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1: Speaker Asylum, RE: The point of diminishing returns has moved (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2024-02-25, 07:06:13 (67.6.25.30)
I got that price from my host, perhaps after a cocktail or two. Yes, they are $800 each, which seems to me a stunning good value. And yes, the Manhattan he made with that wonderful Antika Formula verm .......
2: Speaker Asylum, The point of diminishing returns has moved (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2024-02-24, 15:03:37 (67.6.25.30)
I'm visiting a friend who teaches voice at university and whose CD collection may exceed 20,000 now. He has acquired some new gear. We listened to these last night: Martin Logan B100 Motion XT book .......
3: General Asylum, I forgot Arnie (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2024-01-09, 14:41:21 (64.145.79.100)
In 1974, my college roommate got a pair of original Servo Statik panels with 3 or 4 drivers dead. We called Infinity, Arnie answered, and when we told him our problem he said he would send replacem .......
4: General Asylum, Here are a few (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2024-01-09, 12:57:57 (64.145.79.100)
This was fun. Henry Kloss (AR, KLH, Advent, Kloss Video, Tivoli) Driving around the Northeast, I went by his various companies often, always intending to stop in and say "hi," but never did. Opport .......
5: Amp/Preamp Asylum, all BGW's are excellent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-12-22, 20:00:33 (173.70.70.182)
Grammy winner Steve Addabbo still uses BGW 250's every day in his studio. His amps have tens of thousands of hours on them. They sound terrific. Great mids and highs, no grit, and very authoritative b .......
6: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Used BGW 100-A (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-12-22, 19:57:20 (173.70.70.182)
All the BGW amps are excellent. (Grammy winner Steve Addabbo uses them in his studio, which is where I learned of them.) Great mids and highs, no grit,very authoritative bottom end, and absolutely sil .......
7: General Asylum, RE: most, if not all, will be , at best, "Assembled in America" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-12-04, 10:22:11 (173.70.70.182)
True, but some manufacturers make a consistent effort to support domestic sources. EveAnna Manley is open about where she gets components for her gear. Watch her many factory vids for details. There a .......
8: Speaker Asylum, Sometimes it works... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-11-19, 10:20:50 (216.151.180.148)
... sometimes not. If you can keep the two wire pairs going to each speaker separated by an inch or more for most of the run, you should hear significantly improved low-level detail. Check out Ric .......
9: Speaker Asylum, This worked well for me. (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-10-10, 10:24:31 (216.131.83.22)
nt .......
10: Speaker Asylum, RE: Sequerra in the house (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-10-01, 09:39:30 (216.151.180.190)
My error: it was Sidney Smith who worked with Dick on the 10-B. WW .......
11: Speaker Asylum, Sequerra in the house (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-09-30, 14:17:32 (173.195.15.179)
New subversive in the house. My partner called my (constant) audio purchases "subversive," but he loved good music. Just arrived, a pair of Dick Sequerra's Met 7 Mark II speakers for the desktop, f .......
12: Vinyl Asylum, Manley Chinook (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-09-19, 20:33:34 (74.105.99.134)
45 or 60 dB gain, switchable It accommodates either MM or MC WW .......
13: Vinyl Asylum, RE: MM Phono Stages With Gain Greater Than 40 dB (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-09-19, 07:05:33 (173.195.15.108)
If by "adding gain," you mean turning the volume up, understand that your pre, and pretty much all amplifiers, have fixed gain. The volume control *reduces* the input signal to give you control over t .......
14: General Asylum, Manley Stingray (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-08-20, 11:07:11 (74.105.99.134)
Not exactly an answer to your question, but related. EveAnna said that, during the development of the Stingray, they were testing output transformers they wound in house. Each subsequent transforme .......
15: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Tube Amp Volume Controls vs Preamp- where to set (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-08-16, 07:33:39 (216.131.83.77)
Just avoid the extremes. The very ends, bottom or top, are where pots often have marginally good contact, or accumulated schmutz. WW .......
16: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Plangent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-08-11, 05:18:28 (216.131.82.58)
I get the feeling it's growing, and the premium labels are certainly aware of it. What I don't know is the cost of the hardware and software, which, I suspect, might be substantial. Think happy though .......
17: Vinyl Asylum, Plangent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-08-10, 10:15:57 (71.104.18.50)
"Obviously, only Direct Stream Digital (DSD) can match (and maybe even surpass?) analog." Not obvious at all; actually, wrong. DSD has some compelling qualities, but seems to always have a layer of ho .......
18: Speaker Asylum, First step... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-30, 07:25:49 (64.145.79.136)
Go through the exceptionally detailed setup steps in the manual. You may find it gives you what you need. WW .......
19: Radio Road, using a 'scope (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-21, 09:43:24 (216.131.82.71)
If you have one of the McIntosh tuners with the "TP1" and "TP2" RCA sockets, connect them to your dual-trace scope to see all sorts of info on your signal, including relative signal strength, multipat .......
20: Tubes Asylum, for 1 hour, leave on; for 2+ hours, turn off YMMV (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-21, 09:36:46 (216.131.82.71)
nt .......
21: Speaker Asylum, RE: Custom Metal Fabrication Needed (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-21, 09:34:53 (216.131.82.71)
Check machine shops in your area. They'll be in the neighborhood where the auto body shops are. They almost always welcome one-off jobs and generally charge very little. Bring your drawing and stop by .......
22: General Asylum, There were some great transfers from then (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-10, 07:03:51 (173.195.15.133)
Wilma Cozart Fine's CD issues of the classic Mercury recordings were, and are, excellent. There has been good and bad in all eras. WW .......
23: General Asylum, Manley (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-07, 08:43:22 (173.195.15.198)
They keep many models in production for decades. The Stingray started in 1997. The Massive Passive EQ from 1998. Yes they do hold up, and yes, I'm a fan. WW .......
24: Vintage Asylum, Deoxit Type F (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-03, 13:41:40 (71.104.18.50)
Type D for switches, F for faders. .......
25: General Asylum, Steve Addabbo at Abbey Road (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-03, 13:24:40 (71.104.18.50)
He had a client with kids choruses who flew him there every year for a week of tracking sessions. Their mic collection was breathtaking. WW .......
26: General Asylum, RE: if you were going to open a hifi shop what brands would you sell ? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-03, 12:55:11 (71.104.18.50)
Here are the candidates - needs lots of paring down: Quad - ESLs, maybe electronics Manley - pre's, pwr amps, integrated, Massive Passive Thorens Nagra PS Audio - pre's, pwr amps Lockwood Fyne Bottleh .......
27: General Asylum, RE: My take (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-01, 21:39:37 (64.145.79.178)
re Beatles Mono I assisted for Steve Berkowitz on other projects while he prepped this one. He had the wonderful tape conservationists at Columbia/Sony create 24/96 files from the masters. He then wen .......
28: General Asylum, My take (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-07-01, 08:13:24 (64.145.79.177)
1. Subwoofers Bad ones are amazingly bad. Good ones are sonically invisible. Much depends on the design of the mains speakers. If sealed, with their 6 dB/octave rolloff, mating a sub is almost impossi .......
29: Digital Drive, Metric Halo ULN-2 3D (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-06-26, 05:27:50 (64.145.79.154)
Though pretty long in the tooth, the ULN-2 stays put. The plug-ins that come with it are wonderful, and Metric Halo's customer service is in a class, shared with Manley, that no one else approache .......
30: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Whats your sound system for your computer? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-06-26, 05:13:02 (64.145.79.154)
Schiit Modi DAC Lepai Class D amplifier ($20 on ebay) ADS L300's modded Bluejeans (I think) speaker wire Frameworks desktop speaker stands Dayton SUB-800 Surprisingly involving, nicely balanced. WW .......
31: General Asylum, Actually, the opposite is true (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-06-19, 06:45:08 (64.145.79.201)
A room with a wide array of surfaces and straight walls/floors/ceilings broken up with various "stuff" will likely be far more neutral than a plain box. .......
32: Tape Trail, Richard Hess on SSS (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-06-01, 08:12:06 (64.145.79.196)
He is one of the authorities on tape in general andSticky Shed Syndrome in particular. From my time in the studio, we occasionally baked tapes, but then used the just once to play back, then trashed t .......
33: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Is this unit.... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-05-26, 06:45:29 (216.131.83.28)
All discrete other than a pair of 7812 regulators in the power supply. EQ modules are passive, and there is a tube-based gain stage to make up volume reduced by EQ cuts. The latest version has thei .......
34: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Massive Passive (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-05-25, 09:16:25 (216.151.180.70)
For those with deep pockets or the patience to wait for a studio unloading gear, the Manley Massive Passive is somewhat unique. (Used MP's require something on the order of $3,500-ish. New units ar .......
35: General Asylum, yup (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-05-22, 19:40:40 (64.145.79.202)
Whether in a band or attending loud concerts, these work. They are very comfortable, and maintain tonal balance, just 20 dB lower. WW .......
36: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: New preamp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-04-30, 12:18:46 (216.151.180.226)
As long as you steer clear of extreme oddballs, preamp tubes are generally affordable. Also, they almost always last 10,000 hours or more. Life-spans of 40,000 hours for preamp tubes are common. Ma .......
37: General Asylum, Braun LV-1020's (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-03-22, 10:46:52 (116.90.74.197)
Internally tri-amped, flat, flat, flat, from sub 30 Hz up to the skies. Lovely sound on all music, great dynamics, maybe a touch of sweetness. Good, not great imaging. Everything sounded good. Geor .......
38: Speaker Asylum, These - Tannoy Churchill (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-02-19, 09:08:05 (216.131.82.41)
USD $6,308.21 C$ 8,500. Located in Montreal. Someone should grab these, but measure your room first - they are two feet wide and two feet deep. WW .......
39: Vinyl Asylum, Slightly off topic - the best recordings I've ever had (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-02-14, 10:20:42 (173.195.15.179)
I have many LPs that were made with an all-analog chain. Some are spectacular. Steve Berkowitz and Sean Magee's Beatles mono set is one. The early Doug Sax direct-to-disk records *are* all they're cra .......
40: General Asylum, RE: Sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news; Mr. Sear died in 2010. (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-02-12, 07:35:09 (173.195.15.179)
Thanks John. My memory, it turns out, isn't quite as off-base as I thought. It's curious that whoever runs Searsound these days give no hint of this on their web site. Again, thanks. Bill .......
41: General Asylum, Walter Sear, "Some Like It Hot," tubes, vintage mics, and tape (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-02-11, 15:53:19 (173.195.15.117)
First, watch the video of the tracking session at Sear Sound for the cast album here. Even through all the compression and other internet evils, the sound pops. Bravo Charlie Rosen and the other orche .......
42: Speaker Asylum, RE: Connect subwoofer to old receiver (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-02-06, 10:58:31 (64.145.79.118)
No. When you connect the receiver's outputs to the sub, and then connect the speakers to the "speaker" outputs on the sub, the main speakers get a high-pass filter, so they're not being asked to repro .......
43: General Asylum, Hodgepodge (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-01-23, 10:40:44 (64.145.79.214)
I have Tannoy Stirling GR's with a pair of Manley Snappers. I only use a watt or two of the hundred the Snappers can produce, but they sound *so* good, they're staying. (They have the best bottom end .......
44: Tubes Asylum, Thanks, Jim for all you've done. nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-01-05, 06:20:16 (71.104.28.140)
nt .......
45: Digital Drive, Metric Halo ULN-2 used (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2023-01-04, 08:05:19 (216.131.82.40)
This is a full interface; not just a DAC. It has: 2 channels of mic/line inputs (TRS or XLR) 18 digital channels in/18 out (DAC/ADC) enormous library of plugins with a drag-and-drop interface M .......
46: Headphone Heights, Bottlehead Crack (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-26, 07:32:10 (173.195.15.100)
The Bottlehead Crack is a single-ended triode, output transformer-less amp for high impedance headphones. It is superb. It is a kit, requiring very easy soldering. The "Speedball" constant-current .......
47: Digital Drive, And... the UA 2192 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-25, 10:21:28 (173.195.15.243)
On the market starting in 2003 and long out of production, this one keeps commanding higher and higher resale prices because studios know how good it sounds. Two-channel only, with fully balanced, .......
48: Digital Drive, Then there's Metric Halo (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-23, 09:44:11 (173.195.15.128)
They make interfaces, i.e. a DAC, ADC, and some combination of line and/or mic inputs, a product category they invented. Their hardware comes with tracking/mixing software that can work either sta .......
49: General Asylum, Sorbothane (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-23, 09:06:42 (173.195.15.128)
These work very well, especially at absorbing low frequencies. Available in many sizes on ebay. Do put a piece of paper or cardboard under them, as, with time, they tend to stick, leaving a mark wh .......
50: General Asylum, RE: Agent 99?!?! -NT (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-18, 15:26:37 (71.104.28.140)
Yup - she was reading a kid's book. .......
51: General Asylum, RE: The indisputable logic of using EQ (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-18, 12:58:52 (64.145.79.154)
It was a mix, limited by the size of the live room, which was 26 x 20 - see pic. (The vocal booth folds away when not needed.) Many rock bands, singer/songwriters, chamber groups, jazz combos, pia .......
52: General Asylum, RE: The indisputable logic of using EQ (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-18, 09:59:31 (64.145.79.154)
My studio experience was brief, about six years, and I only spent a little time with mastering engineers, but, for what it's worth, I found that EQ was very rarely used - possibly the least used outbo .......
53: Speaker Asylum, RE: Dick Sequerra MET 7 and its absurdly wonderful paper tweeter.... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-17, 11:10:11 (64.145.79.151)
I had a pair of Met 7 Mk II's and loved them for years. I only swapped them out when I got a pair of Spica TC-50's in. Curiously, it was the tweeters that caused the swap - the Met7's sounded ragged i .......
54: General Asylum, RE: What did your folks play music on and what played? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-12-04, 08:22:21 (71.104.28.140)
RCA hifi. Ella never sounded so good. WW .......
55: Hi-Rez Highway, Complete list of Plangent recordings (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-11-11, 08:46:19 (216.131.83.22)
Here they are: Bruce Springsteen All analog Springsteen albums. Bruce Springsteen Album Collection Vol. 1 1973 to 1984 Boxset (5 of the albums) Bruce Springsteen Unplugged Springsteen "The Promise" bo .......
56: Headphone Heights, RE: Bottlehead Crack/Speedball (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-11-10, 10:36:47 (64.145.79.3)
The 6080, 5998, and WE 421A all sound the same to me. The 421A has the coolness factor of the WE logo, so there's that. Silly, I know. For real answers to your question, browse the user forums on the .......
57: Speaker Asylum, RE: Did you hear it (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-11-07, 18:31:15 (71.104.28.140)
Nope. We had it in a demo room with a C28, MC2300, Revox A77, and a Thorens 125 with a Shure V15 of some sort. .......
58: Speaker Asylum, RE: never heard this one (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-11-07, 10:31:35 (173.195.15.100)
I have. Honky, dreadful, but oh so pretty. .......
59: Headphone Heights, Bottlehead Crack/Speedball (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-31, 07:38:54 (216.131.82.5)
If you have high-impedance cans, the Crack amp is outstanding. With the Senn HD-800 it's the best sound I've ever had. It costs $350-460 depending on options. It's a kit, with excellent instruction .......
60: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Can you safely clean a tonearm in an ultrasonic bath? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-11, 10:51:35 (216.131.82.41)
Why would you want to? WW .......
61: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: The question for me is.... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-11, 10:42:09 (216.131.82.41)
Sure. We ended up with Len at Manley (great support guy, btw) suggesting there might be something with my current tube set causing the problem. So I bit the (big painful) bullet and ordered a re-tube .......
62: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Is that glare, 1st Pic, or the Solder Blob That Ate Chicago? nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-11, 09:35:29 (216.131.82.41)
glare .......
63: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Manley Snapper mod (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-10, 06:55:11 (216.131.82.47)
I misspoke - teensy machine screws. WW .......
64: Tube DIY Asylum, Manley Snapper mod (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-09, 17:03:59 (216.151.180.57)
My Snappers date from their first day of production, so they're getting on. The factory updated them a few years ago. Still, they pop B+ fuses pretty often. Getting at the internal fuses require .......
65: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I love New York punk. (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-08, 09:41:19 (64.145.79.22)
Steve Addabbo and the New York Dolls at his Shelter Island Studio. Don't know the date. WW .......
66: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Manley (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-06, 21:00:37 (173.195.15.222)
So far, just the headphone amp and a bunch of the line-level studio gear. None of that has 500V power supplies. .......
67: Tape Trail, RE: Hold down tape? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-05, 08:29:55 (173.195.15.222)
nt .......
68: Tubes Asylum, Ground loop fix (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-10-04, 13:22:30 (173.195.15.243)
I've been struggling with a ground loop ever since adding the Manley Massive Passive to my otherwise single-ended system. Thanks to Len Knitter at Manley who recommended the GND Defender, all hum has .......
69: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Manley (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-09-21, 08:49:02 (173.195.15.194)
They have switch-mode power supplies in some of their pro gear, including their mics, the Force, Core, Massive Passive, and some others. EveAnna says it enables a much lower noise floor, better imagin .......
70: Digital Drive, Nothing touches Plangent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-09-17, 14:32:12 (173.195.15.186)
Plangent-processed recordings beat all other media, including 15/30 ips half-track. Plangent uses special playback heads that are good to about 100 kHz, and separates out the bias waveform from the au .......
71: Vinyl Asylum, Check out the Polyphony record auction catalog (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-09-15, 11:42:25 (173.195.15.37)
polyphonyrecordings.com .......
72: Headphone Heights, One more to put on your list (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-09-15, 11:39:48 (173.195.15.37)
The Manley headphone amp. Very expensive and everyone raves about it. Bonus: EveAnna's company provides some of the best customer service on the planet. The Bottlehead Crack amp might work, though it' .......
73: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Amp tech on Long Island (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-09-15, 11:33:27 (173.195.15.37)
You got two of the good ones - Blackie Pagano and Ben Jacoby. One more is Richard Modaferri at Audio Classics. He knows McIntosh inside-out and his work is superb and I find his rates fair. WW ::: TOP .......
74: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Sony 1130 integrated amplifier question (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-09-06, 11:44:16 (64.145.79.151)
So you're getting nothing from the preamp outputs? That narrows it down. Has it been re-capped? It's almost inconceivable that the many electrolytic caps are within spec after all this time. Have you .......
75: General Asylum, The best reproduction in 2022 is... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-09-04, 11:57:34 (64.145.79.10)
... Plangent-processed recordings. Prior to this, high-speed half-track was, by far, the king of the hill. CD playback, btw, can be surprisingly good - the K&D Sessions is a great example. Plangen .......
76: Radio Road, RE: mac tuners (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-08-22, 11:57:09 (216.131.105.132)
I've had the MR-67, -71, -74, and -77. Of the solid-state models, I liked the sound of the 74 best, though the 77 had a terrific RF section. But none hold a candle to the audio quality of the 67 or .......
77: General Asylum, There is another great organ in Ocean Grove, not far from Atlantic City (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-08-22, 11:49:02 (216.131.105.132)
It's a 12,000-pipe Skinner, I think. They have 2 concerts left in the summer program. If you can't make it there, Gordon Turk recorded a CD (maybe two, I forget) on that instrument. The recording i .......
78: Vintage Asylum, RE: Coolest-looking vintage gear (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-08-20, 16:12:09 (216.131.82.77)
I'm going nuts with this - old versions keep popping up despite deleting files, re-uploading, and clearing cache. It is a true gumption trap, for those who remember "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Main .......
79: Vintage Asylum, Coolest-looking vintage gear (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-08-20, 10:34:22 (173.195.15.214)
For no reason at all, I put together a list of the coolest-looking vintage gear I've known - at the link. WW .......
80: Tubes Asylum, I follow EveAnna's approach (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-08-15, 12:34:13 (216.151.180.232)
She says, and my experience concurs, that most tube gear gets about as good as it's going to get in about a half-hour. If that's the case, there is no reason to leave it on 24/7. And as all my tube ge .......
81: Vinyl Asylum, RE: AR Turntable tonearm question (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-08-02, 15:40:52 (72.68.66.228)
re: anti-skate Harry Weisfeld of VPI, which makes some of the best tonearms on the planet, said that anti-skate improves tracking a bit, and hurts the sound a bit. As cartridges today track so very we .......
82: Radio Road, years nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-07-30, 15:26:51 (216.131.82.47)
nt .......
83: General Asylum, Manley nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-07-30, 10:29:30 (216.131.82.46)
nt .......
84: Radio Road, RE: Tuner Alignment (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-07-29, 11:16:02 (216.131.82.59)
Send it to Richard Modaferri at Audio Classics. He is the absolute best and the only one I know who regularly improves the great Mac tuners. After all, he was on the design team there when they wer .......
85: Tape Trail, RE: Revox A77 high speed - with speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-07-28, 08:47:03 (216.151.180.190)
First, get the work done on it without waiting. The Frako caps in that unit are notorious for leaking and shorting, which can leave you with a huge repair bill. To have all the options you want, se .......
86: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Manley Neo-Classic 500 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-07-11, 16:40:07 (216.131.82.23)
Great amps from the company with perhaps the best customer service on the planet. Should be plenty power - an old Stereophile piece noted overloading the bass drivers severely with 100W, fyi. WW :: .......
87: General Asylum, RE: the "Mother of the MP3" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-07-02, 21:18:00 (216.151.180.160)
Note from Steve Addabbo, who made the recording: https://shelterislandsound.com/mp3.php .......
88: General Asylum, RE: Plangent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-07-01, 07:22:16 (72.68.66.228)
I suppose there are a few recordings that might benefit from a D-to-A conversion, then cut to an LP, but I suspect they would be very few, and perhaps none at all. Great LP playback can be thrilling; .......
89: General Asylum, Done with digital... just when it's getting good (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-06-30, 10:22:19 (216.131.83.89)
Get a 24/96 copy of the Paray/Detroit/Dupré Saint-Saëns 3rd Symphony, brilliantly remastered with the Plangent system by Tom Fine at prostudiomasters-dot-com. It's not just a great recording, but a .......
90: Vintage Asylum, RE: Waiting for the new Manley preamp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-06-17, 09:35:17 (64.145.79.165)
The wait is unknown. Probably longer than an hour, hopefully less than a year. WW .......
91: Vintage Asylum, Waiting for the new Manley preamp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-06-17, 07:50:29 (64.145.79.165)
... and that's it. .......
92: Vintage Asylum, I had one - not good (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-06-03, 12:57:22 (64.145.79.52)
I bought it direct from the factory, as I worked for a Mac dealer. Loved it. Then one day a friend brought over a beattoshit Dyna PAS-3x, and I was blown away. The C26 sounded muffled and dull in comp .......
93: Speaker Asylum, RE: Until last week, I never realized that Tannoy means a public address speaker (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-05-29, 17:42:30 (216.151.180.117)
That's actually what made them famous, to the point where "tannoy" means PA speaker, as "I heard it on the tannoy." .......
94: Speaker Asylum, Tannoy (used) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-05-28, 14:05:58 (173.195.15.76)
If you consider used, there are Tannoy Cheviots, Little Reds, and Eatons on the used market now under $2k. Check hifishark for listings. WW .......
95: General Asylum, Better speakers? Dahlquist (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-05-24, 08:12:46 (216.151.180.196)
After not seeing any show up in the used market for a few decades, I've seen two pairs of Dahlquist's ALS-3 speakers. I had a pair once driven by a decent Pioneer amp, and the sound was glorious. T .......
96: Amp/Preamp Asylum, BGW and SAE (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-05-22, 09:29:03 (64.145.79.135)
BGW power amps, from the little 100A on up, compete vary well with the latest and greatest. Many still doing yeoman duty in studios, often available very cheap. SAE's 2200 is another ubiquitous presen .......
97: Vinyl Asylum, Nope (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-05-13, 10:56:23 (216.131.82.64)
"First, in audio, everything is better today." Lots of old gear competes very well with new gear. BGW and SAE power amps still do full-time service in studios for a reason - they're good. (BGW 100A an .......
98: Digital Drive, hardware and software compressors (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-05-05, 10:32:12 (173.195.15.113)
Hardware compressors are expensive, but if you have deep enough pockets, the SSL G384, Urei/Universal Audio 1176, or Manley compressors can certainly do the job. More affordable options are the compre .......
99: General Asylum, I'm happy with the site... and open to changes (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-30, 12:39:37 (64.145.79.171)
I check in on both Asylum and Gearspace daily. The Asylum classic version is easy to read, search, post, and update. That said, if someone wants to make a better version, I'm open to change. Cheers, W .......
100: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Manley Massive Passive (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-28, 14:24:55 (216.131.82.5)
If you can swing the cost, try the Manley MP. At the very least, download the manual, which is a master class in EQ techniques and phase. If you monitor the pro audio buy/sell sites, they crop up n .......
101: General Asylum, RE: IMHO, that documentary is somewhat out of date (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-17, 09:45:08 (173.195.15.73)
I spent most of a day at Steinway some time in 2009 or 2010, as an outing organized by either the Recording Academy or the AES, I forget which. The factory was beautifully organized and spotlessly .......
102: General Asylum, Oppo BDP-95 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-12, 12:59:13 (64.145.79.16)
No failures, no hiccups, no failures or service. Bought when they first came out. It's DAC is just OK; running audio for CDs to the Metric Halo ULN-2/3D brings the audio alive nicely. WW .......
103: Radio Road, RE: Marantz Tuner Model Inquiry (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-10, 08:24:54 (216.131.83.65)
The 10-B is legendary, and for good reason. Bring very deep pockets to keep it in top form. The McIntosh MR-71 with Richard Modaferri's mods has been called, by the always humble Modaferri, as the "10 .......
104: Speaker Asylum, RE: Are 3-way speakers better than 2-way, with piano recordings ? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-06, 20:48:09 (72.68.66.228)
Un-ask the question. There are no meaningful generalizations that can be made about piano recordings and 2- or 3-way speakers. Dahlquist DQ-10's (5-way) were great on piano. Tannoys are all superb on .......
105: General Asylum, RE: Loudness progress? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-06, 18:44:12 (72.68.66.228)
In my five years of assisting for Steve Addabbo, we used autotune for two clients: once each year for a severely pitch-deficient amateur singer of standards, and once for a rapper who came in and hand .......
106: Tubes Asylum, Manley pre development progress (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-05, 18:11:00 (173.195.15.215)
Their new phono + line stage is getting close. It has their "Look Ma - no 60 Hz!" switch-mode power supply that automatically adapts to any A/C power on the planet. All inputs configurable as line, .......
107: General Asylum, Loudness progress? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-04-05, 03:26:49 (173.195.15.215)
This from Alan Silverman in the FB Mastering Engineers group: Breaking news - this just in: un-crushed records win major Grammy Awards. Silk Sonic, led by Anderson.Paak and Bruno Mars, swept the field .......
108: General Asylum, RE: Closer to "The Tube Sound" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-03-17, 10:41:02 (173.195.15.223)
When I reference "tube sound," I mean these, for starters: Variable mu compressor ELOP compressor (Teletronix LA2A et al.) Neumann & Telefunken tube mics - U47, U67, KM56, M49, et al. AKG C12 Abbey .......
109: Vintage Asylum, Deoxit Type F (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-03-13, 03:40:23 (216.131.83.10)
I've used this on many faders without issue, probably thanks to the lubricant that's part of the formula. WW .......
110: General Asylum, Manley & Tannoy (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-03-12, 08:11:56 (173.195.15.235)
Manley Snappers ($9.3k) and a pair of Tannoy Churchills. The last pair I saw were going for $8.5k used. WW .......
111: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: This Is INSANE (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-03-10, 10:30:29 (64.145.79.195)
Something is very wrong if the powerguard lights come on at less than outrageous levels. The 808's sensitivity is 91 dB, about on par with my Tannoys, which can practically knock the walls down with 4 .......
112: General Asylum, No, but... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-03-10, 10:19:37 (64.145.79.195)
The PS Audio power plants should do it, at a price. Pop a note to Paul describing your issue, and he'll tell you if they will solve it. WW .......
113: Radio Road, OK... another oldie (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-03-05, 07:42:58 (216.131.83.28)
The best tuner I ever had - a Modaferri-modded MR-71. WW .......
114: Tubes Asylum, Manley? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-02-19, 10:44:08 (216.131.82.59)
The Manley Chinook is pretty special and should be able to handle your cartridge without a SUT. Or... join those of us waiting for their new preamp with the Chinook's phono stage, the Shrimp's line st .......
115: Tubes Asylum, this is handy (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-02-12, 08:17:28 (216.151.180.75)
Wood block optional, but helps find it in a deep crowded drawer. It's 8-ohm 50W. WW .......
116: Speaker Asylum, RE: Speaker Placement (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-02-11, 10:13:28 (64.145.79.88)
Not to reduce glare, but your 12 x 24 dimensions will encourage standing waves. Bringing one of the 12-foot walls in a couple inches, and/or angling it slightly might help with that lots. Absorptive m .......
117: General Asylum, Listen for the music (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-02-11, 10:08:31 (64.145.79.88)
Good sound quality is a bonus, sometimes a big one, but it's the music that matters. Great sound is fun, but great music can be life-changing even if the sound quality is lousy. WW .......
118: Shady Lane, RE: Problem with refund from Acoustic Sounds online (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-02-06, 05:33:23 (216.131.83.16)
Paypal will refund your money. Send them your documentation and you may be surprised how quickly they get it done. WW .......
119: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Does amp gain level effect sound quality (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-02-02, 10:29:11 (173.195.15.250)
"The reason it sounds good at high volume is that little of the signal is being divide out at that level." Sorry, but no. Reducing the amplitude of the incoming signal does not affect the quality of t .......
120: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: How far do you chase hum? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-02-01, 08:13:11 (216.131.82.70)
Try cheater plugs on everything except the preamp. If the hum does away, you know it's a ground loop. If that's the case, either continue with cheater plugs or get in-line transformers, such as the Je .......
121: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Reversible Low level hum at loud volume (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-30, 12:28:43 (216.131.82.77)
FYI, "rumble" refers to noise from the turntable bearing, or from the cutting lathe bearing. "Feedback" refers to your cartridge picking up low-frequencies originating in the speakers and traveling, m .......
122: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Reversible Low level hum at loud volume (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-30, 10:08:22 (216.131.82.77)
It could be feedback, i.e. lows from the speakers picked up through whatever the turntable rests on. Feedback will often become much louder as the volume increases, and may not be present at all at lo .......
123: Speaker Asylum, You're right (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-29, 21:04:07 (64.145.79.100)
His has that finish so I mistook it. .......
124: Speaker Asylum, They're good (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-29, 09:42:56 (64.145.79.100)
Pic is Steve Addabbo and his Strat at Abbey Road, with three of their B&W's. He had a client who brought him to Abbey Road every summer for many years. Steve owns Shelter Island Sound in NYC, and w .......
125: Tubes Asylum, RE: The road to diagnostics is paved by... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-21, 12:09:03 (72.68.66.228)
I was hoping for an instant magic fix. Crawling around and pulling stuff out is next. (aargh) WW .......
126: Tubes Asylum, Help me understand this ground loop (if that's what it is) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-21, 11:01:36 (72.68.66.228)
Here's my system, minus a couple source components. On startup, I sometimes get a loud 60/120 Hz hum from one channel. Touching the amp when sitting on the wood floor+rug sometimes silences it, som .......
127: Tubes Asylum, Love the Manley Shrimp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-21, 05:03:39 (173.195.15.72)
Sounds lovely, RF remote volume control, dead quiet, great company to deal with. WW .......
128: General Asylum, As Gordon Gow said to us back in the 70's... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-21, 04:55:10 (173.195.15.72)
"We are in the business of selling sophisticated toys to immature adults." WW .......
129: OTL Asylum, RE: Connecting tube amp to sub with speaker level inputs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-14, 10:00:32 (72.68.66.228)
"...do you mean from the "output to speakers" binding posts on the sub?" Yes, that's why I said, "run speaker wires from the "output to speakers" binding posts to the speakers." It is never good to se .......
130: OTL Asylum, RE: Connecting tube amp to sub with speaker level inputs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-14, 07:33:34 (173.195.15.214)
Connect the OTL outputs to the high-level inputs on the subwoofer, and run speaker wires from the "output to speakers" binding posts to the speakers. .......
131: Headphone Heights, RE: 45 SET Headphone amp? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-08, 07:51:39 (216.131.83.4)
Not a 45, but a single-ended triode, output transformer-less headphone amp for high-impedance cans, built around the 8080/5998/421A dual triode. It's heaven on my Senn 800's. Bonus: there's plenty .......
132: General Asylum, RE: This Guy Has Opened a Can of Worms............ [yt] (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-06, 11:55:36 (72.68.66.228)
That wasn't my experience, but again, I just had a few hours with Autotune and Isotope. WW .......
133: General Asylum, RE: This Guy Has Opened a Can of Worms............ [yt] (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-06, 08:16:52 (72.68.66.228)
FWIW, in my 5+ years assisting in a New York studio, we had just one client who needed it. An amateur who came in once a year to record standards, he just had terrible technique, and auto-tune was the .......
134: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Manley Massive Passive EQ *PlugIn*??? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2022-01-02, 16:30:31 (72.68.66.228)
I had the plugin, which ran on UAD hardware. It was OK, but didn't have the magic of the MP. It kinda sorta emulated the MP curves, but without some of the MP's little eccentricities, and, I thought, .......
135: Computer Audio Asylum, ASP and DSP here (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-12-30, 11:28:48 (173.195.15.73)
ASP The Manley Massive Passive EQ box is the most transformative piece of gear I've ever had. It's very expensive, but they sometimes appear when a studio bites the dust. While that's always a sad .......
136: SET Asylum, RE: How often do you roll? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-12-29, 10:01:28 (64.145.79.88)
It is best to leave them along. Constant tube-swapping can only wear out the tube sockets. Bad grid connections, for example, can lead to A Very Bad Thing. Coaxing socket contacts back into shape is a .......
137: General Asylum, Jim McShane, Kevin Deal, EveAnna Manley (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-12-28, 09:42:38 (64.145.79.58)
Jim is a wonderful resource. Kevin and his crew at Upscale Audio do extensive testing and guarantee their tubes. (Yes, you pay for all that.) EveAnna burns in and tests every tube, and though her test .......
138: Vinyl Asylum, Polyphony record auction (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-12-26, 08:59:30 (72.68.66.228)
Used record auction site with a twist: the proprietor, Larence Jones, inspects and listens to (at least part of) each record to grade them. He publishes a catalog of about 1,500 LPs every two to three .......
139: Speaker Asylum, An alternate (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-12-20, 11:31:57 (216.131.105.149)
I had a machine shop make up stands for my Sequerras, later replaced by Spicas. They had a 3" heavy gauge steel tube, with 1/4" steel plate on top tapped for spikes with a two-inch hole in the cen .......
140: Tubes Asylum, Don't worry about it (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-12-06, 09:25:00 (173.195.15.121)
Some drift is normal. Bias measurements will vary with the usual variations in the line voltage. Enjoy the music and don't worry. WW .......
141: Speaker Asylum, RE: Which Tannoy? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-25, 19:15:14 (216.131.83.58)
Fair enough. The only horns I know well are Klipschorns, LaScalas, and the original Heresys. WW .......
142: General Asylum, Which is better - digital or analog? Answer: both, via Plangent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-24, 10:25:54 (72.68.66.228)
First off, not all LPs are made from digital. Steve Berkowitz' Beatles Mono went from master tape to cutting head, with Steve adding level adjustments and EQ as needed on the fly. Next: what's better, .......
143: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: How do you deal with noisy mains and high sensitivity system? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-23, 22:04:27 (72.68.66.228)
The only time I've heard the fried eggs sound is from small signal tubes on their way out. WW .......
144: Speaker Asylum, Spika TC-50 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-23, 22:02:53 (72.68.66.228)
Modded to hell and back Spica TC-50's driven by some midfi receiver, but they are bi-wred. WW .......
145: General Asylum, RE: LPs and bed bugs? HELP! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-23, 21:58:03 (72.68.66.228)
Well, if beg bugs liked LP sleeves (they don't) it would be too late now. When I went through three rounds of extermination, we debated whether they were in the records and books. After some searching .......
146: Vinyl Asylum, There's another way (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-22, 09:41:28 (173.195.15.175)
Set up your anti-skate the way you want. Listen to it for a couple weeks. Disconnect the anti-skate, listen for a couple more weeks. Re-connect the anti-skate and listen. If you hear a difference, you .......
147: Speaker Asylum, Tannoy (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-21, 11:07:01 (64.145.79.58)
Most horn-loaded speakers don't change timbre as the volume is cranked up. That's a big attraction. You might seek out Tannoys to demo, as they share that trait with horns. Their imaging is vastly bet .......
148: General Asylum, The point of diminishing returns... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-21, 10:59:56 (64.145.79.58)
... could be this. WW .......
149: General Asylum, RE: LPs and bed bugs? HELP! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-21, 10:53:24 (64.145.79.58)
Bed bugs can be extremely hard to get rid of. Did your exterminators open all the electrical outlets and switches to spray into the walls? Did they treat the other apartments near you that are infeste .......
150: Tubes Asylum, RE: Decided I Needed to Go for Tube Preamp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-16, 08:59:50 (216.151.180.177)
I've never been tempted to spend a fortune on a box that takes a line-level input, and outputs the same, maybe with some diminution or amplification. So I've stuck with the Manley Shrimp. It's quiet, .......
151: General Asylum, Joseph Audio and Manley at AES (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-08, 08:26:31 (216.131.83.16)
Many years ago, Joseph Audio and Manley teamed up on a demo room. It was unusual: they had timed demos, and only allowed seats to be filled - no standing. Once in, with very brief remarks by Jeff Jose .......
152: OTL Asylum, RE: Should I bother to put a fan on my T8-LN OTL power tubes? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-11-02, 11:08:24 (72.68.66.228)
Forced-air ventilation *always* helps. I use the (almost) silent fans designed for computer enclosures. WW .......
153: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Socket replacement? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-10-13, 09:50:30 (72.68.66.228)
It doesn't sound like bad sockets to me, but I don't know much. I do know that replacing output tube sockets is a job requiring enormous patience. Plan on about an hour of melting/sucking solder per t .......
154: Vinyl Asylum, Just dust it when you get back. nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-10-11, 05:12:02 (216.131.83.5)
nt .......
155: Speaker Asylum, Bob Power's 3-way Genelecs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-10-07, 12:09:39 (173.195.15.235)
Grammy-winning engineer Bob Power, who is one of the smartest, nicest, and definitely coolest people on the planet, uses the internally tri-amped Genelec S30's as nearfields, just about arms-length .......
156: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Clean vinyl (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-10-04, 09:05:35 (198.181.163.251)
The VPI cleaning fluid concentrate costs $25 and makes a gallon of fluid. WW .......
157: General Asylum, Thanks (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-09-27, 07:54:16 (216.151.180.57)
A wealthy friend of mine has a pair of Blackamoors carved from ebony and I always wanted to find a pair. Then another friend found these at goodwill and got them for me. They are fiberglass, and su .......
158: General Asylum, Tannoy, Manley, Oppo, Metric Halo, Studer, Bottlehead (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-09-26, 11:25:37 (216.131.83.47)
Tannoy Stirling GR's * Manley Snappers * Manley Ultimate preamp (currently have Shrimp + Graham Slee Reflex M) Manley Massive Passive EQ * Oppo BDP-95 (it's just TV, so good enough) * Metric .......
159: Amp/Preamp Asylum, re: "Tube amps will always outperform solid-state ..." (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-09-15, 20:27:28 (173.195.15.112)
I'll take issue with that. Pretty much all my listening is with tube gear (all Manley - I'm a fan) but I've had some really wonderful s/s amps over the years. The SAE 2200's, many of which are stil .......
160: General Asylum, AES TD1008 Loudness Standard for streaming and on-demand (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-09-15, 03:31:30 (173.195.15.113)
The AES just released their standard/guidelines for streaming and on-demand distribution. It is a follow-on to ITU-R BS.1770 which defined the algorithms for measuring audio program loudness and true- .......
161: Vintage Asylum, McIntosh 4100 & 1700, Kenwood 2120, AR receiver, Heathkit 1500 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-09-11, 16:21:59 (216.131.82.53)
The 4100 was the first piece of s/s Mac gear I ever liked. (I had lots of time with the underwhelming C26, C28, and 50/100 watt amps.) The tuner section was good, of course - they never made a bad .......
162: Critic's Corner, RE: KLH Model 5 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-09-08, 09:23:46 (216.131.83.35)
"Made in China" isn't always a bad thing. Most times it is, but Chinese electronics manufacturers are putting out some some very good gear. Manley, which brags, "Made in Chino, not China," is also ver .......
163: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Ben Jacoby (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-08-23, 17:48:20 (71.172.229.87)
Ben Jacoby of High End Audio Repair in Brooklyn did great work on an old VTL Deluxe preamp of mine, including stiffening the p/s. His queue generally requires long-term planning. Nice guy... and somet .......
164: Speaker Asylum, RE: Subwoofer amplifier (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-08-23, 11:01:31 (173.195.15.226)
I had that symptom with an ACI powered sub (also downfiring) and it turned out to be the glue on a ring around the driver's edge had dried up. It held on partially but gave off that plop-plop sound. Y .......
165: General Asylum, 1960? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-08-13, 14:29:57 (71.172.229.87)
Mac's first metered amps were the 2105 and 2505 in 1967. But all dates get fuzzy with age, and that's called survival and I recommend it highly. My first was visiting Harmony House in New York, probab .......
166: General Asylum, RE: Auto-tune: why outright dismissal? Does one dismiss (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-08-09, 10:23:44 (71.172.229.87)
In my brief (5 yr) studio career, we used AutoTune very rarely. One was for a middle-aged guy who liked singing standards, but had terrible vocal technique and really couldn't hear when he was off key .......
167: Speaker Asylum, RE: If you buy used, it's doable (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-08-07, 10:25:13 (216.131.82.23)
How 'bout a Plan B? Hop over to Santa Rosa to hear the Fynes at Lavish Hifi. Fyne was formed by the Tannoy design, production, and management principals who all fled when scumbag Uli Behringer boug .......
168: Speaker Asylum, If you buy used, it's doable (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-08-07, 04:38:51 (216.131.82.22)
About six years ago I wanted a pair of Vandy Quatros, but also wanted to hear Tannoys, on EveAnna Manley's recommendation. As Tannoy in the U.S. was essentially moribound, the only option was buying a .......
169: General Asylum, McIntosh Amplifier clinics (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-21, 13:34:16 (173.195.15.65)
The clinics were brilliant. I worked for a dealer in the early 70's. On clinic day people would line up around the block, and we would test at least 50 pieces of gear, and sometimes close to 100. As t .......
170: Tape Trail, "sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-21, 11:52:47 (173.195.15.65)
Better? WW .......
171: General Asylum, RE: I agree, but...... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-21, 11:50:51 (173.195.15.65)
Mike, You are absolutely right, and if it makes them happy, good for them! Actually, it's a tribute to Gordon Gow who built the brand so brilliantly. He used to say, "We are in the business of selling .......
172: General Asylum, Dept of Silliness (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-21, 01:26:20 (216.131.82.23)
The McIntosh light box. Turn it on and it lights up the logo. Turn it off and... it turns off. It can be automatically turned on and off by other Mac gear. Note the price. WW .......
173: Digital Drive, Love my Metric Halo ULN-2 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-18, 09:28:07 (173.195.15.218)
I don't know that any DAC is "designed to be used" with any other specific gear. Some are just better than others. Actually, I can't see much use for the Bricasti in studio or live sound applications, .......
174: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Deoxit Type F is designed for pots (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-16, 12:24:51 (216.131.83.23)
nt .......
175: Speaker Asylum, Spica TC-50 & Sequerra Met 7 Mk II (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-07, 12:26:09 (216.131.83.46)
"Stick with the classics and you'll never go wrong," said the edgy young man with the giant Gucci logo tattooed on his shoulder blade, long before tattooing was mainstream. I think he was right. Th .......
176: General Asylum, Early excellent DACs/ADCs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-07, 10:56:17 (216.131.83.46)
FWIW, the DAC/ADC in the HHB CDR-830 Plus CD player/burner sounds excellent today, and it was from the early days. The California Audio Labs Sigma DAC from 1992-ish was also pretty wonderful. Meanwhil .......
177: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cary SLI-80 died. AC fuse? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-07-02, 04:14:50 (216.131.82.59)
All good info posted. Here are a few suggestions. Get spares for all fuses and put them in ziplocs labelled by their usage so you don't have to look up what's what when the music stops. Some people .......
178: Tape Trail, One option - Otari MX5050 B-series (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-06-21, 16:25:31 (216.131.82.71)
The MX5050 B-series has a lot going for it: Pro: Outstanding build quality Excellent accessibility to all innards, which I've never found on any consumer deck NAB & IEC EQ Internal 1k & 10k oscilla .......
179: Critic's Corner, RE: parts (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-06-12, 12:58:47 (71.172.229.87)
If you don't know how to order parts, you probably shouldn't try to manufacture anything. So either get some help, or get some training. Good luck. WW .......
180: General Asylum, About that audiophile tax... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-06-12, 12:49:28 (71.172.229.87)
It's the premium we pay for wanting products that are manufactured in low (or extremely low) quantities, generally by small companies, and marketed to a very small niche market. I find PS Audio's pric .......
181: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: "Seems too complicated for me." (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-06-09, 14:57:33 (64.145.79.70)
Stick with 6800 mfd, and get 50V or higher. If the unit is very old, you may find the new caps are physically smaller, which is ok. That might fix your problem, though for the most part when p/s caps .......
182: Speaker Asylum, The best info comes from owners, most of the time (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-06-07, 08:52:01 (71.172.229.87)
I spoke with Dick Sequerra years back about the foam grilles on the Met 7 Mk II. He went into a long harangue about requirements for fire susceptibility. Dick's harangues were informative and *always* .......
183: Vintage Asylum, Linseed (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-05-24, 10:38:37 (64.145.79.112)
Another option is a hand-rubbed linseed oil finish. It gives a deep, satin-like glow that gets better with age. Pic is the linseed finish on my Thorens after about 10 years. At any time, if you get .......
184: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Fuse help please! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-05-23, 20:20:50 (71.172.229.87)
Duh. As Emily Litella said, "Well, that's different!" WW .......
185: Tubes Asylum, My list (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-05-23, 11:26:35 (173.195.15.108)
Jim McShane - he is a treasure and a great person to have on your side. He knows his stuff like few people in the business. Upscale Audio - Kevin Deal & company do extensive burn-in and testing, and g .......
186: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Fuse help please! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-05-23, 11:19:01 (173.195.15.108)
What kind of fuse is it that has a "backwards" and forward? I've never seen one. For replacements, check the usual suspects: Digikey, Mouser, Partsconnexion, Newark, Michael Percy Audio. All good supp .......
187: Speaker Asylum, used Quatros or Tannoys (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-05-11, 18:23:55 (71.172.229.87)
Option 1: Vandy Quatros used If you like the Vandy 2's (which you should) then find a used pair of Quatros. Lovely mids like the 2's, a touch more present, which is a good thing, much better top end e .......
188: Vintage Asylum, RE: Vintage vs New Amplification (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-05-07, 10:47:51 (173.195.15.125)
So many generalizations - always dangerous territory. Many solid-state amps from the 1970's, if their electrolytics are renewed, are easily the match for anything made today. That's why you'll still s .......
189: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphones for older mac integrated (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-05-06, 17:13:01 (71.172.229.87)
Your 600's are very smooth... and can come across as dull, especially if you're used to cans with more prominent mids, like Grados. The 600's are really good, and benefit from the right amp. McInto .......
190: General Asylum, RE: Shipping heavy audio equipment(USED EQUIPMENT) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-04-30, 15:10:53 (64.145.79.151)
You can insure used equipment, and claims for damage to used gear are paid all the time. If the piece is in current production, insure it for the current retail price. If it's trashed, you should be a .......
191: Tubes Asylum, RE: Cleaning up Old Vacuum Tubes - Base and Glass.......... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-04-16, 12:08:57 (173.195.15.65)
Deoxit D5 the pins and sockets. Clean the rest if you like them pretty, though you may lose lettering. If you want pretty tubes with clear lettering, buy pretty tubes with clear lettering. WW ::: TOPI .......
192: Critic's Corner, RE: Congradulations to Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-04-10, 15:53:01 (71.172.229.87)
The version I just looked at (from the U.S.) is a big, easy to use form that is all https. .......
193: Headphone Heights, Bottlehead Crackc (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-03-21, 12:09:05 (173.195.15.116)
Check with Bottlehead, but the Crack amp might be good. It's a single-ended, output transformer-less amp for high-impedance headphones built around the 6080 dual triode. On my Senn 800's, it's heav .......
194: General Asylum, Old DACs can be good (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-03-20, 11:37:31 (64.145.79.81)
In the studio crowd, the long out-of-production UAD 2192 converters command prices well above their last retail price. The reason? They still sound better than many current converters, including so .......
195: Speaker Asylum, RE: there is a "High Efficiency" [sic] forum here @ AA -- (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-03-06, 13:39:22 (64.145.76.122)
The LaScalas are good to about 45 Hz, which is fine for probably 95% of all recordings. They seem to go lower, because when there are lower frequencies in the source, the 45-and-up response will pulsa .......
196: Speaker Asylum, RE: PSA and Rythmik Audio subs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-02-24, 09:08:22 (64.145.76.98)
Over on the FB Mastering Engineers Worldwide group, Bob Katz recommends Rythmik subs. WW .......
197: Computer Audio Asylum, Schiit (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-02-05, 10:15:50 (71.172.229.87)
For my desktop system coming from a Mac Pro trashcan, I got the $99 Schiit Modi DAC and was very surprised at the huge improvement. WW .......
198: Vinyl Asylum, Sorbothane (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-02-05, 10:12:41 (71.172.229.87)
Big Sorbothane half-spheres, which you can get on ebay. Very good feedback prevention. WW .......
199: General Asylum, Only live can be completely overwhelming (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-02-05, 10:06:51 (71.172.229.87)
Some greats I've been lucky enough to attend: Osmo Vanska conducting Minneapolis in Mahler's Sym. #1 at Avery Fisher some years ago. Absolutely shattering. Afterward, about a third of the audience jus .......
200: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Add one more to the list (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-02-01, 14:08:24 (64.145.93.237)
The upcoming Manley preamp. Line and phono (mc/mm) stage. Phono input impedance, capacitance, and gain adjustable from the remote. Each of the six inputs can be line or phono, again set up from the re .......
201: Speaker Asylum, RE: Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-01-07, 17:38:49 (71.172.229.87)
Yup. Sadly, I wasn't there that day. But I did get to hear Leslie Gore come in to do some background vocals, which was a magical couple of hours. She was a tiny wisp of a person, so warm and smart and .......
202: Speaker Asylum, RE: Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-01-07, 14:44:15 (71.172.229.87)
Sure. Steve knew the more experience I got the better I'd be, so I had lots of time to work on my own projects, or just practice with the gear and console. That's some years ago now. We do stay in tou .......
203: Speaker Asylum, RE: Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-01-06, 23:03:12 (71.172.229.87)
Toilet paper doesn't cause comb filtering; it just softens the early version tweeters. Yes, while the 'M' version tweeters aren't exactly harsh, they do hype the mids, which some people find fatiguing .......
204: Speaker Asylum, RE: Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-01-06, 22:45:02 (71.172.229.87)
Those are NS-10M's in Steve Addabbo's studio. The cubes are ROR's - a bit of NYC audio history there. He also has Tannoys, KRK, and ProAc Studio 100's. The monitors in the soffit are Urei 813 with JBL .......
205: Speaker Asylum, RE: Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-01-06, 09:44:11 (64.145.93.27)
I guess you know to cross them over to the sub at 6 dB/octave. If you don't have the "M" version, the accepted fix to the somewhat harsh tweeter was a piece of toilet paper over the driver. (There .......
206: Amp/Preamp Asylum, It's possible (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2021-01-06, 09:23:44 (64.145.93.27)
There are a few parts for which no currently-produced part is a good substitute. Some transistors (Yamaha's V-FETS from their wonderful B2 amp for example) and a few IC's are truly unobtainium. As oth .......
207: Computer Audio Asylum, What a difference a DAC makes... and new point of diminishing returns (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-28, 11:39:26 (64.145.93.60)
I spend about 3-4 hours a day trading stocks, and, after an hour or so of WNYC, I have music streaming from WFMT, WBGO, or WXPN. My desktop system is a pair of ADS L300's powered by the Lepai class .......
208: General Asylum, RE: one approach (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-23, 10:43:38 (64.145.93.37)
The other approach is to get the in-line transformers Jensen makes just to block ground loops. They make quite a number of products for this; parts-express.com carries some of them. Attached is Jensen .......
209: General Asylum, one approach (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-23, 06:01:07 (64.145.93.37)
I have just my preamp connected to wall power with a ground prong on the plug. All other components have 2-prong plugs; they are connected to ground via their IC shields to the preamp. As I think of i .......
210: Vintage Asylum, Inner glass lettering (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-22, 10:03:20 (71.172.229.87)
You heard correctly: the lettering on the inner glass can be extremely fragile, so don't touch it. Even with the softest makeup brush, if you apply enough pressure to remove dust, you will likely remo .......
211: General Asylum, RE: Manley Stingray - not *quite* what you're looking for, but... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-19, 22:26:00 (71.172.229.87)
It could be that there were a number of changes in the design iterations, or just other information we're just not privy to. The point she was making is to take measurements as far as you can, but alw .......
212: Vintage Asylum, RE: Blackie Pagano, Ben Jacoby, or Audio Classics (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-19, 22:21:14 (71.172.229.87)
I think they work on most tube gear at least, but I could be wrong. They're not cheap, but when I had Richard Modaferri modify an MR-71, I thought the charge was pretty reasonable. I should have ke .......
213: Vintage Asylum, RE: Blackie Pagano, Ben Jacoby, or Audio Classics (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-19, 22:10:12 (71.172.229.87)
His web site says he is, and it's at a different address from when I saw him last, which was some time ago. .......
214: Vintage Asylum, Blackie Pagano, Ben Jacoby, or Audio Classics (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-19, 14:48:15 (71.172.229.87)
They've all done great work for me on tube gear. Blackie blackiepagano.com 215 E. 5th St. BW, NY NY 10003 (212) 513-4151 Ben High End Audio Repair highendaudiorepair.com Brooklyn NY benchtech@highenda .......
215: General Asylum, Manley Stingray - not *quite* what you're looking for, but... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-19, 14:32:48 (71.172.229.87)
EveAnna Manley has said that when they were developing the Stingray, they got to an iteration with the lowest measurable distortion, but listening to it left them feeling uninvolved. They backed up to .......
216: Vinyl Asylum, RE: No Antiskate (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-18, 08:31:34 (64.145.93.60)
I'm with Harry Weisfeld - antiskate improves tracking, but many rigs sound better without it. If your cartridge is reasonably well matched to your tonearm, it should track anything just fine without a .......
217: Digital Drive, RE: I can't hear any difference. (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-14, 10:58:57 (64.145.93.132)
DAC/ADC technology hasn't changed that much in quite some years. In studios, the Universal Audio 2192 converter is, if anything, more highly prized than ever, despite being very long in the tooth and .......
218: General Asylum, RE: Cryo treatment (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-14, 10:45:26 (64.145.93.132)
Tannoy and Fyne both deep-cryo their crossovers. WW .......
219: Vinyl Asylum, Advance look at Manley phono/line preamp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-11, 09:09:00 (71.172.229.87)
Skip to 1:15 of this 2-hour factory tour to see the preamp they're working on. MC/MM phono plus line stage, no pots, no switches, variable cartridge loading from the remote, zero hum switch-mode power .......
220: Tubes Asylum, RE: Tube/Valve Lifespan (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-11, 08:51:16 (71.172.229.87)
Yes, always have spares on hand - always. You may not need any for 10,000 hours... or you may need one in the next 5 minutes. (I did get over 7,000 hours out of a quad of KT-90's once.) WW ::: TOPIC:: .......
221: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I've got 'em (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-11, 08:44:16 (71.172.229.87)
I don't know about fads, but have found most bass/treble tone controls not useful except in very rare cases. I use the Massive Passive to slightly warm up the lean upper bass of the Tannoy Stirling .......
222: Radio Road, suggestions... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-12-01, 22:42:47 (71.172.229.87)
1) Get a folded dipole, yes, the $2.99 kind, tack it on a T-shaped piece of wood or plastic, and play with it. It should out-perform the omnis you have by quite a bit, though you have to rotate it as .......
223: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: PS Audio (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-30, 21:48:40 (71.172.229.87)
I wouldn't mind a pair of white meters... .......
224: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: PS Audio (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-30, 16:31:27 (216.151.183.112)
The problem was loud popping on powering off after my Manley Snappers had Manley's soft-start circuit installed. Gamma at Manley said send 'em back, but then said they were working fine. He suggested .......
225: Amp/Preamp Asylum, PS Audio (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-30, 10:35:13 (216.151.183.112)
My only experience is owning a Power Director 3.5, which does what it's supposed to, and asking him about some system pops I was getting, wondering if his gear, then owned for over a decade, could be .......
226: General Asylum, re subwoofer (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-30, 10:27:39 (216.151.183.112)
I thought my ACI Titan II Le was bottoming out, and it turned out to be a soft gasket-looking piece around its edge. Gluing it back in place fixed it. Then this year it started humming, and replacing .......
227: Tubes Asylum, try going to the source (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-28, 08:50:57 (71.172.229.87)
Pop a note to Luke Manley or Bea Lam at VTL. If they can say anything given the situation you describe, you're ahead of the game. If not, nothing lost. WW .......
228: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Long shot: Manley Skipjack (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-28, 08:41:25 (71.172.229.87)
This could be an excellent, if pricey solution. It's 4-into-1 or 3-into-2 switch box. It also does the inverse, and multiple boxes can be daisy-chained. It supports signal levels from LOMC to line .......
229: General Asylum, What caps would you get for these? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-06, 09:53:25 (173.195.15.129)
In a plate subwoofer amp, I have a pair of Nichicon 6800uF, 63WV series LQ caps. I can't find that series anywhere. What would you suggest I get to replace them? Thanks! WW .......
230: General Asylum, RE: One question (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-02, 06:36:42 (216.151.180.159)
The EQ circuitry is passive. The available amplification, which uses tubes, is there to deliver the input level at the outputs regardless of how much EQ cutting is applied. And it is pretty massive at .......
231: General Asylum, RE: One EQ to rule them all (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-01, 14:36:04 (71.172.229.87)
The manual, which is on their site, is only 30-some pages, but they're pretty dense. There is also lots of shared expertise over on Gearslutz. WW .......
232: General Asylum, One EQ to rule them all (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-11-01, 13:40:41 (71.172.229.87)
Finally got the Massive Passive installed. Check back in a few months (years?) when I know how to get the most out of it. The first hour of playing with it is *very* encouraging. I wanted to make t .......
233: Tubes Asylum, Manley Labs AES L.A. video tour 27 October 19:00 PST (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-27, 13:29:27 (71.172.229.87)
Tour for the AES L.A. chapter, but open to all. EveAnna says it will include the new preamp they are developing. Register at the link. .......
234: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Here's one approach (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-23, 13:06:15 (71.172.229.87)
I hadn't thought of that. It should be an option for anyone with access to a printer that can do it. .......
235: Vinyl Asylum, Here's one approach (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-23, 09:48:28 (173.195.15.37)
Measure the diameter of the rod precisely, print a picture, and gather whatever other specs you need. Then go to your nearest tool and die shop and have them make it up. You'll find them in the neighb .......
236: Tube DIY Asylum, Bloomberg piece on hifi kits (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-22, 10:43:27 (71.172.229.87)
fyi .......
237: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Why 12 O'clock? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-20, 19:05:28 (71.172.229.87)
re: "closest to straight wire" If that means, "least resistance", then yes. As for reduced distortion, no. If the pot is the usual wiper contacting a circular resistive element, there is nothing "bett .......
238: General Asylum, Wonderful. Thank you for posting that. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-15, 19:45:54 (71.172.229.87)
nt .......
239: General Asylum, The musicians were the Sirius String Quartet (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-15, 19:30:24 (71.172.229.87)
nt .......
240: Vinyl Asylum, RE: How easy is it to solder a cartridge clip? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-15, 18:41:41 (71.172.229.87)
See my reply to "I goofed up" about this. WW .......
241: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I goofed up !! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-15, 18:40:23 (71.172.229.87)
If you can solder, you can do it. You don't need to strip the wire; the soldering pencil heat will do that for you. Try it - touch the hot soldering pencil to the end of the wire. Or you can take a s .......
242: General Asylum, Adapting to Covid in the studio (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-15, 18:28:51 (71.172.229.87)
This is copied from Steve Addabbo's FB: "It's always great to have Rick Baitz and the BMI "Composing For the Screen Workshop" here at the studio. This year presented a host of new challenges wi .......
243: Tubes Asylum, Connecticut Telefunken/Neumann (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-15, 12:50:32 (71.172.229.87)
The VF-14 tube we got from the Connecticut outfit for U47 mic in the studio is superb. Engineers I know whose work I admire, and who have years with the classic Neumann mics, say their mics are excell .......
244: General Asylum, Gearslutz (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-14, 13:10:57 (71.172.229.87)
Check out the studio building forum at gearslutz. Lots of recipes for walls, floors, ceilings, and gobos from studio designers and engineers. WW .......
245: Vintage Asylum, RE: CJ PV5 Repair/Restoration (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-13, 10:38:10 (64.145.79.57)
It would be hard to put together a kit for that kind of failure. Good technicians are always expensive; the reverse is not necessarily so. If you don't know how to suss out a power-supply problem, hir .......
246: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Vintage BGW or SAE (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-10-06, 11:39:35 (173.195.15.121)
Many still doing full-time duty in studios, even as they pass 100,000 hours or more. The studio where I worked had several from each brand, doing continuous duty since the late 1970's. The somewhat co .......
247: Vinyl Asylum, Thoughts on subs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-09-21, 07:28:02 (71.172.229.87)
If you're getting good deep bass, you don't need a sub. LPs *can* go low, and digital often does. That said, the vast majority of recordings have little below the mid 40's. I have a sub paired with Ta .......
248: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: As close as you are going to get... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-09-09, 10:00:09 (71.172.229.87)
I have the 16LS and the smaller model - they are terrible amps. If you can stretch your budget, the Bottlehead Single Ended eXperimenter's Kit 3.0 should be excellent. I have their Crack headphone amp .......
249: Vinyl Asylum, another option (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-09-05, 08:49:50 (71.172.229.87)
I'm with Harry Weisfeld of VPI - mine sounds better without anti-skating. It still tracks everything just fine. It would probably sound a tad better if I removed the parts for the anti-skate, but I ha .......
250: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Speaker wire question: is red to black on BOTH speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-27, 07:38:58 (71.172.229.87)
For most people, they are the same. Some people are sensitive to absolute polarity, but most aren't. I've never been able to tell the difference. If your electronics do not invert polarity, it's best .......
251: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: What to do? Preamp or no preamp? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-26, 06:30:02 (71.172.229.87)
I'm a little confused. Do either the Wyred or the Pass have phono stages? WW .......
252: General Asylum, It's a start (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-26, 06:17:37 (71.172.229.87)
It's a start. You can get better resolution from services like Qobuz that support 24-bit and higher sample rates. Also, the DAC in the phone is pretty limited, so upgrading to an external DAC will mak .......
253: Vintage Asylum, RE: Check THESE out, never heard of them, rare JBL. (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-22, 16:00:11 (71.172.229.87)
Around 1971 I worked for a dealer that had pretty much the whole JBL line. EVERYTHING looked so cool, especially the Aquarius line and the Ranger Paragon. The only ones that sold were the L100's an .......
254: SET Asylum, Manley & VTL (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-21, 13:06:56 (71.172.229.87)
The Manley Shrimp has 2 output pairs. The old VTL Deluxe preamp had the best: a high-impedance out for connection to tube amps, and a low-impedance out for s/s (or tube) amps. If you added a series ca .......
255: Digital Drive, RE: Help with fixing Theta Compli -- no power after swapping stiff high-end power cables (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-19, 14:14:32 (71.172.229.87)
... and whenever measuring live circuits keep one hand in your pants pocket! WW .......
256: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Cleaning solution post... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-19, 14:12:08 (71.172.229.87)
FWIW, I've had great results with the VPI concentrate. WW .......
257: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Tube/solid state matching (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-19, 14:10:39 (71.172.229.87)
More likely an amplifier/speaker interface issue. ARC publishes so few specs, it's hard to say. (Output impedance would help.) Meridien and ARC both make great gear, but not every piece of great gear .......
258: Computer Audio Asylum, SSDs and hard drives (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-18, 11:00:20 (71.172.229.87)
Tons of options. Check out the link for an intro. It's good for external drives, including SSDs, to have their own power supplies, as the power available through the USB cable is often pretty limited. .......
259: Speaker Asylum, RE: What is the interaction of the loudspeaker and amplifier? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-18, 10:24:34 (71.172.229.87)
Both terminals carry the voltage/amperage that makes the voice coil move. Neither one is more important; you need both to complete the circuit. As we're dealing with alternating current, for the po .......
260: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-16, 10:02:20 (71.172.229.87)
68-year-old here. The turntable quest has been lots of fun. Lenco L75 with Shure M91 - college roommate's AR xa bought for $68 at Grand Central Radio Dual 1215, 1218, 1219 AR xa with Mayware Formula I .......
261: Speaker Asylum, RE: Small Listening room assistance (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-08-08, 11:07:15 (71.172.229.87)
I suggest small stand-mounted speakers, a foot or so from the sides and in a couple feet or more from the front wall. They'll be almost like near-fields. Make the front or rear wall highly absorpti .......
262: General Asylum, RE: Spica TC-50 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-26, 21:40:02 (71.187.10.183)
Henry Kloss versus the Johns (Bau and Dahlquist) is Mars versus Venus. Different planets, different approaches, completely different objectives. I had decades of Kloss designs at home, including the A .......
263: General Asylum, Spica TC-50 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-26, 09:40:08 (71.187.10.183)
I'd start with Spica TC-50 speakers. Widely available for $250-350. Still the all-time imaging champs with one of the best mid-ranges. Power them with pretty much anything - they're not fussy. Put .......
264: Vinyl Asylum, Contrary-wise (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-21, 08:03:02 (71.187.10.183)
I ended up running the 242 without anti-skate. It sounds better, and still tracks everything just fine. (Harry Weisfeld recommends no anti-skate, for what that's worth.) On the suggestion of John Choo .......
265: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Learning about tube amps - Where to start (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-21, 07:57:06 (71.187.10.183)
All Mac tube amps are excellent, old and new, and prices reflect that. If you like the sound of Mac tube amps, consider VTL, conrad-johnson, and Manley. If you get any amp older than 30 years that has .......
266: Tubes Asylum, RE: Matched Tubes, What does it Actually Mean (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-17, 07:53:12 (71.187.10.183)
"Amp manufacturers overcharge for replacement tubes." Not all overcharge. I've found Manley's tube prices pretty reasonable. And Jim McShane does terrific work. WW .......
267: General Asylum, RE: Anybody here use uship? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-17, 07:49:31 (71.187.10.183)
No way nohow not never. The cheap becomes expensive. WW .......
268: Radio Road, RE: McIntosh MR-71 Red Stereo Beacon (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-09, 10:09:43 (71.187.10.183)
Pfui indeed. You have my favorite tuner, by far. For the repair, I'd try to get a shipping carton from McIntosh. As I recall, the response to an emailed request was "no" but when I got someone at the .......
269: General Asylum, A few others (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-09, 09:20:24 (71.187.10.183)
Some I've heard: Saint-Saëns Sym #3 with Paray/Detroit (prostudiomasters.com) Breathtaking remastering of this Mercury superdisk by Tom Fine. He did remove the violin clam we're all used to, and every .......
270: General Asylum, Aeron + Ergo21 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-07, 13:39:23 (71.187.10.183)
Herman Miller Aeron with the Ergo21 original liquid seat cushion. WW .......
271: Speaker Asylum, RE: doubles (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-06, 21:10:36 (71.187.10.183)
We're picking nits here... but Comb filtering is not caused by phase cancellation. It's caused by out-of-phase waveforms that add to and subtract from each other. I gives the kind of sound I posted in .......
272: Speaker Asylum, RE: doubles (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-05, 23:43:58 (71.187.10.183)
That's phase cancellation, which is related but different from a comb filter. Comb filtering happens when the drivers are different distances from the listener, giving a "phasey" sound as in the link. .......
273: Speaker Asylum, RE: Some observations (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-05, 13:11:55 (71.187.10.183)
I'll just add this to the long list of things I can't explain. With the top pair inverted and the speakers set so my ears were level with the middle of the stacked pair, I never heard any comb filter .......
274: Speaker Asylum, RE: Some observations (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-05, 12:59:22 (71.187.10.183)
I'll just add this to the long list of things I can't explain. With the top pair inverted and the speakers set so my ears were level with the middle of the stacked pair, I never heard any comb filter .......
275: Speaker Asylum, RE: doubles (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-05, 08:44:49 (71.187.10.183)
I'd like to hear them again. It's been over 30 years since I had them. There was certainly no hint of comb-filtering, and I'm not quite sure how you could induce that, given that the woofers were exac .......
276: Speaker Asylum, RE: reconed (not refoamed)? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-07-04, 09:25:18 (71.187.10.183)
They were pretty seriously flawed. Recessed mids, somewhat whumpy bass that *did* extend very low. No imaging to speak of. But stacked pairs transformed them: bass tightened up enormously, mids brough .......
277: Vintage Asylum, RE: blasphemy (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-29, 09:24:11 (71.187.10.183)
Keeping it original I guess is a plus for those who want it as a collector's item. But the LEDs do a better job, give even light across the face, emit less heat, and certainly give it a far more dr .......
278: Vintage Asylum, RE: New addition (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-29, 08:35:03 (71.187.10.183)
One of the coolest-looking pieces of gear ever. No slouch int the sound department either. FWIW, the LED bulb kits for that really make it pop. Enjoy! WW .......
279: General Asylum, Plangent recordings spreadsheet (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-23, 16:34:15 (71.187.10.183)
I've pulled together the Plangent recordings I know of in a spreadsheet. Sadly, HDtracks doesn't always list the remastering info, so I can't guarantee all of the listings are the Plangent versions. O .......
280: General Asylum, Plangent processing: using digital to get the best from tape (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-22, 11:34:35 (71.187.10.183)
Plangent is a digital system that unlocks goodness we've never heard in tape, and the results can be pretty stunning. For those interested in how it works, check out the link. The Saint-Sa .......
281: Music Lane, Spectacle was great (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-22, 07:52:48 (71.187.10.183)
Spectable was one of the best TV programs of all time. Each hour-long episode featured one artist with and without Elvis, and talking about music. WW .......
282: Vinyl Asylum, AR arm drop protector (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-22, 07:51:01 (71.187.10.183)
If you use the AR arm stock, know that it had a clutch that protected it from being dropped on the record. To use the arm, you had to lower it below the level of the record before placing the stylus o .......
283: Vinyl Asylum, One of the all-time great records. nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-19, 08:28:32 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
284: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Ben does terrific work nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-09, 07:31:31 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
285: Vintage Asylum, RE: Make Sure It Endures (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-07, 11:46:35 (71.187.10.183)
I have never seen an electrolytic more than 30 years old that meets specs at its operating voltage, and that includes units that have been sitting unused for years. So yes, the 'lytics in that Fisher, .......
286: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Tannoy nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-05, 08:02:01 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
287: Critic's Corner, Braun LV-1020, Genelec S30 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-06-03, 08:44:40 (71.187.10.183)
I know I've posted about these several times before, but I'm a real fan of both, so here they are again. Back in the early 70's, the Braun LV-1020 internally tri-amped speakers were among the very .......
288: Vinyl Asylum, Try it and see what you hear (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-05-30, 12:02:12 (71.187.10.183)
With my setup (Hadcock 242/MusicMaker/XTC counterweight) things sound a bit better with no anti-skate, but YMMV. Correct anti-skate will enable your cartridge to track better. With anti-skate, I can t .......
289: Tube DIY Asylum, Glad it worked... and a warning (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-05-28, 10:22:48 (71.187.10.183)
If the sockets are soldered onto PCBs, de-soldering them is REALLY hard to do. They are designed to fit tightly, so there is always some solder that just doesn't want to let go. I replaced sockets on .......
290: General Asylum, Anti-cables, Blue Jeans, OFC (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-05-23, 07:03:48 (71.187.10.183)
Any OFC copper of sufficient gauge should be fine. I've had good results with Blue Jeans, Paul Speltz's Anti-Cables, and Monster Powerline II, which was perhaps the only good thing they ever produced. .......
291: Tubes Asylum, sockets first (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-05-17, 12:31:22 (71.187.10.183)
Get a dental tool or strong jewelers screwdrivers and coax the tube sockets back into their original round shape, or as close to it as you can. Be patient and persistent. Finish with deoxit on sockets .......
292: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Got 'em - Snappers nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-05-17, 12:08:19 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
293: Headphone Heights, Bottlehead Crack (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-05-16, 06:52:11 (71.187.10.183)
The Crack amp is heaven with the HD800's at least. It's a SET OTL amp for headphones with impedance 100 ohms or above. Plenty of room to add a Corda crossfeed circuit if you like. The Speedball con .......
294: Vintage Asylum, RE: $350-500 on receiver + speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-05-02, 13:06:32 (71.187.10.183)
Option 1: Braun/ADS L300's; NAD, Adcom, Hafler DH-101, or Dyna PAS preamp or even an Advent Receiver as preamp; Small BGW power amp, like the 100A. Recap the old electronics - easy to do on these .......
295: Digital Drive, RE: Classe CDP 1 Service Manual (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-23, 09:07:32 (71.187.10.183)
hifi-manuals.com has the schematic. WW .......
296: Speaker Asylum, Used Tannoys (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-23, 09:02:07 (71.187.10.183)
Go listen to some Tannoys. They are all efficient, so might be usable in SET mode, and they have prodigious power-handling capabilities. With Tannoy, the bigger the driver the better, in theory , a .......
297: Radio Road, Relax (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-20, 17:27:38 (71.187.10.183)
A slight imbalance in output levels is a good application for the balance control on your preamp. Your tuner dates from the late 70's if I'm not mistaken, which means it's at least due if not overdue .......
298: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE:proof that tubed amps are better? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-15, 10:48:24 (71.187.10.183)
Ive had many fatigue-free 12- to 16-hour studio sessions powered by SAE and BGW amps, and that's on Yammy NS10-M's no less. No fatigue, though that may be in part due to the long sessions generally be .......
299: SET Asylum, Tannoy (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-14, 14:33:37 (71.187.10.183)
Used Tannoy Little Red or Little Gold monitors are outstanding, especially as nearfields. Efficiency is around 92 dB. There have been many versions, all good. They are highly resolving, which is wh .......
300: Speaker Asylum, You might try contacting ProAc (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-14, 13:31:10 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
301: Tubes Asylum, RE: EveAnna Manley and VTL (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-12, 20:33:40 (71.187.10.183)
It's been a long time since I've dealt with VTL, but back in the day I could always reach someone easily on the phone. Good luck. WW .......
302: Speaker Asylum, Here are two reasons (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-08, 08:16:25 (71.187.10.183)
The Braun LV-1020, internally tri-amped, were spectacular. Ultra smooth from the upper 20's to 30k+, pretty good resolving of low-level detail, good punch and dynamics. Sterling Sound kept a pair f .......
303: Tube DIY Asylum, Snappers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-06, 10:10:59 (71.187.10.183)
If you're looking for 100 watters, put the Manley Snappers on your list. EveAnna says the output transformers are pretty special, and my listening confirms it. If you get an early pair with the impeda .......
304: Tubes Asylum, EveAnna Manley and VTL (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-06, 09:49:45 (71.187.10.183)
Quite a bit wrong in this thread. After getting her degree, EveAnna went to work for VTL at the suggestion of her father, Al Duray, who ran Ampeg for ages. At some point she and David Manley (the foun .......
305: Vinyl Asylum, RE: tone controls (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-04-03, 13:03:34 (71.187.10.183)
"... the FACT that mastering engineers never fail to expose their failures even though they try for perfection (if they even fully bother to)" I've worked with a couple mastering engineers, and got to .......
306: Headphone Heights, Senn 414... Koss (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-29, 13:44:42 (71.187.10.183)
Sennheiser HD-414, which were the cat's meow around 1970. Then Koss Pro 4-AA, then ESP-9. The ESP-9s sounded wonderful and felt awful; pretty much like having a couple heavy bricks clamped on your .......
307: Vintage Asylum, RE: If you really need to know (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-23, 08:27:36 (71.187.10.183)
The back panel says the draw is 175-250 watts. I can't imagine that changing much when running in triode. WW .......
308: Vinyl Asylum, Thorens, Hadcock, Manley - almost there (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-15, 09:27:49 (71.187.10.183)
Thorens TD-125 Mk II with 40 years of mods: lead damping, springs out, sorbothane in, acrylic/lead arm board. Modded Hadcock 242 arm, Musicmaker cartridge. Jim Campbell plinth finished in linseed. .......
309: Speaker Asylum, RE: Female audio company CEO, engineers, and producers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-06, 21:52:44 (71.187.10.183)
Manley Labs is what it is now, with their gear in studios around the world, because of Eveanna Manley, not David. Yes, she got the company when they split up. When that happened it was a small, incons .......
310: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Replacing tube sockets (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-06, 14:08:24 (71.187.10.183)
Yup, shoulda woulda coulda. I'm not a compulsive tube roller, so these should last me. I didn't know about socket savers - good idea. WW .......
311: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Did Brian pay Carole Kaye by the Decibel on Pet Sounds? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-06, 09:07:19 (71.187.10.183)
Levels are set by the tracking engineer, then the mix engineer; not by the performers. Carol Kaye is a giant among musicians. WW .......
312: Speaker Asylum, Female audio company CEO, engineers, and producers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-06, 09:04:33 (71.187.10.183)
EveAnna Manley is owner and CEO of the best-run audio company in history. Long list of other audio companies headed or owned by women at the link. WW .......
313: General Asylum, All good here (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-06, 08:47:37 (71.187.10.183)
I've bought tubes from Kevin for years. One crapped out early, which can happen, and they replaced it immediately. (Who else guarantees tubes, even for the short term?) Kevin took on Tannoy as U.S. im .......
314: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Replacing tube sockets (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-05, 19:56:58 (71.187.10.183)
Given all that would have had to come out, including the board with the soft start circuit, I decided to do it with the board in place. The bugger was desoldering the old socket pins. They fit tightly .......
315: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: When you opened it up and saw this (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-05, 12:24:06 (71.187.10.183)
It was a job that had to be done, one way or the other. Your pic is a Mahi, and there is more room and pretty good access to everything on the Snapper. But I picked the hard way, and won't do that .......
316: Tube DIY Asylum, Replacing tube sockets (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-03-05, 11:38:24 (71.187.10.183)
I have a pair of Manley Snappers with bad tube sockets. A previous owner was apparently a tube roller, and was I was losing grid connections, which takes out a tube (or two) and that gets expensive. P .......
317: Speaker Asylum, Spicas, Sequerra, double Advent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-25, 09:00:30 (71.187.10.183)
Thankfully Spica made about 10k of the TD-50's, so they're always readily available around $250-300ish. The Sequerra Met 7 Mk II's had a ridiculously good bottom end, good mids and extension (though n .......
318: Tape Trail, Nope... but 15 ips half-track is a whole 'nuther story (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-23, 09:28:29 (71.187.10.183)
Cassettes are a dead-end. No replacement heads, no one relaps them, awful to work on. However, 15 ips half-track blows away even the best LP playback chain. All you need is (very) deep pockets to affo .......
319: Amp/Preamp Asylum, 40 years' worth (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-23, 09:05:18 (71.187.10.183)
1970's: AR 4x, Dual TT, Sansui receiver. Then Advents w/various s/s amps, then double Advents with Sony TA-3200F (great fun!), Philips Davids, Infinity Servo Statik 1 panels with Mac tubes, Magneplana .......
320: Vintage Asylum, A pic of vintage gear you gotta love (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-20, 16:22:30 (71.187.10.183)
I've never seen as good a pic of this system. Tandberg 64's, Marantz 7T, Marantz 10B, Dual 1229. You know whose it is. Hint: it's still in that same house, in Queens, which you can visit. WW ::: TO .......
321: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Sorbothane will not isolate a turntable (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-09, 10:20:18 (71.187.10.183)
We'll just have to disagree on that. The results I've gotten are pretty dramatic. No hint of feedback even at very loud levels with full-range material and a nearby sub. So whether we call it damping .......
322: Vinyl Asylum, Not so fast on the hearing thing (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-08, 16:27:17 (71.187.10.183)
It has become pretty obvious that typical male high-frequency hearing loss as measured on sine wave tests does *not* mean you don't hear those frequencies in music. Steve Addabbo, Bob Power, Jon Gordo .......
323: Vinyl Asylum, RE: rubber stoppers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-08, 15:51:57 (71.187.10.183)
Yup. I haven't tried those, but did try the Thorens rubber mushrooms in place of the springs with spikes under the plinth - no good. The presentation sounded quicker, maybe a little more present, but .......
324: Vinyl Asylum, Try Sorbothane (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-08, 07:42:26 (71.187.10.183)
2" half-spheres with gentle stickum on the flat side on ebay for about $25. Sorbothane is outstanding at absorbing lows. WW .......
325: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And Manley turns 30. nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-02-08, 07:36:16 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
326: Music Lane, RE: No interest in Grammys here? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-27, 10:17:21 (71.187.10.183)
I made it until some time before 11 pm and switched it off. For me, it was boring, forgettable pabulum, with audience members inexplicably jumping up and down and screaming all night. Enthusiasm is gr .......
327: Tube DIY Asylum, Another Mouser story (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-24, 09:33:58 (71.187.10.183)
I bought a de-soldering pump from them, and it arrived, but turned out to be huge - 14" long with the trigger button 8" from the tip. Really impractical for any small work. (The pic in the catalog did .......
328: Speaker Asylum, RE: Powered Monitors and Durability (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-21, 11:49:27 (71.187.10.183)
Well-designed and amps last a long time, regardless of whether they are inside speaker enclosures or not. Keeping old amps going is generally not hard. Replace electrolytics somewhere between 15 and 3 .......
329: Speaker Asylum, Many thanks, all. It was Tannoy Churchills and they're still available (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-19, 08:09:59 (71.187.10.183)
Churchills are very hard to find, but here they are - see link. Turns out I can't use them in my room, which is quite narrow. (With their two-foot width, they're just not practicable.) So I'll stick w .......
330: Speaker Asylum, Need advice on freight shipping large speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-18, 08:32:15 (71.187.10.183)
I found some big floorstanders I want to buy, but they are in Florida and I'm in NJ. They weight about 250 lbs each and have no grills to protect the drivers. Has anyone use freight forwarders to ship .......
331: SET Asylum, RE: High End Audio Repair (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-17, 18:42:16 (71.187.10.183)
All I know is that what Ben charged to resurrect and upgrade a VTL preamp seemed good to me when I paid the bill. When I got it home and heard how much he improved it (mostly a stiffer power supply) I .......
332: SET Asylum, High End Audio Repair (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-17, 14:12:12 (71.187.10.183)
Ben Jacoby does superb work and his pricing is fair. His queue tends to be *very* long, so set up something to keep you in music until he gets to it. Blackie Pagano in Manhattan also does good work. T .......
333: Amp/Preamp Asylum, There are some you can believe (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-17, 14:04:42 (71.187.10.183)
Metric Halo, which invented the firewire audio interface product category (mic pre's or line in's plus DAC/ADC)has field-installable upgrades to their new architecture, replacing firewire with etherne .......
334: Amp/Preamp Asylum, oddball option (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-14, 07:54:27 (71.187.10.183)
If your current preamp is OK except for the lack of EQ, one option is a used Manley Massive Passive. This may be the most successful studio EQ box since the original Pultec EQP-1. It is superb, wit .......
335: Tape Trail, RE: Home recording (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-12, 21:56:58 (71.187.10.183)
It all depends on what you're using them for, and I'm afraid I have no idea what one would do with four quarter-track decks. Whatever you're doing, if it works for you, you're all set. Most studios .......
336: Tape Trail, RE: Speaking of 707s and old tape (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-12, 16:01:32 (71.187.10.183)
Tape dust is fine. If you have sticky-shed, you'll know it (and regret it.) You mentioned in the other post using 456. I would never touch it. Save the reels if they're any good, and toss the tape. I .......
337: Tape Trail, RE: Home recording (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-12, 15:51:23 (71.187.10.183)
If you can afford 15 ips half-track you can forget NR systems. You can get a good deck for somewhere around $1k or less, like an Otari MX5050 B2 or later series recapped, aligned, and relapped, or a S .......
338: General Asylum, No... but (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-12, 15:08:54 (71.187.10.183)
There is a surprising if tiny market of those with deep pockets who realize that 1/4" 15-ips half-track is a whole 'nuther world. They have kept the Tape Project going for decades now, buying all thei .......
339: Speaker Asylum, Sequerra, Dahlquist, Spica, B&W, ProAC, Braun/ADC (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-09, 11:28:23 (71.187.10.183)
Braun/ADS models All good, all musical, though the tiny L300 is somehow more special. Also the very similar Canton line from the 70's/80's. Sequerra Met 7 Mark II Wonderful if the room isn't too bi .......
340: Tape Trail, RE: NEAL 102 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-05, 04:37:44 (71.187.10.183)
It appears to be a rebranded and slightly modified Advent 201. WW .......
341: Tube DIY Asylum, Draining the power supply (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2020-01-03, 09:22:35 (71.187.10.183)
I use a 100-ohm 10-watt (I think) resistor with an alligator clip on one end and a probe on the other. Clip it to the chassis, and use the probe to drain the caps. It takes a few seconds to get the .......
342: General Asylum, NY repair places (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-12-19, 08:37:19 (71.187.10.183)
I meant to respond to this long ago. There are several NYC repair places I've had good results with: Blackie Pagano - specializes in guitar amps, but does lots of vacuum tube hifi repairs and mods. He .......
343: General Asylum, gearslutz (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-12-18, 16:26:57 (71.187.10.183)
I second that - great. And if you find it useful, please contribute, and while you're in the giving mood, give some to Rod here as well. Asylum and Slutz pretty much cover the audio world and we need .......
344: Hi-Rez Highway, Osmo Vanska, Carlos Kleiber (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-12-14, 15:28:19 (71.187.10.183)
Vanska, baby! If you like Carlos Kleiber's approach to Beethoven's symphonies, you'll probably like Vanska - they are similar. The audio quality on all the Vanska/Minnesota BIS label recordings is .......
345: Vintage Asylum, SAE, BGW power amps (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-12-09, 12:10:09 (71.187.10.183)
Steve Addabbo uses SAE 2200s, a P250, and a 2300, plus BGW a 250 and a 750B in his New York studio. (He won a Grammy last year for one of the Bob Dylan basement sets.) They are all terrific - wonderfu .......
346: General Asylum, It's complicated (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-12-08, 09:55:33 (71.187.10.183)
There are middle-aged (and older) engineers who still have their golden ears despite having (generally) male age-related high-frequency hearing loss. I assisted on some of the Bob Dylan basement tapes .......
347: Tubes Asylum, EveAnna Manley in Guangzhou (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-12-06, 08:40:55 (71.187.10.183)
EveAnna is in Guangzhou at a huge audio show and ran across an amplifier with (hopefully) unique features. WW .......
348: OTL Asylum, techs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-28, 10:00:44 (71.187.10.183)
Ben Jacoby at High End Audio Repair in Brooklyn is superb. Call him (don't email) to set it up. His queue is always *very* long. highendaudiorepair.com Blackie Pagano, also in NYC, is great as well. W .......
349: Speaker Asylum, Love the Studio 100s (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-28, 09:49:22 (71.187.10.183)
They are often seen in studios for acoustic sessions, especially small ensembles. One of the few speakers that let you hear everything in the mix while still being musical. And the Tablettes were cham .......
350: Speaker Asylum, RE: Dual run of speaker cables? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-28, 09:45:28 (71.187.10.183)
I'm not sure how Blue Jeans makes up their bi-wire sets, but if they are in a common sheath, I believe you lose the advantage of bi-wiring. While not universally accepted, I'm with Richard Vandersteen .......
351: Amp/Preamp Asylum, re "not taking an iron to the board" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-22, 09:13:04 (71.187.10.183)
"... you are better off not taking an iron to the board which ANY engineer will tell you is the worst thing you can do to it even if you are very good." Nonsense. Replacing bad components does not hur .......
352: Digital Drive, RE: CD vs SACD playback hardware (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-19, 10:34:59 (71.187.10.183)
A CD player cannot read the SACD layer of an SACD. It will read the CD layer of an SACD if it's present. I think almost all SACDs include a CD layer, but I could be wrong. An SACD player should be abl .......
353: General Asylum, Let's see how "budget" I can get (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-13, 09:10:52 (71.187.10.183)
This is all used gear, which I almost always buy, but isn't for everyone. Spica TC-50 $250-$350 used - widely available Great mids, world-class imaging (still), slightly soft upper extension, 6 dB/oct .......
354: Vinyl Asylum, RE: gotta love it (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-09, 05:50:20 (71.187.10.183)
And the record player is a KLH Model Eleven. .......
355: Speaker Asylum, RE: Sequerra Met 7 Mk II (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-08, 06:53:53 (71.187.10.183)
Loved them on a c-j MV75A1, and they were truly breathtaking on VTL Compact 100's. Unlike many small monitors, the Met 7's throw a big sound with a big soundstage. One afternoon back in the 90's I got .......
356: Speaker Asylum, Sequerra Met 7 Mk II (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-11-07, 09:14:25 (71.187.10.183)
They might be a little over 9" deep, but not by much. Hugely satisfying almost full-range speakers that can produce realistic orchestral slam when called upon. Astonishingly, if uneven bottom end. .......
357: Tape Trail, RE: Otari (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-27, 12:30:30 (73.16.30.24)
"I do know that their multi-track pro decks weren't all that great." I only worked with a 1" 8-track MX-5050 B series, and it was superb. Was it up there with our A800-IV? Yes, it absolutely was. I ne .......
358: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wow, Belles 350a goes nuclear (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-18, 13:28:09 (71.187.10.183)
re DC from the preamp Now would be a good time to check if your pre is putting out any DC. Some amps don't care, while others can't tolerate it at all. WW .......
359: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Popping/rustling noise (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-17, 14:45:29 (71.187.10.183)
Deoxit can help, but old tube sockets often start losing contact with the tube pin as the metal sleeve in the socket gets bent out of shape. You can use jeweler's screwdrivers to coax the metal contac .......
360: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Metric Halo (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-16, 17:04:10 (71.187.10.183)
Dawnrazor, The MH interfaces need an OSX computer. I didn't realize you wanted to run the DAC from a player. Suggest you pop an email to in-foo@mhlabs.com with what you want to do, and I'm sure they'l .......
361: Computer Audio Asylum, Metric Halo (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-16, 08:12:55 (71.187.10.183)
Metric Halo interfaces include either mic preamps or line inputs, which you probably don't need, but the converters in them (all DAC/ADC) are outstanding. All their interfaces, regardless of ag .......
362: Speaker Asylum, RE: Is it heresy to subwoof.... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-14, 12:54:50 (71.187.10.183)
Not heresy at all - they weren't designed to have any bottom end. I would experiment with running the monitors with a high-pass filter, preferably steep, as having a wide overlap can muddy things up. .......
363: Amp/Preamp Asylum, re Mac markup (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-14, 12:51:18 (71.187.10.183)
Things may have changed in the not-quite-fifty ears since I sold Mac, but back then they were slightly on the modest side - we sold their gear with a 40% margin. Given Mac's requirement that dealers h .......
364: General Asylum, RE: desktop scale (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-14, 12:28:13 (71.187.10.183)
Many digital stylus force gauges can handle cartridges and headshells. If you have one, try it. WW .......
365: Speaker Asylum, RE: Favorite Monitors for Soundstage and Imaging (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-13, 10:05:32 (71.187.10.183)
Spica TC-50, TC-60; Braun L300, LV-1020; Maggie 1U; original edition Servo Statik panels; Tannoy Stirling GR (looking for a pair of Churchills - pm me anywhere in continental U.S.); Vandy Quatro; Quad .......
366: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Manley Snappers nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-11, 10:07:50 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
367: Speaker Asylum, RE: Speakers from a recording studio? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-09, 12:39:05 (71.187.10.183)
Sure. Electrical components in speakers do not wear out from use. Some, like electrolytic capacitors, go out of spec with age whether used or not. If there are 'lytics in any old crossovers, swap 'em .......
368: Vintage Asylum, avoid steel wool - use bronze wool (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-04, 13:54:28 (71.187.10.183)
All the dust steel wool creates lands somewhere and immediately starts oxidizing. Get bronze wool from a woodworking or marine supply outfit. Does the same thing, a little gentler, and no future rust. .......
369: Vinyl Asylum, It happens (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-03, 10:16:40 (71.187.10.183)
The gear upstream of the cutting head (tape deck or DAC, EQ, compressors) can affect the sound. The amplifiers driving the cutting head can as well. The mastering engineer's experience and taste affec .......
370: General Asylum, And... I think EveAnna Manley will be there this year (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-01, 14:35:06 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
371: General Asylum, Free AES & NAB exhibits passes in NYC Oct 16-18 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-10-01, 11:49:19 (71.187.10.183)
The AES conference runs Oct. 16-18 at the Javits Center in NYC. You can register for a free pass to the exhibits (and a few events) at the link using this code: AES19FOH To get one, go to the link and .......
372: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I missed that nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-29, 21:00:01 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
373: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-29, 15:04:41 (71.187.10.183)
If it hums with the power generator, the problem isn't with the wall supply. It's in the amp. Some older amps always had a little mechanical hum, and that's why they generally mounted the transformers .......
374: Vinyl Asylum, one more Berkowitz story (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-19, 17:57:40 (71.187.10.183)
Sorry, can't resist. For the Beatles mono LP set, Sony played the tapes to 24/96 files. Steve took the files and started going through them, making notes on paper of what eq, compression, or other .......
375: Vinyl Asylum, RE: thanks! great info and I appreciate it! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-19, 16:29:10 (71.187.10.183)
My studio experience was limited to a couple days a week for little over five years, and that's not much. But I did get to spend time in a bunch of NY studios, and for that time the studio engineers w .......
376: Vinyl Asylum, RE: yep mastering anytime is another variable (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-19, 15:29:44 (71.187.10.183)
It happens pretty often, though it's often hard to track down the provenance of any end product. The LPs I mentioned may have been made from tape, but were not made directly from the original masters, .......
377: Vinyl Asylum, It can be better (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-19, 12:46:01 (71.187.10.183)
I got to hear the early Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin recordings on the Studer A800 Mk IV that made them, compared to 24/96 copies made on a UAD 2192, and to audiophile LP releases, all in the studio .......
378: Vinyl Asylum, It may be the best TV since Spectacle nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-19, 12:29:35 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
379: Music Lane, RE: PBS Ken Burns Country Music (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-17, 06:02:15 (71.187.10.183)
I thought, at 16 hours, it had to be at least somewhat self-indulgent. Now, having seen the first episode, it actually might be too short. Just brilliant; maybe the best TV I've seen since Elvis Coste .......
380: General Asylum, RE: It's always something...... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-15, 19:47:38 (71.187.10.183)
That amp clips at 34 watts into 4 ohms. The link has a pretty complete battery of measurements, and it really doesn't look like something worth putting any time or effort into. I have the tiny Lepai .......
381: Vintage Asylum, RE: Audio Research Preamp Repair (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-13, 15:16:06 (71.187.10.183)
Ben Jacoby at High End Audio Repair in Brooklyn is excellent, and like all good techs, his queue is long - sometimes several months. He is a factory authorized ARC repair center. Cash/check only. Blac .......
382: Speaker Asylum, RE: For those that know the brand, did A/D/S make a larger.... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-09-09, 13:02:34 (71.187.10.183)
A moment of reverence, please, for the Braun tri-amps. WW .......
383: General Asylum, General reply (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-29, 12:00:10 (71.187.10.183)
Your ARC electronics should be good for starters. As they are late 70's vintage, send them to a tech for recapping and whatever else they might need. As all techs have very long queues, often 2 mon .......
384: Vinyl Asylum, You're right (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-26, 13:48:15 (71.187.10.183)
We do have this every few months, and if I'm not mistaken, I'm the one who keeps bringing it up. Sorry for the repetition, but I am still enthusiastic about the system. WW .......
385: Vinyl Asylum, P.S. (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-26, 08:57:57 (71.187.10.183)
To answer the OP's original question more directly, some music does better to me in digital, even lowly CDs, and other music better on LP. Solo piano often sounds better in digital, whereas strings an .......
386: Vinyl Asylum, analogue plus digital: Plangent (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-26, 08:51:25 (71.187.10.183)
Most of my favorite listening is LPs, and I spent many years chopping up/modding an old Thorens until it started doing what I wanted. Until a few years ago, the best I ever heard was a 15 ips half- .......
387: General Asylum, re tariffs (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-23, 11:31:40 (71.187.10.183)
I've heard a fair amount of moaning, mostly from pro audio manufacturers, as studio gear seems to be less country-centric than hifi. Sheet metal and switches especially, as China has several good swit .......
388: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Dylan Blood On the Tracks One-Step has arrived! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-16, 20:58:30 (71.187.10.183)
Now you need the More Blood, More Tracks release that has all the sessions that went into that record, in order. Steve Berkowitz and Steve Addabbo did this as the Bootleg vol. 14. As their vol. 12 won .......
389: General Asylum, RE: re ported speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-12, 07:04:02 (71.187.10.183)
As you are tired from arguing about ported speakers, as well you should be, I won't argue. Our taste in sound differs, and that's fine. Enjoy your music. WW .......
390: Headphone Heights, Bottlehead Crack (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-09, 07:53:36 (71.187.10.183)
The Crack amp is heaven on my HD800. At $315 for an easy two-evening kit, it's a steal. (NOTE: it's on sale for $215 through August 15th.) It is for high-impedance headphones only. There is plenty of .......
391: Digital Drive, My mistake - it's just a DAC. nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-06, 16:54:22 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
392: Vinyl Asylum, RE: It has the Nipper on it. Capitalist infiltration? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-06, 07:57:34 (71.187.10.183)
Nipper was originally used on the His Masters Voice label. RCA usage came later. WW .......
393: Digital Drive, Rupert Neve DAC/ADC coming (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-06, 07:36:52 (71.187.10.183)
Targeted for September, no pricing yet. It includes his RNHP headphone amp, does DSD to 22.4 MHz, and PCM to 24/384. Rupert, at 93, is still at it and I, for one, am thankful. WW .......
394: Vinyl Asylum, Carmen Ballet Suite (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-06, 07:09:03 (71.187.10.183)
Still one of my favorite LPs is the Shchedrin Carmen Ballet Suite, also released on HMV. Really good throughout, and memorable to me as it was my first high end demo... on KLH Nines back in the ear .......
395: Shady Lane, RE: What's the Scam? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-04, 11:48:40 (71.187.10.183)
Do not communicate. The entertainment value of learning the scam brings with it a risk. As you don't know what the scam is, you don't know what the risk is. There are various scams that use Paypal's d .......
396: Classical Court, There's one I actually miss - Mercury Saint-Saëns 3rd (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-02, 09:37:42 (71.187.10.183)
The Mercury Saint-Saëns 3rd with Paray/Detroit, one of the all-time great recordings, was remastered by Tom Fine with the Plangent system. The results are breathtaking. But there *was* that violin cla .......
397: General Asylum, RE: Lessons learned.....the hard way (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-08-02, 09:26:18 (71.187.10.183)
If you keep a zero balance on a credit card, it doesn't get figured in when calculating your credit rating. So it's best, credit-wise, to use each card for one transaction per month and pay it off jus .......
398: Tubes Asylum, RE: A Question about tube gain (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-29, 09:32:42 (71.187.10.183)
If the tubes won't let you set the proper bias, contact the outfit that sold them to you. You do want to get the bias down to the specified level, and you don't want to use the amp until it is. It cou .......
399: Tape Trail, RE: The Next Step (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-23, 11:47:18 (71.187.10.183)
Some years back when I was assisting in a studio I got an Otari MX5050 b2-II mostly to re-learn how to align it. Got the deck, stand, reels, demagnetizer, capstan oil, pinch roller etc etc, all for .......
400: Tape Trail, "All of 'em, Katie." (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-22, 08:53:13 (71.187.10.183)
And if I had pockets deep enough, I'd get all I could regardless of cost. I did buy one from the ebay "tape lady", which was the Egmont Overture with Abbaddo/Berlin in 15 ips half-track, and it is won .......
401: General Asylum, RE: re ported speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-22, 08:04:10 (71.187.10.183)
Dear Bub - All correct. The only thing I'd add is that I've heard one medium-sized ported speaker, the internally tri-amped Genelec S30, that have stupendous fast detailed bass that goes quite low. .......
402: General Asylum, re ported speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-18, 20:42:41 (71.187.10.183)
Dear Thump, You might want to listen to some speakers that aren't on your list, as you have some pretty big misconceptions about what ported designs can do. Yes, small ported speakers are always pr .......
403: Computer Audio Asylum, we are digressing... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-14, 17:58:16 (71.187.10.183)
But my first programmable calculator was the HP 27. It was always a struggle to keep programs under the 99 line limit, but for some reason it made me very happy. WW .......
404: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I've been mostly happy with digital transients (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-14, 17:50:28 (71.187.10.183)
You're right: Bellybutton, which was the one he used for his mastering seminar, was 1990. I remembered it being earlier. Still, in 1990 there were still quite a few gritty CDs coming out. Metric Halo .......
405: Vinyl Asylum, I've been mostly happy with digital transients (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-14, 10:56:35 (71.187.10.183)
The best reproduction I ever heard was 15 ips half-track tape. If you've ever heard any of the pre-mastered "safety copies" circulating some years back, you know how thrilling they can be. Then it all .......
406: General Asylum, RE: Jo Carol (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-07, 12:07:48 (71.187.10.183)
Then go find the CD of Bad Girls Upset by the Truth. It's an hour-long song/story performance piece she still sometimes does. It's brilliant, funny, and seriously twisted. Please smoke a joint or bowl .......
407: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: How to connect my SUB & SATELLITES?? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-06, 23:00:37 (71.187.10.183)
The manual is online at several sites, and I'm sure Polk can point you to one. I think it came up at manualslib.com and manualsonline.com at least. Just do a search. WW .......
408: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: How to connect my SUB & SATELLITES?? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-06, 20:41:19 (71.187.10.183)
Get the subwoofer manual and read it. (I would have said RTFM, but the last person I said that to was mightily offended.) It appears your sub has speaker-level inputs and outputs. You run speaker wire .......
409: General Asylum, Good for you (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-05, 11:56:29 (71.187.10.183)
If they are nearly as tight and energetic as most reviews have said, you're in for a great show. WW .......
410: Inmate Central, MAD always told the truth. nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-05, 11:54:03 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
411: Music Lane, RE: Buying tickets from scalpers? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-02, 16:39:45 (71.187.10.183)
It's never legal, and I've never seen anyone busted for it. Be sure you see the tickets before you hand over the money. There is always some risk of counterfeit tickets, especially for big pop concert .......
412: Tubes Asylum, Tighten your tube sockets for peace and happiness (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-26, 21:39:37 (71.187.10.183)
I had a Manley Snapper amp that was blowing B+ fuses regularly. This last time I was in the room and saw a tube go bright red before the failure. Paul Fargo, their tech guru who is one of the great .......
413: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Why do I need a preamp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-23, 15:48:17 (71.187.10.183)
I tried, without success. Took an old PS Audio pre, removed the active guts, and wired the inputs to the selector switch, and the outs to the volume pot, all with cotton-insulated silver wire. The res .......
414: General Asylum, Another hour of audio nerdiness - Manley Tour (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-21, 18:07:24 (71.187.10.183)
Here's another Manley tour, with Warren Huart of Produce Like a Pro. Lots of info on their hifi and pro product development, and stuff they're working on. They show how they develop and build their pr .......
415: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Recording from variable output (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-19, 21:38:56 (71.187.10.183)
A volume pot is a volume pot, so it doesn't matter which knob you use. It does help to keep the settings of both pots away from the extremes, low or high, as that's where you're likelier to see some c .......
416: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Recording from variable output (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-19, 09:42:00 (71.187.10.183)
Start by setting levels so your computer recording software shows an average level of -18 dBFS. At that level you'll have plenty of dynamic range for any source. That will also give your DAC (on pl .......
417: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'm happy with my VPI Cleaning machine (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-14, 09:32:32 (71.187.10.183)
Happy with the 16.5 here as well. I use the VPI concentrated fluid (mix with a gallon of distilled water) and no residue seen or heard in about 20 years of use. WW .......
418: Tubes Asylum, RE: Mecury model 1000 tester and Bendix tubes?? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-14, 09:28:43 (71.187.10.183)
FWIW, 6094 is listed in the Mercury 1100A chart. WW .......
419: General Asylum, RE: "Tighter Bass" "Tight Bass" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-06, 14:35:53 (71.187.10.183)
Faster, better controlled, like Tannoy, Harbeth, some of the other Brit designs, Braun, all the early Klipsch except the Cornwalls. This is in contrast to, say, Henry Kloss' designs, especially the Ad .......
420: Tube DIY Asylum, I use this (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-02, 08:42:23 (71.187.10.183)
Easy to set up. Resistor available on Mouser et al. WW .......
421: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: VT200 bias all over the place (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-06-01, 06:20:40 (71.187.10.183)
I second the sockets idea. I have a Manley amp that kept popping B+ fuses and taking out one tube. It was a bad connection on the grid pin, as suggested by Manley's tech guru, Paul Fargo. Tighten the .......
422: General Asylum, RE: Hearing protection (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-05-31, 09:25:27 (71.187.10.183)
The Etymotic earplugs are terrific, and as they cost something like $25 I keep a couple pair of the ER20's stashed so I'm likely to have them with me when I need them. They provide 20 dB reduction pre .......
423: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Volume control maximum? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-05-21, 08:39:31 (71.187.10.183)
The volume control is not like the accelerator pedal on your car; it's more like the brake. Turning it down stops the signal from getting in. Your amps (preamps, phono stages, et al.) amplify their in .......
424: General Asylum, they will rise (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-05-13, 08:29:19 (71.187.10.183)
With the initial tariffs, U.S. steel and aluminum suppliers immediately raised prices to be at par with the Chinese steel (with tariffs). U.S. Manufacturers who use steel and aluminum are hit hard. Th .......
425: General Asylum, Learn to mix... south of France... this June (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-05-12, 11:24:04 (71.187.10.183)
This is an oddball, but oddballs can be fun. I just ran across the "Mix with the Masters" site and saw Bob Power is doing one of their week-long residential seminars June 7-13 in southeast France. .......
426: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Manley Shrimp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-30, 07:40:41 (71.187.10.183)
I'm very happy with my Jumbo Shrimp I got used - very quiet, sounds good, no on/off thumps. Looks good, too. WW .......
427: General Asylum, RE: Tech in NYC (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-25, 09:12:37 (71.187.10.183)
Ban Jacoby and Blackie both good. Ben's wait time is often measured in months, and he is worth the wait. Analogique is good for a wider variety of gear, like CD players, etc. at 27 W. 20th Street. WW .......
428: Amp/Preamp Asylum, How do you test caps? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-18, 10:05:53 (71.187.10.183)
Measuring the capacitance with a meter is pretty useless, and I suspect setting up a rig to test them at their normal operating voltage would be far more expensive than replacing them, yes? WW ::: TOP .......
429: General Asylum, RE: Paypal Security (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-18, 10:02:43 (71.187.10.183)
I haven't heard of any major problems, but do recommend getting the Verisign dongle, or enabling two-factor verification. Either makes hacking your account lots harder. WW .......
430: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Best female vocal albums (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-15, 08:51:49 (71.187.10.183)
Joni Mitchell - Blue & Ladies of the Canyon Montserrat Caballé - Casta Diva The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (for Ronnie Gilbert's perf) La Boheme with Bjoerling, de los Angeles, Beecham (best in mono, bu .......
431: Vinyl Asylum, not my intention (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-11, 20:03:51 (71.187.10.183)
I did not intend my comment to be snide at all. I don't do that online EVER. I'm very sorry you took it that way. I've been a contributing inmate since the very early days, with a brief break when I t .......
432: Vinyl Asylum, RTFM for fine speed adjustment (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-11, 13:09:25 (71.187.10.183)
Vinylengine has the manual, which says the fine speed adjustment is next to the motor pulley, just outside. WW .......
433: Music Lane, RE: Not "operatic" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-08, 06:50:52 (71.187.10.183)
My my, the leaps are a-leaping! Singing opera or lieder or other art songs is just a technique that uses the entire torso to produce the sound. Anyone can be taught. Not anyone, once taught, will have .......
434: Music Lane, RE: "Singers who perform it [the Lied repertoire] are opera singers" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-08, 06:34:02 (71.187.10.183)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was one of the great operatic baritones. There is no "leap" from lieder to opera. It's more likely he had the wrong voice for it, rather than insufficient voice. There *are* .......
435: Music Lane, RE: Not "operatic" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-07, 21:19:02 (71.187.10.183)
"Are these singers NOT opera singers because their secondary careers in secondary parts limited by time?" --> Nope. Time on stage has nothing to do with it. And there are, thankfully, few roles that k .......
436: Music Lane, RE: Not "operatic" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-07, 07:36:05 (71.187.10.183)
Dear RGA, It's not a "more or less" thing; it's a difference in kind. Opera singers create a column of air starting at the bottom of the lungs, supported by all the muscles around their middles. It re .......
437: Headphone Heights, Manley B-stock headphone amp (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-06, 10:03:07 (71.187.10.183)
FYI EveAnna is selling some of her new headphone amps with minor cosmetic flaws for a pretty big discount - $3,600 down from the original $4,500. I haven't heard these yet, but would like to. Single-e .......
438: Music Lane, RE: Not "operatic" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-06, 05:37:13 (71.187.10.183)
I think we can agree to disagree on this. She is classically trained and has sung lieder. It's certainly a pretty voice. But she sings with microphones and amplifiers. If you can't sing opera, unampli .......
439: Music Lane, Not "operatic" (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-04, 11:53:42 (71.187.10.183)
Their singing has nothing to do with the way opera singers sing. They are pop singers - completely different technique. WW .......
440: General Asylum, +1 nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-04, 11:47:19 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
441: Headphone Heights, Bottlehead Crack (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-04-01, 08:37:46 (71.187.10.183)
Designed for high-impedance headphones, $300 as a kit - requires basic soldering skills. I have it on my 800's and will never part with it. WW .......
442: Vinyl Asylum, KAB filter (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-03-28, 13:21:35 (71.187.10.183)
It is invaluable. Read the description at the link. And, despite it's utilitarian appearance, if you look inside, it's beautifully made. (If you remove the cover, be sure to note which side is "in" an .......
443: Vinyl Asylum, They're not (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-03-27, 20:18:22 (71.187.10.183)
CDs are not the most faithful by a long shot. The most faithful medium is quarter-inch 15-ips half-track tape, followed quite closely by 24/96 files made with the Plangent system. The tape format is v .......
444: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Post your pre (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-03-23, 12:11:58 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
445: General Asylum, Actually, there was a POS-1 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-03-16, 17:17:43 (71.187.10.183)
An Infinity rep told me around 1970 they told their engineers to design a cheap model, which they resisted. When they got it done, they named it the POS-1. At the time, their main models were the 1 .......
446: Vinyl Asylum, re James Farber (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-03-09, 07:11:24 (71.187.10.183)
I assisted for him a few times. Wonderful to watch him work. While all engineers concentrate more than most can imagine, James' laser focus was almost scary. Knowing he liked everything zeroed out whe .......
447: Vinyl Asylum, 15 ips half-track 1/4-inch... but it's not the best (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-03-06, 09:26:42 (71.187.10.183)
It's a hard medium to beat, and LP doesn't come close. (Check out the old video shot at VPI where Harry Weisfeld points to a tape deck and says it blows away everything else in the factory.) Huge dyna .......
448: General Asylum, RE: Help! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-02-08, 10:55:38 (71.187.10.183)
Try swapping the connections at the speakers left-to-right and right-to-left and see if the silence stays on the same channel or moves. If it moves, then it's probable that one channel of your amp has .......
449: Speaker Asylum, I just heard them once... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-02-08, 09:32:23 (71.187.10.183)
... in 1970, in a dealer's long narrow room (which they love) playing the Shchedrin Carmen Ballet Suite on the Melodiya LP. It was thrilling, even with the collapse into mush on the loud percussion .......
450: Speaker Asylum, KLH model nine coming back (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-02-07, 16:58:34 (71.187.10.183)
see link - $25k per pair. Also pictured on the klhaudio.com site. WW .......
451: Vintage Asylum, RE: Renovation, Improve, or Replace (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-02-05, 06:01:08 (71.187.10.183)
For the A77, Bob Shuster (shustersound.com) posts lots of Studer work on Facebook and he works on some consumer decks. The problem is always whether the cost of the work exceeds the value of the deck. .......
452: Speaker Asylum, Snappers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-01-13, 10:40:05 (71.187.10.183)
I love the Manley Snappers on my Stirling GR's, which are 2 dB less efficient than yours. Neither of us need anywhere near the power they put out, but I think the magic in these amps is the output tra .......
453: Rocky Road, RE: Who was the greatest American rock band of all time? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-01-09, 14:20:03 (71.187.10.183)
Who's on first. .......
454: Tubes Asylum, RE: Bias cable with phono plug (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-01-06, 08:55:58 (71.187.10.183)
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a "bias jack"? WW .......
455: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Help with Nagra PSA (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-01-06, 08:46:37 (71.187.10.183)
There are jumpers inside the amp - they are probably labelled. If not, ask Nagra. WW .......
456: General Asylum, There were two (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-01-06, 08:39:47 (71.187.10.183)
First, walking into Harmony House in Manhattan probably around 1973 and hearing the Quad ESLs for the first time. Second, about the same time, when a friend and I started dealing used hifi gear, getti .......
457: General Asylum, RE: Forget the pop music - let's talk rock! (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-01-04, 11:26:31 (71.187.10.183)
I was a junior in high school, and went on a summer study trip in France. On coming back, a friend said there was a three-day music festival happening on farm in New York, and we should go. I said, "N .......
458: General Asylum, RE: How many of you are on your "end of life" system? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-01-04, 11:23:44 (71.187.10.183)
Pretty close on the gear side. A Massive Passive would be nice to tame the top end of the Tannoys a touch, but that's it. As for listening "over and over," that's a ways off. I have about 3,500 record .......
459: General Asylum, Hum? and testing voice coils (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-27, 12:49:13 (71.187.10.183)
Speakers don't hum. If you're getting hum it must be upstream of the speakers: amp, preamp, source. You say you get it (whatever "it" is) between 40 and 100 Hz. That's a pretty big span - pretty much .......
460: Critic's Corner, RE: Stereophile Subscription (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-16, 04:58:38 (71.187.10.183)
As E-stat said, msg JA and he will respond - he is very good about that. WW .......
461: Vinyl Asylum, Sorbothane... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-15, 09:15:56 (71.187.10.183)
For my TD125 I found vibrapods too squishy, but I love what sorbothane does. I ended up with large sorbothane semi-spheres (Amazon or ebay) that seem to work well. I also replaced the springs with .......
462: General Asylum, Sony ICF-2010 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-12, 12:50:22 (71.187.10.183)
Excellent RF performance. When the internet or our power grid gets hacked and fails, shortwave should remain viable, with professional broadcasters and HAM operators. It's powered by three D-cells .......
463: Films/DVD Asylum, Boy Erased (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-06, 17:26:01 (71.187.10.183)
Just saw this. Really great audio work, as I wasn't annoyed by the sound even for an instant. I *was* surprised to see about a dozen foley engineers from six(?) studios credited. Beautiful film suppor .......
464: Vinyl Asylum, Save it on everything (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-06, 17:21:35 (71.187.10.183)
I've seen a number of pieces from (I think, I seem to recall, kinda sorta) the national archives, the Smithsonian, and the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts about apparent deterioration of dig .......
465: General Asylum, RE: Future-proofing (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-02, 16:25:04 (71.187.10.183)
Well on that we will just disagree. The best reproduction I've heard, and by a huge margin, is Plangent-processed recordings. I love LPs and 15 ips half-track. I loved my time in the studio with the g .......
466: General Asylum, more comments (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-01, 14:17:12 (71.187.10.183)
I got a good message of additional comments/questions, but the message disappeared, so here are the comments without ID-ing the inmate who posted it. What do you mean by bottleneck? There was a time .......
467: General Asylum, Future-proofing (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-12-01, 08:56:49 (71.187.10.183)
When it seems every tech purchase is obsolete before we get it out of the box, I've come across two examples of the opposite. Metric Halo developed the "audio interface", i.e. DAC/ADC plus either mic .......
468: Vinyl Asylum, How 'bout VPI (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-24, 06:27:03 (71.187.10.183)
I've always bought parts direct from them - easy to deal with, nice people. WW .......
469: Vintage Asylum, RE: Does anyone know the back story on all this stuff? NT (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-15, 10:31:24 (71.187.10.183)
We'll see. Will 25 MC-60's be overpriced? I'm curious about powering up tube amps with no load killing the output transformers. There is no input signal, and any start-up thump (which shouldn't be the .......
470: Vintage Asylum, RE: Does anyone know the back story on all this stuff? NT (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-15, 04:40:40 (71.187.10.183)
Not me, though I am going to bid on something and I'll ask when I'm up there. The description did say somewhere, I think, that it was one estate. WW .......
471: Vintage Asylum, day 2 link (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-14, 08:43:52 (71.187.10.183)
nt .......
472: Vintage Asylum, Huge 2-day online vintage audio gear auction (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-14, 08:42:26 (71.187.10.183)
I ran across this: ============================== Unbelievable Once In A Lifetime Sale Of Vintage McIntosh Electronics, Turntables, Speakers, Headphones, & Related Equipment Over 1000 lots ov .......
473: OTL Asylum, RE: verifying used EL-509s without tube tester (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-13, 08:32:31 (71.187.10.183)
You can use an ohmmeter to check tubes for shorts or a dead heater. WW .......
474: Speaker Asylum, RE: Anybody Using the BOM from Emerald Physics (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-13, 08:21:19 (71.187.10.183)
What's the preamp? .......
475: General Asylum, RE: Selling story - WWYD? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-11, 11:52:01 (71.187.10.183)
I'd return it and be done with him. .......
476: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Who remastered the Karajan reissues? (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-11-10, 03:57:14 (71.187.10.183)
Try allmusic.com - they generally list production credits, including remastering engineers. WW .......
477: Vinyl Asylum, RE: machinist & what to do (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-28, 04:59:24 (71.187.10.183)
You don't need a semi-retired machinist. I've found that tool and die shops pretty welcome oddball little jobs. (Making the "hold up sticks for Toyota hoods probably gets old after the first hundred t .......
478: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Chassis choice.... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-27, 07:17:07 (71.187.10.183)
I've always used aluminum, but EveAnna Manley has written that they got better sound with steel chassis. WW .......
479: Speaker Asylum, RE: Car speakers (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-27, 07:10:19 (71.187.10.183)
I had a pair of Dahlquist ALS-3's in a 1750 Alfa Spyder. Wonderful. WW .......
480: Headphone Heights, software crossfeed (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-22, 07:48:16 (71.187.10.183)
I've used Pro Tools and Metric Halo's channelstrip to set up a software crossfeed, and it was ok, but not great. I *think* I cross fed signals at about 10-15% of the main level and applied about a mil .......
481: General Asylum, I'll second the IR repeaters (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-22, 07:41:48 (71.187.10.183)
All that shows is a tiny thing about the size of a button, and it has little stick-ons you put on the IR "eyes" of the units inside the cabinet. Works beautifully. WW .......
482: Tape Trail, RE: Orignal color of Revox B-710 top cover (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-21, 08:43:46 (71.187.10.183)
Google it - lots of pics online. .......
483: Headphone Heights, almost always (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-21, 08:29:42 (71.187.10.183)
I built a Corda crossfeed into my Bottlehead Crack amp and it's pretty wonderful with the Senn 800s. Many thanks to Meier Audio for publishing the schematic on their site. WW .......
484: Critic's Corner, Sachs bio (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-17, 12:45:42 (71.187.10.183)
Harvey Sachs biography, "Toscanini: Musician of Conscience" goes into that in detail. Actually, it goes into everything in detail, and is a hugely satisfying read. WW .......
485: Music Lane, RE: recently learned about the wrecking crew (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-15, 08:03:51 (205.185.209.58)
It took Denny Tedesco 17 years to make and fund that film, and he stuck with it until it got done. It was a true labor of love. WW .......
486: General Asylum, binders (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-08, 10:38:00 (173.70.74.127)
I use these oversized binders from keepfiling.com with CD pocket pages from somewhere. It works ok for the most part. Because the binders aren't too thick, the rings stay closed (for the most part) .......
487: Digital Drive, Answers to two questions (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-10-02, 12:12:50 (173.70.74.127)
Answers: 1. cartridge: So many to pick from, but obvious candidates are Ortofon, Sumiko, Grado, Audio Technica. Check needledoctor.com for a wide variety. Music Hall bundles the Ortofon 2M with this m .......
488: Vintage Asylum, McIntosh 4100 (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-27, 09:27:15 (173.70.74.127)
Best receiver I ever heard - open, airy - very different from the somewhat veiled earlier models. A recapped/refurbished 4100 would be my first choice. WW .......
489: General Asylum, RE: Reviled and beloved (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-25, 11:28:22 (209.107.210.236)
I assisted in a studio for just over 5 years. Here's the autotune use I saw: 1. A young female singer, just developing her technique, who had a tricky passage in a song she just couldn't get right. Au .......
490: Critic's Corner, RE: Manley (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-19, 16:07:03 (173.70.74.127)
Coner, Actually I think it may be worse. Her FB mention was in reference to notices she got from switch suppliers. Their gear uses lots of steel (enclosures and transformer laminates to start with) pl .......
491: Critic's Corner, Manley (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-19, 07:19:31 (173.70.74.127)
EveAnna posted on FB that rising steel prices might lead to a $400 increase in each piece of gear. As they compete with products from around the world, that could hurt. WW .......
492: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Amplifier not working (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-12, 11:43:15 (173.70.74.127)
Analogique on W. 27th Street is a factory authorized Yammy service center. WW .......
493: Radio Road, RE: Installed Attic Antenna (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-09, 07:24:48 (173.70.74.127)
Check to see if there is a nearby station that might be overloading your tuner. The most common symptom of this is a station that "echoes" at several places up and down the dial. I had this problem wi .......
494: Tube DIY Asylum, Ben Jacoby (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-09, 07:13:26 (173.70.74.127)
High End Audio Repair in Brooklyn. He queue is always very long (generally 12 months or so) and he's worth the wait. Fair pricing, beautiful work. WW .......
495: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: sonic difference......ultralinear vs. triode (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-09-08, 07:02:07 (173.70.74.127)
Triode can give a sweeter midrange, which can be quite compelling. Damping factor will be lower, so, depending on the speakers, the bottom end might suffer. It is hard to define. "Arier" maybe? Ultral .......
496: Amp/Preamp Asylum, All those switches and controls... (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-08-25, 07:56:47 (173.70.74.127)
... necessarily add dozens of contact-points in the signal path. Gear in the 70's went that way and was abandoned for good reason. FWIW, if you want good EQ, get a Manley Massive Passive, or the UAD s .......
497: Vinyl Asylum, cafepress.com (n/t) (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-08-22, 14:51:36 (173.70.74.127)
nt .......
498: Vinyl Asylum, pic (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-08-22, 10:49:57 (173.70.74.127)
nt .......
499: Speaker Asylum, John Bau did pretty well with Audax drivers nt (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-08-18, 09:58:14 (69.16.147.75)
nt .......
500: Tube DIY Asylum, re fuses (0.00)
Posted by Bill Way on 2018-08-17, 15:39:21 (173.70.74.127)
The main fuse might be spec'd quite close to 'normal' current, so it's conceivable that as components in the amp have aged, the actual draw might now be a touch higher... or maybe it was just time for .......
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