Gillian Welch
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went back in for a fresh listen of the harrow and the harvest -- that is one well recorded LP, perhaps the best i have heard.
saw gillian welch perform at the newport folk festival back in 2011. been a huge fan ever since and really like her entire catalogue -- just fantastic and dave rawlings vocals and (of course) guitar are a perfect compliment to her own.
from NFF: gillian welch and dave rawlings came out to play with the decemberists for their encore:
saw gillian welch perform at the newport folk festival back in 2011. been a huge fan ever since and really like her entire catalogue -- just fantastic and dave rawlings vocals and (of course) guitar are a perfect compliment to her own.
from NFF: gillian welch and dave rawlings came out to play with the decemberists for their encore:
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Moby
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Up here on the Front Range of Colorado, the greater Boulder area, there is almost a cult-like worship of Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings. You can keep your asexual glam male singers, teeny bopper female singers with no range, and auto-tuned hip hop artists, apparently we like 'em really plaintive, traditional, acoustic and musical above 5500 feet.
RDSChicago
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Love the song “Time the Revelator.” Sounds great with an EL84amp driving Quads!
puroagave
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which el84-based amp are you using?
RDSChicago
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A friend who is running the VAC/Von Schweikert room at AXPONA this year from Audio Company in Atlanta built this interesting and powerful EL84 amp. I picked it up yesterday. Here are the details. Sounds great!
Offering: the "Dual Quad 84" Integrated Tube Amplifer.
This is a pretty special amp- it's parallel-push-pull, with dual output transformers per channel. Each pair of output tubes drives an output transformer- and the output of two transformers is paralleled to drive the speaker on each channel.
This amp is equipped with 12AU7 type (5814 triple-mica) tubes for preamp, driver and phase inverter, and pairs of EL84s (one pair per output transformer) for output. Hence the "Dual Quad" moniker- there's four EL84s for each channel (in a square layout). It also has separate phase inverter triode stages for each pair of output tubes (there's a total of four phase inverters- two per channel), fixed bias (with separate bias adjustment controls and easy-access test points for each tube, inside the chassis) and about 12dB feedback.
The amp uses the very high bandwidth Leslie 100-12 output transformers- which are designed as 9K to 16 ohms. Parallel two per channel, and that becomes an EIGHT ohm output system (two 16 ohm output transformers paralleled equals 8 ohms output matching, just like paralleling two 16 ohm speakers gives 8 ohms). It's further optimized, in terms of tube operating point, for about a 6 ohm speaker load- so that it performs outstandingly at both 4 and 8 ohms without needing multiple output tap/terminals. Into anything between 4 and 8 ohms, it makes a minimum of at least 25w/ch from 20-20000Hz- and effectively, significantly more, under most operating conditions. The unique thing about this amplifier, with these transformers, is that it will do 20Hz at FULL POWER... which makes for excellent bass reach and control.
The amp has a toroidal power transformer, high-speed rectifier diodes, a low-impedance choke, and large power supply caps- the benefit is a very clean and EXTREMELY RIGID power supply- even without the complication of active regulation. Power supply voltage only drops 1% from zero volume to hard clipping output level on both channels driven simultaneously! This is one of the major reasons for both it's great 4 ohm performance, and it's great bass response.
It's also got a volume control and four-source selector (it is a full function integrated amp, with four line inputs). It's "medium" gain- you do need to crank the volume control to close to max to get it to clip on a standard line source- but it does make it to full volume, fine. IMHO, that's a lot better than one that maxes out before you get to 10:00 on the volume control!
The great thing about this- is that if you are a person who loves the sound of EL84s, but needs more power- this is one really good way to do it. Great balance, incredible image depth, and bass response that is flat out outstanding...
Thanks!
Offering: the "Dual Quad 84" Integrated Tube Amplifer.
This is a pretty special amp- it's parallel-push-pull, with dual output transformers per channel. Each pair of output tubes drives an output transformer- and the output of two transformers is paralleled to drive the speaker on each channel.
This amp is equipped with 12AU7 type (5814 triple-mica) tubes for preamp, driver and phase inverter, and pairs of EL84s (one pair per output transformer) for output. Hence the "Dual Quad" moniker- there's four EL84s for each channel (in a square layout). It also has separate phase inverter triode stages for each pair of output tubes (there's a total of four phase inverters- two per channel), fixed bias (with separate bias adjustment controls and easy-access test points for each tube, inside the chassis) and about 12dB feedback.
The amp uses the very high bandwidth Leslie 100-12 output transformers- which are designed as 9K to 16 ohms. Parallel two per channel, and that becomes an EIGHT ohm output system (two 16 ohm output transformers paralleled equals 8 ohms output matching, just like paralleling two 16 ohm speakers gives 8 ohms). It's further optimized, in terms of tube operating point, for about a 6 ohm speaker load- so that it performs outstandingly at both 4 and 8 ohms without needing multiple output tap/terminals. Into anything between 4 and 8 ohms, it makes a minimum of at least 25w/ch from 20-20000Hz- and effectively, significantly more, under most operating conditions. The unique thing about this amplifier, with these transformers, is that it will do 20Hz at FULL POWER... which makes for excellent bass reach and control.
The amp has a toroidal power transformer, high-speed rectifier diodes, a low-impedance choke, and large power supply caps- the benefit is a very clean and EXTREMELY RIGID power supply- even without the complication of active regulation. Power supply voltage only drops 1% from zero volume to hard clipping output level on both channels driven simultaneously! This is one of the major reasons for both it's great 4 ohm performance, and it's great bass response.
It's also got a volume control and four-source selector (it is a full function integrated amp, with four line inputs). It's "medium" gain- you do need to crank the volume control to close to max to get it to clip on a standard line source- but it does make it to full volume, fine. IMHO, that's a lot better than one that maxes out before you get to 10:00 on the volume control!
The great thing about this- is that if you are a person who loves the sound of EL84s, but needs more power- this is one really good way to do it. Great balance, incredible image depth, and bass response that is flat out outstanding...
Thanks!
Big B
Member
"Volume 1 was released on July 31, and Pitchfork says “this archival trove cements the singer-songwriter and her steadfast partner, David Rawlings, as modern masters of American folk.” Volume 3 will follow in the coming months."
https://glidemagazine.com/248242/gillian-welch-announces-boots-no-2-the-lost-songs-vol-2-lp/
https://glidemagazine.com/248242/gillian-welch-announces-boots-no-2-the-lost-songs-vol-2-lp/
Jim Smith
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acony records, the record label founded by gillian welch in 2001, certainly has the secret sauce.
the recording quality + mastering is more than a few notches above anything else in my library -- including three blind mice recordings. of course, the fact that david rawlings is the producer on all the acony releases certainly has something to with this.
the sticker on their LPs state: mastered direct from the original tapes through custom ortofon amplifiers to a neumann VMS-80 cutting system. plated and pressed at quality record pressings. i would love to know more of the details but, in any event, they have certainly mastered the process and medium.
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interesting note: welch and rawlings are also the owners of the fabled woodland studios in nashville. it is described as their personal workspace. it was heavily damage in the tornado storm that hit nashville this past march. fortunately all their master tapes were able to be saved!!!
Gillian Welch, David Rawlings on Nearly Losing Their Life's Work - Rolling Stone
the recording quality + mastering is more than a few notches above anything else in my library -- including three blind mice recordings. of course, the fact that david rawlings is the producer on all the acony releases certainly has something to with this.
the sticker on their LPs state: mastered direct from the original tapes through custom ortofon amplifiers to a neumann VMS-80 cutting system. plated and pressed at quality record pressings. i would love to know more of the details but, in any event, they have certainly mastered the process and medium.
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interesting note: welch and rawlings are also the owners of the fabled woodland studios in nashville. it is described as their personal workspace. it was heavily damage in the tornado storm that hit nashville this past march. fortunately all their master tapes were able to be saved!!!
Gillian Welch, David Rawlings on Nearly Losing Their Life's Work - Rolling Stone
Big B
Member
I'm a fan
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs - Vinyl LP Boxset - PREORDER just announced.
get one before they're gone ...you snooze, you lose!!
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs - Vinyl LP Boxset - PREORDER – Acony Records Online Store
get one before they're gone ...you snooze, you lose!!
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs - Vinyl LP Boxset - PREORDER – Acony Records Online Store
