .......
310: Vinyl Asylum, All systems are synergies. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-16, 10:08:10 (141.149.47.11)
Nevertheless, many very astute people believe that valves (tubes) are extremely beneficial somewhere in the chain. The argument about the mixture of SS and valves and which should do what is 30 years .......
311: Vinyl Asylum, In addition to Grin's comments (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-16, 09:54:19 (141.149.47.11)
Deccas were almost notoriously variable. Many people I know went through several before finding the one they liked and kept. I also found that the Decca favoured a linear arm (perhaps because of the s .......
312: General Asylum, I would say most of the best acoustic halls were designed before computers.,, (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-16, 07:00:14 (141.149.47.11)
I live in NYC in which resides that great acoustic Thalidomide baby called Avery Fisher Hall. It is better now than when it opened (though the original never made proper use of the specified "acoustic .......
313: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Negative feedback has become close to useless (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-15, 10:31:57 (141.149.47.11)
because the recipient retaliates. Getting retaliatory feedback removed is not always possible and is a royal PITA. .......
314: Music Lane, Almost a month after Tebaldi. Sad news, indeed -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-15, 05:16:41 (141.149.47.11)
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315: Music Lane, Re: Worst Tenors (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 15:30:58 (141.149.47.11)
I shall not go there. The rigours are so severe that criticism would be the nattering of those who cannot perceive what is required; forget doing it!. Re: Domino Placido is a singer and a man for whom .......
316: Films/DVD Asylum, "Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and Smiley (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 11:35:11 (141.149.47.11)
Smiley was the agent who tried to talk Burton over the wall in the denoument. Rupert Cusack played Smiley in the movie. He had a long way to go at that time. le Carre wrote great stuff. For fiction. A .......
317: Films/DVD Asylum, Shame that Reilly (well . . . the actor) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 11:24:47 (141.149.47.11)
ended up hunting large reptiles with Laura Dern. Mr. Neill has never caught on, but I quite like him. .......
318: Films/DVD Asylum, Chill, Dewey! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 11:18:27 (141.149.47.11)
A good transfer is a good transfer, even if most appreciated by Lipstick Lesbians or Diesel Dykes. Frankly, I have had a number of good times at Henrietta's on Hudson playing pool with the Mammas and .......
319: General Asylum, Re: Greenspan (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 09:19:01 (141.149.47.11)
the products are not manufactured here. Given that the dollar bubble broke and the dollar has now returned to 1996 levels things manufactured overseas increase. Of course, those who paid no attention .......
320: Music Lane, Re: hard to tell on the records (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 08:58:27 (141.149.47.11)
one consistant theme in my posts is that people should go to the hall. I love recordings because I can still hear a pale shadow of Björling, Melchior, Flagstad, Heifetz and others who are no longer wi .......
321: Music Lane, Re: Lauritz, Jussi, Jon and others (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 08:05:21 (141.149.47.11)
I only heard Vickers once in the era I considered his prime (about the time he recorded Aida with Price). His voice was full and effortless but a bit shy of the ring required to cut through a Wagner .......
322: Music Lane, I did, see my post above. -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 07:04:29 (141.149.47.11)
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323: Music Lane, Of our time, certainly (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-14, 06:25:00 (141.149.47.11)
However, when King recorded for Solti the voice was not what it once was and Vickers was a bit "brazen" in tonality . People do not realize how long Melchior lived and they certainly do not know how t .......
324: Vinyl Asylum, Oh yeah. That! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-13, 11:34:45 (141.149.47.11)
Even the legendary "Shaded Dogs" from the same stamper were variable; even when new and unplayed not to mention when used (abused) and resold. So, the variances from stamper to stamper were even more .......
325: Vinyl Asylum, Raskin has gone up as well (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-13, 10:58:37 (141.149.47.11)
Needle Doctor has it at $140 now. The DL-160 has gone to $180. And, given the correction in the dollar, what would you expect? And, lest someone try to be a polemicist (someone always tries, it seems) .......
326: Music Lane, Agh! Bigi. You just don't like the prat! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-13, 10:39:56 (141.149.47.11)
Neither do I and I sang the roll onstage numerous times. I preferred Siegmund . . . by a wide margin. Of course, the voice was better suited to that roll than Siegfried so maybe that has something to .......
327: Vinyl Asylum, Hmmmmm. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-13, 09:18:13 (141.149.47.11)
I thought about your post. As you may remember I am, and have been, linear for many years (1972 or 73 . . . I forget). Many of my clients are as well. That renders the skating comments moot in my case .......
328: Music Lane, Welcome to the wonderful world of philology! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-13, 03:27:50 (141.149.47.11)
Words have meaning in numbers of ways the root (and original) meaning of the words, the common and constantly evolving uses of the word, the "emotional tag-alongs" of the word Technically, the text .......
329: Vinyl Asylum, Both (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-13, 03:14:52 (141.149.47.11)
for the reasons stated by Andrew. .......
330: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Bach organ works, second some and add another (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-13, 03:11:43 (141.149.47.11)
The Chapuis is an excellent set, though like much Telefunken of the 1970s (after they went solid state) a bit bright and some might say bass shy. The various Fox recordings are Bach played with te .......
331: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Glass (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-12, 10:51:25 (141.149.47.11)
The glass was the external surround and top/dust cover on mine as shown in the link below. Was yours different? All of the References I've seen came with the glass case. Maybe they did a special model .......
332: Water Cooler, Over 95% of viruses exploit Microsoft (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-12, 06:56:45 (141.149.47.11)
including Word, Excel but especially Outlook and Outlook Express. I used WordPerfect and Netscape for years for similar reasons but finally had to change for integration reasons. So now MS Office is o .......
333: Vinyl Asylum, Know that (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-12, 03:57:07 (141.149.47.11)
though only after you corrected me some time ago on some misinformation I had been given on the 103R stylus. I always look under a scope now now. As for sphericals not being sensitive to SRA, Audio di .......
334: Vintage Asylum, If Coca-Cola posters are $2,000 . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 13:11:35 (141.149.47.11)
maybe this qualifies as "art of the 1960's". It qualifies as nothing else . . . well . . . maybe landfill! .......
335: Vinyl Asylum, Been there. Owned that. Only partially agree. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 12:32:38 (141.149.47.11)
But then, I've owned a lot of others. The hydrolic is/was a legendary table and quite good for the time. And Lord knows, it beats some of their later offerings (the Skeletal comes to mind . . . bought .......
336: Vinyl Asylum, Yep, but the Thorens did not have removable rings (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 12:19:12 (141.149.47.11)
to allow for different heights. I was never personally fond of either, frankly. At least not with my system and preferences! .......
337: Vinyl Asylum, Mind? . . . oh yeah . . . there's one here somewhere! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 12:16:54 (141.149.47.11)
I must have started as you were finishing. Sound's like a wife's comment to her husband actually, but I digress. .......
338: Vinyl Asylum, Re: set SRA for that particular test record (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 12:12:37 (141.149.47.11)
ABSOLUTELY! . Pick a thickness and a label and set for that, understanding that all else is less than optimal. Or get an Air Tangent and do settings for every thickness and era of every label you hav .......
339: Music Lane, Yes, I have the "Bubbles" version (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 09:15:45 (141.149.47.11)
That is one of the recordings that made Ms. Sills's career. It does indeed have some beautiful music but I do not (nor do the critics nor the public) consider the total work a success. I have never se .......
340: Vinyl Asylum, The black (and Crystal Clear's white) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 09:07:21 (141.149.47.11)
were used as stabilizers/plasticizers. Clear vinyl on picture disks often has excessive noise and breaks down more rapidly over time. .......
341: Vinyl Asylum, AS usual, Doug has ecellent advice. If you have a scope, however (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 09:03:36 (141.149.47.11)
and you have "set" your VTF and azimuth, play a recording with a frequency sweep and adjust for the flattest response. Note the setting. Then play the frequency sweep again and adjust for the least di .......
342: Vinyl Asylum, Not for the specific table and arm, but as a note (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 08:56:14 (141.149.47.11)
the 103R (being conical) seems to generally be happiest at level (no SRA angle). This is useful only if no one provides the answer to your question . . . or an answer that does not seem to work for yo .......
343: Vinyl Asylum, Bigi and I seem to have posted at the same time. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 08:52:54 (141.149.47.11)
Had I seen his post prior to posting my own, I would have refrained. But I didn't and this is an example of how one may appear to have ignored previous posts though he did not do so. I left mine as an .......
344: Vinyl Asylum, An even more radical example would be a Transcriptors (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 08:49:21 (141.149.47.11)
both they and Ringmat claim to incorporate the qualities of air as isolation/damping. The transcriptors, unfortunately, lasted into the Dynaflex era and the result was far from salutory. On the one co .......
345: Films/DVD Asylum, Agreed, but a slight caution on the DVD (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 04:47:12 (141.149.47.11)
there was more than one LD issue. One was horrible, two were OK. The DVD is nominally clearer, as always, but the slow pans coupled with extreme level of contrast and detail yield some scenes that are .......
346: Vinyl Asylum, Sorta, but not exactly (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-11, 04:25:16 (141.149.47.11)
In part I agree with Todd's post. To me, however, they still have an abundance of digitized sound. It seems to be less overbearing than Redbook CDs but there is still a lack of "palpability" and "dept .......
347: Water Cooler, There are some firewalls that hamper installation. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-10, 07:56:11 (141.149.47.11)
If you have one totally disable it and try again. Then, if you want to keep the firewall, uninstall Norton and walk away. Otherwize, uninstall the firewall and reinstall Norton. ZoneAlarm had such a p .......
348: Music Lane, Sure, I saw it (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-10, 07:45:58 (141.149.47.11)
There have been "phenoms" before and the complaints and praise were essentially the same. Paderewski, Horowitz, Radu Lupu, et all all were praised for their brilliant techniques and criticized for som .......
349: Music Lane, Speaking of Detroit and Halls (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-10, 07:34:20 (141.149.47.11)
Did they demolish Ford Auditorium or are they going to recycle it? And what happened to the rather good Æolian-Skinner pipe organ that hall had? (Certainly better than the hall itself according to mos .......
350: Vinyl Asylum, Some people reverse the question (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-07, 14:30:19 (141.149.47.11)
Though stand alone phono stages are better than the phono stages one finds in A/V recievers and integrateds there are numbers of people who claim that the stand alones have never been worth their hype .......
351: Vinyl Asylum, Doug has given good advice. Additionally (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-07, 12:29:22 (141.149.47.11)
you might want to consider the Galibier or Redpoint tables. The founders of the original Redpoint broke off from Teres. Their tables are very good and another of the "set and forget" variety. (What wo .......
352: Vinyl Asylum, In addition to Fred Js comments (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-07, 12:00:04 (141.149.47.11)
conical styli have no requirement for SRA. The setup is far easier and provides the great enjoyment for all recordings. Other profiles are extremely sensitive to SRA (especially Shibata and fine line) .......
353: Music Lane, Though I detest live audiences as much as you (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-07, 11:32:11 (141.149.47.11)
the hall is real. And Memorex is a corruption of reality. As true as this is for symphonic performances it is shatteringly true for opera. I always go to the hall to bring me back to reality. I don't .......
354: Music Lane, Agreed (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-07, 11:27:30 (141.149.47.11)
Though no one set is perfect. I keep coming back the the Szell as well. And, funnily enough, I play the Kubelik more often than the von Karajan. .......
355: Tweakers' Asylum, 47 Labs make a connector based on this principal (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-05, 03:58:03 (141.149.47.11)
I tried it, but found it was too loose on some RCAs. .......
356: Films/DVD Asylum, Some more (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-05, 03:53:09 (141.149.47.11)
Jodorowski's El Topo (1970). Though it is cut (I lived in NYC and saw the original numbers of times at the old Elgin Theater {now the Joyce}). The LD is the only decent copy available. Anything with .......
357: Music Lane, Bigger no, more penetrating, yes. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-03, 07:32:05 (141.149.47.11)
and the slight sharpness yields a slight differentiation. A simple example of sound penetrating is a boy choir. They are not as loud as an adult choir but the sound carries better. However, the main d .......
358: Vinyl Asylum, Not uncommon, sadly. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2005-01-01, 06:49:58 (141.149.47.11)
the photos look like thay could have been lifted from an article by Audio in the 1970s. Certainly there were similar photos in that article. In setting up cartridges, a dual trace scope with a good te .......
359: Music Lane, As a former opera singer, more often than I would have wished (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-22, 06:27:03 (141.149.47.11)
I sang in choruses from the time I was 14 and was a soloist (tenor) later. As the voice became more "Wagnerian", I eventually had to bow out. Heroic voices and Handel are not a good match. ::: TOPIC:: .......
360: Vintage Asylum, Perhaps (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-17, 07:03:03 (141.149.47.11)
Occasionally a Tandberg 310, 320 or 340 shows up on eBay (yeah, I know) for less. The Tandberg 3 series was excellent for the money in the day. The question, as always, is condition, condition and con .......
361: Vinyl Asylum, Seen? Yes. Groped? No. -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-17, 06:49:16 (141.149.47.11)
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362: Tweakers' Asylum, pburant offers excellent advise, additionally (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-16, 08:41:02 (68.161.20.67)
never forget that rollers isolate only on the horizontal they are couplers vertically. If the major excitation from the floor is vertical (the norm) they are not ideal there, though vertical isolation .......
363: Water Cooler, When my cat of 22 died (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-16, 05:39:26 (68.161.20.67)
I had her cremated. As other posters point out, many municipalities make burial outside a regulated area illegal. A nosy neighbor could add a huge fine and much hassle to an already trying circumstanc .......
364: Cable Asylum, Re: Even if components and cabling are identical, the room won't be (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-16, 05:30:48 (68.161.20.67)
Nor will the ears be. The physiognomy of the individual's ear is quite distinctive. From things like the size, flexibility and condition of the tympanic membrane, the the physical structure and conf .......
365: General Asylum, I had excellent results with the Original Blue Coral (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-15, 16:42:42 (68.161.20.67)
the automobile polish. I no longer have a car and I sold the piano so I do not know if the polish (a thin liquid) is still available. I used it with excellent results on real and synthetic lacquer, fr .......
366: Films/DVD Asylum, Actually, on their show, both he and Roeper were very positive. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-15, 11:01:37 (68.161.20.67)
Ebert actually called it a "masterpiece" and claimed he had tears in his eyes at the end. And Roeper was as enthusiastic as Ebert. In fact, I cannot find a negative review. There are those who cavil a .......
367: Vintage Asylum, Re: Ebay Seller Says, Shure Cartridge/Stylus Always Sold Separately (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-15, 10:49:42 (68.161.20.67)
As DocW says, never in my experience which is now more than 40 years. That isn't to say that a dealer would not have done a strange thing to secure a large purchase or for a friend. But I never saw th .......
368: Vinyl Asylum, I agree with John and Musikmike (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-15, 10:46:02 (68.161.20.67)
I have a number of clients who had the BPS, and I gave it a trial for a few months. There are far better carts available for the price IMHO. Mike said "dry and analytical" or a "90 pound weakling tryi .......
369: Water Cooler, Re:"Global warming is very very real" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-15, 08:41:08 (68.161.20.67)
Yes, but . . . The earth has gone through many warming periods before, although such dramatic rises as this are uncommon. Nevertheless they did occur. Though the atmosphere is warming, the earth its .......
370: Vinyl Asylum, But that isn't the best Heifetz IMO (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-15, 07:22:12 (68.161.20.67)
though the sonics are not as good, the earlier recording with Susskind has Heifetz in full command of his gift. As regards interpretation, I agree with you. Heifetz regarded the piece as an oportunity .......
371: Tweakers' Asylum, About which "general consensus" do you speak? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-14, 11:34:26 (68.161.20.67)
A clarification would be beneficial. Are you talking about the "consensus" about: To brace or not? How to brace? Where to brace? Optimal resonance frequency? There are others, but these will do t .......
372: Vinyl Asylum, I, too, await your responses (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-13, 17:40:28 (68.161.20.67)
thought I think a little more break in than one week (unless you play the Cardas sweep frequently) might be beneficial. Please be kind enough to provide your other components so that we might have a g .......
373: Vinyl Asylum, "Santa's Coming in a Whirlybird", Gene Autry -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-13, 04:22:34 (68.161.20.67)
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374: Tweakers' Asylum, Some people do. One of them, if I recall correctly, (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-13, 04:12:26 (68.161.20.67)
is Arthur Salvatore. .......
375: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, van den Hul says don't do it (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-13, 04:10:27 (68.161.20.67)
Some people do not agree with him, but this is presented so that you may have the opposing view. Quote: Contrary to the conventional wisdom, A.J. van den Hul sternly advises against fluxbusting your .......
376: SET Asylum, Websters is notorious for caving in on these matters (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-13, 03:51:06 (68.161.20.67)
as are the American Teachers of English (a misnomer if there ever was one). "Damp" is a technical term with a specific meaning and a measurement methodology. "Dampen" is not. Perhaps those splendid el .......
377: SET Asylum, Re: "orientate" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-13, 03:38:22 (68.161.20.67)
it appears this corruption of "orient" is due to the English and most of the other ex-colonies. For years I never heard this in the US, but with the plethora of BBC imports it seems to be spreading. O .......
378: Vinyl Asylum, I agree with Garth's assessment of the specs (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-12, 08:55:43 (68.161.20.67)
which are somewhat less impressive than those claimed by EIFL in their email. The stiffness of the suspension and the higher tracking force on the sheet lends credibility to the intention for ruggedne .......
379: SET Asylum, Quite. Unfortunately, this mistake is ubiquitous in these pages (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-12, 07:08:59 (68.161.20.67)
of course, it might be quite, er, uh . . . entertaining to see one apply "dampening" factor factor to a valve amp. Perhaps the eyes would light up in neon fashion and flash Eat at Joe's whilst sparks .......
380: Vinyl Asylum, EIFL are the only outlet I know of (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-12, 06:07:51 (68.161.20.67)
Even garth (who knows much) had no first hand experience of this cart just a few months ago. When pressed on the issue some time ago, EIFL said: "DL-103 PRO has much better high frequency response up .......
381: Music Lane, I have heard the same from others (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-12, 03:06:03 (68.161.20.67)
Though I went to Symphony Hall often, I did not live in Boston so I did not get there often enough on successive performances to notice this first hand. Bernstein was much the same way (I can vouch .......
382: Vinyl Asylum, There are damping rings expressly for (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-10, 06:00:52 (68.161.20.67)
the motor, the turntable shaft and the platter. While they are not as good as totally rebuilding the table with a mixture of sand and lead, they ain't bad. There is even a kit expressly for Thorens tu .......
383: Vinyl Asylum, Doug, two exceptions (perhaps) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 15:12:03 (68.161.20.67)
if you can find the Stravinsky Silver Box (Igor conducting the majority of his works) it is worth it, if mint (as you might imagine, mine is . . . I bought it new . . . as I have said before, there mu .......
384: Vinyl Asylum, I know the "I" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 15:06:55 (68.161.20.67)
I have no personal knowledge (carnal or otherwise) of the "A". I do know the Citation XI . . . it has no such facilties and isn't (IMO) within shouting distance of the I. Solid, dependable for early S .......
385: Vinyl Asylum, Been there, done that (and I own the tapes . . . ) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 14:44:39 (68.161.20.67)
the problems that come from the mastering process and cutting lathe are indeed gone. The BS courtesy of Lennie and the engineers trying to cope with the Academy are still in full force. It may well be .......
386: Vinyl Asylum, There are several preamps that incorporate . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 13:46:23 (68.161.20.67)
the different standards, virtually (not exclusively) valves and from days of yore. The Citation I comes to mind (but it ain't cheap) and the older Scotts and Fischers when they were actually worth a f .......
387: Music Lane, But Clark, Munch (nee Münch) was (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 12:51:01 (68.161.20.67)
of the "Teutonic" French school, epitomised by earlier Saint-Saëns, for example. You may find the following interesting. Munch rose to prominence in the late 1940s and 1950s with the Boston Symphony O .......
388: Films/DVD Asylum, To me, "Rebel" was not cool, it was White Hot (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 12:33:57 (68.161.20.67)
as was On the Waterfront . But, as I said, "cool" is hard to define. .......
389: Vinyl Asylum, In spite of my problems with many Columbia issues (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 12:04:33 (68.161.20.67)
I agree. But then, I even listen to old Stokowski, Paderewski, and early Horowitz originals. (I actually love some of the piano rolls!) Given no other choice (especially for Bernstein) I will suffer t .......
390: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, Lennie was a major contributor to this (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 11:54:34 (68.161.20.67)
and Columbia (whose engineers were obviously not of the caliber of Mercury, RCA and EMI) had a very wilfull and difficult conductor (Lennie) and a very difficult hall (The Academy of Music) which domi .......
391: Vinyl Asylum, In addition to Doug's article (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 10:03:25 (68.161.20.67)
there is a monograph by Hagerman. See the link. Between these two perhaps the fog may clear a bit. .......
392: Vinyl Asylum, Re: vocal distortion (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-09, 08:15:40 (68.161.20.67)
Skylab has pointed out some of the problems that could be caused by the pressing, your setup and the interelationship of the two. But there was another issue you addressed. Could this be distortion .......
393: Tweakers' Asylum, Unless you are very good at analyzing such studies (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-08, 08:49:13 (68.161.20.67)
take it with a grain of salt. Studies with politically correct results generate increased funding. And anything that is anti lead is very PC. Not a new phenomenon (Eisenhower warned us about it in his .......
394: Films/DVD Asylum, It is hard to define "cool" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-07, 16:08:39 (68.161.20.67)
I love most of the films here. Blade Runner was beautiful, profound, dreamlike and cool at the same time. But I'm with Rico. McQueen was cool (and, Lord knows, he was tough and not a poseur ) Bullit m .......
395: Music Lane, Bon Chance (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-07, 15:56:51 (68.161.20.67)
I had never heard this recording. But, in my misspent years as a performer I, as most opera singers, spent some time as soloist for a church. Unfortunately, I was a Wagnerian Tenor, which meant that I .......
396: Music Lane, Boy choirs and tracking (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-07, 11:26:36 (68.161.20.67)
My cartridge which is as new, seriously struggles to track the dynamic bits as it nears the label! Boy choirs not only drive carts right 'round the twist but also overload microphone amps and tape m .......
397: Water Cooler, A response, not clever repartee (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-07, 11:02:27 (68.161.20.67)
If your plaster walls have milled lathe work (i.e., not split willow, in which case you would be destroying something more valuable than that which you seek to hang) there are several ways. If the lo .......
398: Vinyl Asylum, Or a communication likely to be monitored by . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-07, 10:46:35 (68.161.20.67)
the morality police. Certainly the BSA. .......
399: Vinyl Asylum, Not as bad as many think (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-06, 04:52:46 (68.161.20.67)
provided the fireplace is built to Count Rumford's proportions. Once the firebrick heats up it throws a huge amount of radiant heat and if there is an air feed from outside the net gain is far higher .......
400: Vinyl Asylum, 78s do have one great virtue. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-06, 04:21:58 (68.161.20.67)
They were Direct to Disk. People forget that there was not even wire recording in the 1930s, and tape recording wasn't even a gleam in anyone's eye. A pristine later 78 is generally better than anythi .......
401: Vinyl Asylum, A nephew of the Earl of Sandwich? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-06, 04:03:39 (68.161.20.67)
Agh, when the fingers fly and one doesn't proofread, strange things happen. .......
402: Vinyl Asylum, Funny how that works! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-06, 03:50:08 (68.161.20.67)
The stuff looks similar to open weave platter mats sold for much more. I like the doughnut variety myself, but it is a pain to center. I have found the thinner variety of shelf liner beneficial on gla .......
403: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Bubble pack as an isolation device (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-05, 06:09:05 (68.161.20.67)
Anyone tried this? I've experimented with bubble wrap of various sized bubbles creating just such a sandwich. The device supported was a turntable. The accoustic signature was different for the vari .......
404: Vinyl Asylum, What a patient fellow, you are! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-12-01, 13:39:00 (68.161.20.67)
There is a raft of information in the archives. I would assume his (her) fingers work! Kudos to you for responding without saying the same thing I just said. Curmudgeon that I am, I prefer people exer .......
405: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Help measuring frequency response of my room (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-29, 08:50:22 (68.161.20.67)
My problem is this. When measuring higher frequencies i.e. >1000 hz or so, the meter becomes incredibly sensitive to where I stand behind it to take readings. I typically try to sit to the side of it .......
406: Cable Asylum, Yep. A recent addition to theeir product line! -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-27, 09:45:06 (68.161.20.67)
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407: Water Cooler, A few more (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-27, 09:43:16 (68.161.20.67)
Neil49's advice is excellent. I agree about the Waterman and find myself very fond of their nibs in general. There are more expensive Parker s that are worthy of examination as are some of the older D .......
408: Music Lane, If true, that is a damning review, indeed! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-26, 13:15:42 (68.161.20.67)
Fortunately, I had not heard the joke since 1964. The time interval wasn't long enough ;) .......
409: Music Lane, Hmmmm . . . You caused me to check (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-26, 13:11:43 (68.161.20.67)
Mine are Dutch pressings, all. However, my memory may have been faulty and I may have purchased them individually (though I did belong to IPS). Indeed, as these are missing the IPS insert, I now belie .......
410: Music Lane, As suggested by VINYLGUY, (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-26, 05:35:35 (68.161.20.67)
Davis recorded a cycle in a fairly short time frame Le Troyens (with Vickers in good form) Benvenuto Cellini La Damnation de Faust Roméo et Juliette Requiem The first two are with Covent Gar .......
411: Water Cooler, Correct, and explains the surprise, n'est pas? -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-25, 06:10:16 (68.161.20.67)
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412: Vintage Asylum, If I recall correctly CBS used 33.33 . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-23, 07:22:24 (68.161.20.67)
for everything. Mutual used 16.67 for "talking books", interview shows and the like (the only thing 16 was suitable for, even on AM) and most of the disks went inside out on both sides. The "Hour of P .......
413: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Tonearm Mass (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-22, 12:48:12 (68.161.20.67)
The standards change. What was a light mass tonearm in 1968 was medium in early 1970s and when the super light VTF fad took off, it was considered heavy. Advice is somewhat dependant on the age and th .......
414: Films/DVD Asylum, I actually saw it in the cinema in the US South (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-22, 12:35:26 (68.161.20.67)
(North Carolina, to be precise). In the original release. The reaction of the audience was interesting, to say the least. As this was a University town, extremely interesting. You may use your imagina .......
415: Music Lane, Praise be. Enlightenment may even come to Phillistines -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-22, 12:28:11 (68.161.20.67)
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416: Vintage Asylum, Actually, they were common in radio . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-22, 12:25:21 (68.161.20.67)
the networks (before telephony progressed) sent out shows at 16 2/3 on 16 inch platters. This about paralleled the change to tape. But both preceded sending the shows down a telephone wire and satelli .......
417: Vintage Asylum, As far as rugedness, absolutely! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-22, 11:48:55 (68.161.20.67)
And the Audiophiles are too tough on it considering the competition at the time. However, I always thought the sound a bit bright and hard (though not as bad as much of the non-valve competition). I r .......
418: Water Cooler, I would go even further (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-21, 06:52:18 (68.161.20.67)
Throwing a punch on the floor merits a fine and suspension. Going into the stands gets the player arrested. The only justifiable incident of going into the stands that I can remember involved Rocky Co .......
419: Music Lane, Even I like some of the "multimiking" labels (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-21, 05:00:05 (68.161.20.67)
I usually enjoy London in the 1960s and early 1970s (e.g. Culshaw and the Ring). French EMI/Pathé in the same era, RCA in the Living Stereo era. Even with my view I enjoy most of their classical recor .......
420: Vinyl Asylum, Sure, read and infer from the original post (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-19, 13:35:39 (68.161.20.67)
The Rabco mated to the Thorens had no such artifact. Nor did it have such an artifact mated to any table. It did have problems (no arm is without them), but that wasn't one of them. .......
421: Music Lane, Depends on the music (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-19, 12:18:43 (68.161.20.67)
but for classical recordings, Mercury Living Presence and Telarc (usually). They typically used (for stereo, Mercury did mono with one mike) two figure 8 microphones, carefully placed in a "V" configu .......
422: SET Asylum, Yes, for a number of reasons (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-19, 08:41:29 (68.161.20.67)
From what I know, there is almost no stereo seperation below 100hz One of the mostly widely accepted mistakes in common beliefs about audio. In an exchange with Mart on the Planar Asylum I explained .......
423: Vinyl Asylum, Were probably two things, though I can . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-19, 03:26:00 (68.161.20.67)
only report on the symptom. One of the glories of vinyl is a wealth of inner detail. Properly set up, good recordings have an almost palpable "realness" that is unattainable (to my ears) in sampled re .......
424: Vinyl Asylum, Andyr makes good points (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-19, 03:01:58 (68.161.20.67)
Additionally, there are some cables for phono that are terminated with RCAs. For sound, however, the best solution is an unbroken run from the cartridge to the phono inputs of your pre-amp/phono stage .......
425: Vinyl Asylum, Given your taste in music (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-19, 02:45:10 (68.161.20.67)
I agree that you should consider the Denon DL 103 (especially for classical, opera and choral). The Denon 301II also falls within your price range and tracks lighter but seems to not have the glorious .......
426: Vinyl Asylum, It varies in practice but remains centered . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-19, 02:23:58 (68.161.20.67)
on Denon's advice. Things that affect what it will require in your arm include: The effective mass of your arm (Higher mass arms require less VTF, all other things being equal) the temperature (hott .......
427: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Actually (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-18, 12:06:53 (68.161.20.67)
DD is the best at resisting stylus drag, especially when extravegantly executed. But the problem with both of these schemes is the lengths required in the design to eliminate noise. I once had an SP-1 .......
428: Vintage Asylum, To me, they sucked period (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 17:57:53 (68.161.20.67)
They sounded like a KLH5 covered by a wet blanket. And Kloss's Advent was better that either. However the principal buyers were the pop music/dorm set. They did have decent mid-level bass (though no l .......
429: Vinyl Asylum, Your weights are not correct . . . and (see below) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 17:43:59 (68.161.20.67)
Frank is correct. See his post. Nickles are different weights in different eras, as are dimes and pennies. The current penny weighs less than the 1960 penny. The current dime and the silver dime are n .......
430: Vinyl Asylum, Thank you, Frank (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 17:37:23 (68.161.20.67)
Sanity is always appreciated. What really matters is that when I get the cartridge dialed in (with my hearing), I can document the tracking force and repeat it again in the future when I decide to ex .......
431: Music Lane, The "vedic Hymns" used to be . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 17:28:15 (68.161.20.67)
obligatory in NYC vocal recitals. At least if one wanted to be considered "artistic". I was a Wagnerian tenor. My performing those (and they are rather lovely) was a bit like letting Attila loose at a .......
432: Vinyl Asylum, Moi?!?! I am trying to avoid poisoning the pool (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 14:56:27 (68.161.20.67)
In response, howsomever. the Rabco arm, being linear (it was linear, wasn't it?) and therefore much shorter than a pivoted arm Linear, yes. Much shorter, no. In fact, my length (pivot to stylus) was .......
433: Vintage Asylum, Depends on the vintage and the cost (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 12:36:23 (68.161.20.67)
Speakers are actually a key: Bozak Concert Grand, EV Patrician, Hartley Concert Masters almost always classical and/or acoustic jazz. AR3a . . . 60s rock/pop. And so it goes. .......
434: Music Lane, To quote Bugs Bunney (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 12:12:52 (68.161.20.67)
"He was so sensssssssssitive" that it drove many of his professional supporters nuts. He died well before the age of 70. And he always worried about the "Planets" because he considered it far too agg .......
435: Vinyl Asylum, You know, of course, that this is silly. Right? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 11:40:37 (68.161.20.67)
How can you trust these people to do this correctly? How can anyone trust that Geoff will interpret correctly (the use of the term VTA instead of SRA is a hint that he might not)? Look. Some years ag .......
436: Music Lane, No! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 09:59:32 (68.161.20.67)
I do not blacklist Monteverdi for sucking up to royalty Mozart for being a self-indulgent child Wagner for being an anti-Semite Holst for being an unmittigated "wynge" Bjoerling for being a souse Elv .......
437: Vinyl Asylum, Excellent point (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 09:28:29 (68.161.20.67)
Stylus drag has an audible effect on the speed of many tables, and necessarily has some effect on the speed of all tables. Quite! Even more, the drag varies depending on vinyl formulation, volume, .......
438: Cable Asylum, Sorta (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 09:18:27 (68.161.20.67)
the really significant problem arises at the nexi/contact points if they are not tight. There are those who maintain (skin effect yet again) that copper oxide has the opposite effect of silver plating .......
439: Vinyl Asylum, Yes, but this suggestion does present a mild problem (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 07:29:38 (68.161.20.67)
Adding weight to the ends of the arm indeed increases mass. And the further from the pivot the counterweight is the greater the effective mass. But you know all of this and just said so. However, conc .......
440: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Any one converted LPs into CD? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 04:27:18 (68.161.20.67)
Has anyone tried to convert LPs into digital form and into a CD? Plenty of people. A search of the archives will give you a wealth of information. Any tools to use for this and how does it sound so .......
441: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Won This Digital Scale .... (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-17, 02:28:05 (68.161.20.67)
It may work great, but there are some issues the stylus/scale contact point should ideally be at the level of a record's surface. you should probably buy a small set of weights to recalibrate after s .......
442: Cable Asylum, Actually, the full saying is (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-16, 08:45:06 (68.161.20.67)
TINSTAFL Which stands for T here I s N o S uch T hing A s a F ree L unch Widely used in computing, engineering, and politics. .......
443: Vintage Asylum, I knew someone who did it "in the day" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-16, 08:25:12 (68.161.20.67)
I can imagine keeping the box inside dims and driver relative positions exactly the same as if they were stacked in two boxes Kloss did a great job with these speakers and retaining the dimensions i .......
444: Cable Asylum, No, and as the other posters pointed out (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-16, 07:34:02 (68.161.20.67)
it is not uncommon for the signal and return legs to be made of different metals and to be different gauges (though the return is usually the larger gauge) Eichmann cables are constructed this way (g .......
445: General Asylum, The Case for Electronic Equalizers (long) (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-16, 07:00:04 (68.161.20.67)
The article is copyrighted and posted with permission. Equalizers are the greatest and most audible example of TINSTAFL ( T here I s N o S uch T hing A s a F ree L unch) in audio. Unless one spends we .......
446: Vinyl Asylum, Re: VTA adjustment w/ platter mats (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-16, 06:33:49 (68.161.20.67)
"Is it possible to alter VTA by using platter mats of varying thickness?" Yes. "In doing so I'm not sure if the platter is being overly damped" Perhaps, depends on the mat. "thus countering any VTA ef .......
447: Vinyl Asylum, Neither. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-16, 06:26:18 (68.161.20.67)
the 103 (and the R) are conical and are not sensitive to SRA. There is a minor VTA consideration but I have set up numbers of them and they have always sounded best when parallell. Their owners agreed .......
448: Vinyl Asylum, Yeah . . . been there, did that, shoulda bought the factory (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-15, 14:57:56 (68.161.20.67)
my turntable is a "one off" so most think it is due to my "intimate knowledge". I have enabled some of them to find tables that they love, but some have insisted that I make them one. I mean . . . do .......
449: Vinyl Asylum, I believe the problem with the proposed match (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-15, 12:30:12 (68.161.20.67)
is extreme low frequencies. And the 103 family, possibly because of the higher lateral/horizontal compliance, handles the problem rather gracefully, with far more rolloff than increased distortion and .......
450: Vinyl Asylum, Sorry for my tardy response to your questions! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-15, 10:52:42 (68.161.20.67)
"Would one of the old Audio Technica electronic stylus cleaners count as ultrasonic vibration?" Well, it isn't truly ultrasonic but it does a good job. Not knowing the condition of the cartridge, the .......
451: Tweakers' Asylum, Sorry I'm so late with this, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-15, 10:28:11 (68.161.20.67)
Can we drop the terms "drain" and "drainage," No. In acoustics and mechanical linkages the term has a defined meaning. There are various treatises on the subject (none of which you will find on an "Au .......
452: Cable Asylum, A couple of comments and a partial correction (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-15, 04:55:28 (68.161.20.67)
Copper wires vary all oven the lot, as do silver wires. Cables made from those wires will vary even more than the basic wire (dielectrics). Silver does have a reputation for definition (good) and brig .......
453: Vinyl Asylum, It isn't as simple as it seems, (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-15, 02:45:08 (68.161.20.67)
As Garth has pointed out previously, cartridges have horizontal and lateral compliance. The DL 103 is right at published spec vertically and has greater compliance than spec laterally. Garth has writt .......
454: Tweakers' Asylum, Can o' worms, this is (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-14, 05:19:14 (68.161.20.67)
Ignoring any form of music that is electronically amplified (I mean, is there really a standard position for the guitarist . . . such sounstaging is a matter of preference and is totally artificial) t .......
455: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Plinth Engineering ? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-14, 04:34:24 (68.161.20.67)
Any resonance on the plinth will be communicated directly to anything connected to the plinth. Such transmission may be reduced (but never eliminated) by various methods. You have noticed that some ma .......
456: Vinyl Asylum, Remember . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-14, 01:50:17 (68.161.20.67)
(for the 20th time) "no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American Public." And by the way, that is rather typical of PBS who seldom bother to check source data but rely on s .......
457: General Asylum, Chuck Y and David Spear have about covered it (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-14, 01:44:39 (68.161.20.67)
The tape out is, generally, a simpler signal path but if you need volume control, the pre out is needed. However, unless the tone control, etc. can be taken out of the signal path, it will be more com .......
458: Vinyl Asylum, They are considered amongst the best (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-13, 10:32:33 (68.161.20.67)
cartridges for price/performance ratio. The Denon 10x started over 40 years ago (I believe that's right, Garth) and the AT has also been around a bit. The Denon is particularly loved by classical musi .......
459: Music Lane, Actually - yes, though a bit surprising (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-13, 10:19:49 (68.161.20.67)
When he was young Pogorelich did the Bach's English Suites. They are beautifully played and without Gould's rather willful muscularity (which I also admire BTW). However, there is a pulse to the music .......
460: Vinyl Asylum, Actually, I see this rather often with used carts (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-11, 15:16:06 (68.161.20.67)
and often (depending on the cart and the cleaner) an ultrasonic vibration cures (or virtually cures) the problem. Of course, now and again, it toasts the cantilever or the coils (on a MC)! The other a .......
461: Water Cooler, Actually, since we're trashing people, how about Robert Wagner? -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-11, 15:05:18 (68.161.20.67)
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462: Water Cooler, Why carport? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-11, 15:03:38 (68.161.20.67)
Perhaps penury, perhaps misplaced thrift, perhaps God knows what! Me, I just sit up occasionally and use the shotgun. Racoons, it seems, spread the "word", one way or another. 'coon ain't good eatin', .......
463: Vinyl Asylum, There are several manufacturers who make . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-09, 11:43:23 (68.161.20.67)
a ring that goes on the outside of the platter, increasing rotational inertia with a very small increase in weight. Thit the AR bearing, they are an excellent idea. .......
464: Vinyl Asylum, Hell, Norm, there are even vintage integrateds with the capability (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-09, 11:40:41 (68.161.20.67)
Not to mention pre-amps. And since many vintage pre-amps are excellent phono stages and cheaper than a great many current phono stages, they are worth a look. .......
465: Films/DVD Asylum, Thank you for that (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-09, 11:27:13 (68.161.20.67)
At least a few of us remember. .......
466: Water Cooler, Dewey, good, bad and sorta (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-09, 11:23:59 (68.161.20.67)
Quite right, nothing should be read into the judge's instructions. Shatner's wife was so screwed up for so long that few people a. think him guilty b. would blame him if he were Now, if you wanna talk .......
467: Vinyl Asylum, The answer is "sorta" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-09, 11:02:21 (68.161.20.67)
As Skylab pointed out the Denon 103 likes high mass arms. However, as Garth has pointed out in other posts, the Denon is far more rigid vertically than horizontally (measured, not manufacturers specs) .......
468: Vinyl Asylum, It ain't quite that simple, but your advice is good (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-09, 10:54:47 (68.161.20.67)
1. The critical factor is SRA, not VTA (yeah, they are different), Shibata being the touchiest. 1. Conical are easier to adjust than other stylus profiles because they have no SRA, just VTA. They have .......
469: Vinyl Asylum, Re: "Perfect even" (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-05, 14:56:00 (68.161.20.67)
I have more than a few "mah own self". But then , I was a fanatic about cleaning even in the 1960s and I never fell victim to the "light tracking", let your stylus become a rampant chisel fad. Also, I .......
470: Water Cooler, Digital?! Or fully manual? -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-05, 14:41:39 (68.161.20.67)
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471: Water Cooler, Well done! I thought about laying it out . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-05, 14:39:41 (68.161.20.67)
but you obviously have greater patience than I. Quite so! Of course, grammer and spelling were both horribly irregular even past Shakespeare's time but, to my knowledge, you are absolutely correct! :: .......
472: Vinyl Asylum, What Dan_ed said to the tenth power (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 09:49:38 (68.161.20.67)
because of the minute signal strength the closer the cartridge is to amplification to increase the signal to line strength, the better off you will be. Long line level interconnects are available (or .......
473: Vinyl Asylum, An excellent point, that (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 08:16:23 (68.161.20.67)
People often forget the problems with tape 1. print through 2. substrate failure 3. treble loss from repeated playings 4. damage from old heads. Unfortunately, as those of us who remember vinyl from t .......
474: Vinyl Asylum, Some (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 08:08:37 (68.161.20.67)
but minimal compared to a complete cartridge. And using music is an excellent way to do it. .......
475: Water Cooler, Another interesting apostrophe rule (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 08:05:20 (68.161.20.67)
To show possession, a singular noun that ends in "s" must add "'s" (e.g. "This is the boss's briefcase.") A plural noun that ends in "s" adds only the "'" (e.g., "These are the bosses' plans!" {probab .......
476: Water Cooler, Well, I do forgive Faulkner, but few others -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 08:00:24 (68.161.20.67)
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477: Water Cooler, I liked Kennedy's "Cuber" myself -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 07:53:42 (68.161.20.67)
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478: Water Cooler, Actually, "historic" is irregular (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 07:52:30 (68.161.20.67)
the rule was as I stated above until the American Teachers of English* began other foolishness, allowing "Don Jewon" for "Don Juan" and other provisions for laziness and ignorance. *Now there is an ox .......
479: Water Cooler, If the French and Germans may insist (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 07:46:45 (68.161.20.67)
on the proper use of their irregular forms . . . so may we. "a" and "an" get particularly nettlessome when in front of "h". The British are better about this than Americans, but if the "h" is sounded .......
480: Water Cooler, Your has no relationship to the other two. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-04, 07:42:04 (68.161.20.67)
It is possessive, whereas "you're" is the informal contraction of "you are". The proper usage of these two ("you're" and "you are") depends on the formality of the communication. "Your" simply indicat .......
481: Water Cooler, A new, almost ubiquitous entry (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-11-03, 14:25:17 (68.161.20.67)
RE: None e.g., "None of these are any good" (my teeth chatter!) "None" is singular. Correctly said this would be "None of these is any good" (think "not one of these") John Simon once said (in "Paradi .......
482: Music Lane, Agh, Clark (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 14:59:15 (68.161.20.67)
let us wait. Then Tanglewood will magically appear. And you ("ever nigardly" I think you said) shall camp out and I shall Wheatleigh. Then we shall see what the promise may be! Sadly, I think that Til .......
483: Music Lane, Well . . . Faust works . . . sorta (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 14:53:28 (68.161.20.67)
provided one is willing to be "bitch slapped" in one's dreams (or the after life) by G. Bernard Shaw! .......
484: Films/DVD Asylum, In my territory now, Rico (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 14:31:33 (68.161.20.67)
The elder statesman was "retired". But he was there virtually daily and was very, very influential (actually . . . he "did it" according to the cast . . . all one has to do is look!). To my knowledge .......
485: Films/DVD Asylum, As Rico, I and others have opined before (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 14:26:51 (68.161.20.67)
a beautiful swan song . . . and a remarkable film. The only thing to compare it to is the Joyce . . . and one is left bereft of words. Better? Who cares! .......
486: Films/DVD Asylum, Actually, I do not mind his music (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 14:22:28 (68.161.20.67)
but it isn't Mozart. Then again . . . I was Wagnerian tenor. Whatever my virtues, I was not (nor was anyone else) the voice Melchior was. Nor the artist Windgassen was. Oh well. At least I did it! ps: .......
487: Films/DVD Asylum, Why do you think so, Clark? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 11:46:16 (68.161.20.67)
though I enjoyed them both .......
488: Films/DVD Asylum, Equal but different, perhaps ? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 11:45:10 (68.161.20.67)
"To Kill a Mockingbird" The movie had to strip away the asides (and some of the subtleties) but it kept mood better. I have always considered it one of (if not the) greatest products of the studios, l .......
489: Films/DVD Asylum, Agh, Patrick. Theories abound; facts are few. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 11:40:35 (68.161.20.67)
Though this scenario is not unlikely, given Mozart's penchant for ribaldry. The pox, mayhaps? Whatever, Salieri had nothing to do with it, mediocre composer though he was! .......
490: Films/DVD Asylum, Excellent film, terrible history . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 10:27:19 (68.161.20.67)
so bad, in fact, that Salieri's descendents should sue for liable. Nevertheless, I quite enjoy the original. Re: the latter, applying logic to a fallacious premise never appealed to me. Tom Hulce is a .......
491: Tweakers' Asylum, You have, you notice, receivied differing responses (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-27, 04:49:51 (68.161.20.67)
and justly so. Though the bearings isolate laterally they couple vertically. The material you choose for the balls, cups and mounting for the cups changes depending on the admixture of drainage and is .......
492: Vinyl Asylum, What is your preference on pin tubes? -nt- (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-26, 16:04:17 (68.161.20.67)
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493: Vinyl Asylum, The damage to the vinyl is simply less gradual (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-26, 09:55:30 (68.161.20.67)
however, a damaged stylus can play hob right now. As for wear, the cantilever supports stiffen, the profile of the cartridge gets blunted and it requires more and more pressure to track dynamic sectio .......
494: Music Lane, Both Tucker and Merrill were seen . . . (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-26, 07:56:32 (68.161.20.67)
at the Ansonia, now and again. Merrill and Bjoerling were close until Bjoerling's untimely death and then Merrill and Tucker's friendship seemed to grow. Both Merrill and Tucker were treated a bit sha .......
495: Music Lane, Robert Merrill - R.I.P. (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-26, 06:20:30 (68.161.20.67)
There was in the 1950s and 1960s what was often called the "second Golden Age" of opera. And Merrill was one of the best of those singers. A dyed-in-the-wool Yankee fan (and former semipro pitcher) th .......
496: Vinyl Asylum, It is very different, however (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-25, 15:35:09 (68.161.20.67)
MCs (and this is demonstrable on a scope) inherently have greater micro-detail (a coil is smaller that a magnet and easier to move quickly). But MMs have the replacable styli, are perceived to have gr .......
497: Music Lane, Ah! A huge problem! (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-25, 14:55:45 (68.161.20.67)
I quite agree . . . save that I would say "far more" rather than just "more". Unfortunately, many more people hear CDs on bad systems than go to Boston's Symphony Hall. So, the tail has begun to wag t .......
498: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Sealed Bernstein NYPO LP from late 50's (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-25, 14:20:36 (68.161.20.67)
Hmmm . . . First let me say that I emphatically disagree with Mr. Locke on the sound of Columbia recordings. And, as he says, a lot of other people disagree with him, as well. Even so, there is a rank .......
499: Vinyl Asylum, Pilot error or manufacturer's insufficiency? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-25, 14:06:07 (68.161.20.67)
or "puddy tat" rampant? .......
500: Cable Asylum, A graybearded topic, perchance? (0.00)
Posted by Auricle on 2004-10-25, 13:35:56 (68.161.20.67)
Variables compounded. Those who want absolute answers must have blind faith! .......
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