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General Discussion / Re: Any forum members in NYC who can help?
« on: May 04, 2010, 06:53:26 PM »
Way to go Ki!!! Wish I could help you buddy.
Jay
Jay
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Tape Tech / Re: Possible replacement for 5532 opamp?
« on: April 29, 2010, 07:25:12 AM »Thanks guys for your input.Ki isn't always raining in Seattle??? LOL!!!
After posting the question, I thought to myself - I may have opened a can of worms - talking about replacing opamps...
The audio section of A810 and A820 have (from my memory - that's fading fast) five 5532s in Record Amp, four in Repro Amp, three in Line Amp, and one in Repro pre-amp, etc. So, it would take at least 26 new-and-improved opamps per machine... I guess it's relatively low cost for obtaining any improvement in pure audiophile (madness) terms... but made me think about the cost and benefits aspect.
I think Chalres meant for me to stop pondering about the opamps and chill with a cup of Starbucks (yes, it's raining in Seattle) or was it supposed to be a glass of stiff one?
Jay
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Tape Tech / Re: Possible replacement for 5532 opamp?
« on: April 26, 2010, 11:49:03 PM »
Load a TP tape and relax with a ......
With a what??? With a what??? Charles???
Jay
With a what??? With a what??? Charles???
Jay
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Creek Bank / Re: Creek Bank channel orientation question
« on: April 24, 2010, 06:31:16 PM »
Guys, Guys, Guys, I think that there are some validated concerns here!!! (The Bottom Line) is that if a mistake was made in copying this tape, then the responsible parties need to just step up and admit that a mistake was made and go from there!!! This is just my opinion and I don't expect everyone to agree!!!
Jay
Jay
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Tape Project Albums - general / Re: Any update with the issue to TP-009 yet?
« on: April 21, 2010, 08:29:19 AM »We are pursuing more information about the recording and will report here when we have something to share. This may take some time, as Paul may need to track down a few folks and ask about decisions that may have been made at some point in the production process after the master was recorded.Well Joel,
There you go!!!
Jay
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Prerecorded Tapes / Re: One Rare Miles Davis Tape?
« on: April 08, 2010, 09:11:17 PM »
I happen to have a nice copy of this tape in a 4track version!!!
Jay
Jay
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Tape Project Albums - general / Re: Any update with the issue to TP-009 yet?
« on: April 01, 2010, 08:08:23 PM »
Joel,
Maybe they are checking into it or trying to figure out what's up!!! Give them some more time and see where it goes, I am pretty sure there's an explanation!!!
Jay
Maybe they are checking into it or trying to figure out what's up!!! Give them some more time and see where it goes, I am pretty sure there's an explanation!!!
Jay
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General Discussion / Re: Before Master tapes,..
« on: March 27, 2010, 07:50:06 PM »
Hey Steve,
Thanks for sharing that is way cool!!!
Jay
Thanks for sharing that is way cool!!!
Jay
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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Re: shipment begins
« on: March 08, 2010, 08:26:43 PM »
Well Charles thanks for the kind words and the reply, I am not really sure where to start there is alot I could say in response. I will just say that a kick out clause would be nice but, I don't see it. As for the notification I now understand a little more why these two instances happened, at the same time would love to see some type of option in the event this were to happen again!!!
Jay
Jay
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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Re: shipment begins
« on: February 26, 2010, 09:45:13 PM »Mike,Jay, if you would prefer I can edit that song from your copy before we ship it - that's one more advantage of tape over vinyl.
Jay,
i listened to reel one last night twice, including the cut 'Lyresto' which has the 'dropouts'. to my ears on the Studer it's more like a slight 'warbleing' off and on for 10 seconds or so (i'm at work and that is what i remember from last night) and not a complete dropout. i would not presume to tell someone how to feel about it; but my perspective is that it's like a badge of authenticity on an historical document. the cut is wonderful in any case and the dropout did not cause me to lose touch with the musical flow, but i did, of course, notice it.
there are other favorite tracks i play all the time with things like that which are in the master tape; such as the dropout at the beginning of 'Stardust' on Ben Webster's 'Live at the Reinnasance'...or the dropout at the beginning 'Taste of Honey' on Patricia Barber's 'Cafe Blue'. neither of those have ever caused me hesitation to repeated listening to those cuts. i have 4 or 5 different digital and analog examples of both of those cuts....the dropouts are on each one.
i actually have a master dub of one of those two examples and the dropout is there too.
understand i'm not trying to make light of this issue.
mikel
I have not even heard the tape yet so I am not saying anything about the tape itself. I am simply saying that we are being notified about an issue with another tape well after the fact!!!
Jay
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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Re: shipment begins
« on: February 26, 2010, 09:42:15 PM »I'll suggest that this might be a better conversation to have after you hear the album. The song is a great one, the dropouts are as I mentioned, minor.Well Dan,
I think that is the right thing to do but, first I still have to listen to the LR tape.
Jay
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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Re: shipment begins
« on: February 26, 2010, 11:58:31 AM »
Well Mike,
I really wasn't trying to make a big deal of it, it's just that the LR tape had an issue that we didn't learn about until after the fact; and now this tape has dropouts. I was just wondering why they used a song with dropouts? No big deal!!!
Jay
I really wasn't trying to make a big deal of it, it's just that the LR tape had an issue that we didn't learn about until after the fact; and now this tape has dropouts. I was just wondering why they used a song with dropouts? No big deal!!!
Jay
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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Re: shipment begins
« on: February 26, 2010, 10:18:54 AM »
Dan,
I can do that myself if need be, I was just wondering why use it at all???
Jay
I can do that myself if need be, I was just wondering why use it at all???
Jay
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Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane / Re: shipment begins
« on: February 26, 2010, 09:05:00 AM »We are taking another diversion in the order that we are shipping albums vs. their catalog number. TP-014 is still in production so now that we have shipped most of the TP-011,12 13 production we are beginning to ship TP-015. The first few albums are heading out today, with more to follow over the next few weeks. You will notice a small card enclosed with your album which explains the presence of some slight dropouts in the song Lyresto. We wish to clarify that they are an artifact of the original master tape and not a cause for concern.Slight dropouts on the master tape!!! I wonder what's next??? I am kinda curious why use that song if it has dropouts??? Why not leave that song off the tape???
Jay
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Tape Project Machines / Re: A Studer A810 playback head output mod
« on: February 09, 2010, 07:28:06 AM »
What's the latest on this project? Dan still waiting to see some pic's!!!
Jay
Jay