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A lot of people that buy vinyl today don’t realise that they’re listening to CD masters on vinyl and that’s because the record companies have figured out that people want vinyl, And they're only making CD masters in digital, so all the new products that come out on vinyl are actually CDs on vinyl, which is really nothing but a fashion statement. Neil Young

Factory south-west of Tokyo will be pressing records by March as demand for format surges Three decades after it abandoned vinyl production, Sony will start making records again amid surging demand. A factory south-west of Tokyo will churn out freshly pressed records from March, Sony Music Entertainment said on Thursday. The Japanese company stopped making vinyl records in 1989 as consumers flocked to CDs and other emerging technology. Japan produced nearly 200m records a year in the mid-seventies, according to the country’s recording industry association. Sony was a large global player in the development of CDs, which have since taken a back seat to downloads and music streaming. Vinyl has been making a global comeback as it attracts not only nostalgic older consumers but also younger generations. Japan’s sole record maker, Toyo kasei, was struggling to keep up with the resurgence in vinyl demand, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Sony was scrambling to find older engineers familiar with how to make records, it added..." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/29/sony-making-records-30-years-abandoning-vinyl?ex_cid=SigDig

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band," the groundbreaking album that ranks #1 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The show features material never before accessible outside of Abbey Road Studios. http://www.pbs.org/program/sgt-peppers-musical-revolution/

MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS...

LOOK HERE: SUNFIRE ULTIMATE RECEIVER REVIEW by TNRabbit (RIP) http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=1263

DAVE BRUBECK... "TAKE FIVE"

Loudness Sounds Better. It’s Also Ruining Music. "...For the last 20 years or so, music producers have been caught in an audio arms race dramatically referred to as The Loudness Wars. To better please the ears of potential customers, record producers started mixing records at higher and higher relative loudness over time. The problem is, pushing up audio levels has a damaging effect on the quality of the recording—so much so that a movement of professionals has tried to put an end to the so-called war, though to no avail..." http://gizmodo.com/loudness-sounds-better-it-s-also-ruining-music-1694020336 http://midnightinthedesert.com/loudness-sounds-better-its-also-ruining-music/

Don't have a Sunfire Ultimate Receiver.....BUT Can you program it to output a stereo signal through two channels on each side and by-amp each speaker... With 200-400 watts for the woofer And 200-400 watts for the ribbon on my ALS III's...???

Sunfire 12" Signature Series Subwoofer - $395 (Highgrove) https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/ele/5231021909.html

Two Best Carver/Sunfire Subs: Sunfire True Subwoofer EQ 12 Signature http://www.sunfire.com/productdetail.asp?id=8 Sunfire Sub Rosa http://www.sunfire.com/productdetail.asp?id=27

"DIRE STRAITS".... has excess energy @ about 5-6 Khz.....".A Tweeter Killer"

KUSC Listeners' Choice Vol. 1 CD W.A Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture (04:17) Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro (02:42) J.S. Bach - Air 'On The G String' (04:22) Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 (03:03) Puccini - Turandot: Nessun Dorma (04:12) Barber - Adagio for Strings (06:23) Albeniz - Suite Espanola: Asturias (Leyenda) (06:24) Delibes - Lakme: Dome Epais, Le Jasmin "Flower Duet" (04:21) Pachelbel - Canon in D (04:59) Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake: Waltz (07:21) R.V. Williams - Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (04:39) Martinu - Piano Quartet #1: Finale (08:29) KUSC CLASSICAL LISTENERS' CHOICE VOL II (2CD)

180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl/Limited Anniversary Edition

ZZ TOP GREATEST HITS CD $1.99 @ "GOODWILL" (No Shipping/No Tax/Not a Scratch...Thursday)

FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS GRAND OLE OPRY (1950'S) "...Lester Flatt: Guitar, vocals Earl Scruggs: Banjo, guitar"Uncle" Josh Graves: Dobro, bass, vocals"Cousin" Jake Tullock: Bass, vocalsCurly Seckler: Mandolin, vocalsFrank "Hylo" Brown: Guitar, vocalsPaul Warren: Fiddle, vocalsT. Tommy Cutrer: Announcements, cigars, and a couple of vocals."

"...Scruggs won a Grammy award for a 2001 performance on the Late Show with David Letterman which featured Steve Martin on second banjo, Albert Lee, Vince Gill, and Randy Scruggs on guitars, Marty Stuart on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Gary Scruggs on harmonica, and Paul Shaffer on piano..." "... Many five-string banjo players consider "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" one of the instrument's fastest and most rhythmically challenging pieces. Only very skilled five-string banjo players can play it at the same speed and beat that Scruggs can..." Wikipedia

GERMAN PHYSIKS UNLIMITED II LOUDSPEAKER King of the Bending Wave Equipment report by Dick Olsher | Feb 10th, 2014 "...In the late 1970s Peter Dicks, an inventive German engineer, took up where Walsh had left off with the express goal of improving bending-wave driver performance. Many of his experimental cones used thin titanium sheets and after several years he managed to develop impressive-sounding prototypes. Initially industry interest, however, was nonexistent, and Dicks had to wait for nearly a decade before a loudspeaker company took up his design. Holger Mueller was the right man to commercialize the Dicks Dipole Driver (DDD). After all, he was not only an established conventional speaker manufacturer but also an owner of a pair of vintage Ohm Walsh Model F loudspeakers. He clearly understood that Dicks’ design surpassed the performance of the original Ohm Walsh driver. Mueller proceeded to license Dicks’ driver and worked for two years to refine the industrial design of a new loudspeaker while Dicks continued to perfect the driver. Finally, in 1993 German Physiks was formed to exclusively manufacture DDD-based designs..." "... a slice of sonic heaven at a fair price...." "...Price: $13,500..." http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/german-physiks-unlimited-ii-loudspeaker/

4 Non-Blonds....BIGGER,BETTER, FASTER,MORE ."What's Up" "...And I try, oh my god do I try I try all the timeIn this institutionAnd I pray, oh my god do I prayI pray every single dayFor a revolutionAnd so I cry sometimesWhen I'm lying in bedJust to get it all outWhat's in my headAnd I, I am feeling a little peculiarAnd so I wake in the morningAnd I step outsideAnd I take a deep breath and I get real highAnd I scream from the top of my lungsWhat's going on?..."

By the time "YOU GUYS' are through.... This will be The Absolute Sounds...."Speaker Of The Year" YOU GUYS ARE GOOD.... "Carry On"

MFSL UDCD 593 Folk Singer (album) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "...Folk Singer received positive critical reception. It was generally lauded for its high-quality sound and the instrumental performances by Waters, Guy and band. Cub Koda from Allmusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, praising the fresh and vital sound. The album was ranked at number 280 on Rolling Stone‍ '​s "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003, stating that the "unplugged" playing was pioneering and "is beloved by blues and folk fans alike." In a 1994 issue of Rolling Stone, the reviewer wrote, "...There aren't too many blues albums that qualify as audiophile recordings, but Muddy Waters Folk Singer surely does. A wonderfully intimate session, it delivers Waters' voice in all its power and subtlety, while rendering his guitar work...with such vivid realism, you would think you were sitting in the studio...."

This is FREE... Uses your PC sound card to create audio frequencies in the range 100 to 15000 Hz. Input frequency using the Mouse or the Keyboard. Select the audio output device if there are more than one on the PC. Adjustable level control. Turn sound on or off without having to exit the signal generator program. The program is a very small 32Kb, when installed. .. To Uninstall go to Control Panel... The Audio Frequency Generator is accessed from the Start Button / Programs... I TESTED IT/IT WORKS/USING PANDA ANTI-VIRUS...IT'S "CLEAN" http://www.ringbell.co.uk/software/audio.htm

E-Mail September 14, 2015 Hello Bob, i have no layout for the Carver ribbons but i can make a copy of themif you send me the dimensions in mm. My Kapton is 25 µm + 15 µm or 12mµ Aluminium. You can send me also a broken Carver ribbon for copying. Best regards, Patrick Wagner DIS-Elektrostaten www.dis-elektrostaten.de01796 PirnaAm Osthang 14 Germany Mobil: 0049 172 7927758 Fest: 03501 4763418

YES... Found this looking for Apogee Ribbons Got a pair of Apogee Calipers off ebay with a torn ribbon for $30/originally $2000 new in 1988 So I translated it (Google Translate) Got his contact info and sent him an email... He sells Apogee Ribbons...only other supplier is "Graz"...in Australia I think he wants a Carver ALS "Donor Ribbon" to copy... Waiting to see what Bob and James come up with Bob said that Kapton is becoming unobtanium James said to "Bug HIM AFTER CARVERFEST"....(ABOUT OCTOBER 1) My Carver Ribbons (ALS and ALS III) are fine...for now. http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/calipers.htm http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/911/ http://www.apogeespeakers.com/reviews/caliper_sig_hifianswers_sep1989.htm http://www.apogeeacoustics.com/repairsapogeeribbons.html