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In Reply to: Re: Coors vs Micro-brewed posted by AstroSonic on August 3, 2005 at 11:30:52:
Tadlo, perhaps vintage gears' greatest sonic virtue is a heavenly harmonic quality which, for whatever reason, can't be replicated by today's topologies! Have modded that Marantz MR-235's amp section to where its' direct-coupled lateral mosfets deliver a midrange clarity which this guitar afficiando finds addictive-n-enticing-n-hypnotic! That the bass-n-treble regions have a pleasant polyphonic presentation is an added aural benefit! Only other unit which came close to being as sonically satisfying to these jaded printer's ears was a Marantz 2226B(another lateral mosfet topology). Bold Eagle mentioned component synergy, & so it has been with this hipster's system. Have taken a Logical Systems 318 Silencer(hiss filter; constructed during 1980 World Series) & Carver TX1-11 Asymmetrical Charge Coupled F.M. Decoder(f.m. hiss filter, purchased in 1983) out of the stereo system loop over the last year, only to return them to their place of position. That Logical Systems 318 Silencer basically masks all them high frequency nasties above 1.5khz which permeates that electron signal flow. The original RCA jacks lost contact; so they were removed & replaced with direct-wired Ratio Shaq Monster Cable. As Todd Krieger pointed out, there'se a lot more r.f. interference than in years past, so that Carver TX1-11 is even more valuable than back-n-da-day. Relative locals like U.C. Davis' KDVS & Nevada City's KVMR are continually static laden & badly in need of this Carver unit's signal scrubbing. Joe Gorin's Symmetric Sound Systems' Pulse Swallower-1 not only provides vinyl clean-up, it adds R.I.A.A. equalization to digital playback as well(Bob Carver used phono eq in one of his cd players). Without those vintage ancilliary audio units, however, no amp provides an ultimately pleasing performance. Another aspect to consider, Tadlo, is whether you listen mostly to modern music(a great Be Bop DeLuxe song, b.t.w.)or vintage classics. Have noticed how different they sound on both KDVS/KVMR broadcasts(it's harder to differentiate sonic quality on commercial outlets above 92mhz, due to heavier use of compression)& cd playback. If you prefer modern fare, stay with modern ware! One area where auld combines with new for a truly euphonic flavour, however, is using modern speakers in those auld wooden cabinets. Bold Eagle might consider this heresy(of the non-Klipsch kind), but them cabinets sound a bit more organic when you remove that stuffing & let them cabs breathe-n-resonate!
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in days long past we referred to kdvs as k-deviat - a good station still though you know my story i can rarely receive it - my long stored ess eclipse 500 series 2 heads in for repair next week - hope it's not terminal - will use it with my epi's (i think)
Best of luck in restoring your ESS Eclipse 500 Series II to their ess-teemed glory, pappy 1st! Here's an unabashed plug for Neal, of Neal's Speakers fame, who is a true reconing wizard. If ya come down da hill via Highway 80, he can be reached via Skip's Music. He usually picks up speakers needing reconing on Wednesdays. Take the Watt Avenue exit, turn south towards Auburn Blvd, then west for about a mile. Skips' tech shop is right near the entrance(left, actually). In the meantime, there are crueller fates than being enveloped via EPIs(;{)!!! ... KDVS streams their audio, & I think you'll dig Megan's "Cars-n-Chicks" show this evening from 8-10p.m. Lotsa garage-n-surf-n-psychedelia! From 10-11p.m., it's "KDVS' Top Ten". From 11p.m. to midnight, it's "Live From Studio A"! Shows are audio archived, via their schedules menu, for up to a week afterward!
i am sending the amp to mike zuccaro - he has access to a schematic - neal has re-coned speakers for me in the past - i purchased four original bozak woofers off e-bay - the four new (old) will go into the symphonies - the four i had originally in my symphonies need re-coning - won't be a bozak after that but still four very good but slightly different sounding woofers i can use on a winter project - here is a seventies quiz for you - if you answer correctly you frequented the same venues i did in the early to late seventies - sacramento's & davis' best and most popular band from 74- 79 was????
Thanx fer puttin' this hipster on da spot, pappy 1st! Will take the coward's way out 'n' say Steelwind, until Craig Chaquico got recruited into Jefferson Starship(;{)! Actually, I don't know if they were the most popular, but the Runners were technically the most impressive band around! Knew guitarist Henry Robinette through childhood bud Mel Nelson("We don't want no jazz hangin' 'round anymore; we don't want no jazz comin' in through that door")! Got to hang out inside their 22nd-n-H abode on several occasions! Still got a Runners' poster hangin' 'round da garage! Henry now teaches music @ American River College, when he isn't involved in Sactown's Jazz Project! B.T.W., a former friend used to have Tesla practice around da corner from his Fruitridge-area home!!!
steelwind was a good band for sure - lead singer diana harris' husband (bob) was our 'aquarian effort' counselor in high school - diana went on to do a one woman broadway revue type of thing
henry robinett was an old friend of mine when i booked music at melarkeys - saw what might have been the 'runners' first show with
skip moriarty from steelwind on rhythm guitar and flute at the original 'c street' saloon when it was actually on c street - burned down and was then moved to it's more familar location - my complaint about the 'runners' would be the same complaint i have against the more popular bourgeois tagg, another band that played often at melarkeys when i did the music booking - brent bourgeois and larry tagg came from dallas texas and had played in a band called uncle rainbow and would later form bourgeois tagg - both the runners and b.t. seemed to forget rock and roll's first goal was to be fun and then fun again - they were so busy trying to impress us with complicated works that the fun was often lost in the translation - the band i was referring to beat the runners at the kzap sponsored battle of the bands in davis in 1977 - to this day were henry to be asked about it he would shake his head and say ' how did we lose to these guys - the band was the 'skins' - fronted by david fraser on keyboards and bob regan on guitar with b.c cole on lead guitar and dale lyberger on bass - ed mann, the second of their drummers was first rate and much better than original member hal cole - regan is now a big time songwriter in nashville with a number of top ten hits to his credit -
How could I have fergot da Four Skins, pappy 1st? Yeah, both they & LaCasse seemed to be ever'where! Kinda like that Rootabaga Boogie Band(;{)!!!
have not seen larry gosch or bill horton (rbb) for years - at one time larry was a straight A student - a .500 hitter in high school baseball until, as he put it, discovered rock n roll - within a few short months his baseball career was done with, the bat replaced with a guitar - larry worked at skips music for a number of years and was in awe of henry robinett's guitar abilities - you mentioned tesla, remember their name before fame struck? -
Frank Hannon's Blues Explosion??? B.T.W. pappy 1st, just heard on Big Dave's Blues show that Little Milton passed away! Must be a heckuva party goin' on in that Blues Bar In the Sky!!!
nah, 'city kid' - i also grew up in the fruitridge area and at least one of tesla's crew went to the same same highschool as me though just a 'few' years after - little milton, never saw him but the blues is allright in my book - i did watch a good blues guitar face off between little charlie and duke robillard back in 83 - duke was with roomful of blues at the time and later with the fabulous thunderbirds after jimmy vaughan left - duke didn't know what hit em' -
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