John,

A curiosity question.

I received my copy a day or so ago and seriously listened to it last night. The sound is spectacular and the performances intriguing. I am very pleased a bought it. You did a wonderful job!

Given that you recorded most of the instruments in a "classical way", including using Metric Halo gear, I was surprised that you used DI for the bass. The bass sound is great and it lays well in the mix so I am not in any way criticizing - but why not record the bass amp as you did the guitar?

Today

I'm very happy to discover Larry Archibald's 1983 response to Stereo Review's Blind Cable Test has been added to the archives. I read the original piece in Stereo Review 24 years ago, and did not trust it. Something didn't make sense. I was hardly an audiophile - I owned used Advent speakers, a Pioneer receiver, and an old Dual turntable/Grado cartridge at the time - but I sensed that something was awry. So I decided to experiment on my own. I went to an electronics store and bought some 12-gauge silver wire to replace the lamp cord I was using as speaker wire.

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6448668.html JVC was a spin off of RCA here years ago, Matsushita Electronics was a company started in the mid 50's by Philips and Matsushita, the owner dude M....need western help in ideas and inovations, PHILIPS filled that rather nicely, Philips owned like 32% of Matsushita for over 30 years, they sold it off back in the 80's....

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They seem to have some pretty nice tube amps....?

http://www.jolida.com/catalogue/models/jd502b.shtml