I got the speed reversed. It's recorded in 33 and labeled 45. It's the increased transient attack that brings it alive.
What an unusual story, and what a jerk you had for a doctor. Your saga with allergies sounds like a nightmare; I am sorry for that. I cannot imagine dreading a pine tree (so, no Xmas trees ever for you?). And the sudden resurgence sounds about right--everything's great, and you forget you ever had trouble breathing, then BANG it's back for no reason. What type of music is "Night on Bald Mountain?"
...not all that common among my pear group.
Green/red anjou or bartlett? I couldn't resist. In all earnestness, it's cool to know that you were "blown away" by a setup at a USAF facility. The overwhelming number of people I know that have mentioned such experiences stated they occurred at a friend/family member's/acquaintance's home or at a retail store.
Although in no way related to this thread, I commend you for your patronage of the cherished "dancing banana." It is perhaps the finest thing produced by the information age.
I had posted a question. Then realized it was already answered and didn't know how to delete the post. So, I edited it instead. Lol!Although in no way related to this thread, I commend you for your patronage of the cherished "dancing banana." It is perhaps the finest thing produced by the information age.
I never kept the general appointment to hear the DW, a certain time on a certain day of the week, regularly for a while. Then they disappeared all of a sudden. Same thing with the B&W 808s. Oh well.As a teen, I visited virtually all the hi-fi shops in the Atlanta area and got to know a number of characters. In '74, a new one opened pretty near me so I stopped by to see what they offered. At first glance, it seemed like many with a smallish room containing several receivers and perhaps a dozen bookshelf speakers, all controlled through a switch box. It was the first time I was exposed to Fulton and ADS. The shop owner played a few tracks for me. The ADS 710 fed by an H-K 730 sounded really nice.
Then he invited me to walk upstairs and take a look...
OMG! There at one end of a large room were Magnepan Tympani IIIs tri-amped using Audio Research electronics and a Crown DC-300A on the woofer panels. Linn Sondek LP-12 / SME3009 with Ortofon MC. He graciously played a few tracks on them. That was the first major recalibration of how good an audio system could sound. They were so far and away more natural sounding than K-Horns, AR-LSTs, Bozaks, ESS Heils, Altec A7s among others I had previously heard.
The second one was a couple years later when I heard Dayton-Wright XG-8 electrostats.
Stumbling upon that shop triggered a series of events that led me to where I am today - through the many influential folks I met and gear I was able to hear.
What an unusual story, and what a jerk you had for a doctor. Your saga with allergies sounds like a nightmare; I am sorry for that. I cannot imagine dreading a pine tree (so, no Xmas trees ever for you?). And the sudden resurgence sounds about right--everything's great, and you forget you ever had trouble breathing, then BANG it's back for no reason. What type of music is "Night on Bald Mountain?"