hi all,
one of murray's earlier amps on
it's way through for a service
cheers,
adam
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hi all,
one of murray's earlier amps on
it's way through for a service
cheers,
adam
A bloke on the "skirtcafe" site plays keyboard, and put up link to a recent bloke playing "Doll Dance". I noticed related thumbnail of him playing "12th St. Rag".
Well everybody plays that one and straight away I had: Mead "Lux" Lewis (an original, born 1905), "Ace" O'Donnell, Mary Lou Williams, Dell Wood. Probably could come up with others. Joe "Fingers" Carr?
See if I can get up a link...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWTQRBFNJiM
Just bit of paint touching up needed on that amp I found.
Hi
Andy from Minnesota here... I got my Boost-It about 3 weeks ago. Love it!
I run a Passive Preamp. I dig it but it can be less than ideal with some sources. My digital comcast box for instance is somewhat weak on signal.
I have this Boost-It running as a output stage on the comcast box and it is just what I needed. I have the palladia tv high def channel and this Boost it is just what I needed. Robust dynamic sound that fills the room. I was watching some concerts last night and it felt like I was at the show.
The build quality is excellent. Much time put into doing everything right.
Ecofan has a new build Mike who knows what he is doing!!!
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Wow, the Boost-it looks great with that system!
Wot? No turntable? How could I play my old Honky-tonk records over it? Maybe those YouTube clips will have to do!
No turntable.... :doh:
I just turned 40 and when I got into audio/music it was all about tapes and then CDs. I have never owned a record. I have listened to some nice turn table systems and dug it.
So far it is a CD player, Digital Audio, DVD/Blue Ray and the Digital cable TV converter box. I've started building up my system 2 years ago and a turn table will be on the horizon at some point. This hobby can get expensive!
PS - the other weekend I was listening to an older DVD I have "MTV Alice in Chains Unplugged" and it was excellent with the Boost it. So vivid. Then some Incubus Live on Paladian and a "Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (Revisited) Full Length" on Paladian... Amy Winehouse: Live at Porchester Hall and some Slayer at Sonisphere.... And a Portishead DVD of them Live in NYC.
The Boost it audition was a hit!
I'll be building some 4PI speakers this winter and then maybe a turntable next year
OR my wife will cut me off.... $$$
Good work Ecofan!
Looking good and sounding it as well... nice one.
Must admit I'm addicted to music videos, but without the pic, you can apreciate the crackle and pop!
Yeah, not the greatest example of the hi-fiddle-de-dee. I just put a piece of hardboard against the end of the monitor on the table and put the cover there to focus the camera on. That meant the camera was about 4ft from the left hand speaker. So what we hear is a recording of that. A good thing to get might be, not a "D-to-A converter", but an A to D converter. Dunno if such a thing exists, but it would be handy.
The "Ace" O'Donnell, and Mead "Lux" Lewis discs were on a budget Phillips "HiFi Tops" label. Big tops. The Dell Wood though is on proper RCA.
During the '50s as a teenager, believe it or not my younger brother was listening to Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra..
Sorry. But there was a mini revival of Honky-tonk piano, which I really dug. Listen for instance to 12th St. Rag by Mead "Lux" Lewis. Born in 1905. That rocks.
Glad I raked up some great records. Mary Lou Willaims.. A few of hers. Rare records now.
Dell Wood, a young woman in the '50s, rips into those tunes. Always a biggie with me. When I put on "Down Yonder" I couldn't lift the pickup.
Of course, then came along Jerry Lee Lewis (no relation I think), Bill Hayly, Elvis, Beatles, which kind of blew us all away. Except for my brother; he's Bing boy to this day.
Nothing to do with the topic, but other fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UL...t=0slpage#t=0s
I did notice that a local electronics shop offered a USB turntable. Junk of course, but it would be an easy way to get soundtrack onto computer for video of stationary record cover. Better at least than current Heath Robinson method!
Problem: synchronizing sound and picture...
Probably possible, but beyond my current computer literacy I guess!
The reason I had thought of getting one of those turntables was because it does 78s, which my current pickup hasn't the stylus for. I thought it would be good to download some great 78s I have. ("Your Feets Too Big" by Fats Waller for instance languishes under my bed!) and burn me a disk of them.