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Morning Gang Nothing planned that we cannot do everyday, thinking breakfast out, Corndog/swapmeet wile it's cool weather. 82 tops today, just fine weather. Talked to my Farmer bud last night, tells me come out and get some airtime anytime. Parade on Monday, the only day of the year you can get all the farmers in the local Pub, we all stand out front w/drinks and root for the floats. town has one cop, and to date iv never seen him/her. Worker Bee's enjoy the ONLY day you get, then get your azz back to work, im applying for SS in a couple months, and i want that pot Fat.

Moving slow this morning coffee is good but taking its time to kick in. Heading over to a friends house to run some cat6 cable. Hopefully it won't be to much of a pain. See y you folks later. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Good morning everyone..............HA HA HA! JL, you had me fooled for a second Chris was walking by the computer here in the kitchen, wanted to know what was funny, then we saw the 'Lion'.... Too funny ! Melitta in the peculator and some toast and OJ along with a live Skype session with Pezz as we plan the day here... Posting of audio listening during M.A.D. will be over in RTM should anyone want to join in..... See you all later, enjoy your morning my friends. ....more later ......Gary

Tarheel and Jake will go for a walk today. So will Simba and I.

Good morning Mark............sounds like you got a plan there.... Don't worry, I'm back to work on Tuesday.. Working on my own 'pot' .. Just checked my total paid into the SS system... $54,378 through last year to be exact OK, Pezz will be on his way shortly..............audio outdoors for nosh and wine ready, indoor system cued up and ready... Ears taking a quiet break until then... He is only about 2 hours drive from here... Duder, hope the cable project is an easy one, although, that can be wishful thinking, especially when dealing with attic, cellar and wall spaces! Come visit RTM should anyone want to check out the M.A.D. fun and madness... ...................Gary

Gary you can tell everyone you got that scar boxing way back when, Chicks dig scars (or so I have heard) Good Saturday Morning Folks, Its a 3 day weekend so saddle up and enjoy Joe

Yard work this AM. Had to get on the roof to blow pine straw off and clean gutters. Reclaimed the back slate walk way from over grown shrubbery. Used the blower to clean walks, drive, porches, and the road in front of mi casa. Tomorrow maybe some pressure washing. But tonight....shrimperoo and bourbon at a friends house at the beach. Have fun Gary! Mark I will start SS in January at age 67. Waited a year so it would increase by 8%. Every little bit helps. I figure that 8% will allow about three nice meals out per month. Everyone.....put your thinking caps on about Rodney's house in April and let Christy know. Thanks! Cheers Ladies and Gents

Thanks Chuck for stopping by RTM and your night out to see a Journey tribute band.... How were they ?? Ok, just closing up the Hall for the night.... Everything ready for Pezz' arrival tomorrow... Hope you can stop by and join in with some music..... We will have everything going here, from 8 tracks to high res. digital formats to 24/192 resolution ... All for now, coffee in the morning with you all ;0) Good night now.........good night... ........Gary

Mornin' guys ... just a brief drop-in today. We're heading down to Colorado Springs to meet up with some friends for the day. Went to the Rockies game last night and they actually resembled a MLB team. Great time. Gary ...hope that wound is feeling better and healing. Organs can be quite dangerous. I remember almost falling off the organ bench one time. But then I used to drink a lot back in those days. Have a safe and fun weekend everyone and, of course, cheers!!

Thanks Tarheel! It's still early, but like you I'm just wanting to get everyone thinking about it while there is still plenty of time!

^ Would be great to get together with you both!

Cable jobs done, didn't go perfect but went well enough i cant complain. Ky buddy now has hdmi ran from his receiver in a closet to a tv on the other side of the room. I installed his Klipsch incelling surround speakers earlier this spring. The othe cable project was speaker wire to the garage to utilize my second zone on my receiver. I just need to find out how to play Spotify on the second zone. Also need a 2nd zone amp i can control with my phone. A receiver upgrade may be in order but not until after the first of the year. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

To ALL.... flippin Cheers :D :D It's 21:45 here in the MidWest...Went to the doctors today because he wouldnt refill my prescrition without seeing him, The last time I've seen him was Jan 2014...No big dill except he talked me into a colonoscopy....Isn't gonna be fun at all.....Took today off and have Monday off. Got my shopping done, got my daughter set up with WiFi at her home, Doing homade Nacho's and Apple Pie tomorrow with my good friend Shelly...And Drinking Tonight!!!!!

Thanks Billy and dTel.... I washed it carefully, I think it will heal pretty good, no bleeding at this time.. Yeah, some of the high places we have to perch from in these instruments is pretty scary, and we are all getting on at our shop (same ages) and we are trying to get younger people interested.... We have had help from a few when we are in need during crunch times, but, most whom are interested still have priorities and post college goals...so, they are just temps... Anyway, we just keep on keepin' on as they say Well, dinner time, then some 'sprucing' up the place for my audio guest arriving at noon. BUT, we will be spinning something during tonight over in RTM.. NEWS, just did a little work on the Sony 8 track, got the head to move through it's range. Darn thing plays flawlessly now and I am VERY surprised at the clarity of sound from it!! Just tried the Rick Wakeman cart and both channels are even and I can't detect any flutter in the pitch/tape speed in the synthesizers, New belt was all it needed Back on the side and reporting to the RTM group... .......Gary

Tigerman make sure it is clean and butterfly bandages are maybe called for. Or get creative with regular aids. Minimize it, and sorry about that. Stories I could tell.

After looking a long time I finally scored on a local set of KP-201ii's. I don't much about these other than they are a Heresy 2 in battle dress as Colter likes to say LOL. I got them in the man cave for the time being sitting on top of my tapped horns I built. Its late so I can't crank them but I will tomorrow! So far like every klipsch speaker I have owned I like em! Here are couple pics since not posting pics of a new purchase is a absolute no no! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3yub8MsksaQNWV5T09mb2RUb28/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3yub8MsksaQcXRpTWNMamljcUE/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3yub8MsksaQUTgtM081QlV2ZU0/view?usp=sharing

Good question, I looked it up it weighs 268 lbs.

Dang dtel, why are they such heavy arse TV's then,,,lol

Ever wonder what is inside a 65" CRT rear projection Tv besides dust

That would make people think if they went to go in the yard at night.

i am prolly one of the few that has owned both. and there is no question about it! KEEP YOUR RC-62ii!!!! everyone on here that is guessing how it may sound is right. when they say it is warm and it will match your towers in timbre that is correct. HOWEVER the downside to that is why would you want a warm less detailed center where all the dialogue comes from? i have listened to them side by side and any day of the week i would take the 62. 4 is not always better than 2 either. my palladium spanks any of the 4 woofer models from klipsch. i know not a fair fight, just saying though. let me know if you have any more questions between the two models.

Oh, no you don't! I was looking to be helpful, not looking of a project. The rate you are fast cycling through speakers lately, building your own cabinets will slow you down and that is a good thing!!! I would actually be cutting on a 5' x 11' CNC router table, so any additional cuts or dados would not be a big deal.

You understand my dilemma. There is a little devil on my left shoulder saying "Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade." And there is a little angel on my right shoulder saying the same darn thing!!!!

You rock, "Mookie" Thinking it may take 2 trips to St. L. Once I get the cabs apart, probably bring you the motor boards. Pick them back up at your convenience. Swap some stories and lunch too. Have to get "jiminSTL" in on this, I am sure he would enjoy being a part of... Heck, "Mookie" --- I may have you make all of the cuts for me. If you have the time and desire, that is. Got any glue?

let me know the dimensions and I can cut the motherboards for you. Just the cost of the wood. (and a road trip to St. L) to pick up.

The way I word it is, they will crush the Jubilee. K-69 / K-402 combo ? got a Pic of these ? It will give me something to think about. Think about this baby! The most effortless bass I've ever heard. and cleannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Or the red oak version

You guys with all your huge speakers, everyone knows they are only made for auditoriums and outdoors, and your using them inside................

A later 'white paper' from Jim Hunter corrected this 5 amp fuse argument stating that 'A K43 will successfully protect a 5 amp fuse'. A 4 amp is the correct value to use.

better swing by!!

Maybe the thread should be 3 sheets after miller time?

Even though on closer inspection it appears to be a broom handle. Laughing here.

It looks like the can helped pull the wire! Top notch.

and now a little something from Rancid: California sun has sunk Behind the Anaheim Hills, here comes the night I was high on junk And the warm winds of Santa Anna feel all right Will every crimmin' hood make a bargain with the world Seats are successive when you're shot to the curb I spend my day in blindness, at night I get my vision Dodgy, cause there are no one indecision Cause it's wild, When it's Wild wild wild wild California sun has sunk Behind the Anaheim Hills, here comes the night I was high on junk And the warm winds of Santa Anna feel all right I get destructive outside obedience I am no longer respected in this new transition I put into effect, my long time standard Disastrous living, disastrous living! Cause it's wild, When it's Wild wild wild wild California sun has sunk Behind the Anaheim Hills, here comes the night I was high on junk And the warm winds of Santa Anna feel all right Cause it's wild, When it's Wild wild wild wild California sun has sunk Behind the Anaheim Hills, here comes the night I was high on junk And the warm winds of Santa Anna feel all right California sun has sunk Behind the Anaheim Hills, here comes the night I was high on junk And the warm winds of Santa Anna feel all right All right!

Just wanted to say I tried some Jim Bean Devils cut last week, it was just in a shot glass straight nothing mixed with it and it was really smooth compared to the regular JB which I don't much care for, especially straight.

I wanted a unlocked BD player that i could play DVD's or BD's from most anywhere on the planet from 220 Electronics. Player sure is small and feels kind of cheap. But it sure is faster than my old Pioneer Elite 05 FD. Pic and audio seem just as good as my Pioneer and Oppo players. Now i can play most any disc.

Corona's and waiting for a pulled pork dinner. Wife wanted banana split, so she is off shopping. Good to have a Beer runner also.

I spoke with forum member, Rick, last week about these. He actually looked at the speakers and said the cabinets are shot. With out seeing the speakers yet, my plans are to first get the tweeters up and running. Hopefully it is no more than putting the original diaphragms out of my KLF-30's in the Chorus. Actually thinking this would be a great winter project. Going to build my own, custom cabinets. Make em' look pretty too Only a forum member, such as us, would get excited about driving hours to pick up someone else's discard. Updates soon...

The scar will be fine no one will notice. But really it could have been a lot worse, you could have fell 2 floors down and splatted in the middle of the floor........you would have been remembered forever........Ok that's not how you want to be remembered I can imagine but it could have ended badly anyway. Never thought of an organ tuner as a high risk job until I met you.

Thanks for the compliments on the photos guys.......... Yes, those are old timbers for sure, the clear glass windows are pretty much all original, and they are very 'wavy' when you look through them from a distance... HA, I did have a little mishap in the middle chamber early on in the job this morning.... This was at the very start when I had to do some repairs before tuning... I reached for what I thought was some sturdy organ structure down low under the main organ components, turned out to be a short 4' straight wooden ladder that was made by the organ company back in the day. I thought it was attached to the organ and the floor like the one that was near it but NO!, it was just leaning there. So, I grabbed it, and of course I am down at the floor level with knees fully bent thinking I could grab this thing and pull myself under the organ where I needed to do service work. Well, the speed and mass that thing had coming right for my head could NOT be stopped!! So, I foolishly clobbered myself right above the right eye!! I am thinking 'I don't want to go to the hospital for stitches, just not up to it. Red liquid flowing out instantly. My co-worker was just outside that door you see in the photo and looked at it. Said it was a gash and would be ok... I made a mess of my white hanky and just delt with it.. Later went down to the washroom, and yeah, it is a 3/4" horizontal split over the eyebrow, NOT a cut! Reminded me of what the boxers get when they get hit in the eye...... So, maybe a new scar added to my face.. At least avoided the ER Ok Chuck and who ever my want to stop by RTM, either TONIGHT, or most certainly if you get a moment tomorrow during our audio extravaganza here in Music Hall..... Hope to see you for a spin on vinyl or what have you. OH, TWO sealed 8 tracks arrived today! One a Rick Wakeman and the other Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits! A few more bits of lube in the Sony and it should be good to go for FUN tomorrow.... .......Gary

Cool man...I like the looks of those already. Yeah, they will look good when you are done. Look good in your setup already. The best!

You will want to first put your red meter probe in the cathode current test point and the black probe on ground. Adjust the bias adjust pot until you reach .22 volts. The balance is a bit trickier and I can explain how I do it. Refer to my image below. You will want to measure DC resistance with the amplifier off from point A to B and A to C. Lets use some hypothetical values here and say we measured 153 from A to B and 170 from A to C. We want equal current between the two so a little math will tell us what we want. We are looking for a total of 70mA per channel so that's 35mA a tube. What we are effectively doing is measuring the voltage drop across this DC resistance in the output transformer. For A to B we want .035*153=5.355 and for A to C we want .035*170=5.95. So being extremely careful with the amp on you will measure DC voltage from A to B and A to C adjusting the balance control until you get 5.3 across A to B and 5.9 across A to C. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want measure the DC resistances first and check back with the data. You should have four measurements A to B and A to C for two channels.

I built one of these as well, great sounding preamp. Great price, I am surprised it hasn't sold yet. Dave

I keep mine simple. I use the passive box designed for the MCM1900 4-way in my workshop with a single JBL/Urie 6360 amp. Sounds great, but I'm no hifi nut. How loud are you guys listening to your music?? I'm 56 and can still fashion a mean live mix - because I've protected my hearing religiously. Louder is NOT better in nearly every instance.

I have a hard copy of the manual, if I find you can have it. I just have to locate it, but for now hopefully someone will chime in.

ha here is a good one! my favorite rx-7 on base over there! and the black skyline sitting behind it was given to me. a pilot left it when he returned to the states. it had about 2 months worth of insurance left paid on it. i drove the crap out of it. basically tore it up. last day before it went to the crusher i ran it in to a concrete wall and then took a bat to it. its a shame how they do cars over there. no one pays the insurance and all the other stuff on them ahead of time they come pick the car up and junk it.

you know i used to love cars nismo. when i found out i was gonna be stationed in japan i could not wait to go over and see a skyline in person on the streets. when i got there and realized they made non turbo automatic front wheel drive only skylines i lost so much interest in them. i mean it was unreal how many were all over the streets. when i left there some of my favorites were the silvias, second and third ten rx-7's and they had so many badass four doors over there like the toyota crowns. i remember going to drift sessions in their industrial areas. them guys are nuts over there. yokohama bridge meets! tokyo auto salon! oh man do i miss japan!

Your KP201 really look nice! I don't normally see them in that nice condition.

Nice dinner awaiting Mark. I do not eat or even wedding cake for that matter when drinking. Like Corona! Do you do the lemon/lime thing? As for your wife, you are one fortunate fellow.

Haaa... just noticed we were on the 2ch forum. I'll bring it full circle with some great scores by Harry Greson Williams. Some of the best music in gaming that rivals that of any movie. Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvarori ain't too bad either for the iconic Halo score. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLRqZPorb0

.....one quick shot of the attic on the way to the organ chamber at the other end ........