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RandyH, this is the place for a party waiting to happen. Jeeper: dtel, that will be a great place to hang out. Good looking XJ you have, Well it will be a good place for me to hang out but other people would rather about 100' away, just to the left behind the jeep the garden starts, in the garden is the bar. A much better place for others to hang out, and me. It's what I am best at hanging out, it's what old people do.

Funny story about Emerson. Did not have much as a kid but my Parents surprised me one Christmas with an Emerson all in one stereo from Ames department store which included an Am Fm tuner an 8-track player and a record player with two speakers. I was happy beyond belief. One of my fondest memories. As crazy as it sounds, it was my gateway into this life long love of music and all things audio.

Actually Barney was trying to set Andy up with a date. Lydia says her name means "a native of Lydia but I'm not from Lydia I'm from Greensboro". Barney tells Lydia that Andy plays the guitar and she makes her statement. She also says she hates the outdoors "it give me the herpes". Gomer's date was Thelma Lou's cousin (different girl) and the 6 of them were going to a dance when Gomer bolts from the house starting a big fight. Gomer saw the other girls had a corsage and he left to get his date one.

Small group listening session last evening. 😂 3 friends I know and a couple fems came over. It was rough! Killed a half gallon of Fireball not to mention the beer. They called and asked so that was cool. Nice when they walk in w/the drinks too. 😂 2nd Covid shot today so taking it easy. Feeling pretty good so far.

The building was up for a year, I got bored took down those boards and put them on a table and did that. I tried a dremel first and it was very slow. So I took the bottom plate off the router and put a bit in it kind of shaped like a V and just held it in my hand like a dremel, this was much faster. Safe, probably not but as long as I didn't drop it in my lap it was fine. Then on the edge of the pond on the bar side is red cedar boards, there is a different design on each one. I asked someone since I can't draw how can I get designs on the boards to carve, they had a very simple idea. Find designs you want and print them, use carbon paper and draw over the design and the carbon paper will mark the wood. It worked great and was easy. Sone a just drawn some are with the stencil, just odd designs.

Great response to a Chuck posting: https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/atq/d/indianapolis-re-sansui-g8000-kenwood/7285922177.html I would copy and paste the text, but I think it would get me suspended for a while.

That's looks like a beautiful setting, wow, now that's a hang out. I love the detail on the wood face plate, really nice, thanks for sharing.

Messing around with the scanner on the copy machine at work today.

how about the accordion , it's so painful , even my dog whines

The Little Joy mono SEP and separate power supply. Maynard

I'm sitting in the "let's make sure you don't drop dead on us" lounge for my 15 minutes . Got the shot "Right This Minute".

No humidity in lower Mississippi. LOL. My aluminum patio cover and steel car port sweat and drip like crazy just as you describe.

There will always be some that slip through the cracks unfortunately. I'll deal with this. Thanks all.

I started out in audio with an all-in-one turntable am/fm Panasonic receiver with chrome slide controls (I sit here and smile just thinking about it). It also had a pair of 2 way sealed speakers with 6” woofers that came as part of the package; it actually sounded pretty good (except for the transistor hiss at volume during quiet passages). I remember when my Dad lost a channel in his Heathkit AR-15 receiver he built. He asked to borrow my Panasonic unit to drive his Bozak 302s until he had time to fix it; I was pleased and honored with his decision, although I was without my tunes for a couple of weeks. Well, on reflection, I guess any unit (cheap or expensive) that captures our hearts giving us a lifetime of love and appreciation for music is worthy of respect. I start this day with a smile and new found wisdom. Cheers!

Probably I didn't for a couple reasons, cost would have slowed everything down and putting the metal on with insulation between the metal and the frame is a pain and much harder. I am hoping with a 10' wide x 9' high door on each end plus fans it won't be to bad, the doors are north and south which is where the wind is out of during the summer. It's way more circulation and openings than I am use to where I have been working, not saying it was not hot but here everything is hot in the summer, just being in the shade is a big part. We will see soon enough. Thank you, it' the kind of thing that happens when you have time and get bored, I need to stay busy, don't do well without a project.

Some is painful, but some I really like, it's not all polka. This guy is great live.

Oh no, the best would have to be a Lloyds receiver with integrated 8-track and turntable, my very first stereo, Christmas 1970. If I still had it, I would definitely use it to power my K-horns.

As a child, I remember hearing Korean war broadcasts over our Emerson. I was especially interested in the cannon [artillery] fire. Kids had plastic Bazookas that fired ping pong balls. The Emerson was open backed. When the HiFi craze started in about 1952 or so* I got my parent's permission to use the Emerson's (12"??) speaker and cabinet as the speaker as my fledgling HiFi speaker (I didn't have the real thing yet, which a few years later was a JBL D130). I moved that Emerson all around the living room. Can you guess where it sounded best? The corner. *pre-Stereo, solidly mono, except reel to reel tape, a crazy Cook double cartridge record playing system and certain movies in CinemaScope, 70mm Todd-AO, etc.

do love me that cherry patina Glad you like it too. The darkening is a logarithmic function meaning it darkens a lot on first exposure to UV then slows down with time.

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I can see how there might be a little reverberation going on in there @dtel! Did y'all use LocTite on all the bolts & screws? That is not bookshelf class equipment

Wanted: CF4 Klipsch speakers for my husband. wanting to complete his home theater system for him. Can’t find anything locally. So someone told me about this forum. Any help would be wonderful. Willing to pay shipping. Thank you!

I got these in a trade a few months back when I sold a larger set of speakers. They were used by my dad in house shop for about 6mths. He did not want to give these back to me but needed extra room for other equipment (he has KP-301's) . These are currently sitting in storage and it's time to move them on to someone who will enjoy them (I have split La Scala's) . So that covers the "why are you selling question". Now to the details. This is a very nice pair of industrials that have been gone through by a forum member who does good work! They have Dave A’s smahl tweeter with the de-120 driver. The woofers were also replaced with Eminence Kappa 15c. Rebuilt AA crossovers. The Dog houses are braced and are panted with Duratex. These speakers sound fantastic. I really hate to let them go but it time to fund other projects. These are currently in storage so the pics I have are the ones from when I got them, they look the same! I'm located in Bentonville Arkansas and will not ship, local pickup only. $1750 gets em. Don't bother with low ball offers or negotiations the price is what the price is if you like Pro La Scala's these won't disappoint.

That's tough @dtel and bet it smelled good working on the cedar.

I was looking through your window while talking on my cell phone at the time.

You'll never use a fraction of your receiver's power unless you have a gigantic room and listen at extremely loud levels.

Sounds about right

p.s. You should be able to take an iron or heat gun and heat that top veneer layer for easy removal.

It is definitely an age thing. I have always lost my mojo from time to time, but it would always find it's way back. Now I have to go look for it. Did you miss the part where I said that I only started this one cuz a was bored and looking for a project? I must of had some idea what to do with them when I started, but don't recall.

Yea I did not notice those palms and the Polynesian looking geometrics the last time the tiki bar got published here. Cool. A dremel or a big pocket knife?

@SonicSeeker that looks familiar. I remember when my cousin got his birthday present.... Realistic's version on that, but had the "new" cassette player! Weren't the 70s wonderful.

Looked like this.

You will regret not insulating the whole building.

Nice knowing you Jessie Hull, I just banned you as a spammer with the dissertation spam site. "It's especially pleasant to realize that not only your children are college students, but you too are learning and developing. And learning from the best is doubly pleasant. This is what I have been waiting for a very long time and finally, it happened. I believe that it's never too late to learn and you can start at any time. The main problem I encountered was written work. It was never my strong point, so I had to solve it with the help of [website that sells dissertations]. Roy Delgado has a degree in Electrical Engineering from one of the top schools in that field (UT). PWK received a BS in Electrical Engineering from NMSU (the Engineering School now bears his name) and an Engineers degree (EE?, it's a post-graduate degree, but not a Masters) from Stanford (same class and Hewlett and Packard). Neither of them needed a dissertation service to get by. If you have to cheat to pursue your educational pursuits, you either need to switch fields to something else, or pursue a different educational path. Travis

Oh, thanks! I’ve been on here a while, but just learning. I appreciate the info.

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My parents had an Emerson console radio, c. 1937, that looked a little like this. I think it would look good perched on top of a Klipschorn.

This is normal. Unless a UV inhibitor is applied, cherry will darken with exposure to sunlight. Walnut fades and becomes a bit washed out. The effect on walnut is less dramatic, thankfully.

turn it up so I can hear it from here.

.. also from NY..

they are I could buff these down smooth to look very similar or leave the raised weld (or not weld at all) I have speaker parts lost in the mail currently so no fast track needed. USPS doesn't consider it lost until not scanned for 90 days!!!! great system.

The two you named is a little further offshore, but plenty others around. I just love fish, salt or freshwater.

Nice, it's always nice to have music playing while you're working, especially at home. Your choice of a first speaker is impressive. Just think..some people are happy with a clock radio.

They have been out there over a week now, and it has been played loud a few times, quite the echo for now but once all the tools go in and a little insulation on the West wall it will be better, sounds good enough for now as I work on it. Just glad to have it going even to this point. There will be no electrical out there not on a GFIC, just to be safe. Only thing left on electrical is install the GFIC outlets at the beginning of each run and finish extending and hiding the hanging light cords 4 of those left and the inspector can come by. 10, 4' led lights light it up like daylight. .

my Cornwall 1980 sounded muffled 10 years ago , the highs and midrange were dull -and the sound was vague , the tweeter or the midrange sounded like 100$ speakers -the HF and mids were lacking , LF was very boomey ---total lack of clarity --capacitors replaced ----and the Highs sparkled and the midrange cleared up with detail - Now oddly , my Heresy 1 -1977 and 1980 are as good as they were 40 years ago , I know the caps are old , but damn do these speakers sound amazing and I am hooked on that sound ---

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