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Post by levon on May 25, 2016 1:43:49 GMT -6
All Vovox cables have a directional flow and are recommended to be used in a certain way. I can certainly hear a difference to cheaper cables and I wouldn't say that Vovox is snake oil. Sure, you can buy a guitar cable for $5 and be happy with it, but just because some people can't or don't want to afford expensive stuff, doesn't mean it's always useless. Sour grapes? (BTW, that's not directed at you, Martin, I quoted you to respond to your positive experience with high-end cables, which, I believe, is absolutely true. But people spend major bucks on mics, instruments and gear and then hook it up with cheapo cables. Well, to each their own.) Do they null with the "cheapo" cables? Honest question. Am I doing something wrong? I've only tried it a couple times but I can't pick out "high end" balanced cables in an ABX and they null in Pro Tools. I'm seriously curious what the audiophile answer is to null tests. And I'm glad to be wrong if I'm missing something. No idea, honestly, I'm not a technician (or a fanatic audiophile) and null test don't really interest me. But I've talked to people more knowledgeable than me and they confirmed that the directional flow of currents (not sure I'm using the right words here) do matter and have an influence on the sound, i.e. better transients, treble or whatever. Whether that really matters to your guitar tone in the end is entirely up to you. I'm sure Page and Clapton never bothered about this in their day...
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Post by levon on May 25, 2016 1:37:54 GMT -6
Yes, these are Andreas' 47s, awesome mics. I have not dealt with Voxorama, I bought mine directly from Andreas. I understand that they only sell to re-sellers, not to end users. Might be wrong though.
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Post by levon on May 24, 2016 23:40:24 GMT -6
Just like people with yachts worth 15 million, or people who own their own planes, these are boutique items for millionaires with $100,000 turntables, $150,000 speakers and $150,000 amps and preamps. Like anything else, there's always a ridiculous top of the pyramid. I bet here's a $300,000 pair of sneakers somewhere. But I'll tell you this, I've had some very expensive cables in my previous system. I used to beta test for a few manufacturers 15 years ago, so they gave them to me. Believe me, you could clearly hear the huge improvement they made. I sold them all to cover hospital bills, today, I have a simple system, but pieces are well chosen. We fuss like crazy over the slightest difference in a part in a mic, or a particular holy grail tube, or an antique compressor, and then we change out parts! Do you really think we're so different? All Vovox cables have a directional flow and are recommended to be used in a certain way. I can certainly hear a difference to cheaper cables and I wouldn't say that Vovox is snake oil. Sure, you can buy a guitar cable for $5 and be happy with it, but just because some people can't or don't want to afford expensive stuff, doesn't mean it's always useless. Sour grapes? (BTW, that's not directed at you, Martin, I quoted you to respond to your positive experience with high-end cables, which, I believe, is absolutely true. But people spend major bucks on mics, instruments and gear and then hook it up with cheapo cables. Well, to each their own.)
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Post by levon on May 24, 2016 23:27:30 GMT -6
I'm sure someone out there had exactly that same reaction when the first Fairchild 670 hit that price mark.
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Post by levon on May 24, 2016 9:49:37 GMT -6
Funny, I just bought 2 Dolby 361 units with modded CAT22 cards. Sounds nice, I think no EQ can get you there. Thing is, the quieter the input, the more pronounced the effect is. When the voice gets louder, the effect gets less...
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Post by levon on May 23, 2016 22:57:19 GMT -6
Magic. Let It Be only sucked because of Phil Spector's involvement, he messed it up royally. Listening to 'Let It Be Naked' decades later, I realized what a great album it was. Ringo Rocks, as does Billy Preston, RIP. Levon I could not have said it better! But as much as White Album showed they could work well apart, Let it be, the original concept being that they would rehearse, then record live in front of cameras and audience, they couldn't work together in the same room like the old days. The music holds its own, but it really was the end! Yes, sadly their egos killed it. Or maybe they've just been too close for too long.
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Post by levon on May 23, 2016 5:41:30 GMT -6
Well I sent him an email, hope he sees that...
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Post by levon on May 22, 2016 23:55:09 GMT -6
I'm not surprised. Goldman Sachs is one of the major evil empires out there.
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Post by levon on May 22, 2016 23:49:23 GMT -6
Magic. Let It Be only sucked because of Phil Spector's involvement, he messed it up royally. Listening to 'Let It Be Naked' decades later, I realized what a great album it was. Ringo Rocks, as does Billy Preston, RIP.
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Post by levon on May 22, 2016 23:09:22 GMT -6
Has anybody here heard from Tony recently? I sent him a PM a week ago and he hasn't responded, which is pretty unusual for him. I also see that he hasn't checked in here since May 13. Hope he is okay and not ill. Anybody been in contact?
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Post by levon on May 20, 2016 4:05:43 GMT -6
Good points, guys. My smoke detectors have stopped working months ago, time to get some new ones. Thanks for the reminder.
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Post by levon on May 20, 2016 2:35:54 GMT -6
Might well be, I always had the black and silver ones. Not sure if the silver ones are still available, they seemed to be more solid.
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Post by levon on May 19, 2016 23:20:11 GMT -6
I bought K&M stands for years, not cheap and the quality went downhill. None of them are really solid. I switched to the Triad Orbit line now. More expensive but rock solid. Versatile and easy to handle. Best stands I have ever seen.
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Post by levon on May 19, 2016 23:16:57 GMT -6
So does this mean I can sell my Revox PR99 for $1,000? I paid a lot more than that for mine some years ago. Okay, the bulk went to the Revox Service for a complete overhaul, including new butterfly heads, but still.
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Post by levon on May 18, 2016 23:15:54 GMT -6
Did you download the AU version? It says 'vst' in your message...
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Post by levon on May 18, 2016 1:47:42 GMT -6
Well, no, not really, the article ends with:
This is not the first time that the UK Government has warned major Internet companies over their lacking anti-piracy policies. Former UK Culture Secretary Sajid Javid issued a similar “legislative” threat two years ago, without much effect.
But maybe they do better this time.
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Post by levon on May 12, 2016 9:11:09 GMT -6
you know when you bounce down a mp3 from your session and you don't include any information about yourself in the metadata? and the resulting file is just pure audio data with no means of identifying who owns it (other than shazam)? If you buy music on iTunes nowadays, you might have noticed that they stopped distributing m4p's and went back to m4a's, which can be opened on any computer. they removed the DRM protection because everyone complained about not being able to play the music they bought on their android/Windows device or burn it to a mp3(data) CD to play it on their car stereo that doesn't have an AUX or USB input. too bad, i tunes needs to post... "hey cheap fuck, for 99 cents, you can only play this on 1 device!", a fucking candybar that you shit out the next day is $2! A song that you listen to over and over for a life time is 99 cents? whaaaaaaaaa? Why can't I give you 10 thumbs-up for this?
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Post by levon on May 12, 2016 2:21:55 GMT -6
I noticed the vintage McCartney shirts (pre 1999) smell better in a mix.
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Post by levon on May 12, 2016 0:48:35 GMT -6
He may be a great performer, but this stuff makes me puke, as good as it may be sonically. It has everything that's wrong about the music 'industry'. Cookie cutter bullshit. I wonder if a single musician played on it.
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Post by levon on May 3, 2016 23:35:00 GMT -6
I'm not defending Led Zeppelin, but I would like to defend all of us who write. TTBOMK, there are 384,000 possible melodies than can be made out of the 12 semi-tone devision of the frequency spectrum inside an octave. There are millions and millions of songs. Melodies are repeated constantly. By accident, by deign, by intent and by coincidence. To call this plagiarism is like calling anyone who writes "Once upon a time..." or "I love you" a plagiarist. Consider... Clearly, PAUL MCCARTNEY wrote stairway to Heaven in "Michelle, my belle" I'm proud to say that my 'squirrel looking for a nut" song puts me in the paddy waggon with the rest of the criminals in your video https%3A//soundcloud.com/tonycamp/empathysong2015Hey, 'if I were you and you were me', I wrote that! Wait for my lawyer to call you... Seriously, this is a great tune, T., one day you'll have to send me a CD with your tracks. Love the singing too, great vibe you got. Who's drumming??
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Post by levon on May 3, 2016 23:16:06 GMT -6
I especially like your 'MUSIC IS FUN' sig under that graph.
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Post by levon on May 3, 2016 7:03:32 GMT -6
THIS is not only sad, it's disgusting. Greed all over again. It doesn't do Frank's legacy justice and it doesn't honor Dweezil's efforts to keep that legacy alive. It's just talentless idiots jumping the bandwagon and cashing in on a great name because they're unable to create somthing of their own. Shame on them.
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Post by levon on Apr 28, 2016 23:02:19 GMT -6
I know Ebo Wagner, if that counts for anything. Great guy. Still, Happy birthday Michael
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Post by levon on Apr 28, 2016 23:00:24 GMT -6
Best galdarned snare drum microphone to come along since Moses was in short pants. I keep reading this, but online clips don't seem to portray it as anything greater than maybe 10-15% better sounding than the SM57 on the same source. Certainly hard to justify the 200%+ higher price based on the samples I've found. You got any better samples that might sway me? You can't rely on online clips. See if you can try one out. To me it sounds like a 57 without the blanket.
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Post by levon on Apr 28, 2016 1:54:14 GMT -6
Telefunken M80
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