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    Show us your great photography thread!

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    Posted · Edited by Rick

    In the summer of 2012 I fulfilled a lifelong dream of going taking a motorcycle trip to Bethel, NY and the Woodstock Museum & concert site.

    I took these photos on the way at Woodstock Harley-Davidson in nearby Kingston, NY...

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    Heads up on a PBS music special tonight

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    Sounded pretty good to me for what it was. Everyone in top form considering it being an inaugural event. Worth the watching as the video was good too. IMLO

    SRV, and Albert King a treat.

    Glad you enjoyed it. I'm really starting to think that my local station was experiencing technical issues with their audio the other night...

    Yeah, the Albert King/SRV was phenominal!! :emotion-21:

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    Interesting looking preamp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    How is your evening going Rick? Usually you are on the RTM thread. I will be heading there soon for some nice tunes. :D

    It's going good, how 'bout you?

    I'm just chillin' tonight, going to watch Albert King & SRV "In Session" on PBS tonight, looking forward to it as I've never seen it... :emotion-21:

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    Interesting looking preamp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted · Edited by Rick

    I've never seen or heard of this model, anyone else?

    It looks pretty cool if you ask me...

    http://syracuse.craigslist.org/ele/4363178647.html

    Description

    The Nakamichi 610 was created to fill an often expressed gap in the consumer audio market. It is a remarkably flexible control center that must be considered truly unique by any standard.

    It's uniqueness stems not only from its amazing features, but from its even more amazing performance as well. It does, after all, carry the Nakamichi brand name. To some audiophiles, no more need be said. But there is more - much more.

    First and foremost, the Nakamichi 610 is a state-of-the-art preamplifier. This much overused phrase can certainly be applied to a preamplifier with noise level so close to the theoretical limit and distortion so low that these parameters can barely be measured with today's best available test equipment. Specifications only begin to tell the story.

    Secondly, the Nakamichi 610 is a relatively sophisticated test instrument. Built-in test tone oscillators, pink noise generator, phase checkers and precision dB meters, just to name a few, make the 610 an invaluable tool in the calibration, alignment and evaluation of stereo system components.

    Special switching features facilitate the A/B comparison of phono cartridges, tape decks, power amplifiers, loudspeakers, etc.

    Last, but not least, the Nakamichi 610 is a mixing console. It allows 5 in/2 out mixing of any of 19 different inputs. This includes 5 wide-dynamic-range microphone inputs. One can, for example, mix two tape decks (stereo, of course) plus center channel voice onto a third tape deck, or two phonographs plus voice, or any combination of these sources. Live recording takes on a new dimension with the 610: with two left, two right and one blend microphone inputs the live recordist can produce some very professional results.

    The Nakamichi 610, in short, will become a must for the serious audiophile. Even the audiophile who has everything will wonder how he ever managed to do without the 610.

    Specifications

    Frequency Response: 20 to 100,000Hz

    Signal to noise ratio: better than 85dB

    Residual noise level: 7mV

    Distortion: less than 0.005%

    Heads up on a PBS music special tonight

    in Lounge

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    Looking forward to tonight's show. Expecting better audio!

    Thanks for the review!

    I'm anxious to hear your thoughts, and I hope the sound quality is better on your feed than mine was.

    Like I said, the show was good other than that. As anyone that knows me is aware, I'm very fond of female vocalists. And Boz Scaggs' backup singers were very good. There were two of them, and in particular, the one that goes by Ms. Monet was fabulous! What a great voice!! And while she's a bigger gal, I think she is beautiful...

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    Heads up on a PBS music special tonight

    in Lounge

    Posted · Edited by Rick

    Well, overall, I enjoyed the program last night. I thought the performances were generally very good, and they did many of each of the guys most popular songs that you'd expect...

    However, my only real complaint is that the sound quality was dreadful. I know that many music specials on tv don't sound very good, but this one was (disappointingly) particularly bad. It sounded very hollow, with a poor soundstage, and at times it was very hard to hear the vocals. Funny thing is, when my local PBS affiliate would go to their pledge drive, it had the same hollow sound, which I've never experienced before.. That leads me to wonder if the station was having some technical issues last night??

    Did anyone else watch it, and if so, did you notice the same issues with the sound quality as I did?

    At any rate, I still enjoyed the show. I see it is available on DVD and Blu-Ray, and if the reviews say that the sound quality is OK with those, I wouldn't mind adding the BD to my collection at some time...

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    Heads up on a PBS music special tonight

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    Posted · Edited by Rick

    I do not have cable either, but I receive PBS over the air from my local affiliate.

    I am definitely going to tune in tonight, and I'm very much looking forward to it..

    And I'm really looking forward to the SRV special... :emotion-21:

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