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Happy B Day!

Loved the first season of Orphan. I'll probably wait till this one is in the can and ready for a full season binge!

Wow! That looks amaaaaaazing! Now I'm hungry!

Dust and Grooves Some photos from Eilon Paz's new book Dust and Grooves. Could be pretty cool (best photo of Joe Bussard I've seen and the well known Archive of Contemporary Music). http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/eilon-paz-dust-and-grooves-book-excerpt?src=soc_fcbks#comments

Seems like the drivers are still not as confident with these new cars as with the old formula. There wasn't much of that delicate dancing through the left/right complexes that I'm used to seeing. Maybe the throttle response just isn't there with the turbo? Maybe they're braking instead of tapping the throttle? (Talk about a wild ass guess!)

Really hoping for a "clean" race this year. The last 2 have been one mess after another IMHO. I gotta say that I'm lovin' the inter team fighting this year.

Glad to hear you're still celebrating! Happy B Day Raffy!

Happy B Day Brent! Looks like nothing but great ones in your future!

Happy B Day!

'Course that 20 year old DAC is a Pacific Microsonics Model 2. Pretty much unobtainium. A buddy of mine sold his a couple of years ago for $18k IIRC. Up at Coast Recording, they have/had a few and that is probably one of them. They may have switched over to the new Bricasti M1.

Try flattening the lp between a couple of good flat surfaces with a weight on top. Examine the record to see if there's cupping or any other reason to put one side or the other up. Leave it like that for a week or so. I haven't done that for decades, but it used to help badly warped records to be just slightly warped sometimes. The price is right!

Very cool Greg. I like hanging on the inside of really fast corners. Feels like I'm gonna get sucked along with them.

Kinda funny,.. Mike was sitting just a couple of chairs down from you when you were at the Bottlehead booth at RMAF so many moons ago. BTW, Mike is a really nice guy but he buys into some "iffy" shit.

Happy B Day Chris! I'll be joining you @60 in Sept. So warn me if there's a reality warp that occurs that day!

Jimmy Fallon last night. Neil Young recorded "Crazy" to vinyl in Jack Whites restored "Recording Booth". I'm not a huge fan of White's music but I sure love what he's done with the fame and fortune that it's brought to him. http://www.thirdmanrecords.com/news

Also did a great cover for a Deborah Harry solo album. Needless to say, he changed the look of sci fi forever.

Just too subtle for me today!

You eat those? Get well soon Brent and kids! Sounds awful/nasty and probably making the rounds (haven't been really sick since post Mayberry so I'm about due).

For the jazz lovers,.. If you aren't watching/listening to the Blue Note Anny, you're missing out. http://www.npr.org/event/music/310772594/live-sunday-blue-note-at-75-the-concert

Funny, I also have a pair of the Swans M200's. I use those when I'm at gatherings away from home and I'm in charge of the music (which is always!). I agree, very enjoyable sound signature. I've had a few folks buy them after hearing mine. But accurate they ain't. And yes, my house is full of audio stuff (and just getting worser).

I guess overall, I'm probably not the best guy to be commenting on monitors. I've listened to a lot of 'em but I can't honestly say I loved any of them. On the other hand, I Love my Maggie 1.6qr's (with the custom x-overs I built) hooked up to my big ass CJ amp. That thing just sends me to heaven and time goes out the window. Nearfield monitors are either right or there's something that bugs me about them. (BTW I use Dynaudio BM5mkll with a BM9 sub in my home studio with a few bass traps and portable diffusers.)

One of the great things about Genelec is the wide range of models. It depends a lot on the size of the room you're going to use them in. The studio I'm doing some work in right now has 5 of the 8050's plus a single driver sub. The control room they're in is about the size of a small living room (like an apartment). I just use the stereo pair with the sub and I think that it might be better with slightly smaller main speakers but it's hard to tell without trying. You should try and get a demo set up. Folks do that all the time. Just contact Genelec sales and ask who to contact. BTW, I think they sound great!

Happy belated B Day Ari! Have a great year buddy!

Consumer speakers are meant to sound beautiful. What beautiful is,.. is in the eye of the designer. But, you won't sell a lot of your speakers if somebodies test cd is shrill and boomy in some environments so a lot of attention is paid to making it sound reasonably good at the extremes regardless of the room treatment. Studio near/mid field monitors are not designed to sound good. They are designed as tools for tracking and mixing (not mastering!). They can be accurate to a fault. Just an example, Most folks hate sibilance. But reducing sibilance can roll off highs and make the recording sound dull. Finding the right balance is the mixer's job. To do a good job of it, he's got to hear that irritating stuff clearly. Regarding the lack of bass, if you're reading review of monitors on pro audio sites, everyone there knows that you can't expect most nearfields to go down much below 50Hz. But, they also know that there isn't a whole lot below there on most recordings. So once they've gotten the bass and the kick (organ if it's there) to play nice with each other, everything else is well above 50. All mixers have some way to check those lower frequencies though (headphones, switchable sub etc). The bottom line for monitors for mixing and tracking is, since no monitor/setup is perfect, you need to know that system. What does it lack and what freq bumps does it have. That said, all the above does not mean that the monitors can't sound great for casual listening, it just means that when you read a review over on Gearslutz or Sound on Sound, "great" may have a very different meaning that what you might think. Monitors for mastering are a whole different thing. They need to be full range and often have subs. They are never nearfields and can extend far beyond midfield. They are often some very high priced audiophile speakers with room acoustics and amplification as perfect as possible. How much $$$ is spent in this pursuit depends on their target audience. Almost all mastering rooms are set up by master acousticians. And even though these guys usually have the best ears in the business, learning the sound of their room is critical.

The celebration will be held at the JFK Center in DC and NPR will provide a live web cast. Should be very cool! http://www.npr.org/event/music/310772594/live-sunday-blue-note-at-75-the-concert