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Thomas Stockham (1933-2004) and Digital Audio Recording "Thomas Greenway Stockham, Jr.... earned the Sc.D. degree from MIT in 1959 and was appointed Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. At MIT in 1962 he began creating digital audio tape recordings... In 1968 he left MIT for the University of Utah... ...in 1975 founded Soundstream with Malcolm Low (the L in KLH) and developed a 16-bit digital audio recorder... ....Soundstream, Inc. was the first commercial digital recording company in the United States, located in downtown Salt Lake City.... Stockham was the first to make a commercial digital recording, using his own Soundstream recorder in 1976 at the Santa Fe Opera, and demonstrating the recordings at the fall 1976 AES convention. The first commercial digital recording to be released for sale was by Telarc .recorded in spring, 1978. Jack Renner of Telarc released the first CD of a digital recording in the U.S. in 1982.... ..After he left the Soudstream company, he was chairman of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. He was named a Fellow of the IEEE and served as president of the Audio Engineering Society in 1982-1983. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to audio technology, including the Poniatoff Gold Medal from SMPTE, the Gold Medal from the AES, an Emmy in 1988 for the development of tapeless audio recording and editing technology used in television studios. The NARAS awarded him a Grammy in 1994 for his "visionary role in pioneering and advancing the era of digital recording; using his Soundstream system, he was the first to digitally record music for commercial release; his numerous innovations have profoundly impacted recording and preservation technology, establishing him as the father of digital recording." The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Feb. 1999 awarded Stockham and Robert B. Ingebretsen a 1998 Scientific and Engineering Award "for their pioneering work in the areas of waveform editing, crossfades and cut-and-paste techniques for digital audio editing." http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/recording.technology.history/stockham.html .

Telarc International Corporation is an independent record label, based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Originally a classical music-only label, the label has had a long association with Ohio's two most famous orchestras: the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Telarc has since released music from other styles of music including jazz, blues and country music. In 1996, Telarc merged with another independent label, Heads Up, now a Telarc subsidiary. In late 2005 both Telarc and Heads Up were bought by Concord Records... The Telarc Sound Telarc is noted for the high quality of its recordings, encapsulated in the slogan "The Telarc Sound". Its engineers are highly regarded within the recording business, and have led Telarc to 40 Grammy Awards. In 2004 it received the "Label Of The Year" Award from Gramophone Magazine. Telarc was one of the first labels to begin recording music with a 20-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in the late 1980s and has used 24-bit formats since 1996..." From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telarc_International_Corporation

Recordings of June 1989: Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Tod und VerklärungAndré Previn, Vienna PhilharmonicTelarc CD-80167 (CD only). Jack Renner, eng.; James Mallinson, prod. DDD. TT: 61:35 "...convey to perfection the full weight of Richard Strauss's opulent orchestration for Zarathustra without the slightest hint of distortion, despite the huge dynamic range both employ. Both have the measure of the venues they are recorded in... ...overall the depth of Previn's vision wins through. ....Previn's Tod und Verklärung has a nobility and breadth, soloists from every section of the orchestra offering up their technical and emotional best in celebration of this wonderful score.—Barbara Jahn" http://www.stereophile.com/content/recordings-june-1989-strauss-ialso-sprach-zarathustrai#vciV9zmepSdsopLs.97

TELARC CD's Appalachian Spring Star Tracks 1812 Time Warp The Planets "...the Telarc team produced the best sounding recordings from a major label since the Golden Age of Mercury and RCA some 40 years ago..." http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-last-days-of-telarc/

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I'm running a Sunfire 300x2 into Original/Upgraded Amazing Loudspeakers... Got the eq/crossovers and cables to bi-amp them.... Need another Sunfire 300x2... "Some CARVER/SUNFIRE EQUIPMENT and some tasty music.... and i'm fine..."

TOWER RECORDS "Tower Records was a retail music chain based in Sacramento, California. It currently exists as an international franchise and an online music store.[1] From 1960 until 2006, Tower also operated retail stores in the United States, which closed when Tower Records filed forbankruptcy and liquidation. Tower.com was purchased by a separate entity and was not affected by the retail store closings." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records

"...Amazing Loudspeaker Platinum Edition The first Platinum Edition was produced from 1989 to 1991. It was actually introduced shortly after the Silver Edition, but probably only to ensure that all of the originals (that it replaced) had been sold. It was the same size as the original, and was available in either natural oiled oak or ebony lacquer finish. The two 30-inch ribbons were replaced by a single 60-inch ribbon driver, and the flat woofers were replaced by 12-inch paper cone drivers. The crossover frequency was 120 Hz. This version featured (linkable) dual speaker binding posts suitable for bi-wiring or passive bi-amping. Frequency response – 23 Hz to 40 KHz Impedance – 8.0 ohms Sensitivity – 89dB The paper cone woofers were each 16 ohms, all wired in parallel, yielding 4 ohms impedance..." Amazing Loudspeaker Platinum Mark IV The Platinum Mark IV was produced from 1991 to 1993. It was originally available in natural oiled oak or ebony lacquer finish (at a higher price), but the ebony finish appears to have been discontinued before 1993. The drivers were the same as in the previous Platinum Edition. The primary differences were the addition of three adjustment controls on the rear panel and the change to a single set of binding posts. The primary specifications were identical to those of the previous Platinum Edition..." from "Harryfan" post 5 years ago , see CARVER site! » The Chain » Loudspeakers » Carver speakers » Carver ALS [AmazingLoudSpeakers]

IIRC they are 4 16 ohm woofers....wired in parallel in the plats My "Originals" are 4 ohm woofers ....wired series/ parallel 12" Carver Amazing Loudspeaker Paper Cone Woofer Driver 12" 20 oz 16 ohm paper cone with foam surround suspension, 180 watts, 1" Voice Coil woofer. 20 oz Stacked Magnet to provide long voice coil excursion Super light weight paper cone with wide roll surround Hi-Q performance 1" long excursion aluminum voice coil, 16 ohm impedance 90W rms power handling Carver Amazing Loudspeaker OEM replacement woofer ref: 618-00002-00(early Silver CT, 10-5/8" cutout) / 618-003 00 K22TNB(Silver T, 10½" cutout) Wire 4 drivers in parallel to obtain 4 ohm system load Specifications- Power capacity: 90W/180W RMS/peak Frequency response: 20 ~ 3,000 Hz Nominal impedance: 16 Ω Voice coil diameter: 1" Magnet weight: 20 oz. Sensitivity: 88 dB W/M Fs: n/a Hz Re: n/a Ω Qms: n/a http://www.dynavox.com/12inch-Carver-Amazing-Loudspeaker-Paper-Cone-Woofer-Driver

ONE WORD......S U N F I R E (1) Cinema Grand 200 Five 5 Channel Amplifier "BangFor The Buck"... 200 watts x5 ($700-$800) OR (3) Load Invariant Stereo Power Amplifier "POWER"..... 300 watts x 2 ($700-$800) x3 = $2100 to $2400

"Two men, sentenced to die in the electric chair on the same day were led down to the room in which they would meet their maker. The priest had given the last rites, the formal speech had been given by the warden, and a final prayer had been said among the participants. The Warden, turning to the first man, solemnly asked, "Son, do you have a last request?" To which the man replied, "Yes sir, I do. I love xxxxx...COUNTRY music. Could you please play xxxxxx...Acky Breaky Heart...for me one last time?" "Certainly," replied the warden. He turned to the other man and asked, "Well, what about you, son? What is your final request?" "Please," said the condemned man, "kill me first." http://98.131.123.247/jokes/Criminal-jokes/

"ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT" Hank Williams Jr. Do you want a Drink? Hey, Do you want to Party? ,,,WE cooked a PIG in the ground We got some BEER on ice... And All MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMIN OVER TONIGHT!

"IT'S A SMALL WORLD"...."RIDE"....At Disneyland CIA "BLACK SITE?" "The Secret History" "The Horror; The Horror"

If you EVER!!! get stuck on the "IT"S A SMALL WORLD" ride at Disneyland.... YOU KNOW... Played OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.... IT'S TORTURE!!! "... It's a Small World (stylized it's a small world) is a water-based dark ride located in theFantasyland area at each of the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide: Disneyland Parkin California, the Magic Kingdom in Florida, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. The ride features over 300 brightly costumed audio-animatronic dolls in the style of children of the world, frolicking in a spirit of international unity and singing the attraction's title song, which has a theme of global peace..." "... The Sherman Brothers then wrote "It's a Small World (after all)"[ in the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which influenced the song's message of peace and brotherhood. When they first presented it to Walt, they played it as a slow ballad. Walt requested something more cheerful, so they sped up the tempo and sang in counterpoint. Walt was so delighted with the final result that he renamed the attraction "It's a Small World" after the Sherman Brothers' song. It is argued that this song is the single most performed and most translated piece of music on Earth..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Small_World

"...BB KING & friends..."... "A Blues Session". Paul Butterfield, Phill Collins, Dr. John, Etta James, Chaka Khan, Albert King, Gladys Knight, Billy Ocean...." "...Now Father Time is catching up with me Gone is my youthI look in the mirror everydayAnd let it tell me the truthI'm singing the bluesMm, I just have to sing the bluesI've been around a long timeYes, yes, I've really paid some dues..."

"...Santana was for more than 45 years a friend of fellow Las Vegan and guitar legend B.B. King. Asked about one of his all-time guitar heroes, the man who soared into history at Woodstock summons a song of melancholy. “I’ll tell you what, grab B.B. King and Willie Nelson playing ‘Night Life,’ and it will hit your heart,” he says. “You’ll go, ‘Aaaah!’ If anyone can get 100 standing ovations playing one song, that’s the song.”... http://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/2015/may/27/carlos-santana-reunites-his-classic-bandmates-new-/ No Man Is An Island - John Donne No man is an island, Entire of itself,Every man is a piece of the continent,A part of the main.If a clod be washed away by the sea,Europe is the less.As well as if a promontory were.As well as if a manor of thy friend'sOr of thine own were:Any man's death diminishes me,Because I am involved in mankind,And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.

"..The Sunfire subwoofer contains such a crossover. Correct?..." A crossover for "line level" inputs and outputs... Not for a power amplifier...