The Black Hole......

[AudioLapDance]

...wait, am I imagining things again ...

Right like Bybees, cable direction and shatki stones. And dont forget anything quantum. If you suggested anything plausible maybe we wouldnt resist so much. But taking the word of a pompous *** whoose only proof is 30 year old anecdotes and his seventy year old ears, and not even blind, is the real fools errand.

You guys are covering old ground. You might have missed years ago JC defended Mr. Kait's credentials as an aerospace engineer in an amusingly similar way as Mr. Bybee as Feynman's "mentor" .

IMO, unamplified bassoon is one of the wonder instruments in terms of perceptual b*** size and depth.

George

You are outdated, you missed the latest Geoff Kait product:

New Dark Matter NDM, the newest product from Machina Dynamica, is the only audio product that absorbs both visible scattered laser light and invisible scattered light in CD players, thereby improving optical signal to noise ratio, thus improving sound quality.

No, I'm not imagining things.



..oh and by-the-way, the big scary monster ol' guy trying to hold on to some glory is ... tame by comparison:

Of course! I only do analogue. Look to Markw4 for digital. Still, many of my 30-50 year old design concepts are still viable and are used in a number of audio products. They were ahead of their time, conceptually, BUT the actual products can be updated and improved (through experience) into even better sounding products. This is where most here, (not necessarily you, Howie), fall down.

Who cares about caps vs inductors for RIAA EQ? Both could work well in principle.
For the record, I have not talked to Geoff Kait in many years perhaps a decade, but I once did defend his 'products' for a few years on 'Audio Asylum' but I am not sure if that was not a mistake. I just could not get enough explanation from him as to why each 'tweak' worked, so I fell away from defending him.

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PS Forget the bassoon thing, they freakin' ROCK! Air bassoon!!11!1!

 

[syn08]

You need a break.

 

[AudioLapDance]

i know and i will.


but when you've been away forawhile, it's reaaaaaly obvious.


...and i just found the quote button

 

[hhoyt]

"We'll return after a message from our sponsors..."

 

[scottjoplin]

...and i just found the quote button

They've already removed one

 

[AudioLapDance]

"We'll return after a message from our sponsors..."

..and here's someone with real class:

I'm glad to hear you are still at it, John!
I've auditioned your JC3+ Parasound phono preamp, compared it with the Clearaudio Balance+ and IMHO both are faultless, well done. The only deciding factor was build quality, in broadcast use I expect equipment to run for at least 10 years in 24/7 use. The Clearaudio won out on that basis alone, it looks like it's designers had a similar approach you did with the BT, in terms of materials and construction. Although the initial performance of the JC3+ was wonderful, I know you do not have 100% control over Parasound's execution of your designs.
I wish I could afford either of them, or some of the amps you have designed, but... food and shelter get in the way.

Stay healthy and happy!
Howie

...ok, ok, fine, fine, fine, carrot instead of stick:

Ok, see now that's how you talk to an elder! He actually has hands-on experience with the DUT, and do note, he was saying that the other unit had better build quality. And then, he even specifies the 'criticism' with the "materials and construction" bit. Hmmm. And he shows excellent psychogical understanding by providing that "out" of you do not have 100% control over P's execution.

You work with a lot of asians don't you Howie.

... oh and finally, he sort of wipes the slate clean by sayin' I can't afford your stuff anyway, so what do I know? . So there's no hard feelings.


... ya know, it sounds like he's talking to a colleague face-to-face [instead of over the interwebs] ...






This man has MANNERs and it's probably opened many doors for him... amiright?

His was a beautiful post.

 

[simon7000]

Brochures | hillplasmatronics.com

 

[AudioLapDance]

...wait, you did that on purpose!

 

[Terry Demol]

Ah yes, the Ebony TR, 1 ohm, 0.1mV

For these super low Z, low OP cartridges a low(ish) ratio autoformer step up is a very good solution.
You only need to look at Ribbon Mics and there is the answer.

TCD

 

[billshurv]

Terry: We will have to agree to disagree on that.

 

[Hans Polak]

Here's a Stereophile test of the Hill-1 plasma speaker.
Hilarious to have speakers containing big gas bottles filled with Helium, to be refilled every so many hours !
Hill Plasmatronics Type 1 loudspeaker | Stereophile.com

Hans

 

[billshurv]

Was it the Beveridge that was inside a bag of SF6? Of course that was before the negative aspects of it were fully discovered.

 

[ticknpop]

It was the Dayton Wright ESL inside a bag of SF6. When it worked it had a number of benefits : higher cell polarizing voltages (12 to 17kv), lower low frequency response (SF 6 is denser than air so the low frequency cancellation from front and back wave fronts was extended lower. A working double pair of Dayton Wrights was very impressive (and large - 1 meter x 2 meters) ,
Cell coatings problems, SF 6 leakage issues, and home theatre not liking 1 meter wide speakers ended the line.

Heard the Hill Plasmatronics at a dealers, Crime of the Century was pretty impressive with very fine treble detailing.

 

[Bonsai]

For these super low Z, low OP cartridges a low(ish) ratio autoformer step up is a very good solution.
You only need to look at Ribbon Mics and there is the answer.

TCD

100 uA output! It’s enough to make a TIS man like me smack my lips in delight.

 

[john curl]

We have been able to directly amplify without transformers, 100uV or even 50uV sources since the introduction of the Mark Levinson JC-1 pre-preamp in 1973. Even lower inputs sometimes require a specialized transformer especially designed for ribbon microphones.

 

[john curl]

The standard set in 1973 was 0.4nV/rt Hz with the JC-1 which is roughly equivalent to a 10 ohm resistor. The reason this was set there was the unavailability of complementary bipolar transistors with low enough Rbb' which is a bulk resistance in each bipolar due to its construction.

 

[gpauk]

Parasound Zphono Phono Preamplifier Review | Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum

Here's a collection of carts!! See post #10, about 2/3 down the page....

 

[billshurv]

The standard set in 1973 was 0.4nV/rt Hz with the JC-1 which is roughly equivalent to a 10 ohm resistor.

Luckily in 2020 we can get somewhat lower IF we want to/need to. The H&H ribbon mic preamp being a particularly heroic example.



@Gpauk: he's a rank amateur. I have friends with over 50 cartridges. I'd go mad with that many. Plus George is watching me

 

[gpapag]

I 'm about to report your marginal behaviour to the SHMBO



George

 

[billshurv]

She is aware of when temptation strikes. Luckily I calm her with music. I am lucky that she sits down with me to listen to music in the evenings.


I only have to admit to this one. B&O MMC2