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    Hifi's obsession w/ imaging...

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    In addition to King Biscuit I recall Don Kirshner,Barry Richards (local mid Atlantic?) Rock Show. There's a few more I can't recall right now. I have an album of prism recorded at Detroit's Royal Oak Music Hall that has great sound. It's clear blue too. Got it from Baltimore's 98 Rock Fire Truck when they used to go around giving out cut outs fo' free at local malls and such.

     

    Got a photo somewhere......ah here it is.

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    Car Thread

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    I'm old and have been in the business most of my life. A photo of Dad (#71D) back then. I get it honestly.

     

    If you can....whose shop is that?

     

     

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    We have a new local hero in Las Vegas

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    IMHO he had the right and reason to do what he did. My comments were on how fast and efficient it was. If you didn't find it uncomfortable to watch you haven't a heart. That is not to say they didn't ask for it but damn that was brutal. That was no movie with Jason Statham,ect. that was the real thing.

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    We have a new local hero in Las Vegas

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    17 minutes ago, Curious_George said:

    No, never stabbed anyone. Do I have to, to have a frame of reference?

    Nah don't have to. However it's obvious when someone speaks w/o experience.

     

    Still don't see where I said anything about the shopkeeper being wrong in his response. Simply where it was fast forceful and brutal. None of which are false.

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    We have a new local hero in Las Vegas

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    21 minutes ago, Curious_George said:

    "To combat violence, you need greater violence". Truer words were never spoken. Loving thy enemy and singing kumbayah ain't going to do it. 

    That's the conclusion you draw from my post? You ever stab someone?

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    Hifi's obsession w/ imaging...

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    4 hours ago, Islander said:

    Yes, generally concert sounds seems to be mono, with the exception of Pink Floyd when I saw them at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1973.  They used 4-channel sound to great effect, and one of the channels was deep in the audience on the right side of the room, that is, on the right as you’re facing the stage.  It was odd to see an asymmetrical setup, but maybe there were features of the arena that made it necessary to set up like that.  Or maybe that’s just how Pink Floyd wanted it.  That was the concert tour with the airplane crashing onto the stage.  Amazing visual and audio on that event.

     

    Anyway, as I see it, a concert has two information channels for us:  the visual and the aural.  When we’re there, we can see how the musicians are placed around the stage, even if the sound is in mono.  However, when we’re at home listening to a recording, unless it has the video component, like with a DVD, Blu-ray, etc, we have only the aural part.  Accordingly, this is where the stereo imaging comes in:  it enables us to visualize the stage and all the performers on it.  With some recordings, you can even get some sense of the performance space, like is it big or small, reverberant or hushed, etc.  One visitor who was listening to my system commented that she could tell that the pianist was facing us, because the bass notes came from near centre stage, while the treble notes came from a little further to the left, toward the edge of the stage.  The piano didn’t seem to be unnaturally wide, just the width of an 88-key keyboard.  That certainly added to the realism of the listening experience.

     

    Since the purpose of sound recordings is to give the feeling that you’re at the concert, the imaging is a crucial part of that.  If you can close your eyes and visualize the singer at the centre, and maybe walking around it (okay, that one could be a challenge), with the drummer behind and maybe a bit to one side, the bassist at one side and the guitarist on the other side, to give a generic example, your listening experience can be enriched.  Then a bit of surrealism can be added, like with drums that seem to be able to travel across the stage and back.  In the days of psychedelia, with Jimi Hendrix, for example, you might hear the guitar part leaping from the left speaker to the right speaker and back again.

     

    Sure, you probably wouldn’t (but just maybe you would) have heard that at the concert, but it enhances the experience of listening to the recording, or at least Jimi thought so, and who are we to argue with Jimi?  And that’s my opinion.

    Saw The Dark Side of The Moon tour at Merriwether Post Pavillion in Columbia MD. An outdoor venue with 3 large stacks and the stage array. The concert began about dark when they turned off the lighting under the pavillion. Nick Mason struck a gong and fire erupted from the gong's hanger. They then played ( I think) Obscured by Clouds. An amazing show. Can't say I recall the exact sound but it was far better than anything else I'd seen.

     

    And a photo I found online.......until I found the photo I'd forgotten all about the fog. Made the flames that much more striking.

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    Car Thread

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    Last one I saw sold for $250K usd in the early 2000s. They'd go for over a million now. And his wife is making sure parts are available for them too. You'll wait but she'll see that they're made for you.

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