Porn Leads the Way?

Porn Leads the Way?

May 18, 2006

Here's an interesting article about porn as a technical innovator, which is something I've been fascinated by for years—no, I don't mean porn, which seems to confuse almost everything I actually enjoy about sex with simple hydraulics. What I find interesting is that every innovation that Hollywood and the record labels decried as the end of the world was actually embraced by and made mainstream by porn. Video cassettes took movies, dirty and otherwise, out of crappy theaters and into our homes; DVDs improved the audio and video quality of the product, while mainstreaming owning the product; and the Internet made art films (and "art" films) as available in Sioux City and San Francisco. I certainly wouldn't bet against the adult entertainment industry's success at streaming video into the home. Wanna bet that Hollywood ends up with a distribution model more like Vivid's than Blockbuster's?

Andrew Hill Profile

Submitted by jazzfan on

Whatever you do, do not skip the Andrew Hill profile in the June issue. It is one of the most well written and informative artist profiles I've ever encountered. Complimentary without pandering, author Dan Ouellette uses the voices of several of Hill's closest associates to paint a very vivid picture of this true American musical treasure. And to add icing to the cake, the sidebar recommends four absolutely fantastic recordings.

A truly first class treatment for a truly first class artist.

Loudspeaker Hall of Fame

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Submitted by Buddha on

Hola,

Sitting here with a glass of spirits, thinking about what speakers I would consider to be "the classics" of Hi-Fi speakers.

I'm sure I'd forget many, but I'll start with the ones that were earthshaking to me, in their day.

Limit of five models per post?

Given my life choices, mine will relate to the more human price points (In no particular order...)

A) Dahlquist DQ-10

This baby didn't play so loud, and it had terrible vertical dispersion, but it did things well on balance.

Capacitors

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Submitted by nowimdowninit on

Does anybody have a good source for audio grade caps in small quanities? I'm restoring an old tube amp and I'm uncomfortable with buying quantity.

Should I just bite the bullet, buy 100 caps and sell 90 of them on ebay? I can post a list of the ones that I need if it would help... Any feedback from DIYers would also be appreciated.

Thanks
Nick

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