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I am completely baffled and confused by this thread, and claims we do not share musical tastes. I would guess that at least half, if not more, of all my posts have been about music. Duh. What is Right This Minute about if not about sharing musical tastes. In this section alone there are at least two ongoing musical threads involving vinyl and cds/digital. Almost every day somebody posts something, or mentions a piece of music in an ongoing thread. There have been dozens of threads about classical, jazz, rock , female vocalists, reggae, blues, etc. You name the genre and there have been threads and post about it. Oh and what about Members Weekly Music Recommendations, which lasted several years until some software revision killed it. It's all about the music. You Lounge lizards should get out around the Forum more.

...hell. In all my years in this hobby I had truly never heard of such a thing until today. However, after a little googling it appears there are lots of them and they can cost up to several hundred dollars. Forget cables. Apparently what's truly needed is a hyper-expensive power cord attached to a special audiophile grade wall plug, but that is not enough for true sonic bliss. You need a copper, bronze, gold or ceramic fuse to lift the veil from the music. Here's another odd thing about them, many require that they be installed in one direction only. I never realized electricity flowed in one proper direction only, because I could have sworn that the juice flowed from positive to negative, or visa versa if you have a two prong plugged and simply switch it around. So has anyone played around with these fuses, and is there any rational at all to using them.

So you run with the Bose crowd? Moderators better ban this guy. He can't possibly know anything about sound.

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/ele/d/gaithersburg-klipsch-cornerhorns/7154229958.html

This is my most recent:

Just think how it will sound if you recap it. You may lose a little thump but increase the accuracy. Great find!

Better yet. Here's a pic of the actual radio. In pristine condition and very cool looking:

Sorry Maynard, this heat wave is knocking me back a bit and making me slow to respond. I have a general radio 1312 Descado Oscillator, which I do believe fits the bill. Has various control for frequency and output voltage. Output is 600ohms and has the test lead can be plugged into something called "Ext Sync" which I take to be exterior synchronization. Haven't used it in a long time. I have three test leads, I have a clip type test lead 10x, another 10mohm and a third that has the additional ground lead, and can be set for either 1x or 10x 100mx with includes a ref *(reference?) setting. Sadly it lacks the push on spring loaded clip lead. Oh yeah, I also have a Heathkit RF Signal Generator. Here's a pic of the signal generator:

Ok. Dropped in the orange drop and retested. All voltages read the same except pin 8 of the EABC80 which now reads -1.1vdc down from 1.8vdc, although the later measurement was probably minus dc and I simply missed the minus sign on my meter. Either I was mistaken yesterday, or something is not right, but the volume is still too high at way to low on the knob. Turned fully down I can still hear the radio station. While the distortion is not overt, the thumpyness is and while fiddling with the tone control does effect it but not the overall character of the sound which is forward and thumpy at the same time.

I beg to differ.

Ok. Here's the latest measurements: EABC80, Pin 9: 88vdc EL84, Pin 7: 253vdc I'll clean the pins and remeasure later. Got to run some errands. I have located a good .022 cap, but it's an orange drop. Will that work in this position? Most of the caps in this radio have are the round things plasticy/glass things which have a direction marked on them.

Well one problem solved. While removing thee knob for the volume and tone control pots, I learned that the volume knob was mis-aligned. Corrected that and now it has a better, not perfect, but better range of sound. Hitting the pots with Deoxit may have also helped. While here are the measurements, radio warmed up: EABC80, Pin 8: 1.8vdc El34, Pin 3: 6.9vdc EL34 Pin 2: 20mvdc

Thank you Maynard. I knew I could trust in the Forum brain trust, and of course, your own incomparable knowledge. Will report back.

Right side schematic:

Left side schematic:

A fellow Klipscher dropped this off at my house month ago. Model number is 2540U and it's one big puppy with AM, FM and Shortwave. It was missing it's tubes but otherwise in pristine shape. Had some of the tubes here and ordered up a couple more. Checked all resistors, and was quite surprised to find that all read within specs, something I've never seen before. I did have to lift only a couple to get a true reading. Fired it up, dialed in a station or two and everything works fine except for two issues. The first is volume. It's way too high. Anything above 8:30 on the volume dial and the sound starts to distort. Above 9 on the dial you can feel the wind coming off the woofer. (One 6x9" woofer, two tweeters). By 11 there is so much wind coming from the woofer you could use it as a fan. The 2nd problem is directly related. This thing sounds very boomy on the bottom end, and if you move the tone control very far to compensate the sound grows very harsh, very fast. Now, I'm sure everybody will suggest that I replace all the caps, but I got to tell you, there are some incredibly fine wires in this radio and I'm pretty sure I'd manage to inadvertently burn through one of them with my soldering gun, so I'm really reluctant to start popping new pieces in this radio. I'm also incapable of doing an alignment on this beastie. I'll post the schematic shortly but I'm looking for suggestions on two fronts. First is the volume issue. This radio uses a dual pot incorporating both volume and tone control and is probably unobtanium, and from my testing it both appears to be in spec. Second is the woofer. I do believe its 5ohm, yes a 5ohm speaker. Although the surround is completly intact, I'm wondering if age is affecting it's performance and if it should be replaced. I'm thinking a stock car woofer, but am wondering if a 4ohm or a 8ohm would work best with the existing tweeters. So there you have it. Thoughts?

Rough but cheap. If you don't mind the looks it's a bargain. https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ele/d/alexandria-klipsch-la-scalas/7160280526.html

More like a commentary on the state of audio. You have your cheapos, your mainstream, which is mostly great stuff, and then onto higher end, which used to be a bit more discerning. However, small production by scumbag exploiters have really taken over the whole audiophile market. They don't even pretend to be serving the customer, or striving for better sound anymore. It's how bad can you rape the customer, and pretending your are bringing them to a new state of ecstasy. Case in point, my local high end retailer. He's holding a sale on some cables. Remind me to puke when I get over laughing at the absurdity of it all: Ansuz Flash Sale! — We are continuing with our popular flash sales. This time the special offers are on all in-stock Ansuz Acoustics cables and accessories. All X-series cables are being cleared-out at an amazing 50% off. Quantities are limited and the cables are being sold on first-come-first-served basis. Ansuz Acoustics is a Danish company that develops, designs, produces and sells cables & accessories for high-end music systems. All Ansuz products are designed by Michael Borresen and Lars Kristensen, the powerhouse duo behind Raidho Acoustics’ success. Hifi Knights has a great article on the company from a factory tour. At Command AV, we are big fans of Ansuz and have been selling their remarkable products for more than ten years. Ansuz Specials: Speaker Cables New Demo MSRP Sale X 4M 1 $2,250 $1,125 X 2M 1 $1,500 $750 A2 2.5M 1 $4,935 Call C2 3M 1 $11,340 Call C2 Jumpers (S-B) 1 $3,200 Call D2 2.5M 1 $19,975 Call Power Cords New Demo MSRP Sale X 1M 1 $740 $370 X 2M 2 $925 $463 X 2M 20 Amp 1 $925 $463 X 3M 2 $1,110 $555 P2 2M 2 $1,950 Call A2 2M 2 $3,150 Call D2 3 $15,900 Call Interconnects - XLR New Demo MSRP Sale X 1M 2 $1,200 $600 X 2M 2 $1,500 $750 X 6M 1 $2,700 $1,350 A2 2M 1 $4,500 Call C2 2M 1 $7,500 Call C2 8M 1 $22,500 Call Interconnects - RCA New Demo MSRP Sale X 1M 2 $500 $250 X 2M 1 $625 $313 A2 2M 1 $4,500 Call C2 2M 1 $7,500 Call USB Cables New Demo MSRP Sale A2 2M 1 $1,000 Call D2 2M 2 $2,500 Call D-TC 1 $7,200 Call Ethernet Cables New Demo MSRP Sale X 1M 1 $680 $340 X 2M 2 1 $850 $425 A 1M 2 1 $1,080 Call A 2M 2 1 $2,250 Call Coax Digital RCA New Demo MSRP Sale X 2M 1 $375 $188

WASPS? Well funk, R&B or blues usually drives them away. Barry Manilow draws them in like flies.

Pretty but can't tell much until you take off the skirts and reveal the bottom. Expose the guts and maybe a tale or two can be told.

Finished this last week. The author has also written many age of sail, brit navy, books under the pen-name Alexander Kent.

Back to historical fiction. Just finished this:

Oh, he used an American invention to keep it intact while it traveled across the pond. Yup. Duct tape. Lots and lots of duck tape.

Very doubtful lads. It's not quite a ammo box. I'm thinking it was an industrial container. Probably full of nuts and blots shipped originally from some factory. It's severely rusty. Believe me the Brits never throw anything away. If it was worth anything the guy I bought the barrel from would have surely made a buck, or in this case, a pound off of it. Still I may get the worst of the rust off, fix the hole in the bottom, and maybe spray paint it.

Sounds like life is treating you well Amy. Thanks for checking in! So I'm sitting in this bar and a duck waddles in. Jumps up on the bar and says "bartender I'll have a beer". Now the bartender has never had a duck in his bar before so he goes over to his boss and says" Boss, there's a duck at the bar and he wants a beer. What should I do?" His boss says, "He's a duck, he won't know any better, so give him a beer but charge him $25." So the bartender serves the beer, tells him it's $25 and the duck forks it over. Finally the bartender can't resist. He says "' ya know we don't get to many ducks in here." The duck looks him straight in the eye and says "and at these prices you won't be getting many more."