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Minus K Technology: Highest performance vibration isolation systems for high-end audio and audiophile system installations. The same technology used for critical scientific applications now affordable for audio users.

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I guess if you’re going to spend $5,000 or more for a turntable, or $30,000 for a tube amp, another $2,000 or so to improve its performance a tad with a high-tech vibration isolation surface isn’t too out of line. If you’re in that rarified spending class, this is a great place to start if you’re looking for top performance at a fair price. Since these guys do products mostly for scientific measurement and instrumentation applications, you may need to hunt around for the audio goodies. Try the page on Audio Applications, and this product page for the BM-6, which seems to be the most audio-worthy anti-vibration platform.

Tags: audio accessories, vibration isolator, audio vibration, audio tweaks

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120 Years of Electronic Music: History, timeline and encyclopedia of electronic musical instruments from 1870 through to the 1980s. From the Telharmonium to Moog and Kurzweil. Photos, descriptions, and anecdotes.

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I have been an enthusiast and hobbyist of electronic music making for more than 30 years. I have owned a number of vintage instruments and I have more than a dozen reference books tracing the history of electronic music from the earliest days. So I am astonished (and delighted) to find details, photos and stories here about instruments and inventors I have literally never heard of before. Like Hugo Gernsbak’s Staccatone (1923) and Pianorad (1926). Along with all of the big names, or course: Moog, Mellotron, Buchla, Oberheim, Waldorf and so many more. There are a few missing (such as my own first synth, the Electrocomp EML101 from the early 70’s), but more than enough to keep any keyboard and synth geek browsing for hours.

Tags: vintage musical instruments, electronic music, synthesizer, music history

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Tony Levin’s Website: One of the world’s most respected bassists, Tony Levin updates his personal site almost daily, with tour diaries, music notes, photos and anecdotes from the road. Discography, online store, guest book.

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Considering how busy he is as one of the most prominent touring musicians of the day (his own Tony Levin Band, plus major artists he gigs with like Peter Gabriel), it’s amazing that Tony Levin maintains such an active and personal site. He blogs nearly every day, with interesting thoughts from his musical travels. I enjoy the wealth of photos, including a new shot of Tony in action every time you load the page, and his own photos from the stage during shows. Lots of other standard artist site features, all nicely done (discography, touring calendar, online shop).

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