Mass Loading

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Submitted by Jan Vigne on

In the current April 2007 issue, MF reviews the Kuzma Stabi XL and makes the remark, " ... there's no mistaking a proper mass loaded design ... " Can someone explain just what a proper mass loaded table design is? Obviously a high amount of mass (and density) is involved, but what constitutes proper and improper mass loading? Can mass loading be applied primarily in the support stand? If so, is there an advantage to using a mass loaded or non-suspended table on such a support system or can a suspended table still work "properly" on such a support?

And Stereophile, Takeout Menus, Acres of Porn

And Stereophile, Takeout Menus, Acres of Porn

Mar 20, 2007

Check one and two, but you won't find any of three in my apartment. Unless, of course, you count <i>Story of O</i>&#151and you <i>might</i>. I like to think of it, however, as erotica. Then there's <i>The Forty-Eight Ways</i>. Is that porn? Nah, it's more of a manual. Takeout menus are few, and include: Wild Fusion (their green curry is delightful); Frank's Pizzeria (a large regular costs five bucks!); and La Conguita (their <i>pernil asado</i> reminds me of my grandma's). I don't keep a very large collection of <i>Stereophile</i> back issues at home, but I do have a few special issues on the bookshelf in my living room.

SXSW Part Two

SXSW Part Two

Mar 20, 2007

SWSX 2007. It was the year of the female singer. And of course of Iggy.

Let's do Mr. Osterberg first.

South By Southwest usually saves the best for last, which always seems to mean the final act at Stubb's on Saturday night. For those unfamiliar with Austin, Stubb's is a BBQ joint, once owned by CB Stubblefield or "Stubb," a Navasota, Texas native who opened his first pit out in Lubbock after returning from the KO-rean (as they say it in Texas). While C.B. and his Lubbock restaurant are gone now, his name lives on in a line of nationally marketed sauces and in the Austin location, which has what can only charitably called a "venue" out back. Big, slanty, mudhole is more like it. Instead of an amphitheatre, Stubbs is a hillside sloping down into a gulley which collects rain, trash and chicks showing their tits to whatever heartthrob (Iggy Pop?) is onstage at the time. If it rains, forgetaboutit. Last year I stood in the rain and watched the Pretenders and promised myself nevermore. This year I watched an earlier act on the same bill, the Kings of Leon, who were absolutely wonderful except for the fact that they've now adopted a weird, pretty boy kind of look. They played a set heavy with the material from their new record, <I>Because of the Times</I> which was <I>Stereophile</I>'s Recording of the Month for March, and it rocked.

Stereophile speaker measurements - HowTo

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Submitted by showflash on

Can anyone tell me explicitly how to test a speaker cabinet using an accelerometer. I want to test a few speaker cabinets that I am making. For output I want to be able to come up with the cumulative spectral-decay plot as shown in each issue of Stereophile so that I can compare my work to that which I see published. I've never done this before, and I want to start with this measurement.

I need to know what the exact names of the components are that you use to do this work.

Audio Intelligent Vinyl Solutions Introduces New Alcohol-Free Premium Archivist Formula

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Submitted by jependleton on

Osage Audio Products, LLC announces the addition of a new formula to the Audio Intelligent record cleaning fluid line. Premium Archivist Formula is completely alcohol free and was developed in response to requests by record archivists and collectors and audiophile who prefer a formula that does not contain alcohol.

Premium Archivist Formula is safe and effective for use on all records, including shellacs, and is a new formulation.

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