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Dark Side of the Moon 50th clear vinyl delivered today. Ordered it months ago. 2 albums. Can only play one side. Sound quality is top notch! Much better than my late 70s MFSL. And the clear vinyl with the silk screen printing looks mesmerizing on my Ortofon cork mat!! 😆

A quick afternoon spin as I’m flying to Newcastle first thing in the morning I will be visiting my elderly mum and my drummer mate to help with his Klipsch setup but I suspect that he probably needs some room treatment Artist - Supertramp Title - Crime Of The Century

https://www.discogs.com/release/9440714-Queen-A-Night-At-The-Opera

It is instructive to look at US Patent 4,210,which concers the big MCM bass horn woofer. The Length to double area is 23.3 inches which gives an Fc of 31.95 Hz. You can find the document at USPTO.GOV or Google Patents. There is in that patent document some design information. And Klipsch and Gillim use the 18.1 figure (so I was correct!) Many thanks toJames and also to John A for helping me through this stroke time. WMcD

https://www.discogs.com/release/918618-Jethro-Tull-Live-Bursting-Out

It’s a beautiful but rainy day in Brisbane So something a little up tempo is in order in the blues rock genre featuring John Wetton on vocals and Richard Palmer James Artist - Jack-Knife Title - Wish You Would Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/release/1856033-Jack-Knife-I-Wish-You-Would

Yardbirds Psycho Daisies B-Sides Purple Splatter Vinyl Record Store Day Release Wasn't going on record inflation day, but did go. Very cool record.

The weather here is cruel ..rain , rain , rain and much too cold , spring is far away , we ´re much closer to another winter season. Don´t know how to stand that anymore here in good old germany, since last november the same S**T ! ...Thinking about to leave my country when I´m in retirement ....maybe moving to portugal, spain or greece ..I´ll see .... However .....I spun some records this afternoon beeing bored from the outside conditions ... Donny Heathaway Live in LA & NYC in 1972 than ..FunkRock from Georgia Mother´s Finest followed by Stanley Clarke " Schooldays " and finally Jann Akkerman´s " it could happen to you "

Something a little different today in the form of a Ruthless Rhymes bootleg from Germany The album is still in excellent condition and I wonder how many are still in circulation today? Artist - Peter Gabriel (Bootleg) Title - Live at the Roxy ‘I remember Mike and I had a long discussion in the past about the tracks on it ‘Side 2 has the company logo in reverse

Putting this out there. The tax man got me good this year. Very reluctant to sell but might be convinced to do so. https://nashville.craigslist.org/ele/d/murfreesboro-klipsch-la-scala/7739710539.html

These can drop right in too if you're brave enough for the ultimate sound experience...the Blipsch!

Thank God this was waiting for me when I got home. Some relaxation is much needed today.

Typically horn flare rates (areas)are described by the term "cut-off" frequency aka "Fc"; at freques below this this the horn just about stops working. You put Fc into the exponential equation however, PWK often used the term "lamedh" (I'll use "Ld") to describe the horn area expansion; It is the lengh of travel down the horn in which the area doubles (or halves). Therefor the expansion works like animals / bacterium doubling every time period. If my math is correct, the cuttoff wavelength (I'll call it "Lc) is 18.1 times the length to double. We can examine the LaScala's two paths (combined) and notice the area at the throat is 0.5 ft^2; then the paths go across the back to the interior corners where the area is 1 ft^2; then toward the front for a foot to where the area is 2 ft^2; then another foot to the mouth where the combined area is 4 ft^2. Therefore we see the Ld is 1 foot or 12 inches. The Lc is thus 18.1 * 12 and we dived the velocity of sound 15,00 in/sec by that wavelength to get an Fc of 62 Hz. We can check the PWK article on the K400 horn and notice that the length to double is given as 2.75 inches. The math like the above shows that it's Fc is 270 Hz. PWK was really getting it to go as low as possible to where the bass bin on the Khorn is running out of steam! Good night all, WMcD

https://www.discogs.com/release/1898576-Al-Di-Meola-Scenario Pretty illustrious me thinks...

https://www.discogs.com/release/651268-Joe-Jackson-Big-World

Some say that this double album is a beautifully balanced recording and dynamically perfect Thats why many audiophiles love it Artist - Arne Domnérus Title - Jazz At The Pawnshop Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/release/4299981-Arne-Domnérus-Jazz-At-The-Pawnshop

C.F. Martin is following Klipsch with a U-Turn Orbit turntable. $1199.

Local propaganda led off with Record Store Day. There he is holding a Taylor Swift album. Hope he didn't forget to pick up his pink Crosley Cruiser to play it on. 🤣

@Klipsch104db How'd it sound? Anything of substance? Only saw a couple I really wanted but they only had 3 of the one. Blah. Just another over-rated day in the land of vinyl. I was eyeballin the Neil Young release but I think I've got darn near all of his now. They did say they had 100 copies of Taylor Swift's drop yesterday! 😂

@MicroMara you had me do a double take playing that Mother's Finest!!

I think you might make it @Jonah97! Welcome to the Forum and our Vinyl Spinning thread. The red-headed step brothers of the Forum! We know what we got! We're just here for the party!😂

Quite pleased with the end results.

Got Ya Mike You just don't forget some things!!

Drat you made me mess up filling my pill boxes for the week😂

I doubled up last night @JohnJ. 😂 Bout 30 wimmen rolled in having a birthday party for one of them. Place was packed. Ya couldn't even get to the front bar so they had the back bar open. All kinds of food. Wound up w/a plate of ribs and about 25 amazing smoked devilled eggs. Figure that one out. Exactly, he's runnin on empty for sure. IF he'd cut Nils loose it would be a fantastic tour for sure imo. BTW @AndreG. that Di meolaio lp is great! 😂 Know you'll enjoy that!

@Abomb Take it easy on me I didn't know it was Sunday til 2PM. I wondered WHY my lil meds tray that said Saturday was empty. So I took Sunday's just to be safe cause I thought I remembered taking them yesterday. The boys moved Jam Night from Friday night to Saturday night THAT started all of this cause it's always on Friday. One of the guys in the band called me about 2 and asked if I wanted to head to Columbus with them to see Springsteen. He and his wife had an xtra ticket. Guess her sister was gonna go w/her hubby and he bailed. I said well that's tomorrow night. He started laffin and told me it was Sunday. Yea, ok... @JohnJ knows the kinda crap that happens on jam night. Dazed and confused. Sometimes I really think I need a "Medic Alert" bracelet! 😂

That is why the ears should always be the final arbiters.

Switched things up a bit last nite and was pleasantly suprised. Pulled the Schiit Modi+ off the PrimaLuna and went into my old Mac4100 running my Heresy. Difference? Night & day imo. Pretty much amazing actually. Yup dummy, ya don't mix SS w/gas has been confirmed. 😂💪 Apply as needed. Don't say a word @KROCK ! Got a new lp coming and today is RSD. FML 😂

This Afternoon

Black and Blue tour 1980. First concert I went to. Ronnie James Dio on vocals and Bill Wards last concert with Black Sabbath until 1985. $9.50 to see two bands at the height of their careers.

Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo You're living in your own private Idaho Living in your own private Idaho (oh) Underground like a wild potato Don't go on the patio Beware of the pool, blue bottomless pool It leads you straight right through the gate that opens on the pool You're living in your own private Idaho You're living in your own private Idaho Keep off the path, beware of the gate (your own private Idaho) Watch out for signs that say "hidden driveways" (your own private Idaho) Don't let the chlorine in your eyes (woah, woah) Blind you to the awful surprise (woah-oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah) That awaits for you at the bottom of the bottomless blue, blue, blue pool You're livin' in your own private Idaho, Idaho You're out of control, the rivers that roll You fell into the water and down to Idaho Get out of the state, get out of the state you're in You better beware You're living in your own private Idaho You're living in your own private Idaho Keep off the patio (your own private Idaho) Keep off the path (your own private Idaho) The lawn may be green, but you better not be seen (woah, woah) Walkin' through the gate that leads you down (woah-oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah) Down to a pool fraught with danger, it's a pool full of strangers Hey! You're living in your own private Idaho Where do I go from here to a better state than this? Well, don't be blind to the big surprise Swimming 'round and 'round like the deadly hand of a radium clock At the bottom of the pool I-I-Idaho, I-I-Idaho Woah-oh, woah, woah-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah Get out of the state (ah-ah-ah-ah) Get out of the state (ah-ah-ah-ah) You're living in your own private Idaho Livin' in your own private Idaho

Yes my platinum bus zeroed out Dave. Even saw John youtubin here... drinking Heineken, dark side in. You know which t-humpin day... Can live with them. T-humpin Dave...take for a joy ride... new spinners here... good thing goods Dave...btw, remember that password... good thing. Paul Revere here...Young Rascals...Sang falsetto J Joplin here but, forget which...try harder...

Time to ride or die! THAT was yesterday around my place. Rode that coaster once and it's killer. How's yer heart tough guys??? Mine was thumpin last night just like it was when I rode that thing... 60 miles north of me on the coast of Lake Erie here in Ohio. Bring your A game & the kids. I got the lodging covered here. Hour north to heaven or H3ll ! lol Being the tallest roller coaster and the first to top 300 feet wasn’t the only records broken when it opened in 2000. It debuted having the longest drop and the fastest speed topping out at 93 m.p.h. Ranking as one of the world’s best steel coasters year after year since its opening, this behemoth shoots riders over hills, past lagoons and through tunnels, all at unthinkable speeds. With its silhouette illuminated in the night sky, it’s hard miss the iconic coaster on the Cedar Point skyline. About the only way I can describe last evening. A roller coaster. I unzipped the Dom Martin lp's, quick eyeball and laid them here on the arm of the couch for later. Finally figured I'd throw them on for a listen. After I ordered them I'd heard them on youtube and thought this dude's act IS together. Little did I know HOW together. Turned on my "aura" over the table to take a quick photo for in here and filled my shorts. Signed? Personalized? WTF is going on here??? I didn't buy any signed copies so I hit the site to make sure. Nope. How? Why? It was going around in my head and I was loving it. So this dude tours then gets home and signs lp's for people randomly? Who knows but I'm forever grateful and WILL be sittin front row or preferably a tour case (it's cheaper and my rear fits one) when he hits the US. It was almost as nice when my youngest daughter walks in the door @ Christmas. Home from Phoenix. Just crazy! Forever grateful for him doing that. They'll be in Crate #2 of signed stuff. That way I'll know where to find them in this mess of lp's stacked everywhere. Dom Martin (29) is a Belfast born award winning singer/songwriter, inspired but not constrained by the blues. In the past 18 months he has burst onto the UK and European music scene with a unique guitar style and voice captivating the audience at every venue. His main influences are Rory Gallagher, Tom Waits, John Martyn, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Howlin Wolf and Muddy Waters. With five BBC Radio live sessions prior to a first album release, Dom impressed with his 2018 debut original EP “Easy Way Out” with BBC presenter Cerys Matthews describing his work as “absolutely wonderful stuff.” His debut album “Spain to Italy” was fully released on 4th December 2019 to critical acclaim and was an IBBA “Pick Of The Month” gaining airplay on around 100 stations globally. bluespowr.com - 'Spain to Italy is not just one of the best debut releases we’ve heard in some time but among the best albums we’ve heard from any artist this year' makingascene.org - 'The likes of Dom’s talent only comes around once in a lifetime' Fatea Records - 'A musician of unbridled talent and a future that is assured’ After his debut sell out “Spring ’19 UK Tour”, Blues in Britain Magazine said - "Now and again you stumble across a rare talent of such sheer genius that you actually wonder whether what you have witnessed can possibly be for real. Dom Martin is one such talent" (Last FM) Sooooo, he's influenced by Jimi? Watching this I saw that flair and thought Jimi, Mitch and Noel??? Welllll yea, but now it's on him to reach way down and perfect it. He's on the right track imo... Gonna be a great watch for sure. Yea, the old curmudgeon is waitin... Listen up. Ready GO! Only time will tell. An added bonus??? Seriously? On to his latest "Buried in The Hail." Just enough bump to catch ya and that Rory Gallagher twist w/an added touch of Jimi once again? Crazy good! First thoughts? These two are totally KILLAH lp's. More to follow as I kick back and take it all in. Lyrics, his work, his band they just push all the buttons. The acoustic side? Smooth and clean! If ya can't catch a groove you're either deaf or dead! 😂 Get off those gold cards your sittin HARD on! Get ya sum!

The planets aligned for me today. We'll see how tomorrow goes. Yea, it's a tease but you ALL know how I responded when @JohnJ posted a Dom Martin tune over in the youtube spinning thread. ONE song and I was IN with both feet running to his site picking up his last two lp's. Screw youtube & researching it was ON! It would have been 3 had his first one been in stock. Pricey from the UK? Didn't matter, it was going down you all know that! Yea, I did ANOTHER crazy thang! 💪😂 The old guy who's outta room and has stacks leaning against the wall ain't done yet! So today, that parcel arrived safe and sound in bullet proof packaging along w/another couple lp's from my regular dude's shop. Tomorrow we go for a ride and you're all invited! You can always scroll on down too! lol

I don’t think your price is outta line. Wish my LSI looked that nice.

https://www.discogs.com/release/14341591-Joseph-Tholl-Devils-Drum

Glad to see you back Gil.

I KNOW I'm good til Wed. roflmao I think. At least it's Sunday around here. That mate of ours has it figured out by now I'm sure. Picture him in that fedora and OSU t-shirt @ jam night. They'd sooooo pimp him out. Think about it... 0-H

Actually had about 4. lol The guy who smoked the ribs had 50# so his wife made 6 dozen devilled eggs and he did those at the same time. Guess there were smoked scalloped potatoes somewhere. The women were eatin ribs while dancin, which was hilarious. Had to be a mess to clean up. See what happens when someone has a birthday on 4-20 around here? THAT'S why they didn't have jam night Friday night. Yea, Nils and the brothers are fantastic. He's short leashed every tour. He gets lil runs here and there.

Whew! Two dozen deviled eggs? Glad I'm long gone for sure. Sure you meant Nils Lofgren without shortstuff would be a good show. Yea I've talked to him, and I'm taller! He did guess why I was antsy, and my hot date did wait on me. The fun that was being 20!

As much as I appreciate the measurements, waves and graphs and science behind good engineering, I am much more subjective in my approach. Does this (placement/separation/transparency/sound stage) sound good to me? What's important for me to hear and feel may be very different from an engineer or reviewer or someone else on this forum. Fine by me! I just love talking and reading and learning about this, and hearing what others have to say.

What’s fun is to curve something that someone swears is the best thing they’ve ever heard. Measure first, then you can start trusting your ears.

Sounds fantastic! Looks even better. Did a good job mastering it. Worth the $25 I paid for it. The last song on the album, Think About It has a Dazed and Confused sound to it. Some are already on Ebay selling at inflated price. I couldn't tell you if they had any Taylor Swift. Wasn't on my list.😅

@KROCK Don't lie to me! 😂 😂 😂 😂 💪