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In Reply to: RE: Feeling Nostalgic? posted by 1973shovel on September 28, 2015 at 05:55:30
...I first subscribed.
Not that she had anything to do with it...
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...and had to back-order the first three issues. I have to laugh at those who post here about (what seem to me to be) minor delivery issues of their magazines (Stereophile, etc). There was no waiting by the mailbox for your next TAS back then, or a lot of audiophiles might have frozen to death.
It seemed like a magical time to me, and that I was somehow in the know about a topic so few even knew existed.
Funny, now that I think of it, not much has changed, except that even fewer people are aware of it!
"You won't come back from Fletcher-Munson curve"-Jan and Dean
...started with 7, back-ordered previous issues but #1 was already out of print.
I had just discovered high end audio - a local dealer had just shown me an issue of TAS.
It was a very exciting time.
I bought my first real system, bi-amped with subwoofers and an electronic crossover.
I couldn't wait for the next issue of TAS, Stereophile or The Audio Critic to arrive - and they took forever.
Ironic that with the two magazines on the newsstands and countless ezines we have more to read now than we want.
for me since it covered several components I had at the time: Sonus Blue cartridge, Van Alstine FET-5 preamp and Acoustax-X. It also included the infamous review of the ARC solid state components.
BTW, issue 7 was another issue of interest with reviews of the JC-2, Dayton-Wright XG-8 MKIII, Yamaha B-1 amp all of which I heard in friend's systems. We got our first glimse of the young lass then:
...I went down to a local audio shop and heard it.
Sounded amazing but for the first time I understood what they meant by the "venetian blind effect".
but oh the coherency. $2000 list for speaker and amp was an incredible deal. I upgraded that to a Monitor 4 shortly thereafter by adding one more panel (4 vs 3) with a new frame which helped.
The Dayton-Wrights were better at imaging using either eight or ten panels that were angled into the room. Fast forward and Dr. West arrived at another solution by providing angled facets to the diaphragm.
Problem solved.
...I heard the Dayton Wrights at another store but they were set up in the lobby area so they were not optimal - heard CSN "Dark Star" from the new album with them on a sailboat on the cover.
Amazing the things you remember.
The D-W Dreadnaught amp had just been outperformed by latest ARC amp in that store.
A friend in 1979 had Sound Lab Renaissance speakers with subs and a Bruce Moore tubed preamp - excellent sound.
Ahh.. I was reading TAC and buying Rogers, Advent, Technics, Stanton, Wollensack 3M et al. Nostalgia is painful.
Cheers
Bill
The D-W Dreadnaught amp had just been outperformed by latest ARC amp in that store.
Perhaps you are thinking of the Dunlap-Clarke Dreadnaught initially recommended by D-W and was also represented in the states by none other than - Dan D'Agostino!
When the Threshold 800A was introduced about that time (also designed specifically for the D-Ws), Julian switched to using that for the shop and his XG-8s. It would dim the lights in his apartment upon power up! He later used a Stasis 2, both of which were a good bit better sounding than the Dreadnaught.
Had one, the DC Dreadnaught, didnt stay around too long , not worthy..
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Nice pic!
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