my happy place

Your successful use of a large dipole planar loudspeaker in a narrow (11') room proves the notion that dipole speakers can be placed very close to side walls with no penalty paid in sound quality. ...

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MY Place sbayne

A Les Paul Gold Top into a Fender Tweed amp. Nice!

posted 4 months ago

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edgyhassle's System

Lovely room, good LP collection, great equipment. Well done! Have the stock speaker crossovers been modified?

posted 5 months ago

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Final set

Or perhaps a patio you made into a room?

posted 6 months ago

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Final set

Love your room! Looks like a converted 2-car (or more) garage, ay?

posted 6 months ago

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stuartk's System

Hey fellas, if you haven't yet taken a tour of The Gamble House in Pasadena California, the next time you're in SoCal do so. It's astounding!

posted 7 months ago

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stuartk's System

Ain't it the truth @noromance?!

posted 7 months ago

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pdspiegel - Primary Audio System

A Sumiko FT-3! Now THERE'S a classic you don't see very often. I have the Zeta, which has always seemed to me to have been inspired by the FT-3. Mounted on the AR turntable, that's a high value pai...

posted about 1 year ago

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Folkfreak's System

Great Simon. The next time I'm in England I'll give you a ring. ;-)

posted over 1 year ago

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Folkfreak's System

Wow Simon, quite a change from your listening room in Portland! Congratulations, it looks amazing. Though the ASC Wall Damp products you used to build your Portland room produced a very non-resonan...

posted over 1 year ago

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jordanmj's System

Yes indeed @jaytor! As you know, the OB/Dipole Sub is THE sub for dipole loudspeakers. It sounds somewhat like the bass panels of the Tympani T-IV, dontcha think?

posted over 1 year ago

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dtorc's System

Love your room, and the system. Say, what happened to all the lettering on the face of the Revox A77 (looks like an original. I have a Mk.3 and Mk.4)?

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bugredmachine's Tennessee System 2023

Interesting (and instructive) how the addition of bass traps actually INCREASED the bass response in your room. One thing people don't understand about bass-trapping is that the traps are able to a...

posted over 1 year ago

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My starting point

Yup, ol' Pete Curry. We met the first day of 7th grade and became fast friends. The first drumset I sat down at was his (his first instrument was drums, bass second, guitar third. He's good at all ...

posted about 3 years ago

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My starting point

Oh yeah, now I see the six tuners on the Mosrite. The Ventures On Stage album is great, recorded at shows in Japan, England, and the USA. I saw them perform about 20 years ago, on a cruise ship tri...

posted about 3 years ago

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My starting point

Your guitar amp collection looks like Ry Cooder's live gig set-up ;-) . Is that Mosrite a bass?

posted about 3 years ago

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Edgar Horn Titan 2 Field Coils Ultimate Speakers

Awesome! Dr, Edgar came into Brooks Berdan Ltd. on Saturdays fairly regularly over the years I hung out there, but for some reason Brooks never had a pair of Edgar's horn loudspeakers on demo. Bruc...

posted over 3 years ago

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alphageek's System

Nice instrument collection too. Between the Les Paul, Strat, Tele, Epiphone ES335 (the Gibson version has gotten too expensive, hasn't it?), Martin, and Fender Deluxe (no reverb? ;-), you got it al...

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Main System

Is she an Australian Sheppard? I lost mine in 2012, miss him terribly.

posted over 3 years ago

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uberwaltz's System

Kevin, in case you haven't seen it (or don't know about DR), Danny Richie's latest GR Research Tech Talk Tuesday YouTube video is the first in his new series dedicated to open baffle loudspeaker...

posted about 4 years ago

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Slaw...

The Wall Damp material has a thin layer of adhesive on each side. The stuff is like fly paper! ASC sells it in 4" squares, 1.5" x 4' strips, and roll ends by the lb.

posted about 4 years ago

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Slaw...

Wow Steve, two double-wide BDR shelves. Me likey! I'm making myself all new shelves for my three Solid Steel racks (to replace the stock MDF). A layer of slate, another of Baltic Birch plywood, wit...

posted over 4 years ago

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Dr. Vincelette's System

Give my regards to Sun Ra next time you see him. ;-)

posted over 4 years ago

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Mojo Audio, Nu-Vista, Spendor

A Roc-N-Soc throne. You must be a drummer or keyboardist.

posted over 4 years ago

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uberwaltz's System

Hey Kevin, I just got in something you may be interested in trying with your new Spatials: Vicoustic Multifuser DC2 diffusers. They are 2D style ("skyline"), diffusing in both horizontal and ver...

posted over 4 years ago

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