For the audiopiles...

[Maggot]

Bringing American manufacturing home.

I have a quad of the 300B's and they crap on anything coming out of Russia or Chicom land and come with a 5 year warranty.

One Man's Quest to Revive the Great American Vacuum ...​

Wired
https://www.wired.com › Business › inventions



Mar 28, 2023 — Whitener's team devised a way to apply an atom-thick layer of graphene to a vacuum tube's anode to extend its lifespan by improving heat ...

 

[GreenGO Juan]

6v6, El-84, El-34, 6L6, 12ax7 As long as there are tube guitar amps, people are going to want these.

 

[IronSkillet]

Good read, made me wonder about McIntosh and how they source the vacuum tubes used in new products, so far came up empty searching online.

 

[Holliday]

Saw the thread title and could not resist sharing a short story.

I had a Kenwood GPS Stereo installed in my truck a few years back. I’ll never make that mistake again.

Anyway, I was speaking with tech support trying to get an answer to a rather simple question but was getting nowhere fast. A one point I called him an audiophile. “What did you call me???” I repeated myself and he said “What’s that???”

It became clear that he had never heard the term and his mind was conflating the term with the common pejorative “pedophile”. I asked for a supervisor and though the supervisor was embarrassed regarding his underling and could not answer my question either, we did have a good laugh.

Like I said, no more Kenwoods for me…….

 

[GreenGO Juan]

Saw the thread title and could not resist sharing a short story.

I had a Kenwood GPS Stereo installed in my truck a few years back. I’ll never make that mistake again.

Anyway, I was speaking with tech support trying to get an answer to a rather simple question but was getting nowhere fast. A one point I called him an audiophile. “What did you call me???” I repeated myself and he said “What’s that???”

It became clear that he had never heard the term and his mind was conflating the term with the common pejorative “pedophile”. I asked for a supervisor and though the supervisor was embarrassed regarding his underling and could not answer my question either, we did have a good laugh.

Like I said, no more Kenwoods for me…….

I accidentally crossed the 12v +- wires on one of my Rockford Fosgate amps, let the smoke out. Called them, told them what I did, they said send it in and sent me a new one, no charge.

They were super cool.

 

[mrdrar]

Would nice if an American company bought Richardson's KT88 and Phillips' 8417 manufacturing equipment.

 

[Maggot]

Would nice if an American company bought Richardson's KT88 and Phillips' 8417 manufacturing equipment.

Sounds like he's working in the right direction. The new 300B's are superb. We may all "Own nothing and be miserable." by then though.

 

[rtB]

An audiopile? Is that like a wall of sound?

 

[Maggot]

An audiopile? Is that like a wall of sound?

Or what happens to your asshole if you spend too much time sitting and listening instead of being active.

Piles.

 

[Herb Stoner]

An audiopile? Is that like a wall of sound?

No... THIS is the Wall of Sound. An amazing feat for its time.

 

[rtB]

No... THIS is the Wall of Sound. An amazing feat for its time.

WHAT!?!?!

 

[Maggot]

No... THIS is the Wall of Sound. An amazing feat for its time.

WHAT!?!?!

For those who dont know, this was created for the Grateful Dead by their soundman and chemist, Augustus Owsley 'Bear' Stanley to fill the stadiums they were playing. The bass, so I'm told, was so intense it would fuck with your solar plexis. As their chemist, he 'allegedly' created what is said to be some of the finest LSD of the time. They used almost exclusively McIntosh amplifiers, thus the great sound.

 

[brt1963]

https://berkeleyplaques.org/e-plaque/owsley-stanley/

Owsley got busted in my home town of Orinda, CA.

 

[GreenGO Juan]

People are still going down for that Chemistry.

 

[Maggot]

https://berkeleyplaques.org/e-plaque/owsley-stanley/

Owsley got busted in my home town of Orinda, CA.

And he went to my alma mater, The University of Virginia, for a year.

 

[n2ishun]

I played guitar with Bear once....does that count ?

 

[n2ishun]

As their chemist, he created the finest LSD of all time. They used exclusively McIntosh Beta test amplifiers, thus the great sound.

FTFY

Some of the amps were hand wired and had never been tested before.
They were running at under 1 ohm loads and never overheated or blew.

Here's Bear giving some smack down to newbies about the system.....you figure out who Bear posted as...

1974: Wall of Sound Technical Specs

THE GRATEFUL DEAD'S SOUND SYSTEM (HOLLYWOOD BOWL - JULY 1974) Recently there have been major changes made in the Dead's sound system, bri...

deadsources.blogspot.com

 

[Maggot]

FTFY

Some of the amps were hand wired and had never been tested before.
They were running at under 1 ohm loads and never overheated or blew.

Here's Bear giving some smack down to newbies about the system.....you figure out who Bear posted as...

1974: Wall of Sound Technical Specs

THE GRATEFUL DEAD'S SOUND SYSTEM (HOLLYWOOD BOWL - JULY 1974) Recently there have been major changes made in the Dead's sound system, bri...

deadsources.blogspot.com

No, you didnt fix it, but I'll leave it at that.

Interesting read on the system though.

 

[GreenGO Juan]

Here's Bear giving some smack down to newbies about the system.....you figure out who Bear posted as...

He was dead before any of those comments were made...

My guess is you're full of shit... Again.

 

[GreenGO Juan]

Bears apprentice.

 

[Ronws]

Yes, but on this amp, these dials all go to eleven.