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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,075
    edited March 2014
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    Please excuse my ignorance but, what speaker is that?
    I finally found a Bloodrock LP that was beat to crap.
    This one is beat half away to hell.
    Bloodrock 2 side two.

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    Why... it's my speaker, silly! ;-)

    It is an Altec 604E Duplex coaxial driver installed in a variation of the classic Altec 620A vented (bass reflex) cabinets designed by a fellow at AK called "Billfort" - http://www.wardsweb.org/Billfort/

    Cabinets were built by my friend, woodworker/contractor Mike Berg in Hudson, MA.
    Crossovers are Doug Sax's Mastering Labs crossovers.


    Note that Billfort's Duplexes are a little prettier than mine ;-) He also has somewhat more modern Duplex drivers which are a little larger in OD than mine, too...

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    Altec Duplexes were the industry standard for broadcast and studio monitoring for a long time... the story of how they lost that mantle is interesting in itself (and readily found on teh webs). Those four lads from Liverpool used to hear themselves on Duplexes a lot at Abbey Road...

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    (actually the monitors at Abbey Road were 605A Duplexes in 612C cabinets... but the 604 family and the 620 enclosures are generally regarded as "better"... at least nowadays)
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    um, Very cool! :cool:
    I'm a fan of Altecs though I don't own any of that vintage.
    I also like Bozacs and Polks too!
    Wife is back, switching to
    Andreas Vollenweider
    "Caverna Magica"
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    Mother-in-law stopped over. More
    Andreas Vollenweider unless I go cans. :neutral:
    ...Behind the Gardens
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    Pallas "The Sentinel"
    testing out some eighties prog rock.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited March 2014
    On The Beach again DVD audio, sounds damn tastey.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited March 2014
    Led Zeppelin...Celebration Day (Blu-Ray)
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    edited March 2014
    chumlie wrote: »
    On The Beach again DVD audio, sounds damn tastey.

    I bet it does!!
    2 ChannelTurntable - VPI Classic 2/Ortofon 2M BlueAmplification - Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II, Parks Audio Budgie PhonoSpeakers - GoldenEar Triton 17.2 Home TheaterDenon AVR-X3300W; Rotel RMB-1066; Klipsch RP-280F's, Klipsch RP-450C, Polk FXi3's, Polk RC60i; Dual SVS PB 2000's; BenQ HT2050; Elite Screens 120"Man CaveTurntable - Pro-Ject 2.9 Wood/Grado GoldAmplification - Dared SL2000a, McCormack DNA 0.5 DeluxeCD: Cambridge AudioSpeakers - Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary; LSiM 703; SDA 2A
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,131
    edited March 2014
    Hey Red: I just finished Graham Nash's new book Wild Tales, a good and fast read. Huge CSN + CSNY fan. Used to play Deja Vu every day before school. Also a giant Graham Nash fan. First solo album, Wild Tales and Earth & Sky among faves.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    I've been meaning to get that. Thanks for the tip. I listened to AM radio w/ me mum before school. :wink:
    Vandenburg "Heading for a Storm"
    dromunds wrote: »
    Hey Red: I just finished Graham Nash's new book Wild Tales, a good and fast read. Huge CSN + CSNY fan. Used to play Deja Vu every day before school. Also a giant Graham Nash fan. First solo album, Wild Tales and Earth & Sky among faves.
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  • bigstereo
    bigstereo Posts: 77
    edited March 2014
    Dire Straits-Money For Nothing-CD
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,075
    edited March 2014
    Y'know... I never really appreciated this guy when he - and I - were far younger.
    Some of his classic stuff really is (classic, that is).

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    Took a long time for Dylan to click w/ me but when he did, I wanted all his stuff.
    I wouldn't have guessed it, but the SACD of Slow Train Coming is really good.

    The Best of Radiohead.
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Y'know... I never really appreciated this guy when he - and I - were far younger.
    Some of his classic stuff really is (classic, that is).

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,075
    edited March 2014
    Listened to a little bit more of Mr. Zimmerman before going back to VPR ;-)
    Now Ophelia, she’s ’neath the window
    For her I feel so afraid
    On her twenty-second birthday
    She already is an old maid
    To her, death is quite romantic
    She wears an iron vest
    Her profession’s her religion
    Her sin is her lifelessness
    And though her eyes are fixed upon
    Noah’s great rainbow
    She spends her time peeking
    Into Desolation Row

    Read more: http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/desolation-row#ixzz2wd0linN5

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2014
    Bob did give us some good stuff. Too bad he was so impressionable and unstable as a personality and easily swayed as he aged? Look at his history in the last couple of decades: thought, religion, women...

    I remember the story about when Bob was riding with the Fab Four and he so "desperately" wanted to get Lennon's attention/approval even though he'd already done a lot of classic stuff.

    I guess what I'm saying is I don't respect the guy, but I do like some of the music. The problem? Bob also produced a HUGE number of "stinkers", HUGE!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    "The problem? Bob also produced a HUGE number of "stinkers", HUGE!"
    In a RS interview he admitted he tried to destroy his rep w/ some LPs like
    "Self Portrait." I don't have it now but there is some good stuff even on that.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Portrait_(Bob_Dylan_album)
    But you are right. Bad Bob is really Bad. He should have hung it up some time ago.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    "tgif" AGREED!
    Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited" 2004 remaster on headphones.
    Mom is over! :eek:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,075
    edited March 2014
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    "tgif" AGREED!
    Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited" 2004 remaster on headphones.
    Mom is over! :eek:

    Power of suggestion? The one I listened to was an original (mono) "2-eye" ;-)

    EDIT: Gotta love that Nikon SP rangefinder 35 mm camera on the cover... my son's got one (well, a Nikon S2); he loves it, too...

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    Bob Dylan the bootleg series volumes 1-3 Disc 2
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    No, no. I got to thinking about when I started to actually like Dylan.
    This was the first, followed by his first and second? Freewheelin'
    Seemed like a good time to dig it out!

    The Blues Project Projections in the que
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Power of suggestion? The one I listened to was an original (mono) "2-eye" ;-)

    EDIT: Gotta love that Nikon SP rangefinder 35 mm camera on the cover... my son's got one (well, a Nikon S2); he loves it, too...

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    http://icouldbeahero.blogspot.com
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,075
    edited March 2014
    aww, heck... I thought I had this amazing power to manipulate folks' minds...

    FWIW, tonight I'm sittin' in the living room with Mrs. H and Timmy teh Kitteh listening to Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits on the downstairs hifi.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2014
    Cat Stevens! Nice choice.

    I took my daughter to her voice lessons tonight. Drop her off and usually swing by the Goodwill to peruse the music. Mostly CDs today.

    Leonard Cohen. I'm Your Man
    Spyro Gyra. Road Scholars
    Jesus Christ Superstar. (I know some of you Boomers remember that)
    And a X-mas album in memory of my Father (who sang professionally in that era, at least he gave it his all)
    Bing Crosby's. Christmas Classics

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    Well, sons hair in the above picture reminds me of Bob Dylan's so there is that...

    Blues Project on. Super Session in the que.
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    aww, heck... I thought I had this amazing power to manipulate folks' minds...

    FWIW, tonight I'm sittin' in the living room with Mrs. H and Timmy teh Kitteh listening to Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits on the downstairs hifi.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    "Jesus Christ Superstar. (I know some of you Boomers remember that)"
    That and "Frampton Comes Alive!"
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,075
    edited March 2014
    rednedtugent wrote: »
    Well, sons hair in the above picture reminds me of Bob Dylan's so there is that...

    Blues Project on. Super Session in the que.

    No that IS Dylan with the SP2 :-)
    I was gonna post the link, but I was doin' something else (making tea) and the edit function timed out on my post.
    See: http://blog.gsuslopez.com/post/21843920204/celebrities-with-vintage-cameras

    My son's hair is rather different - as a mathematician, he feels that its his responsibility to sport a pony tail :-P

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    Good idea! Time for some 80's hair metal!
    Vandenberg "Heading For a Storm"
    First cut, "Friday Night."
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited March 2014
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited March 2014
    REM: Dead Letter Office
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited March 2014
    Nice! Used to have some on Cassette I recorded from the library.

    Re-configged my 7.1 setup to 6.1 and am using my Bozak 302a as the rear back surround.
    Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms 5.1 in the Oppo
    BlueMDPicker wrote: »
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited March 2014
    Time for a little Mothers. Just Another Band From L.A.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited March 2014
    More Mothers: Freak Out.
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