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November 18, 2014
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November 6, 2014
Have you guys gotten your mittens on the Wang collection at H&M yet? Before or after the site crashed? Well, looks like there's still enough for the picking - head to the outskirts of your city for those H&M pickings. The bikini is still floating free on the site, so I might snag that. But I'm pretty stoked about this neoprene sweater - more so on the advantages I can have in the water with it. Hopefully, maybe? Beach babe-ing for life.
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November 4, 2014
You guys have asked me a lot about my hair care. To each their own but this is what kind of worked for me. Although, it's almost been a year since I've had my hair blonde and I've made an eternal promise that I'll go back to black after a year. I seriously wish people had recommended me these products earlier than my trial-and-error. I'm still discovering new things to try with my hair.
Or, if you want to watch the video (uhm hello, why aren't you watching?!), I run through all these tips on camera.
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October 16, 2014
I've been on a good one lately. Got a handful of favorites lined up so I don't ever have to shop again. I think I'm at that time in my life now that I can finally embrace less is more.
Proenza Schouler dress (similar here), Superga Sneakers
Tom Boy tank (sold out sorry!), Vintage 501 Levis, Carven platform boots (similar here)
Finder's Keepers dress, Wildfox sunglasses, Carven lace sandals
Brixton hat (similar here), Maiyat shirt, Isabel Marant skirt, Barney's Over-the-knee boots (similar here and wishlist worthy)
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Spend a lazy daze with me
October 9, 2014
This apartment was an integral part of my life, so I'm happy I got to capture the essence of it before I moved out. Literally after filming this, I started packing as I already signed the lease to my new apartment. From heartbreaks to new love, jobless to new careers, single dance parties to 'end of the world' parties. I loved this apartment to bits - it was just time to upgrade into something with more space.
The video isn't much of a tour as it is capturing a beginning and ending of my life. If you guys want to see more photos of my apartment, head over to this older post on my blog.
Also, 50 facts about me if you haven't seen it yet ;)
October 8, 2014
NYFW: I have been the worst at documenting. Besides videos. I have about 150+ clips from NY that I need to comb through. But let's be real, when your man drops you off at the airport, and surprises you in the same city 12 hours later, the last thing you really want to do is work...
So bike rides to the museums replaced rushed cabs to the shows. Drunken dinner nights replaced who's-who parties. Uniformed outfits replaced calculated outfits. And it was the best New York Fashion Week ever.
I did see a few shows - I believe this was taken right before or after Cushnie Et Ochs. Talk about Miami glam! Yes please.


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Congressman Sean Duffy helped to arrange 26 boxes of books from the Library of Congress to be donated to UW-Superior following the summer flood of 2012. Approximately 500 books will be delivered on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Jim Dan Hill Library. Students, faculty and staff are welcome at that event.
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April 30, 2013
To help customers prepare for the upcoming Red Line South project, which will completely rebuild the tracks and improve stations over a 10-mile stretch, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) launched an online trip planner allowing customers to explore travel options before the May 19 project start date.
Using their desktop or any Internet-connected device, users will enter a starting point and destination, choose weekday or weekend travel, and indicate a time of travel. The trip planner uses Google Maps to provide information on multiple transit-route options, including travel-time estimates.
The CTA is also distributing project-information fliers with travel tips and information on alternative bus and rail service — with specific suggestions for defined geographic areas to help customers get around during the five-month project. The CTA created 12 versions of the fliers, each targeted to various communities in the project area, with travel options for riders who would normally use the Red Line.
Also starting next week, CTA will deploy "Red Line South Ambassadors" to south Red Line stations to answer customer questions and provide project and travel information.
The Red Line South Ambassadors, wearing bright red shirts, will be stationed at the nine affected Red Line stations during the afternoon rush hours, on a rotating basis. They will provide information and answer questions from customers.
In early May, CTA will begin distributing informational door hangers to homes and businesses near the Red Line. Like the fliers, the door hangers will provide alternative transit service suggestions for neighborhoods throughout the project footprint.
The project will completely rebuild the tracks and improve stations on the 10-mile stretch of the Red Line South from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th Street. The project will provide faster commutes — up to 20 minutes off the round-trip commute from 95th Street to downtown — as well as smoother rides and better reliability.
To complete the work in the fastest, most cost-effective manner, the line will close from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th Street through October 2013, affecting nine stations. Red Line service will be rerouted south of Roosevelt onto the elevated Green Line tracks to Ashland/63rd.
Since announcing the $425 million project in June 2012, the CTA has worked closely with residents, community leaders, business organizations, elected officials and other groups who will be impacted by the project. CTA has attended dozens of meetings in communities throughout the South Side to discuss construction plans and the extensive alternative bus and rail service the CTA will offer, as well as additional service being offered by Metra and Pace during the project.
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A smiling 9-year-old Patrick Sharrock clutched a sign that set off a section of seats for his family tonight in the Metro Tabernacle Church.
The Sharrock family, of Rossville, were the guests of honor at a viewing party for tonight's edition of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" that featured his family and their new home built in February.
The builders, hundreds of volunteers and the rest of the Sharrock family, Patrick's parents, Michael and Cindy, gathered to watch the season finale.
The Sharrocks' new home was built to accommodate Patrick, who has brittle bone disease.
As the family waited for the show to start, Patrick's sneaker-clad feet dangled from a chair.
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January 30, 2014
Cornish Community Well Represented in Gypsy Rose Lee Awards
: Gypsy Rose Lee Award-winner Hanna Mootz in Elizabeth Heffron's "Bo-Nita" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Photo by Nate Watters.
Mootz, Hoffer, Abaoag and Thone lead Cornish winners in the Gypsy Rose Lee Awards.
It's still the top of the year, and that means award show season. In Seattle, excellence in the theater is rewarded by the Seattle Theater Writers with their Gypsy Rose Lee Awards.
This year the Cornish community was well represented, especially in the awards for acting. For her work in the Cornish-rich debut of facutly member Elizabeth Heffron's Bo-Nita Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actor (Female) went to Hannah Mootz (TH '11), who tied in the voting with Shellie Shulkin for August: Osage County at the Balagan Theatre. Jerick Hoffer (TH '10) added yet another bauble to his mantlepiece for Excellence in Performance as a Lead Actor (Male) in a large budget production for his work in the title role of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Balagan Theatre. In the small production subcategory of the same award, Jose Abaoag (TH '99) was awarded best lead actor for Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them at Seattle Public Theater.
Another tie occurred for Excellence in Performance as a Supporting Actor (Male) in a large budget show where Cornish alumnus John Q. Smith (TH '95) won for his work in August: Osage County shared with Eric Polani Jensen for Les Miserables at the Village Theatre. The distaff award, Excellence in Performance as a Supporting Actor (Female), large budget was taken away by Cornish faculty member Amy Thone and Seattle theater fixture didn't need to share a thing for her work in The Trial at the New Century Theatre Company, taking the award for Excellence in Performance as a Supporting Actor (Female) in a large budget show.
Plays that won featuring cast members from Cornish included Trouble in Mind at the Intiman Theatre Festival for Excellence in Production of a Play, large budget, and The Wild Party at Sound Theatre Company for Excellence in Production of a Musical. Cornish cast members also were seen in Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them at the Seattle Public Theater which took Excellence in Production of a Play, small budget.
Distinguished nominees from the community included faculty member and alumna Gretta Harley (TH '02) for her musical compositions in These Streets at ACT, Elizabeth Heffron for her new play Bo-Nita, Emily Chisholm (TH '04) for her starring role in Sugar Daddies at ACT, Mariel Neto (TH '09) for her work in Red Light Winter at Azeotrope, Sara L. Porkalob (TH) and Tim Smith-Stewart (TH '10) for their work in the cast of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them at Seattle Public Theatre, Montana Tippett (TH '11) for her set designs for reWilding at the Satori Group, and finally Cornish guest artists Kelly Ketchens for her direction of The Understudy at Seattle Public Theatre and Kathryn Van Meter for her choreography for Xanadu at the Village Theatre.
The Gypsy Rose Lee Awards are presented by the Seattle Theater Writers. Founded in 2011 by Miryam Gordon and comprised of local writers and reviewers, Seattle Theater Writers is a group dedicated to raising public awareness of theater practitioners and the work produced by professional Equity and non-Equity theater organizations. Born from this mission are the annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, recognizing excellence in Seattle theater across 29 categories-the most comprehensive and inclusive local theater awards to date!
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When I first went to see Ahmed Errachidi (right) in early 2005, the soldiers at Guantánamo warned me that he was one of the very worst: a bitter terrorist; Osama bin Laden's general, his main man. I was intrigued.
We brought the original litigation against the lawlessness of Guantánamo Bay in February 2002, shortly after it opened for its sordid business. By mid-2004, the Supreme Court had ordered that lawyers be allowed access, and I was able to visit for the first time. Soon, I was requested to represent Ahmed.
He didn't seem bitter. He laughed: a deep-chested laugh. He told me that he was a chef who had worked in London for eighteen years. I was not sure I believed him, but Ahmed's story – stranger than fiction – turned out to be entirely true. I took the Tube from one restaurant to another on his list, and each manager described his cooking. He said he was bipolar, and I obtained the medical records of his first mental breakdown, following the death of his father. I spoke with the immigration lawyers who had been trying to secure him permanent leave to remain in the UK. I obtained copies of his plane tickets from London to Morocco and Pakistan. At the time he was meant to have been at the al-Farouq terrorist-training camp, in July 2001, he was temping on the King's Road in Chelsea.
On 18 September 2001, Ahmed Errachidi left his home in England to visit his wife and children in Morocco. He was particularly keen to see his youngest son, one-year-old Imran, who needed an urgent heart operation to repair a blocked artery. This condition is often fatal without surgery, and Ahmed saw his young son struggling to breathe, his face turning blue. But he could not afford to pay for treatment. So he hatched a plan and sank all his savings into a new business venture, flying out to Pakistan to buy silver jewellery – the profit from sales back in Morocco would pay for the medical care. It was during his stay in Pakistan that Ahmed watched CNN news footage on a television at a nearby mosque of the US bombings and found himself moved by the plight of the Afghan refugees.
The interrogators in Guantánamo didn't believe him, but the story made sense to me. The bombs that were about to fall on Afghanistan were thousands of miles away to Ahmed, and his grandiose plans were all explained by a statement he made early on, openly, without the stigma common in the West: he is bipolar. My father, too, was bipolar and while his dreams might have landed him in jail for fraud many times, they were very real to him. Likewise, to Ahmed, anything was possible, even this dangerous mission: 'I entered Afghanistan to help the poor children and the women and to partake in their calamity, to taste what they tasted, to fear as they feared, and to be hungry as they were hungry.'
He told me that the Pakistanis had sold him to the Americans. I obtained copies of the American bounty leaflets promising $5,000 for 'terrorists', with a photograph of a bearded Arab, looking very similar to my client. 'I am a traded commodity,' said Ahmed. 'No matter how long it takes, the dust will settle and the buyer and the seller will be known, and only the anecdotes and the memories will remain.' Ahmed was taken from Pakistan to Bagram air base where he spent nineteen consecutive days being tortured and interrogated before he was sent to Guantánamo Bay. There, he became a leading force in the intermittent prisoner protests against the abusive Guantánamo regime. As a result he was held in punitive isolation in Camp Delta for almost three years – the longest period served in isolation by any Guantánamo prisoner.
At a certain point, Ahmed had another breakdown. The military, seemingly oblivious to his condition, continued interrogating him through his psychotic haze. When asked whether he knew bin Laden, Ahmed indignantly assured them that he was bin Laden's superior officer. The interrogators wrote it down, and passed it on. They omitted, however, the next thing he said – that there was a large introduction snowball that was about to envelop the earth, and that the officers should warn their families to make their peace with God. As with most people who have been liberated so far – 562 of the 601 who have been sent home – Ahmed was set free due to public pressure rather than the court of law. We showed how risible the allegations against him were, and embarrassed the authorities into returning him to Morocco. Guantánamo itself remains open. President Obama has rejuvenated the tainted military commissions and this year put forward a law that justifies detaining prisoners indefinitely without trial, subject to regular reviews by so-called periodic Administrative Review Boards. Forty-eight prisoners have been labelled 'too dangerous to transfer but not feasible for prosecution', partly because their confessions have been obtained under duress. As things stand, they are fated to remain in Cuba indefinitely, without trial and without judgment.
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Interning at Westword has played an important role in my evolution as a journalist. Without this position, I never would have learned to be creative and take initiative in a professional setting. And I've only had to get my editor coffee once. The same goes for the interns at + Gallery, who've been preparing for Transmute, their curatorial debut premiering tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at +'s sister gallery, Object + Thought, at 3559 Larimer Street. Joy Hamilton, Laura Ferguson and Morgan Breitenstein wanted to represent landscapes through the changing concept of time and reality, to go from sparse rural vistas to dense urban epicenters, from abstract to literal. They chose works by artists in the gallery's stable (including Kate Petley, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy and William Betts) as well as a few new faces (Angela Beloian, Lela Shields and Nathan Abels) and some familiar ones (Dave Menard, Space Gallery's Graeme Duncan and Virginia Maitland). For more information, visit www.plusgallery.com.
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by monsieur-iks on 11-22-2014 06:09 AM What type of amplification (lamp, transistor, ...)? All-tube preamp (Engl what) What is the power delivered? This is a pre-amp so you have the formwork on an amp! As to me, I plug in my ENGL E840 / 50 which is also a big killer (everyone wants to redeem myself!) What connection? There are a bunch of connectors on the rack! 1 input jack on the front AND the back (depending on desired configuration) The Return Sends in the effect loop JACK well. JACK AND 2 XLR outputs to send in an amp (also works directly on a channel strip but I prefer to send it into a real amp) 2 MIDI jacks for control pedal 2 JACK taken to the footswitch (must not be useful if you have a MIDI foot, which is my case) What are the settings, effects? ... 4 channel preamp, but in fact many more! 1 Clean / Crunch 1/1 Lead / 1 Megalead of the death in your ass There are so many opportunities that I would definitely have a MIDI pedal control (the Z12 among others) here is the config of my stuff: (GAIN clean) / (GAIN crunch) / (BASS) / (MED) / (clean trebble) / (trebble crunch) (GAIN LEAD1) / (GAIN LEAD2) / (BASS) / (MED) / (trebble LEAD1) / (trebble LEAD2) There are 4 different channels but the "modes" extra help other sound options: channel 1 and 2 Gain Boost + = normal bright ultra bright channel 3 and 4 Hi gain + Active Contour + mid edge function applicable to 4 channels: Modern-Classic MLP + + + fx loop active noise Gate + Write-copy Read more on Audiofanzine
Markbass Little Mark 250 Black Line - Amp for double bass and piano
by tradcab on 11-22-2014 05:15 AM The little Mark 250 is a bass amp, one of the new d class that are getting very popular because of their very light weight. There are many other makes in the market place that do a similar job but there are a couple of things that make this one stand out. I am a double bass player and a piano player in about equal measure. I have been using a bass amp for the left side of the stereo output on my piano for along time. I have also been using a bass amp with a separate pre amp for the pick up on my double bass. With the Mark Bass I have found that I can plug my double bass peizo pickup straight into the balanced line input on the amp and get a very good tone. This is a feature usually only found on an amp three times the price of this one. Now this amp also does a great job when used with my stage piano. The wide frequency range of the output of the piano is totally catered for by the amps eq posabilites with the cleanest sound I have yet been able to achieve. Mark bass only refer to the double bass in passing in their advertising, I think they may be missing a trick here, the double bass is one of the hardest instruments to amplify but this amp does the business in my opinion. Read more on Audiofanzine
Samick JS 043D - GOOD PIANO STUDY
by emmanuel9136 on 11-22-2014 03:28 AM Hello all, I wanted to share my opinion on the study of piano, new, bought in a piano store Nantes.pour the first year, I bought a cheap electric piano, but my daughter complained about the quality of produit.donc I wanted to acquire a piano etude, good quality .but with a budget limité.nous have hesitated between Yamaha and Samick (of the same quality, according to the pianos seller). the sound of Samick piano, we seemed more pleasant. (Less metal than the yamaha). on the other hand, we Regrete not taking the quiet operation option (which we had proposed the seller, when choosing) which permettrais today, my daughter playing in the evening, after dinner .. .I am overall happy with my choice and my daughter is progressing well with this new instrument. Read more on Audiofanzine
Akai MPX16 - Too many bugs
by freezerman on 11-22-2014 12:38 AM Akai View website. Read more on Audiofanzine
FX Amplification Classic Plex - The Crunch Machine !!
by drapeau_rouge on 11-21-2014 11:59 PM Classic Plex is an all-tube amp head, 20 watts switchable 2 watts, handmade with madness components. No PCBs, as the wiring point by point. This amp has features that made me crack compared to other competitors (Splawn, Cornell, Matamp, Friedman and so on): - The presence of a true loop transparent effect drivée by a preamp tube, - The presence of 2 EL 34 power tubes (very rare in these low power) - The possibility to switch 2 watts, - Self-bias switch to change the lamps power itself, without repeating the bias (this should be the norm in all the amps) - Finally, the ability to switch head 2 watts for calmer conditions. This allows you to push the master volume of the amp to enjoy the natural saturation power tubes. And it's downright significant because this amp applies to reproduce british sounds whose sound is related to the saturation of the power tubes! Imagine a REAL plexi pushed her into a corner at low volume ...... Now you understand why I cracked now !! Despite its name "Plex" Classic Plex does not merely that sounds in the spirit of a Marshall Plexi. Through a 3-position selector, I can select a clean sound strongly reminiscent of the famous JTM 45, a crunch derived from a Plexi and finally a lead sound to sound in a pure spirit JCM800. For complete specifications, I refer you to the site FXamps. It really miss anything this comprehensive amp head. Read more on Audiofanzine
Botex SP-1500 DMX - Good but problem
by nono1969 on 11-21-2014 11:45 PM I use it for 3 years I tried a HQ 1500 with blinder really function more powerful in light intensity (the reflector mirror is not foreign) and the big plus of the shield: the top. + The performance in the standards of the time. - It is down (loss of DMX signal) Too expensive compared to HQ for example (I do not like the usual brand but this is the bomb) No, I would do the selection of HQ Read more on Audiofanzine
Gibson Les Paul Classic 2014 - Heritage Cherry Sunburst - Brilliant!
by lumpy_51 on 11-21-2014 11:12 PM Well everyone knows that it is manufactured in the USA in Nashville ... Nice Vintage brown box which team it's rustic! MORE: I say it is a Slim Taper Channel 60's (Yep most sites are planted they only have to go ask at Mother House, it is indeed a fine 60'S sleeve! !) Read more on Audiofanzine
FX Amplification Classic 2x12 - Excellent speaker!
by drapeau_rouge on 11-21-2014 11:09 PM This 2x12 cabinet, fitted with Celestion Creambacks G12M65 is most excellent! In terms of construction / finish, it really inspires confidence. The construction is very solid, it is perfectly placed Tolex, Grill cloth is tight ... In short, it is at the top at this level. In addition, it matches perfectly with my head Classic Plex, which gives a neat little stack! For dimensions and specifications, it is rather impressive without being heavy. Impressive in the sense that it is high enough but not overly deep, so it is a bit smaller than Bogner Oversized. I chose a closed cab because I prefer the bass well. For the impedances, it can be plugged into 8 ohms Mono (my use) or 16 Ohms stereo. In terms of sound, I have exactly the sound I was looking for. A real crunch Machine !! The sound is pretty typical vintage thanks to the excellent Celestion G12M65 of Creambacks series derived from Greenback Celestion dixit but better. Having never used the Greenbacks, I can not confirm. But the sound is very balanced, the bass is deep, detailed midrange and treble present but very soft. A feast for the blues sounds / rock / hard old. For clean sounds, I also found the sound excellent, very velvety and very hot ... It's hard to put words on sounds ... This 2x12 FXamps is a great success! For a reasonable price, I have a wonderful cab and HP that kill. It gives me a real cruncher machine in the spirit of the vintage! For modern sounds or "extreme" styles, I think it is possible but the choice of HP will be different. Of course I would do this choice. Congratulations and thank you FX! Read more on Audiofanzine
Lava Cable Ultramafic - Maximum quality at a price ... Maximum!
by drapeau_rouge on 11-21-2014 10:52 PM I bought these Ultramafic cable length 4.5 meters to replace my ProCo Defender Excalibur and I used input and output pedalboard. Both ProCo 6 meters were my "references" in the cable run. To talk about price, I bought it a few years ago (2007 I think) for 60 € (Excalbur) and 90 € (Defender). Well for some additional € uros it are largely buried! For technical specifications, I invite you to watch the Lava Cable's official website, very complete. These cables are high-end, features are at the top (silver solder, silver cable, low capacitance). The section of these Lava cables is very important. This means that you lose some flexibility, although it is not bad either. They are equipped with jacks connectors that look strong. The violet color is very nice. I use my two Ultramafic to connect my guitar to my pedalboard and my pedalboard my amp. My pedalboard is equipped Georges cables L's, which even if they are certainly not be at the Ultramafic represent approximately 1 meter cable. The influence on the sound should be rather limited since the quality of these is not bad at all. The first time, I thought my amp was an adjustment problem. The highs were much more present with my ex-Proco. In the end, the highs are much more present, finer, more detailed and the output level is a little more important. The cable does not add to the sound frequencies, it simply just more faithfully recreate the signal generated by the guitar, period! And with these Ultramafic is really ideal. The guitar sounds like it should sound, period! In conclusion, these cables are of incredible quality. Despite a high price (109 € in 4.5 meters), it is the best that I have ever heard. There is even a more high-end model from Lava Cable with "Van den Hul" series but the prices really are sky high. Furthermore, I was advised against Vovox brand because too smooth and compressed ... (says a seller of Pigalle store. I said that it was a huh ^^ music store). If you have a great amp and a great guitar, you really should try these Ultramafic ... You should be conquered. Read more on Audiofanzine
Harley Benton G212 Vintage - Super 2x12!
by lumpy_51 on 11-21-2014 10:45 PM Having previously owned a 2x12 (Blackstar HTV-212; vraimment discouraged the sound is muffled and screaming!) I must say that the price / quality ratio is explosive! 2 HP Celestions Vintage 30: it's just the price of HP! I do not know how to sell Thomann make this cab for the price but honestly guys go for it !!! (I have a Marshall 1960A 4x12 in so I know what I mean!) Read more on Audiofanzine
Samson Technologies Graphite 49
by chromaticism on 11-21-2014 10:13 PM The ultimate MIDI controller probably has it all in one package: a keyboard with piano-sized keys an decent action, simple USB connection, a wealth of assignable knobs and sliders, and flexbility for use with many DAWs. Price is always a concern for the budget-conscious musician looking for such an instrument, hence it always make sense to get something that would cram all of those much-wanted features in an excellent, budget-friendly package. Here we are examining the Samson Graphite 49 and see if it is that holy grail of budget MIDI controllers. The Samson Graphite 49 is a MIDI controller with 49-key keyboard with piano-sized keys and semi-weighted action. It can be connected to any Mac, PC, or MIDI-compatible mobile devices via USB and is entirely bus powered. It can also be used to control rack-mountable synthesizer modules and similar hardware through traditional MIDI connections (MIDI out and in ports) with power being supplied through a 9V power supply (sold separately). Other than the keyboard itself, the Samson Graphite 49 has pitch bend and modulation wheels, octave up/down and transposition buttons, four trigger pads, 9 sliders, 16 buttons, and 8 rotary knobs, all of which are assignable to any parameter that the user wishes to control. Standard transport control buttons are also available for control over various DAW functions such as record, stop, play, etc. Inspection of the back reveals an on/off power switch, USB port, sustain pedal input, AC adapter input, and MIDI in and out ports. Read more on Audiofanzine
Peavey ValveKing Royal 8 - Tiny All-Tube Amp, Huge Sound
by chromaticism on 11-21-2014 10:10 PM In today's world where space is considered a luxury, small guitar amplifiers are a godsend. It's not really surprising then that low-wattage tube amplifiers have become the trendy item for people who have crafted home studios for personal and professional use. One of these small, budget-friendly tube amps is the Peavey Valve King Royal 8. As the name suggests, the Peavey Valve King Royal 8 is a 5-watt all-tube (or all-valve) amp with a single 8-inch speaker. It is a class-A amp with a very straightforward design, having a single 12AX7 tube for the preamp section and one EL84 tube for the power section. Looking at the front panel demonstrates its simplicity with its two inputs, an on/off toggle switch, a headphone jack, and three chicken-head knobs for control over gain, tone, and master volume. It's pretty obvious that this amp doesn't have all sorts of "bells" and "whistles" like a three-band EQ and effects that you would find in other amps of the same size. Read more on Audiofanzine
Cockos Reaper 4 - Excellent DAW
by madchap on 11-21-2014 09:54 PM RAS. an executable featherweight! I never read the manual because it looks like most other DAW that I use for 20 years now, but I do not do either of customization. I just use the DAW and existing config parameters without trying to create my own. Read more on Audiofanzine
Cakewalk Sonar X3 Producer - a little heavy but very good!
by madchap on 11-21-2014 09:43 PM RAS. I installed the DAW on the other hand. No effect or instrument pack. Read more on Audiofanzine
Novation Launch Control XL - that good !!
by Toxikalien on 11-21-2014 09:27 PM very good controller !! we can all controler in Ableton and is the perfect companion to a launchpad !! and it is possible to control another daw that ableton but with some features less .. in any case absolutely not disappointed with my purchase !! the idea trots me to take a second! Read more on Audiofanzine
Levinson Garry LD-35 - A real bomb
by Myamoto70 on 11-21-2014 08:57 PM American Guitar The LD35 Levinson part of Missouri Series. It is fully mass and quality wood made like the Sitka spruce selected for the table and Ovankol for the back and sides. His body is Dreadnought shape, so generous and able to deliver a lot of volume. Its sound is extremely rich because her body is solid ovangkol. This very sound wood has both the warmth of mahogany, ideal for fingerpicking and blues, and the depth and bass rosewood, for the good solid pick strums and waterlogged harmonics. The ovangkol delivers more gloss mahogany, and we gain in precision attacks and loosed notes. Read more on Audiofanzine
Sennheiser e 602 - good microphone
by calsius on 11-21-2014 07:14 PM micro used to kick my concert Read more on Audiofanzine
Boss BR-800 Digital Recorder - Surprisingly good
by Ninspade on 11-21-2014 06:00 PM 4 XLR or jack inputs one of which (only) provides phantom power. A jack for foot switch or expression pedal that serves me well my faith. Recording on SD card up to 32GB seems to me. There is a box built but hardly editable pace. The proposed grooves are not bad. Headphone jack. USB plug for dialogue with the computer. Read more on Audiofanzine
Hughes & Kettner Tubeman MKII - Excellent pedal preamp
by Matosman59 on 11-21-2014 04:53 PM A lamp REALLY fed ht (not like some 9volt mouhaha pedal ...) 3 channels 1 equalizer 1 entry 1 recording output 1 output in the return of the amp Read more on Audiofanzine
Zvex Double Rock
by triton59 on 11-21-2014 03:53 PM What are the effects or types of effects available? Choice 2 distortions or 2 boosters, mixing as you wish. What technology is used? ANALOG, is even a built-in noise gate lil well as works that we are not in the high gain levels. Are they edited? No, no backup sounds. Read more on Audiofanzine
TC Electronic Nova System - Disappointing and very intuitive
by delapierre on 11-21-2014 09:07 AM Very disappointing from a qualitative point of view, apart from the name tc there is nothing special effects are bland and very intuitive régalges, complicated navigation deconseille I use this product for scenic. Moreover the service is abysmal in France TC bad for me that was a fan of the brand Read more on Audiofanzine
Bose L1 Model II with B2 Bass & ToneMatch Engine - Unbelievable but true
by atgo58 on 11-21-2014 07:54 AM After extensive research on the web, several test store, I broke down and bought L1 model II with B2. I had ignored the various criticisms of all those who speak evil without trying. I'm a guitarist and played with a bass player and a singer. I finally found the perfect material. I pass on all the benefits of size and weight of the equipment. The sounds, then there is great, pure, clean. I go through a mixer Line 6 StageScape. It is in the same style as the T1 but with more inputs, settings and possible return. Of course it's expensive, but after several tests other brands, we must admit that this is the best. I can only recommend this Bose. Read more on Audiofanzine
Yamaha NS-1000M - Exceptional clarity of the medium
by profmbo on 11-21-2014 07:30 AM I just buy this 11/21/14 near Lyon. Interested in medium famous dome beryllium. This is the model Monitor (31 kg lighter because thinner panels, a little smaller: with grill on low) First review ... Treble are good but a little behind compared to my Audax. They are connected to my Yamaha M-70 ... marriage of convenience;) Read more on Audiofanzine
Electro-Harmonix LPB-1
by Jeffouille on 11-21-2014 03:56 AM It is a boost pedal, so that boost ... what ... Read more on Audiofanzine
Marantz Model 32 - Recomending
by sunce on 11-21-2014 03:54 AM About a week ago, stroke of luck while playing chess with the gentleman about 70 years of age. He complained to me about his hearing difficulties. He sad that he has something to show me and he did. There was an old Marantz model 32 + tuner console model 24 in perfect condition. Simply, i gave a car to his son, and divine model 32 is now mine. It is impossible to estimate value of such device (but some of us are ready to give a fortune for pieces like this one). Marantz made only about 2000 pieces, and those were the first "solid state" Marantz amplifiers with the state o the art Motorola transistors. Those transistors have a similar sound as old Burr Browns. Everything is custom made. Solution with model 24 in pre-amp mode is not so impressive. Simply the amplifiers requires far better pre-amp, so i gave him one. Best results were with Counterpoint 3.1 pre-amp. Have to mention that I exchanged about 10 pre-amps, before conclusion. Probably i shall never change my speakers (Proac Supertowers mk2) and those are very demanding (87 db). This "little" Marantz amp is driving them with full control. Sound is opened, 3d sound staging surprisingly good, but the sound balance is most impressive. Considering the age of the amp, it would be a normal thing to replace the internal wiring and electrolytes. Collector's item without a scratch! Decided not to experiment further for variety of reasons. All mentioned is working fine. Also conducted measurements with control equipment Mechanical Engineering Faculty. Results confirmed all conclusions reached by simply listening with full attention! Amazingly, internal wiring is far better then Van Den Hull scs 12 (widely used for that purpose). Electrolytes are not so big (10000 μF), but extremely fast (like in D. Hafler dh 200). For the final test of Marantz model 32 power amp I had to take some risk. I hooked a 43 years old amplifier on to Apogee Stage (full ribbon) and pressed power button ( full of uncertainty and reasonable fear). 43 years old Marantz model 32 performed brilliantly with 2/3 power at 1.5 ohms! What else to say? Will i keep it? It sounds beautiful. It looks more than beautiful. It is a Collector's item and a certain triumph of vintage devices over the new, ugly and disposable ones. Legends are not legends without a reason. All legends do have character and sound warmness that will not be achieved for a long time if that happens at all. Marantz model 32 solid state power amp will stay in my family with the full appreciation of his abilities and extreme charm. Read more on Audiofanzine
Audio-Technica Pro 70
by bpm.school on 11-21-2014 02:16 AM Acoustic Guitar Mandolin Tres Quatro Ukulele, etc ... Flute (excellent) Spoken voice Comes with tie clips and guitar (clip on rose). Flute clip available at Schoeps (Schoeps FA 1: 14 euros). Read more on Audiofanzine
Tornade MS Pickups Telecaster 55 Set - top notch !!
by roanenko on 11-21-2014 02:04 AM Having already taken a set with Marc (set 60L) which was totally amazed me and gave life to my strat I wanted new pickups for my TV. Following the advice of Marc in the choice of microphones; I set off on the 55 'with the bridge pickup slightly surbobiné. My first test after assembly have not proven transcendent ... but after some discussion with Marc I realized that my height adjustment mic was bad. So I really took the time to peauffiner the settings to find the perfect balance between the two pickups. Once this is done, I found myself with a simply excellent sound on the neck position sound is clear and precise while remaining mellow !! And bridge pickups is very sharp and organic without ever being aggressive !! The pickups are very dynamic and really respond to the nuances of the game! short once more the work of Mark is impeccable, my telecaster sounds really good, its potential is exploited as it should be! With a slight crunch is a treat, on addictive blues !! Again thank you to Marc for the advice and great job! Read more on Audiofanzine
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Taking Stock: How Important Is High Resolution Audio, Anyway?
Dave Moulton
September 2000
1. Part 1 of 5
2. Why the fuss?
3. What are we hearing?
4. The Meaning Of It All
5. Exchange of Letters
6. Audio Standards
An epic discussion of high resolution digital audio.
Taking Stock: How Important Is High Resolution Audio, Anyway?
Our Story To Date
For the past year, I've been ranting about the so-called audibility of our brave new high resolution audio formats, specifically, 24-bit digital resolution and 96 kHz. sampling rate (48 kHz. bandwidth).
I've questioned the importance of these "advances" in terms of their audible impact, and I've shared with you some of my experience as a tester of "subjective" quantities such as audibility. We've discussed, for instance, the laboratory definition of "threshold of audibility" (something that some of us can hear, some of us can't), the need for blind testing (we're a sneaky and highly prejudiced lot, by nature, and we can't be trusted), the errors such blind testing introduces (it's harder to hear problems when you don't know they're there, and that's unfair), the lunatic hype that emerges from us Golden-Eared types when we finally DO hear something ("Why, I Can Hear It! Wow! It's Totally Awesome!!"), and a little about the difficulties of making an objective determination of audibility that is in fact "distinguishable from chance" for the kind of small audio differences we're talking about (takes a heap o' trials, lots more than most of us really want to do, any given Saturday).
We also took a brief look at our implementation of 24-bit audio, and noted that there is a serious mismatch between the correlation of levels in the digital, analog and acoustic worlds, a mismatch that relegates all that expensively acquired digital resolution to the vanishingly small end of the analog resolution range, as well as buried deep in the perceptual murk that lies beneath the so-called "threshold of audibility."
As if that weren't enough, we also looked at the bandwidth question, and noted that there is virtually no evidence that frequencies above 20 kHz. are in fact audible for humans (although rumors abound). Further, we observed that few microphones or loudspeakers in common use have significant bandwidth above 20 kHz., and that there is a fundamental tradeoff in microphone design between noise and bandwidth that effectively limits our efforts to extend both.
Finally, we considered the widely held belief that increased resolution leads to improved accuracy, and that improved accuracy leads to more realistic recordings. We found that current recording/playback practices hardly support accuracy at all in absolute terms, and only slightly in relative terms. I concluded that, so far as I am concerned, "strength of illusion" is a much more important goal in recording than "accuracy."
What Does It All Mean?
So now that I've managed to offend just about everybody, let's try to put this in a little perspective.
Digital audio, in comparison to analog audio, isn't a separate parallel system. Rather, it is a subset that exists within analog audio. All audio signals that are digital came from the analog realm (except for a few digital test signals), and in order to listen to them we are going to need to transduce them back into analog form prior to transducing them into the acoustical realm.
The primary points where we have problems with accuracy, resolution, errors and so forth are the points where transducers are used. Generally speaking, A/D and D/A converters (which are, after all, transducers) work pretty well, especially in comparison to microphones, loudspeakers, styli and tape heads. Nonetheless, converters do introduce errors. So, by definition, digital audio can never be better than its analog source, and in effect it will be worse by the amount that those converters add errors. Hence, it behooves us to make those converters work so well that the errors they add are small enough to be, well, "inaudible."
This is a laudable goal, and in fact it is this goal that has led to those 24-bit 96 kHz. converters and digital audio systems. Why? Because we have come to the conclusion that the errors we encounter with 16-bit 44.1 kHz. systems are in fact "audible."
And this is where the ozone got us. With our lunatic enthusiasm fomented by the exhilarating discovery that, Yes, By God, We Can Hear That Pesky Dither'nJitter(!), we decided that such audibility was in fact proof positive that Such Sound Sucks!
And this, when measured in the calm cool confines of the laboratory, turns out simply not to be true.
Based on the work I've done measuring the "audibility" of CODECs, where we use a 5-point rating scale (5 = no audible difference or "sounds exactly the same," 4 = audible but not annoying difference or "sounds fine but I can tell them apart," 3 = audible and slightly annoying difference or "doesn't sound quite as good," 2 = audible and distinctly annoying difference or "actually it sounds pretty bad" and 1 = audible and extremely annoying difference or "this sound sucks!"), we have found that a good CODEC can score above 4 ("audible but not annoying") on average for expert listeners, in comparison to a 16-bit 44.1 kHz. signal. Such a finding is incompatible of course, with the assessment that "this sound sucks," a score of 1. Meanwhile, as part of a controlling calculation in the test design, we compare CDs to themselves as part of such tests, and they score, as you would imagine, very close to 5, like 4.8. They don't score 5, of course, because humans make mistakes. It's very comforting.
Now then, I've listened to 24-bit audio and I've listened to 16-bit audio, and what I have to tell you is that the difference between 24-bit and 16-bit audio is a great deal smaller than the difference between 16-bit and the BEST CODEC I've measured as yet. Based on my lab experience, I can quite reasonably tell you that expert listeners, in blind test conditions, simply are not going to give 16-bit signals scores of less than 4 ("audible, but not annoying"), on average, on a reasonably scaled test. My expectation is that in such a test the average score for 16-bit in comparison with 24-bit audio would be around 4.3 to 4.6. I would expect a similar result comparing a 16-bit signal to an analog signal that hadn't been recorded (a recorded analog signal will probably be audibly worse, due to the introduction of tape noise at about the level of the 14th bit – interesting, eh?).
This means, of course, that 16-bit audio sounds fine. It doesn't introduce any significant problems into the analog signal. It may in fact be indistinguishable from 24-bit under these conditions. Even if not, it really does very well. You can relax.
Why all the fuss, then? Next month we'll look at the forces that have driven this hi-rez process. Should be fun.
Thanks for listening.
Why the fuss?
The Brave New World: Loudspeakers! Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em!
Which Way To Go? More Resolution or More Channels?
The PAQRAT - Making Your MDM Into A 20-Bit Recorder
A Couch Potato Rants About Video Quality
A Loudspeaker That Raises the Bar! Finally!!
The Brave New World: Loudspeakers
Some Thoughts About Our Recent Day of Horror
Russia Aug 15, 2006 09:39 PM
First i must say i'm no pro at recording, neither a pro musician. But as a physics studing i'm trying to apply some logic rather than to write 'by experience'.
I totally agree with you, but i think there are some issues that need more detail...
As you were talking about bit-depth in DSP processing, a thought came to my mind -- there are some effects(distortion, fuzz-es and such) that do introduce a huge gain boost like those 40dB needed to hear all the subtleties. It's not that i say that some sound source-sound detail will arise, but still the sound of the electric/thermal/acoustical noise now needs to be reproduced faithfully for the processed version not to be too-unnatural sounding. I think this is of utmost importance to some super-vintage-analog sounding-gear. So really, for such applications at least 20 bit source is a must. But it's all mostly about some "super-rectifer"-heavy metal gutars or some grunge etc and some other guitar gear.
And the second, as far as i know most modern DAW use intermediate 64-bit floating-point for mixing, or at least mix at 24 bit. I know that article dates 2001, but still. So source files don't really have to be more than 16 bit for this purpose, especially because they are usually multiplied by a less than one coefficient at a much higher resolution. So all the math issue just disappears. This can also be said about DSP processing -- no one said it has to be done at the same bit-depth as the source.
Victor Starodub
canada May 08, 2012 03:42 PM
I am a pro musician, and perform onstage as a live classical soloist.
I have found all these technical discussions quite interesting. I am not a technician, but I do own recording equipment and a high fidelity stereo system.
I recently made a recording using, at varying performances, 16 44, 24 48, and 24 96 settings. There did seem to be some small differences in the recordings, but the 16 44 was fine.
However, I find the hierarchy of need for a successful recording is in the following order::
1. The quality of the live performance
2.. The quality of the acoustics in the hall.
3. The position of the microphones.
4. My mood as I listen to the recording.
5. The skill of the sound people.
6. The quality of the equipment.
Some of my favorite recordings are of terrible technical quality and in mono, but of great artists.
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The pilot reported that he experienced light to moderate turbulence approximately 10 minutes prior to the accident while cruising at an airspeed of about 150 mph. The pilot initiated a 1,000 foot per minute descent about 15 nautical miles northwest of the airport, and stated that his indicated airspeed was between 170 and 180 mph. During the descent, the pilot stated that the aircraft began to shake violently. The pilot applied equal pressure to the rudder pedals, pulled out the throttle, pitched up the nose to slow down, and the shaking stopped. The pilot continued the descent for landing without further incident. During the inspection of the airframe, wrinkles, creases and compression signatures were found in the skin to both the left and right sides of the empennage from fuselage stations (FS) 233.5 to FS 272 were noted. The airframe skin pulled away from five rivets located on the bottom of the empennage, along the left side, and forward of FS 256.9. The skin from left to right side pulled away from all of the empennage bottom rivets at FS 256.9. The skin pulled away from six of the rivets along the right side, and forward of FS 256.9. The two longitudinal running rivet rows on the bottom had the skin pulled away from seven rivets on the left side and six rivets on the right side. All applicable AD's had been complied with at the time. No AD speed restrictions were in effect for this model aircraft. Normal operating range for this model aircraft is between 66 - 175 mph.
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text: HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 16, 1998, at 1949 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172N, N92KK, collided with utility lines and trees during an attempted instrument approach to the Concord Regional Airport in Concord, North Carolina. The personal flight was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument flight plan filed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot received minor injuries, but his passenger was seriously injured. According to the pilot, the flight initially departed Hot Springs, Arkansas, with a refueling stop in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The flight departed Fayetteville at 1459. At 2115 central standard time, on November 15, 1998, a man who identified himself as the pilot of N92KK, telephoned the Jonesboro, Arkansas, Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS). The pilot requested and received a weather briefing for a flight from Hot Springs, Arkansas to Charlotte, North Carolina. After a routine briefing, the pilot filed an instrument flight plan for the proposed flight. At 0739 central standard time, on November 16, 1998, a man who identified himself as the pilot of N92KK telephoned Jonesboro AFSS, and requested an updated weather briefing from Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Charlotte, North Carolina. Again, the pilot was given a routine weather briefing. At 1423 central standard time, on November 16, 1998, the pilot of N92KK telephoned Jackson AFSS in Jackson, Tennessee, and closed the first instrument flight plan from Hot Springs to Fayetteville, Tennessee. The pilot requested a weather briefing from Fayetteville, Tennessee, to Charlotte, North Carolina. The briefer briefed the pilot on the current, forecasted, and radar summaries for the intended route of flight. The pilot was told that the current and forecasted weather conditions for his arrival would be below visual flight rules. The pilot requested an airport with visual weather conditions for an alternate. The pilot filed an instrument flight plan and listed Fayetteville, North Carolina, as the alternate airport. At 1442, the pilot was issued an instrument flight plan through Huntsville, Alabama, Air Traffic Control Tower. At 1459, the flight was airborne, and was cleared to climb to 9,000 feet. A review of radio communication between the pilot and the air traffic system (from 1459 central standard time to1807 eastern standard time), revealed that basic handling of N92KK was routine. At 1807, Charlotte approach, established radar and radio contact with N92KK as a handoff from Atlanta center. According to recovered radar and communication data, Charlotte approach provided the pilot of N92KK air traffic services for about 1 hour 45 minutes after the initial contact. The service included radar vectors and ILS approach clearances for four missed approaches at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. At 1857:46, the pilot reported that he was experiencing a gyro problem and needed to get down. At 1859:09, the pilot advised the controller of his low fuel status. At 1900:00, the controller advised the pilot of the lower weather conditions at Charlotte and told him that the weather at Concord was better. The pilot requested another approach into Charlotte. As the controller vectored the airplane back to Charlotte, the pilot was asked if he would like to climb to 6,000 feet to settle down, the pilot told the controller that he was settled down. The controller continued to vector the flight for the ILS approach to Charlotte. This approach also terminated in a missed approach. After the last missed approach, the flight was vectored to the Concord Regional Airport for the ILS 20 approach. At 1946:00, the pilot executed a missed approach to runway 20 and climbed to 3,000 feet. At 1949, the pilot reported seeing lights from a nearby truck stop. The controller told the pilot that the airport was at his welve thirty position, and 1/2 mile. The pilot was also told that local emergency personnel were positioned at the airport, and airport lights were turned to their high intensity position. Within seconds, radio contact was lost with N92KK. The airplane collided with utility lines and trees approximately 1/4 mile northwest of the airport. The pilot reported that he was about 200 feet above the tops of the trees when the collision occurred. Several witnesses reported flash of blue light at the approximate time the airplane collided with the utility lines. One witness reported that the airplane was under power at the time of the collision. The utility lines were approximately 45 feet above the ground. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot held a private certificate with an instrument rating. According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the pilot was issued an instrument rating on March 24, 1998. According to the pilot, he accumulated 9 hours of instrument flight time as pilot-in-command. Additional personnel information is contained in this report on page 3, under "First Pilot Information".AIRCRAFT INFORMATIONA review of the aircraft maintenance logs disclosed that an annual inspection had been completed on October 13, 1998. The maintenance logs also disclosed that on January 2, 1998, an S-Tec Autopilot System 30 Model ST-674-30 was installed in accordance with STC SA 09237 AC-D. The owner provided a serviceable directional gyro with heading bug couple and it was installed in the airplane with the new autopilot system. N92KK was also equipped with a standby vacuum system. METEROLOGICAL INFORMATIONAccording to the radio transcriptions of the pilot and controllers' conversations, the weather condition at the Concord airport was reportedly better than at Charlotte. The weather information at Concord airport is normally accessed through the commercial telephone system. Reportedly, the controller telephoned Concord airport and obtained the weather information through the stand-alone Automatic Weather Observation System (AWOC). According to an official from Concord airport, AWOS weather data is only archived for 24 hours. Before departing Fayetteville, Tennessee, the pilot obtained a weather briefing. The reported weather data showed instrument weather conditions prevailed at the destination airport. The pilot elected to file for an alternate airport where visual weather conditions existed. At the approximate time that N92KK arrived in the Charlotte area, the weather at the planned alternate airport was 1,100 feet overcast with 4 miles visibility. At the time of the accident, the reported weather at the alternate airport was 700 feet overcast and 1 1/2 mile visibility. At 1954, Charlotte reported 1/4 mile visibility, and indefinite ceiling 100 feet. Additional information about the weather can be found on pages 3 and 4 under the data field "Weather Information".WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATIONExamination of the accident site found the airplane resting inverted in a nose-down attitude. All aircraft debris was located in the immediate vicinity of the main wreckage. Airplane wreckage was scattered over an area 125 feet long and 40 feet wide, and the airplane was orientated on a south easterly heading. The right wing assembly was folded under the fuselage. The nose section of the airframe was displaced aft into the cockpit area. The frame structure around the pilot's station was crushed downward from its normal installed position. Examination of the engine compartment showed diagonal scrap marks on the engine exhaust pipe. To facilitate the subsequent examination of the airplane, it was removed from the accident site to a storage facility in Griffin, Georgia. During the wreckage examination, the airframe and flight control systems were checked for security. The nose and cockpit sections of the airframe remained attached, and were examined as one unit. Minor repairs were performed on the engine assembly to facilitate an engine run, (see attached engine examination). The engine operated within the normal operational power ranges. The cockpit and instrument panel also remained attached. During the engine run, engine and flight instruments operated normally, including the directional gyro. The subsequent bench examination of the directional gyro and other flight instruments failed to disclose mechanical problems, (see attached component examination).A review of the maintenance logs revealed that the airplane was maintained in accordance with current Federal Aviation Administration regulations.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAccording to the pilot, "A recurrence of such a situation might be prevented when you are diverted to an alternate airport with less equipment and smaller runways having altitude deviations called out would have been helpful. Also, rather than advising only higher ceilings, a more complete weather briefing and better information would have been helpful." The pilot filed Fayetteville, North Carolina, as the suggested alternate airport. Fayetteville Regional Airport has a 7,204-foot-long and 150- foot-wide paved runway surface. Fayetteville Regional Airport has several published precision and nonprecision instrument approach procedures available.


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