Dynavector DV507-II on Technics SL-1210

[Joe]

What about Emmets then?

Grockles in Devon, Emmets in Cornwall (emmets = ants).

[The Grand Wazoo]

I know, I was just playing Devil's advocate, trying to give Marco some more education about the arcane languages of the 'deep south'.
What with that & tubers, he'll be ready for his SAT's any day now!

[Joe]

D'oh!

I checked in the OED on the derivation of grockle (which, unsurprisingly, is 'uncertain'). Its first recorded written use was 1964, but I guess it must have been used in spoken English for some years prior to that. One of the quotations the OED uses also mentions enhancements like 'grockle bait' - tourist shop tat; 'grockle grub' - fish & chips, and 'grockle nest' - caravan site.

[Alex_UK]

My dad always calls caravans 'grockle boxes'. We used to sing "little boxes" (on the hillside, all made out of ticky-tacky) whenever we passed a caravan site. (No offence intended to any shed pullers on here... )

[Primalsea]

Alex, no, please insult the shed pullers! They know what they've done and deserve to be derided.

[Barry]

Regarding the Mercury recordings, I do know that the three-mic recording technique goes back to Stokowski days and was considered a very good sounding technique for balancing detail from the orchestra with the acoustic of the hall. I note that the BBC still uses this mic array for concert broadcasts (you can see it at the Proms in the Albert Hall, three mics dangling from the ceiling). I guess the proof is in the pudding and the Mercury recordings do sound very good.

I've never noticed the miking arrangement at the Albert Hall. Every time I attend the Proms, the stage is covered by an elaborate lighting gantry, with some microphones dangling there as well as some hanging from the ceiling.

Are these three mikes equi-spaced? Do you know what the polar response is (omni, cardoid, cosine?)

Thanks for the info on your Dynavector - I'm still trying to work out that cuing mechanism!

Regards

[MartinT]

Barry - as far as I know, these are spaced omnis. I'm reading a fascinating book, "Perfecting Recorded Sound" and I shall learn more as I progress through it.

You have to see the DV cueing in action, I think. I may have to post a YouTube video

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Barry - as far as I know, these are spaced omnis. I'm reading a fascinating book, "Perfecting Recorded Sound" and I shall learn more as I progress through it.

You have to see the DV cueing in action, I think. I may have to post a YouTube video

[colinB]

Barry - as far as I know, these are spaced omnis. I'm reading a fascinating book, "Perfecting Recorded Sound" and I shall learn more as I progress through it.

You have to see the DV cueing in action, I think. I may have to post a YouTube video

Thats a great book. I gave ti away to the guy who serviced my deck and i wish i hadnt. Amazing that there was format wars right from the start of recorded music music. We dont seem to learn from history.

[MartinT]

Amazing that there was format wars right from the start of recorded music music.

Oh yes - the Edison versus Victrola systems. And it seemed just as acrimonious as some of our more recent ones, such as Blu-ray versus HD-DVD.