I was thinking about this earlier today. Do you have a particular instrument that just connects with you more than any other?

For me, it's the piano. I wonder what the most common response would be?

Yo dickhead, want to talk cafe culture, huh?
Left it behind years ago, duh...

Rhyming slang and talking crap into the small hours,
we changed the world, eh, yours not ours...

Cause old farts will be gone and dead, in the head,
maybe, or maybe not in your head, dead...

But alive, to strive and educate.
before it is too bloody late...

And the ghost of Cheapskate will live forever,
to leave you never...
because twas him started this,
load of piss...

You should be grateful.
Not berate-full.

I'm setting up a Scoutmaster and SDS and have the basic cartridge set up done but want to dial it and the speed in using The Ultimate Analogue Test LP (which is on order) and multimeter. Does anyone have experience with this? Is there a step-by-step guide somewhere that will break it down into really, really basic operations for someone who has no electrical experience (I need the "put slot a into tab b and turn dial to z type" of stuff)?

Thanks in advance
Jeff

I am starting to upgrade my "entry Level" system and decided to start with the speakers. I finally have a little bit of cash (kids out of college!) and have budgeted @ $10 to $12k. My problem is I live in a fairly remote part of PA and have very limited dealers within a 2-3 hour drive. So, I'm trying to keep my audition list relatively short. I have listened to the maggies and absolutely loved them, but want to compare at least a couple more. Can anybody help with suggestions of other brands in this range to consider?

In the August '07 edition of Stereophile, JA measures the Memento and declares that the speaker has an excellent set of measurements. However, taking a look at the on-axis frequency response, it seems that the mid treble is shelved down by about 4.5db, but JA does not comment on that.

I am a novice when it comes to such matters, and perhaps there is more to a good set of measurements than FR only. But does a speaker that is not flat to within +- 3db from say 500 Hz - 8 Khz qualify as a speaker with excellent measurements, as opposed to merely good measurements ?

i am looking for lots of midrange and minimal mudiness. i already have a sub so bass is not an issue. has anybody heard these two (side by side prefferably). which one has better midrange and which one has less mudiness. hopefully the answer is one in the same. thank you