1: General Asylum, RE: Interesting Insurance Article Concerning HiFi. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-05-09, 07:37:17 (73.137.67.239)
Thanks for your very informative article, Howard. Coincidentally I recently visited my State Farm agent to inquire about a rider on my home insurance to cover my stereo system. I was told that State .......

2: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Power AMP Hum (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-05-04, 06:15:42 (73.137.67.239)
Since the hum does not come from the speakers I wonder if you might have transformer hum being being transmitted by the amp's case. I once had that problem with a Belles B1 power amp. My inelegant sol .......

3: Vinyl Asylum, RE: That is certainly the opposite experience I have had on vintage ECM LPs. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-04-17, 07:12:01 (73.137.67.239)
I have found that since I bought a Ortofon cartridge, the Cadenza Bronze, with a Replicant 100 stylus and a Degritter RCM noise on LPs is neglible. .......

4: Vinyl Asylum, RE: electronic crossover (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-04-10, 05:28:35 (73.137.67.239)
With my DEQX Pre 8 DSP I don't have to be concerned with primitive devices such as volume pots as I triamplify my DIY speakers. .......

5: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Angry Much? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-04-10, 05:24:03 (73.137.67.239)
I suppose I am an old stick in the mud, but I enjoy my single ended, single gain stage, class A solid state amps with J-FET output transistors so well with my 106 dB speakers that I've never even cons .......

6: Vinyl Asylum, RE: AR was never a problem back in the day (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-04-04, 07:12:03 (73.137.67.239)
I use a reamer that looks identical to the one pictured by Alaskahiatt. Slowly and gently is the way to go. Frequently check is you've cut enough. .......

7: General Asylum, RE: Curious. Why Icelnd? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-03-31, 07:24:35 (73.137.67.239)
Just curious, but what caused the mover to Iceland? .......

8: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Zen and the art of vinyl cleaning (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-03-30, 08:37:00 (73.137.67.239)
I agree about the joy of clean LPs. For me the means is a DeGritter and between clean records and the Replicant 100 stylus of my Ortofon cartridge ticks and pops are a thing of the past. .......

9: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Thermal Distortion Paper (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-03-18, 06:35:23 (73.137.67.239)
Many many companies and government agencies are striving diligently to create a room temperature superconductor. I find it interesting to think that a superconductor voice coil would completely obviat .......

10: General Asylum, RE: Road Warriors Keep on Truckin'... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-01-13, 05:52:20 (73.137.67.239)
Interesting article, Musetap. Thanks for posting it. In addition to learning much about roadies it also made made me seriously consider having two knee reo0lacement surgeries. .......

11: General Asylum, RE: I don't know, I'd think about... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2025-01-07, 09:42:53 (73.137.67.239)
Speaking of the difficulty of meeting fellow audiophiles, a few years ago I flew to London to visit my daughter and her family. Being a bald headed man I frequently wear caps or hats. On that trip I w .......

12: General Asylum, RE: Bedroom Night Light (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-12-07, 06:36:22 (73.137.67.239)
For many years my late wife and I used the glowing meters of a McIntosh 2105 as a night light. .......

13: Speaker Asylum, RE: "You give me the sweetest... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-11-29, 04:47:09 (73.137.67.239)
Luminator, this post leaves me disappointed. It has not a single glamorous photo of a beautiful young woman. .......

14: General Asylum, RE: But we'll always have "Luminator" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-11-28, 05:38:09 (73.137.67.239)
I believe I perused all of Luminator's posts and I don't remember any porn. I suppose that porn like beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. .......

15: Speaker Asylum, RE: have you heard? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-11-15, 06:33:34 (73.137.67.239)
John Marks wrote: "It's things like this that tempt me toward Outboard DSP! One amplifier per driver!" I've used DEQX DSP and one amplifier channel per driver since 2004 with my DIY horn systems. I ca .......

16: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Guy's talented... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-11-13, 05:44:41 (73.137.67.239)
I have bought some very good used classical LPs for as little as 25 cents each. Of course that was in 1965. .......

17: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Inline attenuator for amp/preamp (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-11-10, 05:43:19 (73.137.67.239)
Forty years ago I cobbled together a 10kOhm attenuator in a little project box for use with my JBL DIY subs. Your solution is so much more elegant and attractive that it looks professionally made whil .......

18: Vinyl Asylum, RE: big deal - fools gold (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-11-01, 06:50:21 (73.137.67.239)
Led Zepplin II might have poorly recorded but I loved my original LP back in the '60s and love it still. .......

19: General Asylum, RE: A Magical "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" from a Sidewalk Singer. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-10-29, 04:37:28 (73.137.67.239)
Tina is a beautiful woman beautifully singing a great song. It is a shame that the acoustics were rather poor. .......

20: General Asylum, RE: An excellent YT video about Debussy's mocking of Wagner (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-10-21, 04:22:07 (73.137.67.239)
Somewhat to my surprise I quite enjoyed that video. Thanks for posting, John. .......

21: Vinyl Asylum, RE: don't gamble (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-10-06, 05:34:17 (73.122.173.196)
Stort wrote, "...buying anything used. You will most likely regret it" I respectfully beg to differ. I have bought many used components including my present Pass Labs XP 17 phonostage, and results hav .......

22: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Awaiting new Klipsch La Scala AL6 with active DSP crossover (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-09-29, 06:32:39 (73.122.173.196)
Winston Churchill reportedly said, "you can depend on Americans doing the right thing after they try everything else first." That is pretty much how I arrived at my opinion that horn speakers are the .......

23: Speaker Asylum, RE: Thick hook up wire VS. Sensitivity (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-09-24, 04:35:23 (73.122.173.196)
If the wire uses good quality copper there is no reason it should make the speaker harder to drive. On the other hand I wouldn't expect any audible improvement in SQ. .......

24: Speaker Asylum, RE: Question about switched from stranded wire to solid core internal wire (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-09-10, 07:12:44 (73.122.173.196)
I made up some speaker wires using Radio Shack hook up wire for my daughter's bedroom system and they worked well. About four or five years later I was going to do the same for my son's bedroom system .......

25: General Asylum, RE: which of the 4 Horsemen ... OMNI / PLANER /CO-AXIAL / DYNAMIC ... did you end up with ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-09-05, 07:01:05 (73.122.173.196)
I ended up with the fifth horseman, horn loaded. I owned ported, sealed, Magnepans, ESLs everything except omnis. It was only after I began listening to modern horns that I found speakers that sounded .......

26: General Asylum, RE: Huh? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-09-03, 06:42:04 (73.122.173.196)
When it comes to patch cords and speaker wires I am a relaxed agnostic. I pay much attention to wire shielding and quality of termination, but once a mfr. gets that right they all sound about the same .......

27: General Asylum, RE: if it makes you happier ,,,,,,, (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-08-24, 10:21:50 (73.122.173.196)
My Columbia horn loaded, floor standing wind up phonograph which my father bought new in the early 20th century has an extremely thin metal platter so they do exist. .......

28: General Asylum, RE: I remember when I bought ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-08-24, 10:07:28 (73.122.173.196)
I wasted many hours browsing through the McGee catalog. I felt sure if I just had a pair of Panasonic leaf tweeters and Peerless mids and woofets I could build world beater speakers. Fortunately befor .......

29: General Asylum, RE: If you like musicals, (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-08-19, 07:26:04 (73.122.173.196)
I like musicals and I like the song, "People are Strange", that you posted. Thank You. .......

30: General Asylum, RE: Tracks that make you crank it up (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-08-11, 06:32:32 (73.122.173.196)
Pictures at an Exhibition, particularly "The Great Gate at Kiev." .......

31: Speaker Asylum, RE: Part TWELVE?! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-08-08, 07:59:27 (73.122.173.196)
I like Luminator's photographs, especially those of pretty women, but too many of his sentences begin with I and end with me. .......

32: General Asylum, RE: Wow. Where have you been ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-06-26, 06:31:03 (73.122.173.196)
I agree with Abe, Welcome back. How's the McIntosh sounding? .......

33: Speaker Asylum, RE: JBL 4208 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-06-25, 08:03:47 (73.122.173.196)
I briefly had a pair of Audience 1+1 V5 on my desktop and I loved them with the exception of the absent low bass. Before I got around to adding a subwoofer My son admired them, and I gave them to him. .......

34: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I guess I'm screwed (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-06-24, 06:39:09 (73.122.173.196)
I am an Ortofon fan. My Cadenza Bronze cartridge sounds great and I believe the Replicant 100 stylus considerably lessens surface noise. As soon as I win the lottery I will replace the Cadena Bronze w .......

35: Speaker Asylum, RE: Totem Forest Signature, Part 8 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-06-20, 07:34:15 (73.122.173.196)
How do the Totem Forest Signatures sound? Do you appreciate the deeper bass extension? .......

36: General Asylum, RE: Breakthrough Sound Supressing Silk (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-06-07, 07:04:11 (73.122.173.196)
Please excuse the redundancy. .......

37: General Asylum, Breakthrough Sound Supressing Silk (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-06-06, 09:57:25 (73.122.173.196)
The excerpt from an article which appeared in Live Science makes me wonder about sound supressing piezo electric silk's utility for listening room acoustic treatment. Razor-thin silk 'dampens noise .......

38: General Asylum, RE: Unlike boat owners, bit sad when a trusted goes down the road (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-06-06, 07:14:07 (73.122.173.196)
Youy have my condolences on the demise of your Melos amp. .......

39: Speaker Asylum, RE: Totem Forest Signature, Part 5 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-05-28, 06:33:51 (73.122.173.196)
How do the Totem Forest Signatures sound? Do you appreciate the deeper bass extension? .......

40: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Conrad Johnson problem. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-05-28, 06:28:54 (73.122.173.196)
I bought a CJ PV5 preamp soon after Stereophile gave it a good review. It sounded wonderful when playing correctly, but unfortunately that was seldom. During the one year warranty period I sent it bac .......

41: Speaker Asylum, RE: Totem Forest Signature, Part 2 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-05-12, 09:13:56 (73.122.173.196)
How do the Totem Forest Signatures sound? Do you appreciate the deeper bass extension? .......

42: Speaker Asylum, RE: Totem Forest Signature, Part 1 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-05-04, 10:59:00 (73.122.173.196)
Luminator, I enjoy your posts as I hope you have gathered from my previous responses to threads you have started, but something that always puzzles me is your fondness for small mini monitors. Is deep .......

43: General Asylum, RE: Argument is a red herring (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-04-25, 07:46:57 (73.122.173.196)
Based on my over half century of experience as an audiophile I find the article to be truthful and cogent. Back in the late 1980s when my hearing as tested by a professional audiologist was still exce .......

44: General Asylum, RE: How old are you? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-04-16, 08:02:54 (73.122.173.196)
I will be seventy-five in August. When I was six years old my older sister, then twelve, got an LP of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto for her birthday. We had a little all in one box record player .......

45: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 2 years later, the Oakland Hills fires raged (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-04-08, 06:07:20 (73.122.173.196)
Luminator, it is good to see you posting new threads on Amp/Preamp Asylum again. .......

46: General Asylum, RE: Audiophile Comedy. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-04-02, 07:13:56 (73.122.173.196)
Perhaps my sense of humor has withered with advancing age, but I didn't find the video to be funny. I still laugh quite a bit, just not at this. Perhaps this is because I recently spent $6,000 on a ne .......

47: General Asylum, RE: Mostly Dynaco (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-03-29, 08:16:15 (73.122.173.196)
My introduction to stereo began at a hamburger joint where I met my beautiful blonde sixteen year old girl friend to see her new 1968 Chevelle. Mary was a life long lover of recorded music. I know tha .......

48: Speaker Asylum, RE: Let's all chip in $5. We can alternate homes. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-03-17, 08:52:58 (73.122.173.196)
In my considered opinion they are as ugly as snot on a dog turd. .......

49: General Asylum, RE: Question RE: Audiolab gear out of the UK (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-03-09, 08:54:28 (73.122.173.196)
I recently acquired a new DEQX Pre 8 preamp/DSP. Its owner manual states that it uses 230/240, 115/120, and 100V (all 50/60 Hz) power, and it too has no switch to select one voltage or another. I plug .......

50: Speaker Asylum, RE: Do seem to fit in room size and style than initial mpressions (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-03-05, 06:53:17 (73.122.173.196)
The speed with which you completed your DIY project impresses me. In 2004 I built a pair of DIY fully horn loaded speakers. At first they sounded OK but not what I was hoping for. I spent the next thi .......

51: Speaker Asylum, RE: Clearly one big difference (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-02-02, 08:33:47 (66.115.181.90)
I still have a pair of Dynaudio designed Myrage three way D'Appolito towers I built back in the mid 1980s. Each enclosure uses two 24W100 woofers, two D76AF mids and the Esotar tweeter. I always thoug .......

52: General Asylum, RE: Anthony Cordesman obituary (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-02-02, 08:26:36 (66.115.181.90)
RIP. I will really miss him. .......

53: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: yo Tomservo - a 9 sided MEH build (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-31, 05:34:16 (73.122.173.196)
Great craftsmanship. What does MEH mean? .......

54: General Asylum, RE: Young People and the Future (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-27, 08:10:59 (73.122.173.196)
These kids are great musicians. Their director is a to be highly commended. The video takes me back to the 1960s when I played tenor sax in the Wellborn High School Jazz Band. .......

55: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Simaudio 740P, Part 19 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-25, 08:44:38 (73.122.173.196)
A Luminator post without at least one or two photos of beautiful women is like a day without sunshine. .......

56: General Asylum, RE: I don't care if this video is a total fake set-up (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-19, 04:13:11 (73.122.173.196)
Excellent post, John. I love the song. It makes me want to pull out a Roy Clark LP. .......

57: General Asylum, RE: I'm going for another job interview today (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-16, 05:07:58 (73.122.173.196)
I am seventy four and live alone since my audiophile wife of 51 years died in 2021. I really need some interior home improvements such as new floor covering, but I have just bought and not even yet re .......

58: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Record and component storage (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-07, 07:20:09 (73.122.173.196)
I forgot to answer the question about whether or not gun safes are an American thing. I would assume that they are useful in any society blessed with the freedom for private citizens to own firearms. .......

59: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Record and component storage (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-07, 07:14:03 (73.122.173.196)
Wikipedia states, "A gun safe is a safe designed for storing one or more firearms and/or ammunitions. Gun safes are primarily used to prevent access by unauthorized or unqualified persons (such as chi .......

60: General Asylum, RE: I came early and you bastards are to blame. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2024-01-02, 06:55:14 (73.122.173.196)
I am getting a new DEQX Pre 8 preamplifier, DSP. I paid a $2,000.00 deposit on it months ago but as is the habit with DEQX delivery has been repeatedly delayed. I fully expect to receive it this month .......

61: General Asylum, RE: Audiophile grade duster (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-12-31, 04:48:12 (73.122.173.196)
I use a soft natural China bristle varnish brush for the same purpose. I wonder if the Decware brush is superior. .......

62: General Asylum, RE: I've Lost Track Over The Years, But.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-12-26, 04:53:01 (73.122.173.196)
I bought myself a pair of Audience 1+1 V5 desktop speakers, and I am absolutely delighted with them. They are also a gift which will keep on giving because now I will have the fun of selecting a drive .......

63: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The award winning turntable (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-12-22, 04:54:32 (73.122.173.196)
It's not an inmate review, of course, but Jonathan Valin reviewed the Master Innovation tt with the TT1-M1 linear tracking tonearm in the January 2020 "Absolute Sound" and he was thoroughly smitten wi .......

64: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Simaudio 760A, Part 12 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-12-17, 05:21:10 (73.122.173.196)
Speaking about being obsessed with the past, Lummy what components make up your present system. Your profile isn't very informative in that regard. As always I enjoyed the pictures of beautiful women .......

65: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Oh no! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-12-04, 06:39:11 (66.115.181.219)
I have a Fosi TPA3116 mini power amplifier I use with my computer speakers, and it has given good good service for years. I had other amps I could have used such as an Adcom 535 or a Sophia Electric B .......

66: Speaker Asylum, RE: Crunchy Magnets (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-11-26, 11:37:54 (66.115.181.72)
Being an old man who has been playing with many different speakers ever since I was a child I have experience with many different magnet materials. My experience with field coils is limited to one spe .......

67: General Asylum, RE: and this is what fools believe and get sucked into, so +1 /nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-11-01, 09:45:15 (73.122.173.196)
I agree with Abe Collins and Analog Scott about Mogami cables sounding as good or better than the most expensive alternatives. .......

68: General Asylum, RE: A question (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-10-31, 07:16:26 (73.122.173.196)
Both, but I mainly use equipment to listen to music. .......

69: General Asylum, RE: LoL (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-10-22, 08:21:50 (73.122.173.196)
Luminator, I seem to have missed Parts One through Twenty-six of your Simaudio 820S review. Would you mind reposting them? A little mild criticism seems in order. Pictures of stereo equipment or peopl .......

70: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Jeff Rowland Criterion, Part 8 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-10-11, 07:39:42 (73.122.173.196)
Interesting thread, Luminator. As I've mentioned before it is interesting to get a glimpse of a culture so different from my own. .......

71: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Dr.Bruce Edgar Plans (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-10-01, 07:07:58 (73.122.173.196)
I respect Dr. Edgar. He was quite helpful to me personally, but If I were to decide to build more horn subwoofers I would prefer the designs of Bill Fitzmaurice over the Seismic Sub. The Seismic Sub i .......

72: General Asylum, RE: Found the picture (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-19, 05:46:40 (73.122.173.196)
Ducatis are so great it is only reasonable to bring it inside like a beloved pet. .......

73: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Simaudio 740P, Part 12 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-10, 06:05:00 (73.122.173.196)
Very entertaining post, Luminator. .......

74: General Asylum, Did the Asylums go through a Time Warp? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-08, 12:38:17 (73.122.173.196)
Has anyone other than me noticed that the Asylums are only showing threads began a year or more ago, and posting of new threads is not working. This is the third time I've tried to post this message o .......

75: General Asylum, Did the Asylums go through a Time Warp? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-07, 06:17:19 (73.122.173.196)
I have tried to post this message before but even though I was told to be patient because it was being worked on it never appeared. Why do the various Asylums I visit seem to have lost a few years of .......

76: General Asylum, Did the Asylum go through a Time Warp? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-06, 13:13:00 (73.122.173.196)
It might just be me, but it seems the Asylum lost the last few years and is just showing posts three, four or more years old. Has anyone else noticed that? .......

77: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Anyone give up on Hi-Efficiency? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-03, 09:31:28 (73.122.173.196)
I note that this is an old thread, but I want to throw in my two cents worth. There is no way I would give up on my DIY, triamplified fully horn loaded system in favor of cones in boxes. It took me th .......

78: General Asylum, RE: RIP Jimmy Buffett (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-02, 12:09:48 (66.115.181.216)
The only time I heard Jimmy Buffet live I didn't actually attend, but I was nearby. In the late 1970s he played a concert at Lake Lanier Islands resort near Atlanta. The word was out that the venue wa .......

79: General Asylum, RIP Jimmy Buffett (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-02, 06:16:24 (66.115.181.190)
"Legendary singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett died on Friday at the age of 76 after struggling with an undisclosed health issue since 2022. The "Margaritaville" icon died peacefully Friday surrounded .......

80: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RIP Jimmy buffett (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-09-02, 06:14:17 (66.115.181.190)
"Legendary singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett died on Friday at the age of 76 after struggling with an undisclosed health issue since 2022. The "Margaritaville" icon died peacefully Friday surrounded .......

81: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Here ya go . . . (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-08-17, 08:08:17 (154.47.28.82)
Thank you. .......

82: Vinyl Asylum, RE: TPQCROTD... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-08-15, 07:57:25 (154.47.28.69)
What does TQPCROTD mean? .......

83: Speaker Asylum, RE: "what are the differences between 12dB and 24dB?" ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-08-12, 09:46:35 (66.115.181.112)
I use Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba folded corner horns for the bass in my DIY horn system. Using DEQX DSP I chose a 16th order or 96 dB/octave crossover at 200 Hz. I find this to be very effectiv .......

84: General Asylum, RE: No caption required... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-08-08, 08:18:12 (73.122.173.196)
I used to have ugly speakers before my wife insisted we buy these horns. .......

85: General Asylum, RE: Your components should be evenly matched in terms of price (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-08-08, 08:14:38 (73.122.173.196)
In my opinion speakers are by far the most important link in the chain but not the only important link. Good amps can make good speakers sound better, but even the best amplifiers can't make lousy spe .......

86: General Asylum, RE: still thinking about LANSCHE AUDIO plasma tweeter speakers ,,,,, (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-08-07, 08:31:13 (73.122.173.196)
I have long been fascinated with the idea of replacing the Fostex t900a bullet tweeters in my horn system with Acapella ion tweeters. Beside the considerable expense I'm not sure that my AER BD3 drive .......

87: General Asylum, RE: Are these the best speakers for listening to Elton John's "Rocket Man" or David Bowie's "Space Oddity(Major Tom)" or (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-30, 06:29:51 (73.122.173.196)
"Fly Me to the Moon." .......

88: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Great insight into AER drivers (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-28, 07:26:13 (73.122.173.196)
According to Mr. Keller at AER the foam he is currently using is good for twenty years or more. Since I will be seventy-five next month the foam will likely last the remainder of my life. The old post .......

89: General Asylum, Superconducting Patch Cords and Speaker Wire? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-27, 15:51:18 (73.122.173.196)
An admittedly tentative article at the link below suggests that a major breakthrough in room temperature superconductors may be forthcoming. https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/breaking-supercon .......

90: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: BD-Design Orphean/AER (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-25, 11:02:16 (154.47.28.100)
According to Bert he crosses the BMS compression drivers over at 180 Hz with them in the Oris 150 horn configuration I described above. I presently cross over to the HT Tubas at 200 Hz using a DEQX DS .......

91: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: BD-Design Orphean (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-25, 08:10:04 (154.47.28.100)
I use BD Design Oris 150 horns driven by AER BD3 drivers with Fostex t900a bullet tweeters above Bill Fitzmaurice HT Tuba folded corner horn woofers. A little over a year ago the foam went bad on the .......

92: Vinyl Asylum, RE: RIP George Winston (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-24, 06:19:46 (66.115.181.220)
"isnt that Vince Guaraldi? " Yes. Guaraldi is the composer. Winston is the pianist on that disc. .......

93: General Asylum, RE: this hobby went to hell in a hand basket ,,,,,, (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-23, 09:40:22 (66.115.181.220)
Perhaps I'm just not paying enough attention, but the audio hobby still seems to me to be more fun than a barrel full of monkeys. .......

94: General Asylum, RE: Thank You for the feedback (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-23, 09:30:54 (66.115.181.220)
Horn enclosures for woofers solve many of the problems mentioned for sealed or ported enclosures. The big downside is that they need to be large to play the deep bass. .......

95: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Mofi settlement (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-07-01, 05:51:05 (73.122.173.196)
It is only 98% of the lawyers that give the other 2% a bad name. .......

96: Speaker Asylum, RE: Tone of speakers (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-19, 07:16:26 (108.66.255.10)
alaskahiatt wrote,"When I was buying computer speakers for my kid's small dorm room, the paper cone Yamahas sounded way more natural than other computer speakers made with metal and polypropylene." I .......

97: General Asylum, RE: Actually, the opposite is true (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-19, 06:58:49 (108.66.255.10)
I don't believe your theory is correct. The diffusion and absorption provided by a typically furnished room suit my ears much better than the echo box of an empty room. .......

98: General Asylum, RE: Not enough time or money to run proper DBTs for every system change? Reputations are on the line here!. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-16, 06:12:54 (108.66.255.10)
Being an audiophile, as I do it, is a hobby. It is all about having fun. I think the measurement and DBT people need to lighten up on those of us who do not conform to their beliefs. My triamplified D .......

99: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adcom GFA-6002, Part 15 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-15, 07:03:41 (108.66.255.10)
That is a nice seascape photo, Lummy. I have enjoyed your posts in part because they have given me a good glimpse into a culture which is very different from my Alabama then Georgia upbringing from an .......

100: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Raw Tannoy drivers (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-15, 06:44:53 (108.66.255.10)
In addition to Tannoy and the other companies mentioned which used to sell raw drivers but now don't another such is Dynaudio. This is the one that really bugs me. Back in the 1980s I built a HT 5.2 s .......

101: General Asylum, RE: Is that a Taschen bookshop they are playing in front of?... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-14, 07:10:39 (108.66.255.10)
Tom, you obviously know more about my sax than I do. I took the serial number off the horn and compared it to a list of Conn serial numbers I found on a website. According to that list it is a Naked L .......

102: General Asylum, RE: My "Blues Name" is MANGO STRABISMUS BUSH. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-14, 06:51:10 (108.66.255.10)
Excellent post. I laughed in a bluesy sad kinda' way. .......

103: General Asylum, RE: THE Show 2023 Pictures...... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-14, 06:44:39 (108.66.255.10)
Excellent photographs, Todd. Some were so good I could almost hear the system playing. .......

104: General Asylum, RE: Shedding and Simplifying (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-13, 06:37:13 (108.66.255.10)
As the years have gone by my system has become more and more complex. At present it includes, among other components, three stereo power amps used to triamplify a large great sounding four piece DIY h .......

105: Vinyl Asylum, RE: RIP George Winston (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-12, 06:13:43 (108.66.255.10)
I have a few George Winston discs. My favorite is "Linus and Lucy." It has aged better than his new age music. He was quite talented. .......

106: General Asylum, RE: Not enough time or money to run proper DBTs for every system change? Reputations are on the line here!. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-11, 06:28:37 (66.115.181.218)
Don't mind being censorious and acerbic, do you? .......

107: General Asylum, RE: I thought the debt limit deal had no Defense Budget cuts? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-10, 05:27:21 (154.47.28.89)
I really enjoyed the video, B Scarpia. Thank you for posting it. It took me back to my days in the high school band. Needless to say, we never sounded that good. It also reminded me I need t get my 19 .......

108: Vinyl Asylum, RE: In 1971, she'd have been rocking that sack cloth. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-08, 05:06:27 (138.199.2.164)
Any thread about Linda R. should mention what a very beautiful woman she was. .......

109: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Damn Right !,Until them Uighurs and Puerto ricans are free not a damn nut should (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-03, 06:25:29 (66.115.181.93)
beach cruiser +1. I couldn't agree more. .......

110: General Asylum, RE: Spouse acceptance and the speaker vs decor war (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-06-01, 10:17:57 (66.115.181.164)
Any time the subject of spouse acceptance factor is raised I immediately think how lucky I was in that regard. One of the first times I met my girlfriend and wife to be was at a teen hangout where she .......

111: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Rotel A11 Tribute, Part 5 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-05-23, 08:44:21 (108.66.255.10)
Luminator, I think your photos are very good, especially those of people. .......

112: General Asylum, RE: Boring music (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-05-06, 08:55:58 (108.66.255.10)
It never occurred to me to watch the coronation. I don't have a dog in that fight. .......

113: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I listen to him often ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-05-02, 10:06:49 (108.66.255.10)
"Summertime Dream" is one of my favorite Gordon Lightfoot songs. It bounces along spreading happiness and good feelings. .......

114: Speaker Asylum, RE: Into Different-Looking Speakers? You Might Want to See Hyphn. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-05-02, 10:00:59 (108.66.255.10)
The array reminds me of Tekton's array. Perhaps Eric Alexander is on to something worthwhile. .......

115: General Asylum, RE: For all the vinyl lovers ... and haters ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-30, 09:55:50 (138.199.2.169)
I love their positive attitude. .......

116: General Asylum, RE: not true ..... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-30, 09:51:19 (138.199.2.169)
Why should all we audiophiles agree on a particular type or design of components? Where's the fun in that? .......

117: Vinyl Asylum, RE: VTA adjustment needed? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-26, 14:52:59 (108.66.255.10)
I have LPs of many different thicknesses ranging from ultra thin and flimsy up to 180 gram. I've never felt the need to adjust VTA for the different ones. I suppose others might disagree. .......

118: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Pat Metheny (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-26, 14:23:10 (108.66.255.10)
I like to think I learn at least one new thing every day. Today the new thing was the existence of a 42 string guitar. A Duck Duck Go search lead me to You Tube video. What a monster. .......

119: General Asylum, RE: Actually objective reality is personal... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-26, 13:53:00 (108.66.255.10)
I have a theory that the wretched excess began when patch cords became interconnects and speaker wire became speaker cables. After all who would pay $10,000.00 for a patch cord. .......

120: Vinyl Asylum, RE: high gain phono preamp (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-25, 09:55:00 (108.66.255.10)
I don't know what price would be crazy to you, but I bought a used Pass Labs P-17 used for a bit over $3,000.00 to replace a Parasound JC 3 Jr., and it is in a different higher league. It has gain opt .......

121: General Asylum, RE: 1/3 a million in cables ..... Mama Mia ,,,,, (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-22, 08:44:08 (66.115.181.206)
It boggles my mind that anyone would spend $330,000.00 on patch cords and speaker wire. .......

122: General Asylum, RE: Sax in Reverb room vs Anechoic chamber. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-22, 08:31:20 (66.115.181.206)
Interesting post, geoffkait. Thanks for posting it. Contrary to almost everyone else I preferred the sound of the sax in the anechoic chamber. .......

123: Speaker Asylum, RE: I'm not a designer, but (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-20, 10:03:21 (66.115.181.231)
This brings to mind a great advantage DIY speaker builders have over commercial ones. In 2004 I built a DSP controlled, triamplified, fully horn loaded speaker system. Its sound was a bit disappointin .......

124: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Going deaf has it perks (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-20, 09:07:19 (66.115.181.231)
That reminds me of a long term problem I recently solved. With passing time the image from my system shifted more and more to the right side. I explored all the usual room problems. Nothing helped. I .......

125: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: You won't believe what the Electric... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-19, 09:31:05 (5.62.49.124)
I would never want that huge, heavy, over powered amp, but the Clearaudio Goldfinger cartridge is high on my "buy after winning the lottery jackpot" list. .......

126: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Agree (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-19, 09:26:30 (5.62.49.124)
dgaapc7 wrote, " I pity the fool who doesn't have a loki max. LowIQ" My DEQX HDP-4 sees your Loki Max and raises you digital crossovers and a host of other useful function. High IQ. .......

127: Vinyl Asylum, RE: These?... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-18, 09:04:57 (66.115.181.202)
I have lived in my present home for forty-five years. I have many LPs plus tons of other stuff. My plan is to live here until I die or get shipped off to a nursing home then let my children worry abou .......

128: Vinyl Asylum, RE: record pressing (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-18, 08:57:13 (66.115.181.202)
The link lead me to a short video of a pretty young woman in a sexy outfit. I probably enjoyed that as much as I would have enjoyed a video of a record being pressed. .......

129: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I think I recall an actual Rodrigues cartoon... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-16, 09:41:12 (66.115.181.189)
Once again I laughed aloud when I read this CROTD. That is something I don't do as often as I would like. The cartoons are one of the best parts of AA. .......

130: General Asylum, RE: AA is still a civilized Forum (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-15, 08:29:45 (66.115.181.189)
I too really appreciate the civil tone of almost all posts here. I also agree that this is not the case on many hobbyist forums now. I suspect the discord on many other sites is a reflection of the na .......

131: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-14, 09:43:54 (66.115.181.214)
Right after the movie, "2001 a Space Odyssey" came out I bought the soundtrack. The Pioneer receiver I was using at that time clipped terribly on that passage. One of Rodriguez strengths is his intima .......

132: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-10, 10:02:38 (66.115.181.215)
That's a good one. Please keep them coming. .......

133: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-07, 08:32:24 (154.47.28.75)
As always, thanks for posting the Rodriguez cartoon. CROTD with my morning coffee has become one of the highlights of my day. .......

134: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: New Marantz Remote (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-05, 09:01:03 (154.47.28.76)
Upon seeing your photo I laughed aloud in a manner that made me feel like a kid again. Thanks for posting. .......

135: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Lo MC or High MC (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-04, 12:50:15 (154.47.28.76)
As usually the case I think John Elison has the best answers here re: LMC vs. HMC. The only reason I am bothering to respond is to mention that I have decades of experience using various high output M .......

136: General Asylum, RE: Streamers ,,,,, I dont need no stinking streamers ........ (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-04, 10:55:23 (154.47.28.76)
Trioderob,. I think your guess is a good one. If so that puts me one year above average. The scarcity of new audiophiles here in the USA doesn't seem to me to be universal. Last October while visiting .......

137: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-03, 14:18:54 (154.47.28.73)
Not just this CROTD, but all of them, brighten my day. Keep "em Coming. .......

138: General Asylum, RE: To each his own (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-03, 10:01:03 (154.47.28.73)
I don't have a great deal, but I do have something most multi-billionaires do not have. I have enough. .......

139: General Asylum, RE: Great choice! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-04-03, 08:01:30 (154.47.28.73)
veloceleste, +1. .......

140: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The best stylus cleaner I've yet found (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-27, 07:17:02 (154.47.28.82)
I use Last Stylus cleaner followed by an application of Stylast. I know some disdain this, but to my eyes and ears the stylus on my Ortofon Cadenza Bronze cartridge remains sparkling clean and better .......

141: General Asylum, RE: Why do I own a High-end Stereo System (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-27, 07:00:49 (154.47.28.82)
I agree. Caring enough about music to strive to build a really engaging stereo system says good things about a person. Besides that my stereo is perhaps the nicest thing about my old country house. :: .......

142: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Why I'm Seldom Here. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-24, 07:50:28 (154.47.28.64)
Tom, I appreciate your honesty and regard for your fellow Asylum members. It is my prayer that your ills may be lessened and your pain diminish. As a fellow geezer I understand how life catches up wit .......

143: Vinyl Asylum, RE: well designed air bearings are great (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-22, 08:56:42 (154.47.28.64)
After about thirty years with an air bearing Eminent Technology ET 2 tone arm I have sworn off any audio gear which requires a pump. I find the magnetically levitated spindle bearing in my Clearaudio .......

144: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Dust (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-22, 08:51:25 (154.47.28.64)
I meant to add to my above post that vinyl liners are much better in this regard than paper. I couldn't see how to edit my first post. .......

145: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Dust (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-22, 08:49:31 (154.47.28.64)
It is my understanding that much of the dust in any house comes from dead skin cells shed by you and others. Best to just learn to keep everything very clean and learn to tolerate a little dust. Don't .......

146: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adcom GFA-6002, Part 13 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-22, 08:45:26 (154.47.28.64)
Luminator, your posts about midfi gear without accompanying pictures of pretty young women just don't make the mark to be that worthwhile. .......

147: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Terrific Can. jazz album - Moe Koffman Live At George's! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-19, 08:37:54 (154.47.28.64)
Do you know where I might purchase this LP? .......

148: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-16, 09:16:20 (154.47.28.89)
alaskahiatt, I don't always respond to your CROTD posts, but I always read them. In fact CROTD on Vinyl Asylum during my morning coffee is one of the high lights of my day. .......

149: General Asylum, RE: That was Lang Lang?... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-09, 08:54:30 (154.47.28.105)
I'll show my proletariat roots by mentioning Ray Charles when blind pianists are being discussed. .......

150: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: One more to the mix (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-03, 12:10:42 (66.115.181.214)
I use the Pass Labs XP17, and I love it. It is remarkably adjustable with up to 76 dB gain to get the best of almost any cartridge. The sound is sweet, fast and very pleasing. With my 105 dB/2.83v/met .......

151: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-03-01, 08:55:20 (66.115.181.191)
alaSKAHIATT, I don't write a reply to all your cartoon posts, but I at least chuckle after viewing each one. With this one I laughed out loud. .......

152: Vinyl Asylum, RE: New Rega turntable (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-28, 08:56:28 (66.115.181.174)
My first reaction upon seeing the new Rega tt is to wonder where the platter is. Are there actual advantages in eliminating the normal platter and replacing it with a tiny one? .......

153: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adcom GFA-6002, Part 12 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-25, 09:20:34 (154.47.28.75)
Luminator, in my considered opinion you have exhausted the subject of Adcom components. I'm not opposed to Adcom. I still have a couple of 535s I used as surround amps in a HT rig. Why not post about .......

154: Inmate Central, RE: You are right. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-22, 10:20:09 (66.115.181.199)
I hope political posts do not become common on AA. .......

155: General Asylum, RE: Now I'm catching on... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-21, 11:03:34 (154.47.28.94)
Speaking of Lume, I wonder how it tastes. .......

156: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Preamp (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-18, 09:02:16 (66.115.181.164)
With the scant information you provide I recommend the Pass Labs XP17. It is beautiful sounding and has gain levels from MM level up to 76 dB. It is suitable for almost any cartridge. I use one, and I .......

157: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-18, 08:57:22 (66.115.181.164)
This is another good one. Keep them coming. .......

158: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adcom GTP-450, Part 1 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-18, 08:50:09 (66.115.181.164)
Where are the photos of pretty young women. I suppose you forgot. .......

159: Vinyl Asylum, RE: This article about Zerodust may explain part of it. Also the Last Stylus Cleaner (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-14, 08:23:44 (66.115.149.32)
I too find that since I started using a Degritter as well as Last Stylus Cleaner my stylus remains sparkling clean. .......

160: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-14, 08:20:03 (66.115.149.32)
Excellent cartoon. Keep em' coming. .......

161: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Simaudio 600i, Part 15 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-13, 08:34:57 (66.115.149.10)
Luminator, if you are as much of a chick magnet as your posts and photos imply then my hat is off to you. .......

162: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Proof that the sax is a reed instrument, but who is the player? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-11, 09:28:11 (212.102.33.247)
Dr. Livingston, I presume. .......

163: General Asylum, RE: Yawn..Who's the real crook? Selling cables for $30K (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-09, 09:05:21 (199.187.211.210)
$78.00 for a power cord seems expensive to me. I get excellent results using the power cords the manufacturer includes with the component. .......

164: General Asylum, RE: This is a nightmare (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-06, 08:42:15 (154.47.28.63)
I can certainly sympathize with you, Mike K. My listening room needs new carpet, but I keep procrastinating because of the hassle of disconnecting, moving and reconnecting my triamplifioed system with .......

165: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I guessed that this joke is history now. People back then would only (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-01, 09:52:03 (66.115.181.199)
I only sorta' get it, but I enjoyed it anyway. .......

166: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-01, 09:49:46 (66.115.181.199)
Who knows, it might help. I find that after I vacumn, dust and declutter my listening room everything sounds better. .......

167: General Asylum, RE: It doesn't mean anything. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-02-01, 09:41:00 (66.115.181.199)
Speaking as one who has never had the disposable income to buy a $15K DAC much less a $50K one I still agree with the article. If I should ever win a huge lottery jack pot I can easily imagine going c .......

168: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I loved Lindell's 20Wpc Class A... but it's Class A. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-30, 09:36:33 (154.47.28.63)
For the midrange and supertweeter horns of myu DIY triamplified speakers I switched from Cary Audio 2a3 monoblocks to First Watt F3s. The change made the system quieter and retained all the warmth and .......

169: General Asylum, RE: Great European Songbook (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-30, 09:27:55 (154.47.28.63)
Interesting interview, choclate_lover. Thanks for posting it. I went to Amazon's website and searched for a CD or LP. No luck. One reason I wanted a recording is because years ago when I amateurishly .......

170: General Asylum, RE: Survey : did you take the high power or low power path ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-29, 09:46:39 (66.115.181.105)
My all horn DIY speakers are triamplified. Amps are: Bass horn...Pass Labs X150 300 watts per channel into 4 ohms, Class AB, This amp replaced a New York Audio Labs Moscode 600 Class AB Hybrid amp, 60 .......

171: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-27, 09:17:46 (66.115.181.110)
LOL! .......

172: General Asylum, RE: AI Generating Music From Text (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-27, 08:34:33 (66.115.181.110)
Admittedly I didn't listen to all the tracks. Perhaps that was because I am not a masochist. None of it seemed to me to be inspired or pleasantly surprising and original as great music is. Perhaps it .......

173: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Goryu, You doth potest too much. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-26, 10:05:51 (66.115.181.137)
You got a lot said, but you need to control your tendency to repeat yourself. Brevity is the essence of wit. .......

174: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adcom GFA-6002, Part 7 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-26, 09:10:58 (66.115.181.137)
Lummy, you let me down. This post lacks a single photo of a beautiful young woman. .......

175: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Not for everyone..... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-25, 14:42:44 (66.115.181.195)
I am very satisfied with my wonderful Degritter and have no desire for the Klaudio. .......

176: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: here is what Dr Edgar told me about the sub when I was at his shop ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-23, 08:08:48 (66.115.181.236)
You chose wisely, Grasshopper. I use a pair of Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba folded corner horn subs, and I love them. .......

177: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-21, 13:02:39 (66.115.181.102)
That one baroque me up. .......

178: Vinyl Asylum, RE: CROTD (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-19, 09:55:30 (66.115.181.70)
An example of damning with faint praise. Also funny. .......

179: Vinyl Asylum, RE: congrats! I love mine, too! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-19, 09:52:45 (66.115.181.70)
I bought a Degritter during March 2022. I wholehearted agree with ecl876's very positive comments about this cleaning marvel. .......

180: General Asylum, RE: How to swing (musically...) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-18, 08:20:00 (154.47.28.66)
Excellent article, Maggie. Thanks for posting it. .......

181: General Asylum, RE: Ho hum (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-16, 09:20:53 (66.115.181.234)
Goober 58 wrote, "I'm am for enforcing strong laws against adults providing alcohol and/or drugs to younger people and for raising the age of consent to 21." Raising the age of consent to twenty-one i .......

182: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: a better option (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-12, 08:54:23 (66.115.181.228)
It is not a preamp, of course, but I find that the battery power supply for my Clearaudio Performance DC Wood turntable makes it run a little more quietly than it does with the supplied chintzy little .......

183: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Wonderful new trio in great sound! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-10, 09:04:22 (108.66.255.10)
When I listened to the trio at the provided link I was quite impressed with the music I heard. My copy of the LP ordered from Amazon is scheduled to arrive by 1-23-22. .......

184: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Wait, WHAT???? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-07, 11:00:52 (108.66.255.10)
Being unfamiliar with Bybees I went to the company website and read about them. I wonder if they ever make a measurable difference in the circuits in which they are used. .......

185: Vinyl Asylum, RE: HAH! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-03, 09:58:32 (108.66.255.10)
blueserver, thank you for reminding me to order new needles for my Columbia floor standing folded horn wind up phonograph which my father bought in 1928 or '29. .......

186: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Read the value of the one that's in it? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-03, 09:25:09 (108.66.255.10)
I think it is time to look at the other end of the fuse. .......

187: Vinyl Asylum, RE: And you can buy the LP ... where? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-02, 08:44:00 (154.47.28.77)
I visited Challenge Records to buy the LP, but I backed out once I noticed shipping was 58.60 Euros, substantially more that the 39.95 Euro cost of the LP. I admittedly am not accustomed to buying LPs .......

188: Speaker Asylum, RE: Oh forgot (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2023-01-01, 10:42:09 (66.115.181.215)
Happy New Year to you, Bill. .......

189: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Even back then, we had audio/swimwear analogies (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-31, 16:35:21 (108.66.255.10)
Luminator, you've told us much about your electronics but as I remember the only speakers you've mentioned are Totem stand mounted. What are your current speakers? .......

190: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Here in S.D.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-31, 09:29:18 (108.66.255.10)
Cougar wrote: "Everyone talk about if you buy McIntosh stuff it will last for years. I know the older gear was built really well as I have worked on some but don't know if that is true today." I've po .......

191: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Anyone heard from freddyi? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-29, 09:12:48 (108.66.255.10)
Ivan303, you beat me to what I thought to post when I read the word Karlson. I have missed Freddyi on the forum. I remember that he had some health problems. I hope he is well and has been too busy wi .......

192: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adcom GFA-6002, Part 1 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-21, 08:53:31 (108.66.255.10)
I still have two Adcom 535s I used in a home theater system to amplify side and rear speakers. They are very good sounding amps. When I was eighteen I would have felt truly blessed to have such a good .......

193: General Asylum, RE: Here's mine - a nice sing along (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-21, 08:28:32 (108.66.255.10)
I'm not big on Christmas music, but I do enjoy Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas albums. I find them to be toe tapping and up lifting. .......

194: General Asylum, RE: Absolutely! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-19, 08:34:51 (108.66.255.10)
The type and purpose of EQ used has a great bearing on its usefulness. As an amateur speaker designer and builder I use a DEQX HDP-4 DSP for speaker correction and room correction. You know when you' .......

195: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: My uncle had a Classe' Six (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-18, 09:08:51 (108.66.255.10)
Hi Luminator. Unlike airtime I enjoy your rambling posts, especially those illustrated by pictures of attractive young women. I think one reason for that enjoyment is because your life and tastes in a .......

196: General Asylum, RE: Replace a broken belt with a cable? Why not? ~pic~ (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-17, 08:37:48 (108.66.255.10)
witty comment. .......

197: General Asylum, RE: What Part Of A System Is Usually The Last To Become Dated? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-17, 08:33:24 (108.66.255.10)
My guess on the question is that quality turntables hold their own longer than any other common components. That is unless one considers patch cords and speaker wires to be components. .......

198: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Despite the stern lectures... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-14, 09:04:36 (108.66.255.10)
ghost of old dude 55 wrote: "Never cared about resale value either. I'm a lousy salesman, I always figure, whatever I sell I'm gonna lose money on anyway, so I end up giving away a lot of gear." I giv .......

199: General Asylum, RE: Very nice cans ! Have you ever considered a pair of stats ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-14, 08:35:04 (108.66.255.10)
slapshot, I think the only circumstance where I would downsize as completely as you have would be if I was terminally ill and planning to die. I retired many years ago, and that has given me more time .......

200: General Asylum, RE: A little help (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-09, 08:00:53 (66.115.181.204)
Stewart worked with so many musical legends that he became a legend in his own right. .......

201: General Asylum, RE: I would, and I second Genelec (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-08, 09:12:11 (66.115.181.168)
My TI scientific calculator bit the dirt years ago, but I still have my Dietz slide rule. It's handy for laying out frequency response graphs. .......

202: General Asylum, RE: That was bloody awesome! nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-07, 08:04:05 (66.115.181.170)
I'm not much impressed by the music, but the model railroad layout is spectacular. .......

203: Speaker Asylum, RE: Better than Tannoy? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-05, 08:26:43 (154.47.28.93)
If I had a pair I would try replacing the Lowther driver with an AER BD3. .......

204: Speaker Asylum, RE: I have the BP-5's..... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-12-01, 08:04:54 (66.115.181.176)
Stored away in an unused basement bedroom I have a pair of modified DIY Dynaudio Myrage WMTMW d/Appolito towers which use the Esotar Tweeter, D-76 3" dome midranges and 24w100 woofers. I call them mod .......

205: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Turntable Mats? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-11-25, 08:07:38 (154.47.28.104)
Sondek wrote: "I'd have to sell my LP12, and that ain't gonna happen just so I can try a screw down clamp." Sondek, if you want to try an effective clamp it doesn't have to be a screw down type. I use .......

206: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Turntable Mats? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-11-22, 09:42:37 (66.115.181.195)
Thanks for the responses, guys. I was thinking I might well try Herbie's mat, but then I read the website for it and realized that it was expected that one would buy a mat of the same thickness as the .......

207: Vinyl Asylum, Turntable Mats? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-11-21, 11:52:29 (66.115.181.204)
For the last forty years or so I have played LPs on a naked platter; that is with no mat. First it was on the acrylic platter of a VPI HW-19 now on the POM (polyoxymethylene) platter of a Clearaudioo .......

208: General Asylum, RE: "We should have brought mother." * (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-11-20, 13:25:03 (66.115.181.173)
For fifty-one years, up until 7-1-21, I was married to a beautiful, smart female audiophile. Stereo stores and audio shows were great treats for both of us. My wife's love of music and the machines to .......

209: General Asylum, RE: the -- umm -- hardware is all SAE (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-11-16, 09:41:20 (154.47.28.67)
I agree with Uncle Mike. The beautiful lady takes all my attention. .......

210: General Asylum, RE: Just like a yo-yo ? (nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-11-07, 17:21:29 (66.115.181.231)
I recently visited my daughter and her family in London. Because England falls back a week before we do I had two time changes within one week. It gets confusing. .......

211: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: I guess this makes a woofer with back chamber UNtrue? NT (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-11-01, 07:40:11 (108.66.255.10)
I use Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba quarter wave 25 Hz folded corner horns with my fully horn loaded triamplified system and I find them to be remarkably true. To the best of my knowledge they nev .......

212: General Asylum, RE: Thomas Edison and Paul Klipsch ... n/t (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-10-22, 11:02:34 (138.199.2.184)
Nelson Pass and Paul Klipsch would be my choice. .......

213: General Asylum, RE: I get that (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-10-15, 10:57:19 (66.115.181.180)
After reading several "how to" articles on house wiring I installed a new 30 amp circuit from my service panel to a new outlet in my listening room to power three power amps in a triamped system. That .......

214: General Asylum, RE: Audio Amateur / Glass Audio Magazines (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-10-05, 09:50:43 (5.62.24.3)
The DIY audio magazine I miss most is "Speaker Builder." Our own Bill Fitzmaurice was a major contributor especially regarding horn speakers, my favorites. .......

215: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Anybody besides me play records anymore? Spinning "Raise the Roof" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-27, 12:27:25 (108.66.255.10)
I don't play as many LPs as I once did, but I still spin three or four each day. .......

216: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: "Polite" speakers (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-23, 09:29:58 (108.66.255.10)
Bill, thanks for posting the link to the speaker wire article. It only served to confirm what I had long since decided for myself, but it is nice to have an expert agree with me about speaker wire for .......

217: General Asylum, RE: I confess to jumping ahead to the good stuff (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-21, 11:06:36 (5.62.24.49)
Living in a lightning prone location I am quite familiar with power surge damage despite having a whole house surge protector and other precautions. It has been my experience that in addition to caps .......

218: General Asylum, RE: What Do You Think About That Lagavulin 8? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-10, 10:31:00 (5.62.24.28)
LPs, CDs and downloads....50% Speakers..................25% Everything else...........25% .......

219: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: That just proves the point (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-08, 08:14:23 (66.115.181.164)
I had no intention of misleading anyone. That's why I quickly mentioned that the low powered First Watt amps were only amplifying the midrange and super tweeter horns. In retrospect I can see why you .......

220: Speaker Asylum, RE: Does dose anyone see these speakers in real? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-04, 08:27:07 (5.62.24.19)
I place these in the category of very wretched excess. If I were going to buy solid gold speakers I would opt for Magico M9s cloned in solid gold. .......

221: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The cult of doing everything the hard way in audio (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-04, 08:19:55 (5.62.24.19)
I use Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba 25 Hz quarter wave corner horns for bass. These are not as big as a VW bus, but are 18 cubic feet each. I use Oris 150 horns with AER BD3 drivers for midrange a .......

222: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The cult of doing everything the hard way in audio (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-09-03, 09:27:57 (5.62.24.1)
Power is a very relative to speaker sensitivity. My First Watt F3 amps put out ten watts into my 105 dB/2.83 volt/1 meter 16 ohm speakers. That is equivalent to 1000 watts into a 85 dB sensitivity spe .......

223: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Vinyl goes green! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-28, 06:20:43 (5.62.24.4)
According to the video the SQ is "just about as high as vinyl, maybe 95%." That is not good enough for me. .......

224: General Asylum, RE: No, it's not an alien autopsy ... or is it? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-24, 07:11:36 (66.115.181.92)
More information, please. .......

225: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A passing (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-21, 08:36:17 (5.62.24.0)
I offer my condolences, volunteer. I wish you a good recovery from your grief and financial straits. I am well positioned to sympathize with you. On 7-1-21 my wife of fifty-one years, Mary, suffered a .......

226: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Are you destroying your vinyl collection without knowing it. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-16, 09:15:51 (66.115.181.158)
After over sixty years of owning and storing LPs I have never encountered the problem he describes, not even on old LPs from unknown sources. I have decided not to worry about it. .......

227: Vinyl Asylum, RE: This day in history long ago (but in same galaxy)... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-12, 09:25:24 (5.62.24.6)
Emil Berliner is also due credit for many important developments such as shellac disc records in the early history of phonographs. He even founded one of the first if not the first record labels, Deut .......

228: General Asylum, RE: I GOT my Mcintosh MX113 back and it sound great! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-11, 09:58:13 (66.115.181.159)
Congratulations, John. It sounds like you are on a roll. Years ago I ran a MX 113 with a MC 2105 power amp. It was a good combination. The MC 2105 is still playing in the basement party room at my son .......

229: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Which ($5k SS phono to consider? (Parasound JC3+ vs ???) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-10, 09:55:28 (5.62.24.40)
I bought a used Pass Labs XP-17 a couple of months ago, and I am absolutely delighted with it. It replaced a Parasound JC3 and it sounds much more pleasing, very detailed and immediate but in no way h .......

230: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Shit just got real... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-09, 08:39:59 (5.62.24.24)
Shakespeare also wrote, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." .......

231: General Asylum, RE: Olivia Newton-John has died aged 73. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-09, 08:36:15 (5.62.24.24)
I was never a big fan of Ms. Newton-John's music, but when I visited record stores I enjoyed looking at her LP covers because she was so beautiful. .......

232: Speaker Asylum, RE: New Home (old) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-08, 14:45:31 (5.62.24.51)
Ozzy wrote, "I think your best bet is to place the speakers on the short wall, firing down the length of the room." My room is 12'X26.5' (unfortunately). After trying both orientations I finally settl .......

233: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Thanks but.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-07, 08:26:19 (185.246.210.202)
I have some Mobile Fidelity Original Master LPs, but most of them were bought back around 1990 or so when our local Turtles Records store was having a going out of business sale, and I bought a large .......

234: General Asylum, RE: Perhaps THE greatest of her generation. nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-06, 07:34:10 (5.62.24.45)
Perhaps my all time favorite TV musical performance was Joni singing "Both Sides Now" on the Mama Cass TV show. .......

235: General Asylum, RE: I don't listen to sex (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-06, 07:25:33 (5.62.24.45)
I listen to more female singers. I've always enjoyed the company of women and the voices of women. Some favorites are Norah Jones, Jennifer Warnes, Bonnie Raitt, Judy Collins, Suzy Boggus, Dolly Parto .......

236: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Can paper damage stylus? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-05, 08:22:27 (5.62.24.21)
I don't use any sort of platter mat on my Clearaudio Performance DC Wood table with its POM platter. It sounds just great as is, but I wonder if I could improve SQ with the proper mat. .......

237: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Vinyl in wartime (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-05, 08:16:56 (5.62.24.21)
Thank you for posting the story, swisner. Somehow it brought the war home to me on a level I hadn't received from news accounts. I can just imagine the horror and loss I would feel if bombs destroyed .......

238: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Horn alignement and nearby diffraction (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-08-03, 08:34:22 (5.62.24.12)
I like your plan. I bet it has the potential to sound great. The only thing I would do differently is horn subs. I use Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba subs in my fully horn loaded DIY system. Horn .......

239: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Gimmicky Garish Mesh of Gears or Cool New Integrated ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-07-28, 10:02:54 (66.115.181.186)
Cool new integrated. I can't imagine ever buying it, but it is fun to see. It would go nicely with my steam punk speakers. .......

240: Speaker Asylum, RE: The wife ordered me a pair (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-07-15, 07:54:25 (5.62.24.58)
Is that good or bad? .......

241: General Asylum, RE: Happy Birthday Doc Severinsen! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-07-08, 08:21:10 (66.115.181.185)
I remember Doc fondly from his role on the Johnny Carson show. He was not only a great trumpet player and band leader but also an entertaining show business personality. Happy birthday Doc. ::: TOPIC: .......

242: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Any particular JC designed model? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-07-03, 07:41:05 (108.66.255.10)
I agree with mraudio about he quietness of John Curl designed phono stages. I use the Parasound JC3 Jr.,one of his more modest offerings, and it is so quiet I have to put my head up inside the horn of .......

243: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wretched Excess! Heavyweight division (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-06-20, 08:50:49 (108.66.255.10)
I've promised myself I will never buy another preamp without a volume knob. Besides that it corners the market of ugly. .......

244: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Shepp with Dave Burrell Quartet (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-05-21, 09:39:03 (108.66.255.10)
A good friend recently introduced me to Professor Shepp's music when he gave me the CD, "Blue Ballads" by the Archie Shep[p quartet. I love his saxophone playing. The recording captures the sound of a .......

245: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'm enjoying the extended version (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-05-12, 07:59:31 (5.62.24.53)
In the late 1980s and early 1990s many used LPs were free for the asking. I scarfed up hundreds of LPs free of charge when people were ditching their LPs in favor of CDs. I threw away obviously scratc .......

246: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: nowadays, anything in the low 90s and up, but the thing to remember is... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-27, 09:20:45 (66.115.181.217)
In my lexicon high efficiency speakers are those that can be driven to loud levels by an amplifier of twenty watts or less. Depending on only the rated sensitivity in dB/watt leaves out other importan .......

247: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Opinions on Ultrasonic cleaning machines (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-25, 09:38:17 (66.115.181.92)
I totally agree with Joe Backer about the DeGritter. I got my Degritter a little over a month ago, and it has performed excellently on my LPs, new old and very old. Once I received it I read the manua .......

248: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My latest record order came in (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-24, 08:41:58 (66.115.181.216)
Please let us know what you think of it once you spin it. I might want to order it. .......

249: General Asylum, RE: Very nice! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-20, 06:45:34 (5.62.24.29)
Krav Maga, please tell us more about the horn speakers. The photo is just a tease. .......

250: General Asylum, RE: Steinway & Sons files with SEC for NYSE IPO... start saving up! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-17, 08:54:46 (5.62.24.38)
One Christmas back in the 1970s I played the 10 ft. Bosendorfer at a Rich's department store in Atlanta. It is still my idea of a perfect piano. In 2008 Yamaha bought Bosendorfer, but they still allow .......

251: Speaker Asylum, RE: Well they Mayht and they Mayht not. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-12, 08:30:00 (66.115.181.111)
Mayht certainly makes bold claims, but I would find their claims to be more cogent if they provided comprehensive specifications to back up their claims. I notice they didn't say much about how the dr .......

252: Speaker Asylum, RE: Why are active loudspeakers not popular among audiophiles? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-10, 08:10:58 (66.115.181.141)
I am a big fan of active speakers. My triamplified fully horn loaded DIY speakers use a DEQX DSP for digital crossovers, time and phase correction, room correction, etc. I find the sound of power ampl .......

253: Vinyl Asylum, RE: THANK YOU ! ! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-04-01, 09:33:37 (66.115.181.227)
You are welcome. .......

254: Vinyl Asylum, RE: better phono preamp (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-03-31, 08:45:29 (66.115.181.79)
I agree with mraudio about the Parasound JC3 Jr. I bought a demo model for $1100.00. It is quiet, flexible as to loading settings and a beautiful sounding component. It is so quiet with my Ortofon Cad .......

255: General Asylum, RE: Essence Of Music Sprays, Part 4 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-03-27, 07:56:36 (5.62.24.54)
Interesting post, Luminator. Much non audio content, but the photo of the beautiful young Asian lady makes it all worthwhile. .......

256: General Asylum, RE: Picking up my LaScala's next week, what next?! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-03-26, 08:12:21 (5.62.24.63)
I like La Scalas, but very low bass is not part of their skill set. For home theater a good sub or subs is definitely in order. If it were me I would get by with a phantom center channel until I get t .......

257: General Asylum, RE: Some good cartoons,,, (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-03-19, 07:59:37 (66.115.181.221)
Funny stuff! Thanks for posting. I wonder if people with other hobbies appreciate self deprecating humor as much as audiophiles do. .......

258: General Asylum, RE: Who says the High End is dead? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-03-04, 07:44:53 (66.115.181.143)
It is a system to envy, but the 101 Extremes sure do look crowded and boxed in. You would think that in a 6,700 sq. ft. house he could find a larger space for them. .......

259: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Ever heard the term, YMMV ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-03-01, 10:52:54 (5.62.24.23)
Abe Collins wrote, "You love your low power Firstwatts. I have never owned a low power amp from Pass or any other brand that can drive my speakers to realistic listening levels w/o sounding straight j .......

260: Speaker Asylum, RE: Using as little absorption as possible, along with the most diffusion possible. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-21, 08:39:27 (5.62.24.22)
If I am correctly understanding the OP peppy m seems to be only recommending purpose made audio diffusors. It shouldn't ignored that ordinary room furnishings such as a wall of book cases or hard surf .......

261: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: yeah; the cord probably didn't help with the over heating issues (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-20, 09:17:49 (5.62.24.60)
I am a Pass Labs fan boy. I use one Pass X150 and two First Watt F3s to triamplify my horn speakers, but when it comes to pretty amplifiers McIntosh still wins the prize for me. .......

262: General Asylum, RE: The Audio Asylum Meme (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-17, 09:06:59 (5.62.24.62)
I am glad I have never been afflicted with the malady that causes some audiophiles to spend ridiculous amounts on patch cords and speaker wire. .......

263: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Brubeck- Last Set at Newport (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-16, 08:55:26 (108.66.255.10)
I just ordered a used LP from Amazon. Thanks for the tip. .......

264: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Good advice re. amp power (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-11, 13:47:30 (108.66.255.10)
My DIY fully horn loaded triamplified speakers have the bass powered by a Pass Labs X150, and the midrange and super tweeters powered by a pair of First Watt F3 amplifiers. The First Watt F3s replaced .......

265: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: DSP is the cure worse than the disease? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-07, 08:02:10 (5.62.24.4)
I use a DEQX HDP 4 to digitally cross over, speaker correct, room correct, time correct, etc. my DIY fully horn loaded triamplified speakers. The results are outstanding. The cure is definitely better .......

266: General Asylum, RE: Really confused about the rca outputs from my DVD player ,please help. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-02, 07:39:42 (66.115.181.173)
tweaker456, do you feel that your sense of taste is such a gold standard that you are qualified to tell others what does not taste good? I like a little mayonnaise on my hot dogs. The combination of m .......

267: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Way overboard and out of line reference. One exercising their freedom (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-01, 09:59:45 (66.115.181.110)
Young's behavior in this matter reminds me of an old TV western gun fighting bully who says to the rancher, "This town ain't big enough for the two of us." .......

268: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Michael Fremer turntable setup (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-02-01, 09:49:51 (66.115.181.110)
Reading the linked article makes me glad I had a good set up man, David White at HiFi Buys Atlants, to do all that for me after I bought tt5,arm and cartridge all from them. It was my good luck that t .......

269: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: JBL boxes (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-01-31, 07:56:10 (5.62.24.12)
I use AER BD3s in my Oris 150 horns, and they sound wonderful. I don't know what I will do when the foam goes bad. .......

270: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The MoFi one-step is not released yet. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-01-05, 10:27:32 (5.62.24.28)
Thank you very much, Duke. You were quite helpful. .......

271: Vinyl Asylum, Eldorado Reissue Not Received. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-01-05, 09:02:06 (5.62.24.28)
Last Summer or early autumn I prebought an expensive LP reissue of ELO's Eldorado. It was supposed to arrive in December. I haven't received it yet. I can't seem to find any record of my purchase. Do .......

272: Vinyl Asylum, RE: what is POM (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-01-03, 08:56:15 (108.66.255.10)
POM is polyoxymethylene. .......

273: Speaker Asylum, RE: Totem Sky, Part 20 (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2022-01-02, 10:26:54 (108.66.255.10)
Good post, OP. It has lots of attractive young women. I like that. .......

274: Vinyl Asylum, RE: How much life left on diamond (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-28, 09:04:48 (108.66.255.10)
How does it sound? Do you hear problems or pleasing music? .......

275: General Asylum, RE: Here's a great performance video... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-25, 09:33:35 (108.66.255.10)
Thanks for the links, John Marks and ChoclateLover. I found both to be informative and entertaining. I used to have a friend with a steel drum. I played around with it enough to realize how difficult .......

276: General Asylum, Merry Christmas (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-21, 09:04:57 (108.66.255.10)
Merry Christmas and a very happy new year to all inmates. .......

277: General Asylum, RE: Wretched Excess, headphones division! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-21, 08:47:16 (108.66.255.10)
These cans are the ultimate in wretched excess. .......

278: General Asylum, RE: Merry Christmas To All ! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-18, 08:31:52 (66.115.181.78)
Merry Christmas and a very happy new year to all. G-squared, How does one eat a Christmas dinner while masked? .......

279: General Asylum, RE: The Ultimate Audio Tweak....... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-09, 09:25:15 (108.66.255.10)
I find that a moderate ingestion of Bushmill's Irish whiskey does wonders for the SQ of my stereo. .......

280: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: What about the bad things :?) . (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-05, 10:35:37 (108.66.255.10)
I t5oo like using hefty bronze or brass fittings in my DIY speaker building. .......

281: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My continuing mid-life crisis (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-12-03, 09:03:34 (108.66.255.10)
Kyle wrote: "I admire that you plan to live to 128. Mid life indeed. " I too plan to live to be 128 or die trying. .......

282: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I use BluTak, per the Soundsmith's recommendation. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-29, 09:35:54 (5.62.24.52)
ghost of olddude 55 wrote, "Dip the stylus in a glob of BluTak, gently, maybe half dozen times after each side. Works better than a brush." I bought some BluTak specifically to try this with the tiny .......

283: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Anyone else know the Dr Edgar ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-29, 09:05:46 (5.62.24.52)
I never met Dr. Edgar, but we did exchange e-mails a few times. He was very helpful to me, apparently just because he enjoyed helping others. He was truly a gentleman and a scholar. .......

284: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Tinnitus and what to do with your favorite amps (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-28, 09:20:27 (108.66.255.10)
I find that wearing my hearing aids stops the tinnitus. Two of my older brothers who also wear hearing aids report the same thing. This might be something to consider if you have been advised to get h .......

285: General Asylum, RE: " In a way, you can see that when you look at the people who frequent the remaining audio stores and shows" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-28, 09:07:16 (108.66.255.10)
I remember stereo sounding much better and more exciting back in the 70s than it does now although I now have a vastly better system. I suppose the difference is twenty something year old ears compare .......

286: Speaker Asylum, RE: What speakers do you have in the back room? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-20, 09:13:43 (66.115.181.189)
I have a pair of DIY three way towers I built in the late 1980s using all Dynaudio drivers, two 9" woofers, two 3" dome midranges and the Esotar soft dome tweeter in a d'Appolito arrangement. They are .......

287: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I laughed! Thanks! nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-13, 11:07:44 (5.62.24.45)
"I'll sit and listen to them by myself." .......

288: General Asylum, RE: No, you're not getting the point at all (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-05, 09:19:22 (66.115.181.164)
Many of the posts on this thread caused me to imagine a room full of monks arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. It all seems very simple to me. If it takes hyper expensive cab .......

289: General Asylum, RE: Trolling? Moi? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-03, 11:56:47 (5.62.24.27)
The most wretched of wretched excess I have seen in audio recently is Crystal Cable offering a five foot power cord for $19,000.00. P.T. Barnum was right. .......

290: General Asylum, RE: A good practice. The electron is one millionth the size of the (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-11-03, 11:14:45 (5.62.24.27)
Geoffkait wrote, "Electrons actually don't travel in audio circuits. Net velocity zero. Does that surprise you?" Actually it does surprise me. I was under the impression that electrons travel from the .......

291: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Longest owned turntable (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-24, 12:12:58 (66.115.181.212)
In 1928 or early 1929 my father bought a floor standing Columbia folded horn wind up phonograph. I still have it. It still plays. .......

292: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: NEW Quantum Science Audio Series Fuses.. Holy Grail ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-23, 09:04:00 (5.62.24.4)
Hold your left arm high, gentlemen, to save your watch because the bull shit is getting deep. .......

293: General Asylum, RE: A filthy racist, and unrepentant. Ironically, he made his bones (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-16, 08:55:39 (66.115.181.87)
"Once I came across the subjects of COVID, vaccinations, and lockdowns, I stopped reading the article...... The issue of COVID has become so political, I perceived the article as a smear job more than .......

294: Vinyl Asylum, RE: New Turntable on the way! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-15, 14:12:03 (5.62.24.38)
Rockethead26, I can easily identify with your excitement and enthusiasm about getting a new turn table after thirty-four years. Day before yesterday I picked up my first new turntable since 1988. The .......

295: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Modified Edgarhorn Titan II's Update (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-14, 08:22:16 (5.62.24.4)
You have obviously done great work, claudej1. I too have a DIY fully horn loaded system. I continued to make changes and tweaks on it for over ten years before I got it right. I use Fostex t900a bulle .......

296: General Asylum, RE: China's Ultra-High-End Hi-Fi... Enter the Dragon! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-10, 09:26:34 (5.62.24.57)
If I am interpreting the picture correctly there are two tweeters and two super tweeters separated from each other by many wave lengths. I wonder how they can be properly blended without comb filterin .......

297: General Asylum, RE: most spinners would spend money on the software (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-05, 07:12:38 (5.62.24.50)
The OMA turntable is an interesting item, but if I had that much to spend there is a 38' sailboat I would prefer. .......

298: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Yer sucha wizass! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-10-03, 14:43:09 (5.62.24.53)
'I wave my 'cello around all the time!" That reminds me of the old story about a music teacher who became frustrated with a bad cello student and said, "young lady you have something between your .......

299: Vinyl Asylum, RE: ELO El Dorado MFSL super vinyl pre-order now (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-09-27, 09:06:29 (108.66.255.10)
Thanks for the heads up. I just pre-ordered a copy. .......

300: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Phono stage for my Technics SL -1500 C (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-09-25, 10:16:49 (108.66.255.10)
"Sorry for being uneducated, but do you mean the gain of the preamp or the gain of the phono stage?" I meant the gain of the JC3 Jr. phonostage. It has a maximum gain of 60dB with RCA interconnects, b .......

301: General Asylum, RE: "everything that is audible is measurable but not everything that is measurable is audible" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-09-25, 09:09:00 (108.66.255.10)
Never having heard the differences claimed for high priced power cords I am quite content with my Ho-red headed stepchild power cords. .......

302: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Can you compare please (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-09-19, 10:38:38 (108.66.255.10)
I too will be quite interested in your impressions. I almost bought the ART9xi, but then last Thursday I bought the Ortofon Cadenza Bronze instead. .......

303: Vinyl Asylum, RE: New TT, Arm and MC cartridge (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-09-17, 08:50:52 (108.66.255.10)
I finally pulled the trigger. I drove down to HiFi Buys in Atlanta yesterday and bought a Clearaudio Performance DC Wood turntable with the Tracer tone arm and an Ortofon Cadenza Bronze cartridge. Nat .......

304: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My first big boy Thorens (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-09-15, 09:28:16 (108.66.255.10)
Does any one have experience with the new Thorens TD1600 or TD1601 tables made in Taiwan? I have been curious about them. .......

305: General Asylum, RE: Have fun checking out the Nordost Oden Gold Series! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-09-12, 08:42:59 (108.66.255.10)
I think the first big mistake was when we let the snake oil salesmen convince us to stop calling them patch cords and start calling them interconnects instead. .......

306: Vinyl Asylum, RE: New TT, Arm and MC cartridge (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-08-31, 16:55:22 (108.66.255.10)
I really appreciate the responses. I feel I will get through this. I just don't when. Some people might me a terrible materialist to use this occasion to buy a new phono kit. I knew the respondents of .......

307: Vinyl Asylum, New TT, Arm and MC cartridge (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-08-30, 19:02:41 (108.66.255.10)
Today is my birthday. I am seventy-two today. I have been lower than the mud under a snake's belly since my wife of fifty-one years and committed lover of fifty-four years passed away last month. I am .......

308: General Asylum, RE: How about outlet covers? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-08-19, 15:45:30 (108.66.255.10)
I don't have experience with it yet, but the Sonore cover plates with the extrusions to support large heavy power cords look good to me. https://positive-feedback.com/industry-news/sonore-announces-it .......

309: Speaker Asylum, RE: adding mass to cabinet (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-08-15, 14:03:01 (108.66.255.10)
When I built four surround sound speakers to use with my two channel rig for HT I added enough volume inside the cabinets to accommodate gluing 1/4" thick neoprene rubber sheets to the inside of each .......

310: Vinyl Asylum, RE: PHT (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-08-14, 09:24:41 (108.66.255.10)
What is Synergistic Research PHT? .......

311: General Asylum, RE: WBT makes the best bling binding posts (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-08-13, 16:27:40 (108.66.255.10)
My old Audioquest Type 4 speaker wires serve my needs quite well on the wide range and super tweeter drivers of my fully horn loaded, three way, tri amplified DIY speakers. Speaker wires to the woofer .......

312: General Asylum, RE: I steered my knee scooter (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-08-07, 09:31:37 (108.66.255.10)
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=knee+scooter&t=hp&atb=v280-1&ia=web .......

313: General Asylum, RE: The greatest piano solo - ever (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-07-26, 09:06:29 (108.66.255.10)
Great video, Mike K. Thanks for posting it. When I saw the thread title I assumed I would respectfully disagree about it being the greatest solo ever, but Oscar's playing quickly changed my mind. It m .......

314: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: New Compression Driver (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-07-25, 09:06:22 (108.66.255.10)
I haven't before thought of a mouthpiece as a compression driver, but I suppose it checks all the boxes. .......

315: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: did the craze of bullet phase nlugs & tweeters kill off the slot loaded tweeter? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-07-20, 14:00:43 (108.66.255.10)
I am extremely pleased with the sound of Fostex t900a bullet super tweeters which cross in at 8kHz (96 dB/octave slope) as part of my DIY all horn system. .......

316: General Asylum, RE: Halloween Comes Early. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-07-16, 15:16:17 (108.66.255.10)
That's such a striking image I'll probably see him again in my dreams tonight. .......

317: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Some progress with Edgar Titan II's with Seismic Sub (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-07-04, 15:44:34 (5.62.24.17)
Congratulations on work well done. As a horn user I feel the finished system will be dazzling. .......

318: General Asylum, RE: Eric Burdon / animals (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-06-28, 12:02:17 (66.115.181.204)
Shower of Stars, Birmingham, Alabama, November 29, 1969: Canned Heat, Bobby Sherman, Grass Roots, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Evie Sands, Billy Joe Royal and The Buckinghams. .......

319: General Asylum, RE: I can't speak for what Apple is doing, but. . . (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-06-12, 10:32:30 (5.62.24.37)
I was an early adopter of surround sound and used it in one form or another from 1979 up until about 2004. Devices used included Carver preamp, Advent digital delay line, Yamaha DSP-1 & DSP-2070, etc. .......

320: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Spinning...Allman Brothers Band---Brothers & Sisters (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-06-02, 08:39:42 (108.66.255.10)
Brothers and Sisters is one of my all time favorite albums. I've had it ever since it was first released. .......

321: General Asylum, RE: Tannoy Westminster Royal (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-30, 09:46:07 (108.66.255.10)
Regardless of how pretty and sexy she is I would tell this lady to get her gritty shoe heels off my Tannoys. .......

322: Speaker Asylum, RE: How about "built into the basement" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-29, 09:50:33 (108.66.255.10)
This is very funny stuff. .......

323: General Asylum, RE: AudioGon (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-29, 09:37:28 (108.66.255.10)
I have had so much computer trouble with the Audiogon Forum that a couple of weeks ago I totally gave up on them and quit visiting there. All other websites I visit work normally. .......

324: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I do too, but some things at work here... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-28, 09:12:49 (108.66.255.10)
Back in the 1980s when many people were discarding their LPs for CDs I got eight or nine milk crates full of LPs from various people for nothing. They are mostly still stored in my basement, but it is .......

325: General Asylum, RE: The Voices! The Women! The crowd who stopped everything! And you thought Brazil was the music capital of South Ameri (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-27, 08:55:50 (108.66.255.10)
A fun opera video, a first for me. I can't understand a word they are singing, but the music is lovely. .......

326: Speaker Asylum, RE: Full-Range Speakers with Horn Sub? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-26, 10:21:12 (108.66.255.10)
I use Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba folded corner horn subs. They are 1/4 wave horns tuned down to 25 Hz. With a bit of equalization they are flat down to 25 HZ. Their box is 2ftX3ftX3ft or 18 cub .......

327: General Asylum, RE: Why I'm not an audiophile (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-13, 12:29:43 (108.66.255.10)
I want beauty and truth, and I feel my modest system with DIY horn speakers gives me a fair measure of both, but my ultimate, probably unobtainable, goal is a system that does magic, real supernatural .......

328: Speaker Asylum, RE: Most certainly wouldn't be for me... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-12, 08:59:05 (108.66.255.10)
I agree with E-stat about running a 12" driver up to 3.5 kHz. I imagine it would beam like a flashlight. .......

329: General Asylum, RE: light bulb led to invention of vacuum tube (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-05-07, 08:44:44 (66.115.181.88)
"It also led to ideas suddenly appearing in people's heads. " Very Funny. .......

330: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Phono stage for my Technics SL -1500 C (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-29, 10:20:54 (108.66.255.10)
I use the Parasound Halo JC3 Jr. It's $1500 MSRP. I think it sounds very good. It has good, easily set input. The only caveat is that maximum gain is 60dB so that could be a problem depending on futur .......

331: Speaker Asylum, RE: People can spend their money as they wish (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-26, 09:04:36 (108.66.255.10)
In my day dreams when I am buying ultimate speakers I get the MBL 101 Extremes at only $263,000 and use the $66,000 I saved by not buying the Wilsons to buy a nice turn table. .......

332: General Asylum, RE: Is it me or does auto hifi use a different language? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-26, 08:52:48 (108.66.255.10)
About thirty years ago I tried to install a car stereo in a new car to get a more high end sound. I got everything to work, but the sonic results were disappointing. Since then it has been my practice .......

333: General Asylum, RE: Well said. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-23, 09:39:55 (108.66.255.10)
"reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it." Is the corollary to this, "She's going to be old and wrinkled when I am so she mi .......

334: General Asylum, RE: This site is getting very adolescent (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-20, 08:07:49 (108.66.255.10)
The thread isn't childish. It is just good naughty fun. .......

335: Vinyl Asylum, Good Turntable Technician in Atlanta or Chattanooga Area? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-20, 07:25:15 (108.66.255.10)
I have a VPI HW19 II with Eminent Technology II tonearm. The ET arm needs some work. I have been referred to a Benny Anima who seems competent, but he said he's so covered up that it will be three mon .......

336: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Shure mechanical vs. cheap electronic (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-20, 06:11:51 (108.66.255.10)
I used my Shure scale for decades until my vision became too poor to use it. The digital scale is much easier to see. .......

337: Vinyl Asylum, How important are record clamps? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-15, 12:18:58 (108.66.255.10)
As I have mentioned in other posts here, I have a VPI HW19 ll with the Eminent Technology ll tonearm. I have developed a serious vision problem so I am considering replacing the ET arm with a pivoted .......

338: General Asylum, RE: I Thought It Was A Sea Lion! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-14, 08:44:49 (108.66.255.10)
"It's an anaconda....that has just swallowed some wallets. " Very funny. .......

339: Vinyl Asylum, Rega Arm on VPI HW19? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-12, 11:41:22 (66.115.181.176)
For the last thirty-two years I have listened to a VPI HW 19 ll turntable with an Eminent technology ll air bearing tone arm. I have developed a vision problem and I am tired of messing with the ET ar .......

340: General Asylum, RE: And, she can play the piano fairly well ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-10, 14:27:56 (108.66.255.10)
Other than a few very brief hesitations she did a lovely job of playing. I was disappointed she didn't take a bow following the performance. .......

341: General Asylum, RE: My poodle can tell when I've made a change all the way from the kitchen. Nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-04-08, 09:51:31 (5.62.24.33)
When I was a young man I had a standard dachshund named Shark who would come running anytime I began playing the piano. He made it very evident that he enjoyed solo piano. .......

342: General Asylum, RE: That sweet spot... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-28, 17:54:55 (108.66.255.10)
Howard, before I agreed with any of the criticisms in this thread I would have to hear your system in your room. Sometimes asymmetrical arrangments can give surprisingly good results. .......

343: General Asylum, RE: Setting up Audio in the Basement (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-28, 17:45:56 (108.66.255.10)
Abe, your room looks great. I envy you. .......

344: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Yep.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-28, 17:42:00 (108.66.255.10)
By the way, PakProtector I like your screen name. I too am a big fan of Larry Niven science fiction. .......

345: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Yep.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-28, 17:38:07 (108.66.255.10)
OP, if I were you I would instead consider a horn loaded sub. Our fellow Asylum member Bill Fitmaurice has available a number of plans for good horn subs. I chose his HT Tuba horn loaded 25 Hz quarter .......

346: General Asylum, RE: "Tinnitus Effect"........ (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-23, 10:02:33 (5.62.24.40)
2021 is the year for a major 17 year cicada appearance. Perhaps there is an upside to that in that it will mask my tinnitus for a while. .......

347: General Asylum, RE: Wow very talented! (NT) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-19, 09:11:55 (5.62.24.58)
Thanks for posting the video RGA. I enjoy innovative sounds such as this. .......

348: Speaker Asylum, RE: +1 Mills MRAs (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-16, 09:05:33 (5.62.24.14)
I read speaker specs often, but generally consider them to be more advertising than science. Specs pale into insignificance when I get a chance to hear a speaker with my music. .......

349: General Asylum, Sounds That Can kill (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-14, 11:36:54 (5.62.24.11)
The excerpt quoted below and the link relate to a short article about dangerous sounds. I found it to be interesting. The moral of the story is don't build or buy sub woofers which can play an honest .......

350: General Asylum, RE: Wrong attribution. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-13, 09:30:27 (5.62.24.14)
If I were writing about someone such as Duke LeJune producing a product I don't think merely is a word I would use. Also Duke is always quick to give Dr. Geddes credit for the idea. .......

351: General Asylum, RE: Inventor of cassette tape passes away (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-03-11, 11:51:18 (5.62.24.28)
I have an old Nak ZX-7 that still produces a good SQ with metal tapes of LPs. May the inventor rest in peace. .......

352: General Asylum, RE: Highly reviewed (regarded) equipments that turned out to be disappointing (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-02-22, 10:16:18 (108.66.255.10)
For me the biggest high end component disappointment was a Conrad Johnson PV5 preamp I bought new back in the 1980s after reading a Gordon Holt review of it. It sounded wonderful just as Holt had sai .......

353: General Asylum, RE: Jerry Raskin - Needle Doctor RIP (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-02-18, 13:29:13 (5.62.24.14)
I once talked to Mr. Raskin about new needles for a Columbia floor standing folded horn acoustic wind up phonograph my father bought new in about 1927 or "28. He told me that if I got more details on .......

354: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Caption This Pic (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-02-18, 10:36:15 (5.62.24.14)
Caption this pic. .......

355: General Asylum, RE: Yes, I am listening... ~ caption this ~ (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-02-14, 08:39:42 (108.66.255.10)
"I told you not to buy that damned class D amp. Now the drums sound like buzzard shit hitting a tin roof." .......

356: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Bi-amping horns with a digital x-ove... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-02-10, 13:20:43 (108.66.255.10)
I tri-amplify my DIY horn speakers with a DEQX DSP, and I am very pleased with the results. .......

357: General Asylum, RE: What's given you the most musical pleasure: live or recorded? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-02-05, 10:19:02 (108.66.255.10)
When I attend Atlanta Symphony concerts or New Orleans jazz club performances I often think that there is no way I could enjoy the music as much at home. On the other hand the last few big rock concer .......

358: Speaker Asylum, RE: We always wondered where Robin Williams lived (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-31, 09:30:29 (108.66.255.10)
Luminator, your opening post is most excellent. You made me feel that I had been there. .......

359: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Welcome back! n/t (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-31, 09:08:07 (108.66.255.10)
Welcome back, Freddyi. We missed you. If I wasn't so pleased with my horn bass I would probably build a Karlson just to see if I like it. .......

360: General Asylum, RE: They outperform. Hel-loo! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-30, 10:55:37 (108.66.255.10)
My Nak ZX-7 still sounds quite good playing high quality metal tapes I recorded from new LPs back in the day. I think it compares well with most CDs. .......

361: General Asylum, RE: Sea Shanties are the Current 'craze' (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-29, 09:30:18 (108.66.255.10)
Skilled talented singers doing a crummy little song. .......

362: General Asylum, RE: Do you listen to random tracks or full albums? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-25, 11:29:52 (108.66.255.10)
It depends on my mood and the music. When listening to classical music I feel like a low brow hayseed if I don't play a complete work. .......

363: General Asylum, RE: For Ms. CfL it's "Ruby Tuesday" by the Rolling Stones (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-23, 12:56:04 (108.66.255.10)
Did that bit about making love for twelve hours straight include foreplay and bathroom break or was that just rapid copulation the whole time? .......

364: General Asylum, RE: Ever seen the movie? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-23, 10:01:03 (108.66.255.10)
When I turned 14 on 8-30-64 the #1 Bill Board song was "Where Did Our Love Go" by the Supremes. That doesn't seem very applicable to a guy who has been married to the same lovely woman for almost fift .......

365: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: RIP Dr. Bruce Edgar (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-19, 09:06:45 (108.66.255.10)
I never met Dr. Edgar, but I did exchange e-mails with him, and I found him to be a most knowledgeable and helpful person. I am saddened by his demise. .......

366: Speaker Asylum, RE: Controlled-pattern speakers, cross-firing (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-17, 10:49:31 (108.66.255.10)
Flat panel electrostatics like the Sanders pair shown or Acoustat 2=2s I used to own do have a very narrow sweet spot, but when you are in that sweet spot they image like a View Master. .......

367: General Asylum, RE: It's not so much a question of what's wrong with the Audio Physics... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-12, 10:22:33 (108.66.255.10)
As a rapid cycling manic depressive I have almost always known that on some days it is pointless to even turn on my stereo. Exercise helps a great deal. Even though I am almost seventy-two I still get .......

368: General Asylum, RE: for some reason, upon seeing your post (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-09, 09:25:49 (108.66.255.10)
This is a remarkably wonderful little thread. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. .......

369: Speaker Asylum, RE: Seeking DIY Subwoofer Guidance (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-08, 13:06:51 (108.66.255.10)
My subs are Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tubas which I use in an all horn loaded DIY system. These subs are 1/4 wave 25 Hz corner horns. I think they are very good. Construction plans are very reasona .......

370: General Asylum, RE: Slowly I turned... step by step, 28 millimeters by 28 millimeters.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-06, 09:39:43 (108.66.255.10)
If Jesus had wanted things to be metric he would have had ten disciples instead of twelve. Just joking. I have been fairly comfortable with the metric system ever since high school chemistry and physi .......

371: General Asylum, RE: Pop quiz: how small can something be and still affect the sound? Nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-02, 09:12:12 (108.66.255.10)
The stylus on the tip of my phono cartridge cantilever is pretty small, but I find it has a significant effect on SQ. .......

372: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Happy High Efficiency Holidays! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2021-01-02, 08:56:04 (108.66.255.10)
Happy New Years y'all. May your 2021 speakers all be 99dB/w/m or better. .......

373: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Front horns: FR cone vs. comp driver (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-28, 09:17:42 (108.66.255.10)
I have found that horn mids and highs work best with fully horn loaded systems. I use Bill Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba folded bass horns along with Oris 150/AER BD3 for wide range and Fostex t900a su .......

374: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Happy High Efficiency Holidays! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-26, 09:01:50 (108.66.255.10)
Merry Christmas to all and to all great listening in 2021. .......

375: General Asylum, RE: An Alternative (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-15, 13:18:37 (108.66.255.10)
David Berning advertises the use of cryo treated parts in his ultra expensive 211/845 OTL amplifier. .......

376: Speaker Asylum, RE: DisContinued? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-13, 11:16:18 (108.66.255.10)
If I were you I would call Klipsch and ask them. .......

377: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Hey Batman, how's come you're hiding this nifty Amp Stand in your Gallery? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-08, 09:21:56 (108.66.255.10)
Impressive workmanship. I might make a clone of your amp stand. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. .......

378: Speaker Asylum, RE: Multiple woofers in a cabinet (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-06, 09:13:59 (108.66.255.10)
Putting two drivers in a box sized for one driver is roughly analogous to cutting the box size for one driver in half. An under sized box will as a general rule raise the low frequency extension. ::: .......

379: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: "the less a transducer travels generating waveforms the 'faster' it is" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-05, 08:57:14 (108.66.255.10)
Years ago when I used 2+2s I read that they had a plastic sound. I didn't hear that. Now that I use Oris 150 ABS plastic horns with horn woofers and super tweeters I am told by fellow horn devotees th .......

380: General Asylum, RE: Bing and "Bowie" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-12-04, 08:58:28 (108.66.255.10)
That is a rare treat. Thanks for posting it. .......

381: Speaker Asylum, RE: Handcrafted doesnt mean vibration free cabinet (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-11-22, 09:01:33 (108.66.255.10)
Vibration is not a problem. The teak truncated pyramid which is the base of the horn stand contains 105 pounds of fine white sand. The 2" diameter tube which supports the horn is thick walled bronz .......

382: Speaker Asylum, RE: better than foot crafted cabinets, I would think... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-11-21, 09:02:48 (108.66.255.10)
When I planned to build a pair of fully horn loaded speakers I wanted first of all that they sound like real music, but I also wanted them to have a distinctive and pleasing look. This is what I ca .......

383: General Asylum, RE: Everybody get this year's new Music Direct catalog? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-11-19, 09:27:35 (108.66.255.10)
I keep my Music Direct catalog beside the toilet in my workshop bathroom so I can look at the pictures while I go. I haven't received one this year. I hope I haven't been dropped from their mailing li .......

384: General Asylum, RE: I Don't Go To Concerts, But Would To See This Guy! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-11-14, 09:11:56 (108.66.255.10)
Excellent music expertly performed. Thanks for posting the link. .......

385: General Asylum, RE: Calling all Audrey Hepburn Fans!!! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-11-11, 09:07:11 (108.66.255.10)
I've always thought Audrey Hepburn was one of the world's great classic beauties as well as being very talented. .......

386: General Asylum, RE: I have tips for the afflicted (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-11-11, 09:02:30 (108.66.255.10)
B Scarpia, I'm surprised by your negative impression of physical therapy. I did physical therapy after knee surgery and found it to be very efficacious. .......

387: General Asylum, RE: Try the Daily Audiophile (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-10-30, 13:26:15 (108.66.255.10)
Hi, 13th Duke of Wymbourne, I really appreciate you posting the link to The Audiophile Daily. It is a real treasure trove for a audio article junkie such as I. I am surprised I've never run across it .......

388: General Asylum, RE: Agreed... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-10-25, 10:29:39 (108.66.255.10)
kootenay, thanks for posting the link to Jim Hall, Concierto. Good music. I just ordered the CD. .......

389: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: LOL, Schitt audio! Their customers are beta testers. nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-10-20, 09:29:05 (108.66.255.10)
My wife and I bought a new McIntosh 2105 power amp in 1972. I passed it on to my son. It is still playing fine in my son's basement party room driving a pair of Bose 901s, Series 1 that are also hand .......

390: Speaker Asylum, RE: It will "work" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-10-02, 14:30:18 (108.66.255.10)
If the LS 50s are your only speakers what you are missing is bass, the power and glory of recorded music. .......

391: General Asylum, RE: Caption This Picture...... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-08-09, 10:01:20 (108.66.255.10)
"Bubba's time machine only worked for traveling seven minutes into the past or the future, but he kept it anyway because it was too heavy to carry out." .......

392: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Oris horn colorations (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-06-27, 09:34:44 (108.66.255.10)
I use AER BD3s in Oris 150 horns. I can't say how the Oris horns would sound unequalized since I have used a DEQX DSP with them from the beginning. With the DEQX speaker correction, room correction, t .......

393: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Front horns: FR cone vs. comp driver (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-06-02, 08:26:49 (108.66.255.10)
I use Oris 150 front horns driven by AER BD3 8" drivers. I employ them as wide range drivers in a three way, triamplified, fully horn loaded DIY system. In my opinion as well as in the opinions of fel .......

394: General Asylum, RE: It's 102!.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-28, 10:44:02 (108.66.255.10)
Once again I agree with Ozzy. I am not convinced of the correctness of the theory of anthropogenic global warming. There have been far too many failed predictions and too much deceit. .......

395: General Asylum, RE: How old are audiophiles here? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-27, 10:23:56 (108.66.255.10)
I'm about to turn 71. I should be old enough to know better, but I still have the upgrade bug as I have had for more than a half century. .......

396: General Asylum, RE: It's 102!.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-27, 09:35:27 (108.66.255.10)
I agree with Ozzy. I triamplifly my speakers with one Class AB stereo amp and two class A stereo amps. The amps run hot, but they don't heat up the room. AC takes care of that. .......

397: General Asylum, RE: Silly Question: What does "tight" Bass mean to you? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-23, 14:01:25 (108.66.255.10)
Tight bass is bass that is tonally correct played by woofers that promptly start and stop when the signal does and is free of boomy room resonances. The best bass in my opinion is bass from good horn .......

398: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: change in output settings (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-20, 09:02:22 (108.66.255.10)
Hey L:aszlo, I bet your system sounds great. I owned Acoustat 2+2s back in the 1980s and loved them. I still sometimes regret selling them. I love the way flat panel electrostats image. .......

399: General Asylum, RE: Speaking of old, any music you've been listening to for more than 50 years? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-19, 10:08:32 (108.66.255.10)
In 1955 when I was six years old my older sister received an LP of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto as her main birthday gift. I fell in love with that concerto and classical music at first listenin .......

400: Speaker Asylum, RE: My La Scalas have the Birch plywood plain finsh (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-17, 09:37:23 (108.66.255.10)
John, I have owned Klipschorns and enjoyed them immensely. If memory serves me correctly their sensitivity is 105/dB @ 1w/1m. .......

401: Speaker Asylum, RE: Stacking (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-17, 09:32:09 (108.66.255.10)
Bill the K, I think you might referring to Doctor Joseph d'Appolito, a brilliant and friendly professor and speaker designer. Note that a d'Appolito array requires not only a vertically symmetrical dr .......

402: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: YOLO dream amp list? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-17, 09:23:13 (108.66.255.10)
I bought a First Watt F3, single ended, single gain stage, Class A, J-FET output transistors power amp to use with my DIY tri-amplified horn speakers. I liked it so well I bought a second one. These a .......

403: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: ElectroVoice brotherhood (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-15, 09:14:23 (108.66.255.10)
Those who want to hear a really good horn tweeter should check out the Fostex t900a, t500a or other modern horn tweeters. .......

404: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Crossover Point? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-12, 07:54:08 (108.66.255.10)
Oxidation of your aluminum horns can be stopped by blocking air from reaching the aluminum. A coat of a clear acrylic lacquer is a very long term solution, but just a good coat of automotive wax can s .......

405: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Cable elevators (lifters) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-07, 14:13:45 (108.66.255.10)
The music my system plays sounds so good I don't bother with tweaks of this sort. I do however still use two VPI magic bloks. .......

406: General Asylum, RE: This is a matter of what is good business. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-05-01, 13:29:49 (108.66.255.10)
I say a pox on Apoxna. .......

407: Speaker Asylum, RE: Specimen Horns (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-24, 08:58:51 (108.66.255.10)
I am a horn guy and very fond or at least tolerant of horn speakers of all sorts, but the Specimen horn speakers appear to me to be novelty items instead of serious high fidelity horn speakers. ::: TO .......

408: General Asylum, RE: Nothing more cheerful than the voices of children, this, aptly titled, "See You Again" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-24, 08:43:12 (108.66.255.10)
Beautiful children singing beautiful music. Very uplifting. Thanks for posting it. .......

409: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE:proof that tubed amps are better? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-15, 14:39:35 (108.66.255.10)
I used tubed components from McIntosh, Conrad Johnson, Sophia, Cary Audio, etc. off and on from 1972 to about 2016. In 2016 I was using Cary Audio 2a3 mono blocks to power the midrange and super tweet .......

410: General Asylum, RE: An audio directory (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-11, 13:42:04 (108.66.255.10)
I have a number of the old Audio magazine Directories from the 80s and 90s. The nearest thing I have seen to those old wish books is the Absolute Sound's "2019 Ultimate Directory to High End Loudspeak .......

411: General Asylum, RE: His audio system doesn't hold a candle to this... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-11, 13:34:05 (108.66.255.10)
Kitchen cabinets painted to match Lucille's Cadillac don't seem strange to me. My Oris 150 horns are painted Lexus Black Cherry to match my wife's Lexus. .......

412: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: horns (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-09, 13:54:15 (108.66.255.10)
Eso, I am truly impressed by the visual feast your system presents, but how does it sound? .......

413: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: horns (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-08, 11:53:08 (108.66.255.10)
What speakers provide the low bass? .......

414: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: What's up Tom! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-07, 13:12:24 (108.66.255.10)
I, a fellow horn lover, am dazzled by the quality and beauty of your workmanship. What are the nominal frequency ranges of the various horns. .......

415: Speaker Asylum, RE: what volume low (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-04-02, 15:05:28 (108.66.255.10)
Before I booted up the computer to check my favorite websites I was listening to Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto on my big fully horn loaded tri-amplified DIY speakers at what I consider to be a .......

416: Speaker Asylum, RE: Would bleach/water mixture hurt speaker finishes? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-03-29, 14:15:02 (108.66.255.10)
Both bleach and hydrogen peroxide can bleach and lighten some wood finishes. According to everything I have read on the subject the virus remains viable on surfaces for seventy-two hours at most. Just .......

417: General Asylum, RE: 1918 Pandemic .. history worth finding out about.... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-03-25, 10:02:52 (108.66.255.10)
My father ,who was born in 1895, was in the USA Army stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia in 1919 and 1920. He often told the story of how during the height of the pandemic they emptied out their frozen me .......

418: Speaker Asylum, RE: Thank you Craiger56 & Ivan303... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-02-29, 08:59:48 (108.66.255.10)
Duke's very informative posts to this thread make me freshly aware how lucky we are to have professionals such as Duke and Bill Fitzmaurice as members of our crazy audiophile forum. .......

419: General Asylum, RE: Earlier today ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-02-23, 10:05:39 (108.66.255.10)
The sound track to "House of Flying Daggers" is keeping this old man bopping around the room at the moment. .......

420: General Asylum, RE: Using Roon EQ to add a little sparkle to top end (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-02-03, 09:30:48 (108.66.255.10)
Perhaps adding a super tweeter would be worth considering. .......

421: Speaker Asylum, RE: WTF!!! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-01-30, 12:59:37 (108.66.255.10)
One of the advantages of DIY speakers is that the builder is not afraid to make major changes to the speakers until they do sound right in the room. I got my triamplified, fully horn loaded, DSP corss .......

422: Vinyl Asylum, Who Has the Oldest Working Turntable (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-01-21, 09:40:23 (108.66.255.10)
My regular TT is a VPI HW-19 Mk2 with Eminent Technology 2 tone arm I bought new back in the late 1980s, but that is not my oldest TT. In the same room I have a floor standing Columbia wind up phonogr .......

423: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Reconsidering recommending LP Gear. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-01-18, 09:20:04 (108.66.255.10)
My experience supports the idea of buying a good turntable that will last for the long term. Back in 1986 I bought a VPI HW-19 table and Eminent Technology 2 tone arm. Other than replacing a wiring ha .......

424: Speaker Asylum, RE: I was wondering the same (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-01-16, 09:34:44 (108.66.255.10)
I have put a similar high gloss finish on MDF and plywood by repeatedly painting them with West Marine epoxy resin with mucho sanding between coats. .......

425: Speaker Asylum, RE: Gorgeous . . . but unnecessarily complicated? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-01-14, 16:43:35 (108.66.255.10)
The quality of his workmanship is above reproach, but I can't help wonder if a simpler cabinet might have offered sonic advantages. .......

426: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Loud-O-Clock, indeed! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2020-01-07, 11:21:54 (108.66.255.10)
In 1972 I bought a new Mac 2105 to drive a pair of Bose 901s, Series 1. It is still powering the same 901s in the basement party room at my son's house. It has been like an old friend and reliable as .......

427: General Asylum, RE: Wonder how Schiit Class-A type... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-12-29, 09:31:26 (108.66.255.10)
I am a big fan of nelson Pass designs. I replaced Cary Audio 2a3 mono blocks with two pair of First Watt F3 JFET output, single ended, single gain stage pure class A amps amplifying the wide range hor .......

428: General Asylum, RE: The tears of the children that make them give that great tonality. nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-12-13, 09:47:02 (108.66.255.10)
What does Nt mean? .......

429: General Asylum, RE: A Music-Themed Movie, Coming Dec. 25th! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-12-11, 16:38:00 (108.66.255.10)
Sounds wonderful. I will be sure to see it in January. .......

430: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: tuba sub..which one? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-11-06, 08:49:58 (108.66.255.10)
I use Fitzmaurice designed HT Tuba corner horns in a triamplified, DSPed rig along with Oris 150 wide range horns driven by AER BD3 drivers and Fostex T500a bullet super tweeters. The HT Tuba subs rep .......

431: General Asylum, RE: Something New, Something New - The Beatles (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-11-04, 11:45:30 (108.66.255.10)
My first was a smart seventeen year old high school senior. I was a sixteen year old eleventh grader. No, wait, never mind. My first LP was Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto in B flat minor on the Sp .......

432: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: diy build project : mid bass cabinet; a few good hands (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-11-01, 11:51:26 (108.66.255.10)
I have built many DIY speaker enclosures, some of them quite nice. I had no idea how to do the wood working before I read how to books, bought tools and material and started trying. .......

433: General Asylum, RE: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-10-14, 09:24:46 (108.66.255.10)
Happy Thanksgiving right back to you, Jonesy. Our (US) official Thanksgiving doesn't come for more than a month, but any day is a good day to be thankful, especially when the stereo is sounding partic .......

434: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: TAD/Vitavox with Altec (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-10-08, 10:30:51 (108.66.255.10)
I agree with morricab. I find that many modern horns such as Oris, Orphean, Azura horn, TAD horns and many others are sonically superior to Altec horns. .......

435: General Asylum, RE: who says high-end isn't 'hip enough' for the millennial's? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-08-25, 09:14:29 (108.66.255.10)
While waiting on my wife to complete a doctor visit yesterday I wandered into a nearby Walmart. I was very surprised to see that the store had almost as much space devoted to LPs as it did for CDs. Mo .......

436: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Responses to the Klipschorn review in Stereophile (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-08-15, 09:49:13 (108.66.255.10)
I read the Sterophile review of the K-horns. I have owned K-horns and currently own more modern fully horn loaded DIY speakers. I feel that the reviewing circumstances and measurement methodology were .......

437: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: free: bass bins (nj pickup this weekend aug 10-11) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-08-13, 12:00:27 (108.66.255.10)
It seems almost an insult that no one took you up on your generous offer of the excellent looking bass bins, but they are rather largish. It takes a special spouse to accept bins that large. Fortunate .......

438: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: M Noise (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-08-03, 11:00:55 (108.66.255.10)
M Noise sounds like a useful idea, but good luck on getting speaker manufacturers to accept and implement it. .......

439: General Asylum, RE: RIP Rutger Hauer (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-07-27, 10:35:25 (108.66.255.10)
Long live Blade Runner, one of the great movies of my time. .......

440: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Sub-$1000 amp for high efficiency speakers? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-07-27, 10:25:26 (108.66.255.10)
I agree about the excellence of the First Watt F3. I use two of them with my DIY triamplified horn system. .......

441: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: 15 inch 40hz to 1k driver. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-28, 17:19:59 (108.66.255.10)
Speaking in my official capacity as a Geezer I can tell you it is not only possible to design good speaker alignments, but also damned fine ones, without the help of any computer. Back in the 1980s I .......

442: Speaker Asylum, RE: For All You Kappa 9 Fans (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-27, 11:51:48 (108.66.255.10)
Beautiul speakers, downright sexy. .......

443: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Early Avantgarde Unos and Duos - Ditching the Scaffolding (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-11, 14:39:09 (108.66.255.10)
Excellent design and execution, cawson. My hat is off to the quality of your craftsmanship .......

444: Speaker Asylum, RE: Cost and pics would be nice and (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-10, 17:52:29 (108.66.255.10)
I second the suggestion that two or more subs make it easier to get the bass just right. .......

445: General Asylum, RE: "Tighter Bass" "Tight Bass" (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-07, 13:44:47 (108.66.255.10)
I have found that a good room correction DSP such as the DEQX and others can "tighten up" the bass a great deal. .......

446: General Asylum, RE: The final piece of the puzzle (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-04, 11:25:52 (108.66.255.10)
When you can't find an appropriately sized piece of wood why not just make one from a piece of larger stock. .......

447: General Asylum, RE: Jazz? I have maybe one or two albums. Otherwise, mostly hate it still (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-04, 11:07:50 (108.66.255.10)
For me it was classical music in 1956 when I was six years old. My sister got an LP of Tchaikowsky's First Piano concerto for her 12th birthday. I fell in love with it. She later gave me that album. I .......

448: General Asylum, RE: D-Day veteran, 90, beats (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-01, 11:46:04 (108.66.255.10)
Great song! It is real poetry of the best sort. My respect is large for Mr. Radford for his service, writing skills and remarkable voice for a ninety year old. .......

449: General Asylum, Re: Disturbed the Sounds of Silence thread below, more lovely harmony (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-06-01, 11:33:41 (108.66.255.10)
Marvelous harmony. We human beings are easy to please. Just assemble a group of people who sing appropriate even order harmonics, and our ears sit up and smile. .......

450: Speaker Asylum, RE: When you buy in the future, can you post about it so people know what to avoid? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-05-31, 11:15:05 (108.66.255.10)
My opinion of Acoustat is very different from yours. I had Acoustat 2+2s for years and absolutely loved them. For years I regretted selling them up until I got my present horn system built and up and .......

451: Speaker Asylum, RE: Rockport Avior Speakers with a stunning stack of 6 REL Gibraltar G1 subwoofers. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-05-18, 09:01:40 (108.66.255.10)
How does the system sound? .......

452: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Klipsch Cornwall mk3 special ed. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-05-06, 18:25:59 (108.66.255.10)
The F3 is an excellent amp. I use two F3s to power the Oris horn wide range and the bullet super tweeters in my triamplified system. The F3s replaced Cary Audio 2A3 monoblocks. I don't ever miss the t .......

453: Speaker Asylum, RE: Subwoofer finishing options (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-04-27, 18:41:04 (108.66.255.10)
I know this might make sound like an old fashioned geezer, but I think the most attractive finish for any speaker cabinet including subs is to build the boxes, fill any voids (I use marine epoxy doped .......

454: General Asylum, RE: Um, she in the Rockville store adjacent to Montgomery Mall? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-04-21, 11:06:10 (108.66.255.10)
I too miss Radio Shack. In addition to poor management I suspect the younger generation's lack of interest in DIY projects helped seal their fate. .......

455: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Tri Amped System (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-04-14, 13:03:08 (108.66.255.10)
I hold the opposite opinion to you on DSP. I tri amplify my three way horn system using a DEQX HDP 3 DSP. I find that the benefits of speaker correction, room correction, time and phase correction dig .......

456: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: would 12mm Baltic birch be sufficient for an 0.83 scale La Scala driven hard? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-04-13, 14:01:19 (108.66.255.10)
My HT Tuba bass corner horns are build of 1/2" void free many ply Baltic birch. I don't hear any audible resonances. .......

457: Cable Asylum, Just Curious (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-04-01, 19:10:44 (108.66.255.10)
Has anyone ever done testing such as the tests John Atkinson runs on speakers being reviewed in Stereophile or other tests to determine if speaker output differs when the speaker cable is cheap stuff .......

458: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Frankenspeaker Transformed (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-03-12, 10:50:45 (108.66.255.10)
I have a mono system in my basement workshop. It uses a DIY speaker with Dyunaudio drivers. It sometimes surprises me at how involving good music played mono can sound. .......

459: General Asylum, RE: Good techs are expensive (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-02-06, 11:18:54 (108.66.255.10)
I have had excellent results with Pass Labs and First Watt on receiving warranty service on amplifiers I bought used. Choose your manufacturers carefully. .......

460: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Please! Just stop it! (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-01-25, 09:11:27 (108.66.255.10)
Inmate51, if you read my original post you will see that I used the term wide range driver. .......

461: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Possibly Dumb Question (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-01-24, 09:37:05 (108.66.255.10)
Something I wonder about is why are wide range drivers such as Fostex, Lowther, Voxativ, etc. specified to be suited for front horns or for back horns but not for both. Wouldn't the load the driver se .......

462: General Asylum, RE: Sometimes as audiophiles, we ... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-01-19, 10:43:43 (108.66.255.10)
I agree with you about the good music, Tom, but I also provided my son and daughter with good bedroom systems, 1980s Mirage speakers, good Yamaha receivers, etc. The good music took root and grew, but .......

463: General Asylum, RE: What was your audio epiphany ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2019-01-10, 11:28:29 (108.66.255.10)
My audio epiphany happened in 1971 when two owners of a store which didn't even sell high end audio gear invited me and my wife into a back room of their store to hear a pair of KLH 9 electrostats pow .......

464: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: By the way (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-12-28, 10:15:36 (108.66.255.10)
Please provide a link to your post in Vintage. .......

465: Speaker Asylum, RE: Beautiful and ingenious (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-12-25, 18:52:27 (108.66.255.10)
Thank you very much. .......

466: Speaker Asylum, RE: All good points! (nt (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-12-25, 17:01:27 (108.66.255.10)
I have been building DIY speakers of my own design for over forty years. I have had a good run, but my biggest problem has always getting crossovers good enough to feel I was getting the best out o .......

467: General Asylum, RE: Season's Greetings from Canada... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-12-25, 13:07:06 (108.66.255.10)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. .......

468: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: my recently completed 2 way if anyone's interested (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-12-15, 19:27:31 (108.66.255.10)
Beautiful workmanship, cspieker. If they sound as good as they look you really deserve to be proud of them. .......

469: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Hey Fred (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-12-10, 10:50:30 (108.66.255.10)
I wish Fred as well as all the other inmates a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. .......

470: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Flare formula for the corner of a room ? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-12-03, 11:01:28 (108.66.255.10)
Pix, I don't wish to dampen your initiative, but building folded plywood corner horns is such a chore if I were you I would consider building a corner horn for which plans of proven designs are readil .......

471: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: It seems that most of the "old guard" has switched over to high-efficiency speakers. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-11-17, 13:42:51 (108.66.255.10)
My favorite speakers before the horns I presently own were Acoustat 2+2s with JBL 18" subwoofers. I regretted selling them until I got my horns up and running. The resolution is similar, but the stats .......

472: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: avante-guard mid-bass horn? and other large 200 hz horns (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-10-08, 13:28:40 (108.66.255.10)
"Oris 150 use 250 xover point & that looks bigger." Bert Dopenberg, the designer of the Oris 150 recommends a 160Hz or higher crossover for that horn. .......

473: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: I need more zing... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-09-26, 10:37:07 (108.66.255.10)
I have been really pleased with Foxtex t900a bullet tweeters I added to my Oris horn/AER combo to cover the range above 8kHz. The addition of the bullet tweeters added a shimmer or zing to the sound t .......

474: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: New Thread (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-09-02, 10:42:25 (108.66.255.10)
The big difference between the K-horns and the HT Tubas is that the HT Tubas play strongly for about one-half octave or more lower down than the K-horns, and I am a deep bass lover. I particularly enj .......

475: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: New Thread (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-09-01, 10:00:37 (108.66.255.10)
I used to use Oris 150s with bass bins of Klipschorns for the bass with DSP correcting the time difference between the Khorns back in the corners and the Oris out in the room. That was good sound. The .......

476: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, New Thread (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-08-31, 18:55:38 (108.66.255.10)
I feel that it is time for a new thread on the Asylum, but I can't seem to think of anything good to post. Freddyi, do you have any ideas? .......

477: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Really? this enire Forum is the personal Phantasy arena for Freddyi? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-08-21, 11:26:15 (108.66.255.10)
I much prefer Freddyi's posts and ideas to an idle forum going for days at a time with no new threads. .......

478: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: How to decide 8/15 Ohms impedance on Decca/Kellys? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-08-13, 11:47:11 (108.66.255.10)
Have you tried measuring it? Just measuring DC resistance with a multi meter should show which it is. .......

479: General Asylum, RE: Sadly, my friend and audiophile cohort of nearly 30 years lost his battle with cancer this week (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-08-10, 14:09:25 (108.66.255.10)
Se, I offer my condolences for your loss and congratulations on the cool idea of an urn shaped like a 6C33C-B. .......

480: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: xover considerations - power vs axial response ? don't see that rise w. Edgar 100Hz horn (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-07-22, 11:15:10 (108.66.255.10)
A phase plug makes an audible improvement in the sound of AER drivers in my Oris 150 horns. .......

481: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Possibly.. Once the Audiologist measures exactly What you Can and Cannot Hear . (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-07-18, 13:19:33 (108.66.255.10)
When I build speakers I don't settle for a sound that is adequate for old ears. I try for a frequency response that will sound complete and realistic to anyone including my nine year old grand daughte .......

482: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Fedex brought new horns home... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-06-12, 19:53:20 (108.66.255.10)
What sort of horns was the Fed Ex man delivering to you when he wrecked your car. .......

483: Speaker Asylum, RE: what threw me off (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-06-02, 08:36:23 (108.66.255.10)
I believe the dual binding posts are for bi-wiring the speakers if you choose. I have a pair of Mirage M-290 speakers with a similar arrangement of dual binding posts. The lower posts connect to the w .......

484: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Folded horn and time-align (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-05-13, 11:52:03 (108.66.255.10)
The only practical way I know of to time align a multi horn speaker, folded bass horn or not, is with DSP and multi amping. I got the idea to do this with bass folded corner horns and wide range and t .......

485: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Quit worrying (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-05-10, 14:03:38 (108.66.255.10)
While they are not the particular models you mentioned I do use First Watt solid state amps, a pair of F3 stereo amps, to power wide range horns, AER MD3s in Oris 150 horns (180 Hz to 8kHz),and Fostex .......

486: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: HOM = High Order Mode(s)... (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-05-01, 14:01:16 (108.66.255.10)
To my admittedly old ears a well executed tractrix flare horn avoids much of the distortion being discussed. http://www.diale.org/pdf/The%20Tratrix%20Horn%20Contour.pdf .......

487: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Poor man's Westminster Royal (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-05-01, 13:53:34 (108.66.255.10)
Where are the tweeters? .......

488: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Best all-around 8" FR (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-04-27, 19:31:59 (108.66.255.10)
I don't know what the very best are, but I do know I really enjoy my AER MD3s. .......

489: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Active triamp: pros/cons? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-04-22, 13:24:32 (108.66.255.10)
I can't comment on your equipment, but I do favor tri-amped three ways with steep crossover slopes. My horn rig uses a DEQX DSP unit for all digital crossovers, time, phase, speaker and room correctio .......

490: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: So many subs, so little time. (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-04-11, 18:36:21 (108.66.255.10)
KanedaK, this suggestion might seem downright unhelpful in consideration of your thread title, but what I've almost always done when in your situation is take my time, save money up and only decide af .......

491: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Sealed enclosure subwoofer and SPL (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-03-27, 18:50:50 (108.66.255.10)
It is impossible to answer your question without complete T/S parameters of the driver, but as a conservative old horn guy I find it unlikely. Trust your ears and/or an SPL meter. .......

492: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: zero dynamics achieved with K-horn and 3W SS amp (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-03-19, 10:10:23 (108.66.255.10)
I agree. Back when I owned K-horns a pair of 2a3 mono bloc SETs powered them nicely. .......

493: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: What is considered best sounding Lowther driver (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-03-14, 14:08:03 (108.66.255.10)
When I wrote my previous posts on this thread I had no idea how much the AER-BD3s cost now. Now I do. I was stunned to learn that AER's list price for the BD-3 is 3,900 Euro each, 7,800 Euro or $9,642 .......

494: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: What is considered best sounding Lowther driver (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-03-14, 08:59:18 (108.66.255.10)
Hey used-hifi. Sorry to take so long to respond to your 3-10-18 post. I just noticed it. To begin with I didn't consider the AER's higher price to be better. That is why I bought the less expensive Lo .......

495: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: What is considered best sounding Lowther driver (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-03-08, 17:03:28 (108.66.255.10)
I think it is hard to describe the best of any line of drivers without regard to cabinet type. I think that for front loaded horns the PM4a's are Lowther's champs. I owned a pair of PM4As that I used .......

496: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: DH-SAT-XL fullrange double horn for 2x 6,5" FR (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-02-10, 21:29:45 (108.66.255.10)
Interesting, hm. What do you use for deep bass? .......

497: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Technics SST-1 rarity (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-01-31, 13:59:39 (67.166.204.51)
I have a mono system with a good Dynaudio speaker and cheap electronics in my basement work shop. Music in mono can be quite engaging as long as you don't expect it to sound like a stereo. ::: TOPIC:: .......

498: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Tweeter horn damping (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-01-27, 19:19:23 (67.166.204.51)
My Oris 150 horns which cover the range of 180 Hz to 8kHz are ABS plastic. I never heard any resonance or ringing from them, but I stuck thick bands of Mortite all the way around the horns about 4/5 o .......

499: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: what might our digital age sound like if the recording chain were all single ended topology? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-01-22, 14:06:53 (67.166.204.51)
Freddyi, I totally agree with you on the sonic virtues of single ended and simple amps. A couple of my stereo amps are class A, single ended, single gain stage, solid state, First Watt F-3s. I can't s .......

500: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: what might our digital age sound like if the recording chain were all single ended topology? (0.00)
Posted by Don Reid on 2018-01-22, 13:56:05 (67.166.204.51)
Don't forget Neil Young has a vested interest in bad mouthing vinyl since he a principal owner of a digital download company, Pono. .......

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